The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-09-07
The Senatorial irrigation Com
nittee.


agreeably surprised on receiving q
telegram sent by Capt. T. s. Ingalls,,
from Cotton, last Tuesday night at
1880 o'clock, in which they wore infor
med that the Senatorial Com mittee on
the Irrigation and Reclamation OF
Arid Lands would arrive here on the
following morning before six o'clock.
This was sooner than had anticipat ed
is was expected that the special cars
of the visiting Statesmen would be
attached to the regular express train
from Los Angeles, due here about
three hours later. The announcement
was also made that the stop would not
exceed an hour or so instead
of four hours as previously agreed
upon, owing to some misealculation
in the arrangements of the party.
Despite the discouraging features
thus suddenly presented, the local
committee, with the haste born of
necessity, quickly arranged their ex'
hibit of citrus fruits and hemp,
cotton, and other products, and
together with other citizens, assembled
at the depot. Promptly on time the
special train, comprising two Pullman
sleeepers and a baggage ear, pulled
into town when Senator's Stewart of
Nevada and Reagan of Texas, Colonel
R. J. Hinton, Irrigation Engineer of
the Geological Survey, MAJOR J. w.
Powell, Chief of the Geological Survey,
P. G. Warman private secretary to
Major Powell, Eugene Davis and ].
NJ. lines, respectively Sergeant at
arms and assistant Sergeant at arms,
Representative Remphill of South
Carolina, R. A. Boswell, stenographic
DR.. j. NJ. Hines and G. A.
Oappell, clerk of the Committee,
alighted. With them were Hon.
Chas. r. Drake Of Tucson, Hon. F. s.
Ingalls, of Yuma, Dr. J. M. Hurley of
Florence, and Col. n. B. Maxon of
After the usual formalfty Of intro
auctions and handshaking the entire
party carefully inspected the agrl-
cultural display scattered about the
platform. The two Senators several
times expressed their establishment at
the magnificent dates, lines, lemons,
oranges, pomegranates, olives, grapes
cotton, hemp, flowers and other agri-,
cultural, horticultural; Horticultural
and vinicultural produce placed before
them, and stated further that no
where in California during their pres
ent trip, had they seen such perfect
specimens. Fhey seemed specially
at the early maturity of the
fruits, that left the Golden State, and
necessarily every other portion of the
Union, far in the shade. Senator
Reagan told several citizens that il
he were thirty years younger he
would come to Yuma, take up
section, and in fifteen Of twenty years
make himself Independently wealthy
for the remainder Of his days.
At the invitation of Chairman
Blaisdell of the local committee, the
entire party breakfasted at the South
ern Pacific Hotel, where they were
served with the good cheer customary
at that popular hostelry, after which
the committee took testimony regard
ing the resources, advantages, water
supplies, irrigation facilities, and re-
servoir sites of Yuma County. Mr..
Hiram w. Blaisdell was the first
gentleman examined being followed
BY Hon. Chas. w. Brinley, Hon. F. S.
Ingalls,, DR.. Taggart and E. ]. Trlppel.
The result apparently pleased the
senator's, Major Powell and Col. Hin
ton, very highly for although the
questions put were not numerous the
answers we're direct and to the point
The exhaustive report of the Execu
tive COMMITTEES, together with til,
splendid maps drawn by Messrs. L. A.
Hicks G. E. and J. B. Steiger, c. e.
showing the whole ella valley from
Oatman Canyon to the Colorado river,
and all the country southwark to the
Sonora line, as well as the proposed
water-storage dam at Oatman Canyon,
were then presented and filed with the
clerk of the Irrigation Committee
when in accordance with the invita-
ton of the senators, Messrs Blaisdell,
Ewing, Frank, Purdy, Ingalls,,
and Trippel of the Executive Com
nittee, and Messrs. Nugent, Hicks