Historical happenings: Late 1937: Construction bid awarded
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San Luis Valley Historian, Volume XXVI #3, 1994
Pueblo’s Driscoll Construction Company was awarded the project of 136 miles of electrical line in the San Luis Valley. Their bid of $98,074.34 for the “A” section included western red cedar poles, aluminum cable steel reinforced conductors, installation of transformers, steel structures for the substation and three 150 KVA transformers to be located at Zinzer Switch east of Monte Vista.