Arizona republican., 1900-09-05
COM MMITTEE AT WORK
The Second Step In the DireC- tiOn of Water Storage
The Appointment of Sub Committees to Have Charge Of Various Branches of the Work of Inv esti- gation.

The committee appointed at the late water storage meeting laid the founda- tion for great deal of work at a meet ing at the board of trade rooms yes terday afternoon. mainly for the pur- pose of comple,in the organization of the committee. The committee was in session from o'clock until shortly be- fore 6. and every minute was filled in with work or discussion. There were two remarkable things about the meet ing-the nearly complete attendance was one. Of the thirty-one members all were present but two. and one Of them was absent from the territory The ether marked incident was the seriousness and determination of the members in moving forward upon the work cut out by ',he mass meeting.
 The committee was called to order by Chairman E. 4. Fowler, who addressed it 1t some length upon plan of action and suggested the selection of neces- sary committees for the investigation of the matters which would come be- fore the whole committee and out of which a plan should be evolved for presentation to another mass meeting. Upon the adoption of a fixed plan it was suggested that meetings be held in every precinct and hamlet of the county il order that eV5ry resident might be made acquainted with it. It was further suggested that all meet ings of the committee should be open; the business to be transacted was bus mess in which every man, woman and child was interested. Ii was important that confidence in the committee should Ea fOstersd.
 There were sa many questions in vslveG in the investigation that Chair man Fowler urged a division of them among several sUb-committees, and suggested that these committees be appointed with greater care than could be exercised by the chair in naming them from the general committee. He therefore proposed the appointment of a nominating committee tOAmake se- lecUiUus. This suggestion was acted upon and this committee was made up by the appointment of Walter Talbot. Vernon L. Clark, J. W. Woolf, V. r. Messing r and W. A. KimbalI. This c1mWiltee retired to the Hotel Adams and in half an hour reported the fol- lowing committees:
 EXecutive-B. A Fowler. Vernon L. Clark pr. A. J. Chandler. B. Heyman. William Christy, J. T. Priest. J. E. Hoover.
 Finance-Dave Goldberg. F. E. Jack. R. NJ. Wallace. F. A. Hough. O. H.. Christy
 Dam sites-Dr J. NJ. Ford. w. H. Code, J. w. Woolf, J. Johnson, s. NJ. McCowan.
 For the investigation of silt deposits in ressrVoirs-V F. Messinger. Sam F. Webb. w. Ii. Wallace.
 W. H. Code and Frank H. Parker We're appointed to study the unuerflow of streams. and A. C. Mcqueen. J. WatroUs and L. II. Orme We're dele gated to lock into the practicability of developing water by pumping.
 The gigantic scheme of diver,ing the waters of the Colorado river for the reclamation of desert lands in this county was not overlooked. J. T. Priest. w. A. Kimball and w. A. Han cock will examine the project. and J. Ernest Walker, Walter Talbot and T. N. Clant0n will ascertain the amount of water available for storage in thr Salt river and it's tributaries.
 The researches of the dam site com mittee will not be confined to any par ticuIar site. but all which might prob ably become aVailabl- will be visited in turn.
 The only discussion bearing directly upon the object of obtaining d perma- nent water supply was raised by an adVgC cate of the Colorado river project. As is well known. a very large major ity of the committee as well as of the members of the late mass meeting do not =leve that this is at all prac- ticable. That view, however. will not be allowed to be taken for granted, but the subject will be faithfully investi- gated at the expense of time and money if with no other result than proof of it's impracticability. So that when the report of the committee comes before the people there may be no charge of d want of thorough in- vestiga5ion.
 The enthusiasm of the committee was shown in the cheerfulness with which the members agreed to devote all the time necessary to the work in hand and to defray their own expenses. To meet other necessary expenses Chair man Goldberg f the finance commit- t5e undertook to I'd SC $l,OOO or any other sum that might be needed, by private subscription. Col. William Chris;y was appointed treasurer.
 A promising thing about this com mttee is that whiIa many of them have convictions regarding one plan or another. no man is welded to any. Members who expressed themselves yesterday said that they would readily endorse any plan that the majority might agree upon and endeavor to bring it to a successful working out.
 It was resolved to hold two meetings of the gen ral committee each week on Tuesday and Friday. The executive committee will be in session daily at 10 o'clock to receive reports of sub-com- mittees and suggestions regarding plans.
 WONTAN ADMITS FORcEPv