Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-10-16
A PROJECTED wArnR STEAL.

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presented to the Legislature Of Califor
ria which is to assemble in December.
1t is entitled IAN Act to create an 1rri-
CATION District. to be called the West
Side Irrigation District" which the
Chronicle says comprises certain terri
tory in the counties of Contra Costa, Al
ameda. San joaquin, S:anislaus, Eer-
csd, Fresno and Tulare. The bill itself
must be lengthy, because the Chronicle S
synopsis occupies more than half col
umn of nonp.reil type. The bill con-
templates q grand irrigation system by
means OF canals which which shall con-
.vey waite. sufficient to irrigate large por-
tions of the counties named. Naturally
considerable water will be required for
this purpose. A synopsis Of Section Is
Of this bill reveals where the most Of it
is to be taken. The Chronicle says:
Section Il authorizes the Board to
construct dams, etc. to take LOCO cubic
hoe, and 30 much from San Joaquin
river as shall be required. and to apply
to Congress for the confirmation OF such
right of water, etc, to the State OF Cali
fornia.
The Chronicle, with that modesty which
characterizes its every utterance, after
concluding its synopsis, says:
The very great Importance Of irriga-
ton induces US to place an abstract OF
this bill before our readers. Very great
pains have been taken to make it not
only practical, but free from objections
on constitutional grounds. We presume
that other bills will also be brought for
ward, but We have seen none which APP
pear to be better considered than this.
II there are objections. they should be
weighed, and. If possible, obvisted be-
fore the meeting Of the Legislature.
There il now no time to be lost if We are
to secure effective legislation at the ap-
preaching session.
We can readily perceive that it is es-
sentially necessary that Congress shall
leRalize this scheme in order to make it
valid. While Lake Tahoe belongs partly
in California and partly in Nevada. tho
natural outflow from it is through tho
Truekee river. The tapping of the lake
and the diversion into California of zone
thousand cubic feet per second" Of its
waters-equaling G0.OO0 cubic feet per
$500, 600 cubic feet per hour, or
SC. 400, 600 cubic feet per day-would
more than equal the outflow Of the lake
during the months when the sevsrest
drought is felt in this State and Califor-
MIA. So We are glad to perceive that the
Chronicle declares the bill is mot only
but entirely free from objec-
tons on constitutional grounds. Such
being the case, no good reason can be
given Why our State should not be robbed
Of its greatest natural water right. We
need not, in this connection, therefore,
refer to the unanimous decisions of the
Supreme Court Of the United States and
Of all the State Courts in regard to the
rights of natural water flows. Such de-
cisions are Of minor consequence when
to the most Insignificant edito-
rial Of the Chronicle, and will doubtless
be treated contsmptuously by the DEM
ocratic Legislature which is about to
in California. But still the
Legislature may ask. with the Chronicle.
that Congress shall legalizs this great
water steal in behalf of the California
y West Side Irrigation District" In
such event. We advise the dwsllers along
the Truekee to quietly give assent to this |
project They may see, by pursuing this |
course, the waters Of the TrIekes silently |
dwindle away to nothing; see their
ranches lying parched for want o; the
aqueous moisture which ought to belong
10 them but will they have no compen-
sation for this self-sasrifce Most as
Iuredly. By remaining silent, or max
ing no remembrance. they will have the
,atisfaetion Of seeing the canals of the
i West Side Irrigation District we'll
He'd with water, and they will be fur
her compensated by Witnessing the total
Of Reverend Indian Agent
exclusive fishing privileges
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