Page 27 - sfdcoronersinquest

------. '"

1 A No, I would not say it was, though the water coming from

2 1 it was used throuigh Power Plant Number Two and through Power plant Number Three.
3 It was used before it got in there and..- down to the San Fernando Power Plant.

4 .

5 Q. Would you call it an auxilliary rather than a unit of a Power Department?

6

7 A It was possibleto get some use out of it in the generation

8 of power, but, as a matter of fact, it was not 'l1B94 for power because they did not get the advantage of the water, which was stored there dropping through Power Plant Number Two.

9 they
10

11
Q Then, what was the necessity of its erection?
12
A As I say,conservation or the water.
13 That is all?

14
A That is all.
15
Q. You said that you would not '1d.14 this dam again in the

16
mamier in which it was constructed.- Will you tell us W'JilF not?
17 In the manner in which it was constructed?t

18

19
A I build all dams in that manner.
20
Q I iunderstood you to say that if J'OU had to do it over again you would not build this dam in the
21
...,- it was erected?

22
A Not in the same place.
23 Q Why not?

24 A Well, it fell this time and there is a hoodoo on it, that would be enough for me.
25

26
Q A hoodoo?
27
A Yes, it is vulnerable against human aggression, and I would not build it there.

28
29 •• morning of
Q. You don't mean that because it went out ont

30
the 13th?.l
31 Perhaps that, butI did not think of that before, but that is an additional hazard.
A
32
I had not thought of that.