Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-03-13
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WILL 46S4
Over in Nevada the people seemto think thai
those who propose to Turn the waters OF Lake
Birler into California are intending Y zoe tne
rrScIec river Of Its main source OF supply.
-csr 400 We had a conversation with some OF
Inc parties engaged In this feheme-whieh was
then before the Legislature-in relation 70 this
They then stated that they did not IN
tend 10 and should not interfere With the Truekee
river supply; They said that tnsy s h,sne .cros 20
the head OF the Truekee, at the outlet OF ne
iske. thus converting Lake Bigler into . vast
ressrvoir, which would be filled TO the top oitne
dam BY the Spring rains and melting snoWs,a n9
that the extra supply OF water tnue gstnefeo sna
held back would be moro than enough supply
ali that would DO wanted on this side, while the
Truckeo river would continue TO receive us
usual supply Of water. and very likely quite an
addition thereto. This statement was maaeto
obviate the objections urged aSsins, tnen
tiers Of the lake from their natural channel, AND
that the right to do 20 could not DO given 6y ine
Legislature. Al q matter OF met We VIII ALSO
stale that the Water Works men have since
then erected . portion, II not all Of the dam"
intended.-Sderduknto Reporter, liza.
By such fulminations as the above,
we observe that our editorial brethren
over in California prove themselves
grossly ignorant of the true merits OF
the project of tapping Lake Tahoe,
diverting Its waters into a canal, ana
taking them into the valleys OF the
Sacramento, San joaquin, and down to
the sea. "a dam of ten or twelve feet
high to raise the Lake! Surely, these
editors and water projectors know not
whereof they speak. 10 raise the
water in the Lake FOUR feet would
overflow all the farms and grazing
grounds of Lake Valley, and destroy
property valued at not less than a mil
lion of dollars. 1t would also sub
merge hundreds of thousands OF acres
of timber lands which are now held by
private individuals, BY virtue Of State
and Government titles, both In n N
State and in California. The question
Is, Is Colonel Won Schmidt and his
corporators ready to foot such a bill OF
damages ?-to say nothing Of the dam
ages which might inure to the property
holders along the banks Of the Truckee.
The settlers along this stream may
possibly not be injured, rs a "ten or
twelve foot dam at the mouth Of the
stream may supply all their wants. or
a quantity of water equal to the pres
emf flow. But the thickly-timbered
lowlands of the Lake, and the farming
country adjacent, are Of fur greater
value and extent than all the local ad-
yantages of the Truckee from Its
mouth to Its confluence with Pyra-
mid Lake. Two-thirds of the Lake,
with a goodly portion of Lake
Valley, and not less than twenty
five miles of the. Truckee river-,from
its mouth to near Bocca, or the
railroad)-are within the jurisdiction
of California. We believe this to be a
fact, aud we speak from personal OBJ
seryation on the main point, having
been OH and around the lake, on the
.rruckee from its mouth down to
wadsworth-a distance of not less
than eighty or eighty-five miles. II
the Water Company will raise the
lake, pay the losses to those who may
be damaged on its banks and tributa-
ries, and supply water to the extent
of one hundred and fifty square feet
continuously las nature now supplies
it, we don't see any good reason for
our Nevada editors to be making such
n continual "fuss and feathers" about
Won Schmidt. The Lord knows the
people of Sacramento, Stockton, Oak
land, San Jose and San Francisco need
more, better and cheaper water than
they now have, or ever had; and as
we over here on the Comstock hardly
ever get n drink Of the delicious waters
of Lake Tahoe, let us not therefore
deprive the people of the flo~urishing
cities of California Of that blessing.
But let 1t be $50 nominated In the
bond" that they make the people OF
this State whole for damages, where
sr,ch are sustained.