Arizona republican., 1899-01-04
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
Plans by Which Water Storage Can
 be Attained Are Submitted.

There was a meeC7ng Of the water storage committees held yesterday
 which was not vsry will attended bu. there were two important reports sub mitted and a great deal of intelligent
 and interesting discussio1 which shows that the water storage question is still
 receiving the thought of the people Prof. F. A Gul,ey who is chairman of the committee to promote the construc-
 ton of water storage submitted a 1e- port which aroused sCme 'scussiCn. It
 was agreed that the GU sticn Of secur- ing water storage is a cCmplicate1 one, and one Of the cOmmi ,teemsn present
 thought he could understand the ques- tiCn and giva it mere thorough study
 if the reports were given to the news
 papers. The report Of the construct
 tion committee which is composed cf
 Fred -Woolsey and H. W. Adams with
 Prof. GulIey 2s chairman, is as fol- lows:
 q. Toprovide for irrigation districts
 petition to board Of supervisors Of
 the counties, by owners of tw0-thirds
 of the land in the district. Act to 9p- ply tC the territory
 ''2. To provide for tax levy on land, so much per acre to secure COrstruc- ticn and operating storage water sup ply by association CT corporation, the tax tC secure contract with ga q c0rpO- ration fer supplying 2, specified amount Of water for a definite term cf years.
 ''2 Tc enforce association CT cor poration tc deliver water agreSd upon as per contract or forfeit franchise, to be secured by bond on property, to the county or territory, this to spec fly that priority of application for rese-vcir water would give priority of ccn.rGct for water fer the district, reservoir not allowed to sell surplus or ether water outside of dis rict except at same price, under all circumstances the price cf water to be uniform tc all useg,5 of the same.
 4. To provide that water measure shall be based on cubic feet of water delivered, no water to be paid lor un- l5ss delivered.
 This may include measurement Cf flow water in miners inches for a spec flied time, hours, days, weeks and years, but always based on cubic feet of water.
 "5. To provide fer condemning Of right of way for delivery Cf water through existing canals when such right cannot be secured otherwise, and no other route is fcasible; dams ges and compensation to canal to be d. termined by board Of appraiscment ap- pointed by supervisors.
 "6. To provide that all lands in the district shall be subject tc tax a uniform rate per acre, the whole tC GOV CT contract price per year fer all the water agreed upon for the district, but that the actual amount of tax to b. levied each year shall only cover the deficit not met frCm water rentals for the year.
 "7. To provide that at the beg1nn,ng Of each year, any land owner or renter may apply fer any amount Of water for the year, up to the pro rata amount agreed upon in the general contract for the district This water to be pa for at the end of each quarter, for ac<ual amount delivered Tolls cn water thus collected to' apply o1 payment cf wa CT for the district and to be deducted in estimating the tax l5vy for the year.
 Prof. Gulley thought that some ex~ planatiCn was necessary and he suD- mitted the following:
 'ETax all land tC secure incress q water supply, whether the land usa5 reservoir water or not, is justified be- cause value will be add-d to all land with more abundant and assured sup ply fer the district as whole, because at present no land is fully supplied. . The tax rate will not be burdensome. . because annual water rentals Will r5- duce the tax levy to 2 low amount, and . even tC zero.
 This plan will force uncccUpied land . held for speculation, to help pay for the genCral improvement of the cCUn- try and the enhancement Of all land values. It places the larger payments on owners Of the new lands, as they require the most additional water Owners Of water shares would be com Delled only to buy and pay for Wa e. hat they cannot now get in prCp-r- :. ton to the actual supply, CT rat@et tc the difference between the supply and the claim. The plan in no way intef ,eres with existing rights of canal com them. Canals Cn the South de. CO., 7pzIative or company associations can come in under this pan, and il puts all land and land owners cn an equal standing"
 Prof Gullsy maintained that some security must be given the men Wio construct the reservoir, and he th0u2h he plan submitted embodied the ma .erial fer at least one solution of the storage question, although the reporl was brief and he had mad9 1t as plain ,5 he could
 There was some discussion of the ,lan but the only opposition was that