Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-08-28
ARID LAND.
The Senate Committee to Ar
rive Here Sunday.
THE OBJECT OF THE VISIT
prenarations for the Reception ano
entertainment of the Distin-
guished Visitors.

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vary important events which Is TO
..ra Mace at the beginning OF next week
n los Angeles will be the arrival OF the
oonstor;al Committee on the Reclama-
t;or and Irrigation of Aud Land. A dis
n.tch received by Major E. W. Jones 4
from A. G. Fish announces that the COM
,,,;ttee will arrive here Sunday morning,
hpt the Associated Press account which
nurports to give the programme OF Its
movements. sets the time for its arrival
here on Saturday evening. In either
event. the members OF the committee
will remain here during Sunday ana
Monday.
Dur;nv the session last winter OF the
r;ft;oth Congress q law was passed
-h;ch called for the expenditure OF
~InO 0O0 under the direction OF the Sec.
soterv of the Interior ''for the purpose OF
investigating the extent to which the
arid 9egion of the United States
can be reclaimed by irrigation,
and for the segregation OF the rri,
gable landM in such arid region anu
for the selection of sites for reservoirs
and other hydraulic works necessary ior
the storage and utilization OF water 1or
irrigation" The work was to be done
under the direction OF the Geological
Suryev, a map prepared, and report
vas to be made to Congress on the nrst
Monday in December annually until the
monev was expended or further orders
.aco;yad The law further provided that
iii Iands which were thus reported as
ha;ng susceptible of irrigation, and al
s;taa which were marked out as suitable
Cor the location of reservoirs or bitches,
ahonld be reserved from sale, and should
not he subject to settlement or occupation
nnder existing land laws. This last part
- The ACT went into effect Immediately,
and had the result of reserying for the
Government many important points
vh;ch would otherwise soon have been
Cohhled up by spectators, who are con
stantly on the watch to get hold OF water
When the bill came up in the Senate
W. M. Stewart, of Nevada, who is al
sxDert on irrigation matters, introduced
= RESOLUTION providing for the appoint
mani of special committee OF seven Sena
tors who we're to investigate the matte
durine the recess of Congress and repor
at the next session on what sort OIL
system would be necessary to recover I'd
entire arid section of the country. Ihi
was passed, and later in the sam
session, the sum of $3.50, 900 was appr,c
.priated to carry out this work on tn
more extended scale which the stewar
resolution contemplated.
The members of the committee are
Stewart. of Nevada, Plumb, OF Kansas
on to Helena, Montana, maxim
City and Billings. From tber
after protracted session the COMMITTEE
travelled through Southern Idaho
stopping for some time at Eagle Rocl
and Boise City. The next point wa:
Salt Lake City. The HUMBOLDT anG
Carson valleys were examined, and tbe
possibility of using the water from Lake
Tahoe to irrigate the valleys below was
taken under consideration.
The commission arrived in San Fran.
cisco and is now, as will be seen from
the telegraphic columns, at work there.
Thursday and Friday will be spent in
the San Joaquin valley.
Extensive preparations are being made
by the Chamber of Commerce of this
city, In whose hands the matter of the
entertainment of the committee rests. to
assist them in every possible way in their
work. Major E. W. Jones leaves the
city today to meet the Senators in San
Francisco and accompany them
back to this city. Until he has
had an opportunity to confer
with Major J. w. Powell, the director OF
the United States Geological survey
who is managing the movements of the
committee, it cannot be known exactly
what arrangements will be made here
a public meeting will probably be held
on Monday, at which a number of civil
engineers and experts on irrigation will
be present and answer such interroeato-
rles about the section as the Senators
may see fit to ask for the better under
standing of the situation.
From Los Angeles the commission will
go to Santa Ana and thence to San Diego,
returning by way of Riverside and San
Bernardino. They will then leave the |
state to go into Arizona and return East |
The following committees have been an. |
pointed by the chamber to assist the
commission in its work and to provide
ior the entertainment of the Senators
ment, Hon. S. M. White, w. F. Fitzuar.
raid, I. A. Lewis, J. II. Book and Snth.
erland Hutton; ON Escort and Transpor-
tation, @. F. Smurr, Williamson Dunn
+. w. Jones and j. M. Davies on Re.
ception, j. DeBarth Shorb, L. j. Rose.
A. b. Chapman, Hon. VIM. Vsndeyer'
3, 3. Eaton, Colonel II. II. Markham
". U. Masters, Senator Jones, II. A. L
Unruh, General John Mansfield, A. F.
Coronel, Fred Eaton, D. Freeman. w. II
Perry, J. B: Lankershim, A. Il, Denker.
Hon. Q. Cole, Hon E. F. Spence. Hon
8. Nj. White, G. H. Peck, Colonel J, +
Ayers and s. M. Perry. a
The last committee, that on reception
includes number of men who are DOS
sessed OF much information in irrigation I
matters and they will be assisted by I
many others. +
The general purpose OF the work of f
he commission has been admirably set n
orth by Senator Stewart in the following +
words to which he gave uttersncs in a K
ecent interview:
Private persons could not make these
urveys. Aside from the expense there
7ould be no way to recoup the surveyors +
Or their work. A man who has land
lay go to the mountains to bring water st
1t. He is only working for himself al
nd does the job in such way that it in