Arizona republican., 1900-08-10
INCREASING NUMBER
Of Those Wanting a Perma-
 nent Water Supply
It Is Only Demanded That County and Individual Rights in the Reservoir Be Secured by Abso- lute Guarantees.

Reservoir construc ton grows to be a
 more and more important theme in this
 community as the need of water be-
 comes the more and more urgeDt. A
 few farmers are still hugging the de-
 lusions of former years projects, in-
 definite and impractical, for obtaining a permanent, reliable and adequate water supply. The numbers Of those
 who favor something definite and prac- 'tical are constantly growing. That is
 what they like about the plan suggested by The Republican. It brings some
 thing in sight. within the easy range of probability.
 Said MT. John Orme yesterday: q am not in favor of voting bonds as a
 general thing and am not in favor of it
 in this case until q positive result is assured, but water has become so much Of a necessity that We are forced to do something. Before voting the bonds I would prefer to see the present water litigation settled so that We will know where we stand. Then I would like to have sound guarantee protect ing the present owners of land in their rights so that the reservoir company could not undertake to furnish water to new lands until those already under cultivation are fully supplied. After that let the building of the reservoir proceed with the definite understanding that as soon as the success of it Is as-
 sured the county would take $5OO,O00 worth of stock. With all these guar antys and understandings there can be TO risk"
 ! R. J. List, a Glendale farmer, was asked for his opinion on the proposed 1 bond issue. He said: q am against ] ft" When asked for his reasons he said the principal one was that he was afraid the reservoir would fill up. He said he had read the articles in The I.Republican on the storage question
 very carefully and was greatly inter | 5sted in it, as he fully realized the ne
 cessity for a greater water supply. He i was also perfectly in accord with the ! general belief that the county could well afford to pay a half million dol ! lars if the water supply could be so- | cured but he was fearful that the
 reservoir would fill up if it was con | structlA. Asked if he had read the last i issue of the paper in which this subject
 was specifically treated, he replied that
 he had not seen it yet, but would read 1 it when he got home. The principal | features of the argument were then | explained to him. when he said: "Well | if I can satisfy myself on that point I | will favor the bonds or anything else to i get water. I know that if I can get
 water when 1 want it ! can raise six or seven crops of alfalfa every year
 and can afford to pay even more for ! the water than is now charged. But,
 of course, I want to be assured of the
 water, as taxes under present cOndi- 1 lions are already burdensome."
 While the conversation with Mir. List was in progress another mar came along and joined the group. He said: "I've just been reading the editorial in
 The Republican on the subject of silt. { If the explanation given of the way to i handle the silt question is proved to be | practicable, I am ready to vote for the 1 bonds. We all know that the rsser-
 voir will be a good investment if it is
 successfully constructed.''
 ! J. A. R. Irvine said: "Yes, favor the i bonds, but conditionally, of course. I would prefer to have the government build the reservoir if it would, but l there seems to be little hope IT. that Cli- rection. The need of storage is beyond discussion, and if We can get it in no
 other way I would favor the bonds with
 the understanding that they be so
 drawn as to become null and void if the | reservoir is not constructed or the
 water is not delivered to desiring puT- 1 chasers. l would not favor the bonds
 without thzse specific safeguards | Clarence McEwen said: "I don't
 know much 4bout bonds. I think the
 government should build us a reser-
 voir, but i don't suppose it will. We
 have go, to have water storage, though,
 in some way. even if we have to vote l bDnds.'