Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-03
STAND FIRMLY
FOR WATER PLAN
CIVIC BODIES URGE OWENS
RIVER PROJECT
APPEAL TO ALL ANGELEN0S
Citizens Pressed to Vote for Bond
lssue-Work as Outlined by
Committee Is Entirely
Feasible
APPEAL TO ALL ANGELEN0S
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"Fourth-As to the cost Of securing
such water supply.
''Fifth--As to the quantity of water
and water rights secured by the city
under present options and the position
in which the city will be placed as to
securing further quantities Of water by
reason of such purchases.
All Answered FaVorabIy
Concerning these five vital PROPOSE
tions, the members of your committee
have unanimously reached the un-
qualified conclusion that they are all
to be answered favorably to the auth
orization of the proposed bond issue,
and favorably to the policy Of this city
in securing these properties.
"The committee does not offer this
report as an expert opinion, but it
merely presents business views based
upon an examination conducted from
a business standpoint.
'As this subject has been formally
acted upon by the city authorities,
your committee feels its first duty to
lie in checking up the data in the
hands of the water board, so that it
might Judge of the sufficiency Of the
investigations by the city experts and
the soundness of the conclusions
reached by them. The officials of the
water department and the city attor-
ney offered every facility for this in
vestigation and your committee has
had access to and explanation of a
mass of data and information bearing
upon the quality and quantity of water
and the amount, character and cost of
work to be done, including maps. sur
veys, government reports, with figures
of cost, etc. Your committee called
in attorneys, engineers and others Of
expert knowledge and practical exper-
ience and obtained their views upon
all questions of a technical nature
tee to an understanding of technical
points in the city's data, verified esti-
mates and were, in number Of in
stances, in a position to give the COM
mittee the benefit of personal investi-
cation of the subject made indepen-
IDENTIFY of the city's investigation.
Praises Water Board
sit is our opinion that the water board
of this city has made an exhaustive,
businesslike investigation of this sub
ject and that the conclusions reached
by them are the logical result of these
Investigations.
your committee is convinced that
there is an abundance of the purest
mountain water in the Owens valley
and that 1t is simply question of ex-
pense to bring that water here. The
properties and rights now being ac-
quired by this city will yield supply
of wholesome, potable water several
times greater than its present total
water supply. In addition to this these
holdings will place the city in COM
rnand of the water situations in the
Owens valley and will enable the city
to increase the amount Of water by the
rights located above the city's holdings.
These additional holdings being subject
to condemnation, the city can at any
time, as the necessity may arise.
acquire them at their true value, and
their value there is low. We believe
that the ultimate possible increase
would yield final total of not less than
90, 900 inches, limited only by the city's
willingness to expend money for 1t.
LAS will be seen from the report of
the committee that visited the valley,
samples of the water were taken out at
number of points and were sent to
the experts of the University of Cali
fornia and to local experts for examina-
tion. The result of this analysis is
summed up by the university author
tiles in the following statement:
Quality Is the Best
".As far as can be determined by or
binary chemical analysis, these waters
are suitable for domestic and irrigat-
ing purposes, and that from Black
Rock springs is of exceptional good
quality
This official utterance should put at
rest all doubts as to the quality of the
water Immediately obtainable; and fur
thermore, it should be borne in mind
that in proportion as the city obtains
control of mountain streams in that
same proportion will it's water supply
approach absolute purity.
"At no stage Of our investigation was
any ground discovered for questioning
the feasibility of bringing water from
the Owens river to this city. The point
of diversion is higher than any summit
to be crossed between it and this city,
and it seems to be admitted that If it
were the most economical way the wa
ter could be brought here by gravita-
ton.
1.-THE country traversed is. broadly
speaking. of two kinds, open desert,
dipping toward this city, and mountain
Gus country. A survey made by expert
topographers in the employ of this
city, the preparation of which covered
a period of six months, is in the hands
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