Arizona republican., 1902-01-15
PHoENIx. ARIZONA. JAN. IS. 1902
So long as the water question con tiuues to be the one subject uppermost

times to be the one subject uppermost
 in the minds of the res 4 HELP. idents of the valley, NOT A every sensible sugges- SOLUTION. ton bearing on the topic
 will receive careful con- sideration. For this reason We gladly give space to the subjoined communi- cation from an intelligent citizen, who believes that pumping the underground waters will solve the problem:
 To the Editor of The Republican-Sir: The stand that you have taken for water storage. l believe, is in the right spirit, and you doubtless have the wei fare of this valley at heart and would favor either national aid or the voting of bonds by the people of Maricopa county In a recent editorial you made Ii plain that the people of this valley need not expect any relief from the general government, and that they are to depend upon themselves to solve the problem. Hence. as l understand. you favor the voting of s20O0,00O worth Of bonds for the purpose of water storage While the voting of bonds has features connected with it that are objection able, yet it is not my purpose to raise any objections to this plan whatever.
 
 cal--the people will not vote the bonds Everyone in the valley knows this. have never talked to a farmer who is in favor of it. The business men of Phoenix oppose it, in fact you will find that all classes are opposed to 1t. with possibly the exception of a very small minority Then what do the farmers want? What do the people want? All agree that they want water. All agree
 c. ra nurnber of years that there is an ample supply of water under ground through out the valley. more especially in the vicinity of the land of the Maricopa and Salt river canals. This question needs no argument. It has already been demonstrated. We have apriori proof that there is an abundance of water under ground. Now comes the main question. Is there a practical plan whereby this water can be raised? Yes. And it might be well to add that every body knows this also, and have known 1t for a number of years. Well what is the plan? Ask the first man you rect if this water can be raised. If he has been here a month his answer will be, Certainly; you can raise it cheaply. abundantly and with an inces- ant flow. day and night, that will make the Salt River valley blossom as the rose, and the blue sky" You might stop him here and ask him to please talk to the point Well. he would tell you, "all you have to do it to es- tablish an electric plant at the Ari- zona falls or on the cross cut canal. At either place you can generate enough electricity at a minimum cost. to raise all the water you need For a starter, dig wells at the head of Mar icopa and Salt River canals. place pumps in these wells, run a wire from these pumps to your plant, and you can raise enough water to fill the Mar icopa and Salt River canals, while the Arizona and Grand canals can make use of the surface water" Now, MT. Editor. this certainly is a practical idea. A vast majority of the water users believe this to be a practical, common sense solution of the water question for the north side of Salt river. and I want to close by making the prediction that if the water com panies do not carry out this or a simi- lar plan that the people themselves will take 1t in hand and will push it to