Arizona republican., 1902-06-13
WATER COMMISSION
Will Not Reeede From Its Resolution
 of May 28.

\ meeting oi the water storage com mission was held yesterday at which it was decided to take no action on inc sugge estion received from Washington relative t9 the enabling act The .cnl- mission wili stand cn it's latest resolu- ton. and accordingly directed tilc i"l- lowing telegram to be sent to oIessls Heard and Trott at Washington:
 The commission has no change to male and insists that its resolution cf May 2s be followed"
 That resolution. it will be reme.nb.r- d. was adouted the next day after ifla Hotel Adams meeting. which made an expression in favor 0: the remodelilg of the ena bling act to assist q private cooperation in the building of q res-r- voir in the event that tne county should not decide io assu.oe ,n5 whole burden. Among other changes p1o,lns- ed at that meeting WAS the elimination cf tise clause or the original bill rsGtir- Ing that before the submission f bond rropositol to the people Contracts shcClG b. entered into with twc-tnir.ls of the canal companies. The c3mmis- sic1 agreed u these changes a-d Gll oti9rrs suggested at that meeting and i forwarded it's instructions to Eir.
 Heard. Q member Of the c1.n- mission. then in Washin~tc1 The commission received telegram from AtaTscs i:':,-:I. Irott Fcv-le,. and N-iI- bur that tkes- had agreed CT a single chang. that is, that the contract l cieIlse should be amended so that on tracts reed be entered into with only -iX C the canal cofnpa nies instead e with tWo-tnirds of them. U w1s stated with d-fini-anozS that thai wzs 5r, o-7- ! ly agreement that could be expected among the representa- of the ro'n- mission and the county The i people of the valley were urged ! to se= together on this agreement and ! were assured that ii they failed to do 70 ta@ CT" o!ir:l ae; Woi;I3 not be pass- e4
 i II was on this account that the meet l ing Of yesterday was held There were preSe .f besides Messrs. Priest. Gold man. Pete, son and FuIwiler. of lne commission. members of the werar storage committee representing the
 b.lsi1ass n3er and tho board e. trade. = :irSie voice was raised by member, : If the committee in favor Of the adGp- l ton Ci the agreem ment at Wasnings3a ;;;.d no member or t,e commission vas; in favor of it.
 ! it is the l-E23inOus O,5;1.on of jile ! commission that any further switch ing would he a waste cf time. The con cessiol made by the twO-thirders is i.e- ally no concession at all The people ot
 tne south siGe are standing together in favor of the original bill. There are more man six canals o-l the south eiIe. and that is two more than the big
 north side canals could muster. IT c,.a i O. t:,= si: should stand out against ii.-
 bill. all of them would, and il wouia i,eveT come before the people.
 In the afternoon the commission held q business session. going over the les ters and bills that had been received since the previous session. Among
 them was 9 letter from d man in San Antonio. Texas. who thinks that the i storage reservoir is 9 thing of fact ind that all that is needed Eov: to rcc!za
 the prosperity of the valley complete E
 irrigation. lie wanted to know if .iie commission could undertake t3 furllis,1 him land and water rights There ,.d-
 ano'har letter from firm of ccntrlct-
 CTS. who want to submit a bid for the construction ot the reservoir.
 There was 9 meeting at Tempe H..s-
 terdaE 10 consider tlia proposed chang
 es in the bill 1t tht time of the aa-
 journment of the commission the ie-
 suit O; the meeting had not been iearn-
 ed. but it Was well known what ];
 would be. \ resolution would he
 adopted to eNicrt Messrs. Heard ai.G
 Wilbur ;2 stand firm in their op..-si-
 tion 10 the resolution cf May .S
 The commission will hold it's rec4lai
 meeting on June 20.