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..' .... r' '4 .....;..;1 3~ METIlOPOLlTAN WATER DISTRICT by the State Guard and the District, pending the moving of a garage building from the abandoned Vidal patrol station and two bunkhouse buildings from Eagle, all of which are to be reerected at Gene and equipped as a kitchen and a messhall. A four-man bunkhouse, a hot plate for preparing meals, and sanitary facilities have been provided on Copper Basin Dam. One sedan, three sta- tion wagons, and one pickup have been assigned to the guard for the use of the commanding officer and for transportation of guard personnel between Eagle Mountain and Hayfield and from Gene to Intake and Copper Basin. A one and one-half ton truck has been assigned to the guard for transportation of rations from Riverside to the various camps, P".rker power pZnnt The United States Bureau of Reclamation continued work 011 the power house at Parker Dam throughout the year. The power house superstructure was completed, all concrete work in the fore- baJ' was nnished, and the penstock gates and hoisting crane were installed. All major equipment for three of the four generating units \Vas delivered. Three turbine casings have been erected, connected to the penstocks., and the surrounding concrete placed. All three generator rotors have been assembled. At the end of the fiscal year the erection of the first generating unit was nearing completion. The transformer banks for units No. 1 and No.2 have been placed in position, the steel structure on the power house roof completed, and the oil circuit breakers in the switchyard placed on their foundations. At the close of the fiscal year the following contracts for sur- plus energy from Parker power plant had been executed by the United States: Central Aril.Ona Light & P(Jwer Co.... ...... 4/2'U3(j Salt River Valle}' Wnlf~r lisen: Association, Ari,<:una... 5/12/39 Tucson Gas. Ell~clTic Light and Po.....tor COll1pany. Ari- zuna Imperial Irrigalioll Di"lrict, Califurnia.. U, S. Indian Office. Coolid~e, Ariwlla California Elee/ric Power Cu.. CII]jflllnia.. Bagdad Cupper CIJrporalilJIl. AriwII3 Arizona Edisun Co., Arizona. 7/ ,1/40 ... 6/26/\0 5/19/41 ..' 1/31/42 . 3/H/42 ... 3/18/42 30,000 k va 30,000 .. 15,000 ]5,000 ,. 5.000 .. 5,000 .. 4,000 .. 3,000 .. Total 107,000 ha Under the terms of the contract of April 7, 1939, between The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and the United States, certain portions of the revenues from the sale of surplus