The Arizona sentinel., 1904-06-01
these questions and have wide experjeuce. You have some To-

experience. You have some To-
 cal questions that you must come together on and reach a satisfac-
 tory conclusion. We, the engi-
 neers of the reclamation service,
 will do all in our power to assist
 in the forwarding of the work from the physical side, but we cannot go to one of you and say
 you must do this or that. You will have to settle these cOndi- tionS among yourselves; then come to us with the solution.
 Remember this great opportuni-
 ty does not come as free gift
 though an enormous benefit
 aside from dollars and cents
 it must be paid for to the United
 States, but without interest,
 without profit, and on time.
 Nothing good can come for noth-
 ing, but you have here great
 opportunity to secure the use of
 this fund in developing this
 great country, and we trust you
 to see that the fund is sacredly
 guarded and used again and
 again in this great development.
 1 wish to again thank you for
 the opportunity of meeting you,
 and to express confidence und
 hope that in future years the
 greatest development that can take place in the west will be
 here.
 President Winsor next intro duced MT. J. B. Lippincott, who
 has long been an enthusiastic supporter of the Yuma project,
 and has probably done more in securing favorable action by the government than any other man. MT. Lippincott said;
 Ladies and gentlemen: 1 cer- tainly hesitate to speak after such a distinguished gentleman as Mr. Newell and to be followed by such an eloquent orator as Mir. Smythe. However, 1 think 1 may be justified in speaking to you along the lines of the engi neers' work. I wish to say that we have endeavored to plan and to estimate upon the works for the Yuma project; it's construc- tion will be of permanent char acter, and necessarily expensive; yet, while the first cost to you may seem expensive, still we hope that these works will be so complete, that the repair bills and operating expenses will be small, and we confidently expect that when we have finished these works that they will not have to be rebuilt within a century, if ever; and that the annual charge for water will be materially less than one dollar per acre. Now, if this is the case, we believe that if you pay on the basis of 10 per cent for the water which is delivered to you after the com pletiOn of the works and after the delivery of the water that the charge per acre will not be any greater than what you now pay on the lands you irrigate. And we wish to call your attention to the fact that after the expiration of the ten-year period that you will not only be the actual own CTS of the works, but that you will also be the absolute admin of that system. Now, do not wish to address this au- dience very long. Like the poor, 1 hope to be with you always, 1 but not as a speaker. 1 wish, to present one fact to your attention: The eyes of the whole Southwest are looking with interest toward this Yuma project, and if it is made a sue cess, as l am convinced it will be, believe it will be the means of ] the building of other large projects. 1 wish to say that when these works are built l that this area will support an in to the acre. You will | have along the Colorado river, from Needles to the Mexican ] line, dense population. 1 be- Iieve that one hundred thousand i ,c,.n.. will ID ,>1,aNI ,,n T ou i,r;