Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-06-12
THE STATE WATER.

Some Of the Misrepresentation under
Which the News Labors Regarding
The Water Supplies.
The News is attempting to show that
the State of Nevada is paying about
ten times as much for water. which
it is contracting with the Gold Hill and
Virginia Water Co., to receive. THAI
it costs private citizens.
The News has fallen into the COM
mon error shared by many other peo-
pie regarding the water supply. vt
that company.
The Washoe Valley ranchers are
supplied with water which runs down
Hobert Creek from a small lake which
used to help supply the lumber flune
years ago. The Water company erected
a dame there which increased the
storage capacity of the lake and after
the fllume was abandoned the waste
water was sold to the Washoe ranch
ers at nominal cost. The Water c7.n
pany considered that they should
charge for the water as they had
been tc the expense of building the
dam which augmented the supply AMI
had become the owners Of the water
by many years of use.
The Chinaman which the News meE-
lions as getting ten inches of water
for SIS year, gets only the waste
water from the tank above Lake View.
II the News editor will take the pains
to 20 to Lake View and take a good
look at the water the Chinaman gets
he will vvery materially modify his
opinion as to the amount Of water he
receives. 1t is only the water which
comes from the overflow of the tanks
and he is willing to pay something
for it to have the sole right of it's use
and in this he is protected by the
Water company.
The News seems to insist that the
State should buy the water Of the
thinner ranch The State officials Wis
tied the ranch in the Spring and were
satisfied that there was not enough
water for the money. 1t priced the
Treadway ranch and $4,000 was the
lowest price named. Since pricing the
ranch it has been ascertained that dur
ing the dry season no water reaches
it and has not for years. The ranch
vas sold to other parties for about
half the price asked the State.
The State Board believed that the
boring OF an artesian well for the
States use would solve the diffic,ii-
ty, and the majority of the Board still
believe this to be q good investment Of
the appropriation but the law as pass
ed does not allow the money to be
spent in that way, and il the well
borer did not secure the water, his Bill
could not be allowed No well bOrer
could be found who would gamble to
that extent. The water supply west OF
the city is gradually decreasing owing
to the indiscriminate cutting of tim
Der and the Board therefore decided
to secure during the dry season the
additional water necessary. For years
it had been paying $50 month for
additional water and not getting SUI
ficient for it's needs. The additional
expense will be about $50 a month for
two months in the year, July and Au-
gust, and the extra cost after the pipe
10 laid w,ll I've but 800 year above
the present cost.
The Board has every reason to be-
lieve that 500 a year additional is not
an extravagant price to pay for a sup
ply Of water that can be depended On
and it only is obliged to pay for what
it uses. OF the money appropriated
over $4,000 will be turned back into
the treasury.
This $4,000 returned to the treasury
out Of the appropriation will furnish
the State with extra water for forty
years to come, at which time the News
editor will either be dead and exempt
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