Arizona republican., 1902-04-08
NEW STORAGE BILL
The Commission Sends Another 5000
 Job to Judge Dillon.

The outlook for water storage for the Salt River valley was never more ia vorable than it is now. The water storage commission yesterday com pleted ano'he bill to be sent to Judge Dillon and prepared instructions for his guidance. The bill which he re- modelled first will cost the county $10O0 That is Judge DilIon's bill. It was re- ceived by the commission on Saturday and approved and yesterday it was sent to the board of supervisors. l has not yet been allowed. The board thinks the charge is excessive. though the commission was advised by the judge before he undertook the work that his fee would be between $1,OOO and B, ,OOO.
 A member of the commission. speak ing yesterday of the work of that body, said that the most distinguished service it could now perform would be to resign and put the tax payers to TO further expense. The latest draft of the water storage bill was made along the lines determined upon at the con- ference between the commission and committee Of the board of trade last Friday, though a the last moment an- other concession was made to the south side which has secured now everything it asked for.
 One of the points fought over the most bitterly at the meeting on Fri day was the dividing of the county into districts for the purposes of electing the members Of the water storage commission. It was proposed to create hVe districts, two of which should be on the south side. That proposition was opposed by the board of trade com mittee on the ground that by such an arrangement Phoenix, which pays half the taxes of the county, would be in adequately represented. The city would have only one member of the board while the south side, which does not represent onefiith of the taxable wealth of the county, would have two members.
 The dlstrictinS idea was apparently abandoned and though it was resolved to make the office of water storage commissioner elective it was agreed that the first commission should be ap- pointed hy the governor, the judge of the district court and the chairman of the board of supervisors. But yester- day the matter of districting came up ln q new form, but in one which was no less objectionable to those who had | opposed the project than the original one Was The word district was not used, but it was provided that in inc election of the members of the water storage commission the south side 1 should have two. Messrs J. C. Adams and Vernon l.. Clark. who were nres- |
 provision, but it carried with the votes ol Tour members of the commission. | his Was the only change not agreed l upon at the meeting Iass Fridav.
 There was another disagreement ha-
 tween Mr. Fulwfler and his coIIa,a,,,.
 when they came to the preparation cr
 the instructions Tor Judge Dillon Mi,
 t'ulWiler Wantrd it set forth thai inc suggested changes represented tho
 views of only d part of the community
 and that the judge be requested to in | corporate them in d bill if it can he
 done without interfering with the mar
 Reliability O. the bonds This state
 ment ot the situation was rejected and
 a letter by Mr. Heard set forth
 that 1T IS the wish of tEe cnmmissiou
 that the changes be made. This; letter
 Was adopted and Mir. FulwiIer, as Sec
 retary' was requested to sign it. II,
 denurred at first, but at length he
 signed it. but added q statement that
 ms signature was pcrfunctory
 The judge is asked to send the biI
 to Delegate Smith after he has re-
 modelled it that it may be introduced
 into congress. It is not believed by
 anybody that it will be heard or agi--
 at least during the present session. \
 letter was received from Mr SmItI
 yesterday with reference to another matter in which he said that there
 Were 15,0O0 bills already in congress anC
 that action could not be taken on more than 1000 of them.