Arizona republican., 1905-04-27

the Grand Canal company take some action or steps toward obtaining water for said canal for the water users un-
 der it. it being deprived of water at the present time by the breaking of the Arizona dam which has for years diverted the water belonging to the Grand Canal company so as to breach over the time that may elapse from now until repairs are made on said Arizona dam enabling it to divert waters for the Grand canal. and at your suggestion requesting us to en- deavor to make some proposition or agreement with the Appropriators Canal company a corporation for the diversion and carrying of water to the Grand caaal during this time when it cannot get water by the diversion of the Arizona dam and until such time as it is put in repair. a meeting was called of the board of directors to con slider the matter and it was their con sensus of opinion and desire to do all in their power to supply the water users under the Grand canal with wa ter at the present time or at the earli- est possible moment in the future, and with that end in view they are willing to meet with the representatives of the Appropriators' Canal company. a cor poration under some proposition the basis of which shall be as follows; list. The Grand Canal company will lease for a certain time the prop erty owned by it, beginning at it's headgates at a point directly opposite Tempe and running in a westerly di-
 rection to the point of intersection with
 the Cross cut canal at it's confluence with the Grand canal upon the follow | ing terms: Appropriators' Canal com Pany to put this portion of the Grand canal in repair to carry and conduc
 water 10 the aforesaid point and to pay
 for said lease hold a nominal sum. "2nd. The Grand canal to pay for
 water delivered to it at said point of i intersection. to wit, where the Grand
 canal intersects with the Cross cut 1 canal, a sum to be determined upon ] between the Grand Canal company and | the Appropriators' Canal company,
 with the further understanding that ! the Grand canal is contracting for wa | ter to be delivered to it at the afore-
 said point. only during the existence
 of the present conditions by reason Of
 which it Is unable to divert the neces-
 sary waters for the Grand canal at the
 Arizona dam and convey the same to the Grand canal through the Arizona
 canal and the Cross cut.
 Ut is further understood that if an l agreement on these lines is made be- i tween the Grand Canal company and : the Appropriator's Canal company the said Grand Canal company releases none of its rights and the Appropri- ator's Canal company initiates no rights by virtue of the lease aforesaid and any agreements between said com panies."
 This proposition is signed by Pres | ident Lloyd B. Christy and Secretary | W. B. Cleary.
 fl The proposition was not entertaine | for an instant since it involved a sac | ritice of all the Appropriators had been
 working for The committee hal been II in consultation with Thomas Arm | strong Jr. the attorney for the ap- | D. CpriatOrs and he had out'::.,.,I a 1 cc-I1er proposition which sh"u'd he | submitted before any further action ' should be taken. There had also been
 some talk of litigation in the very
 probable event that the parties could
 not come to terms and MT. Armstrong
 had informed the water users that it :, would be necessary to make some fin- ! ancial showing to the court before they could hope for relief The court must be convinced that they would be able 10 carry out their plans. There was an extended discussion of the whole situa- | tion and committees were appointed for the purpose of raising the needed
 money and for conferring with the
 railroad companies with reference to
 the building of bridges over their
 canal.
 Later in the day the following coun- l ter proposition was sent to the direct | of he
 ised to make answer to it this after ! noon:
 Tn reply to your proposition this i day made us we have to say that the
 first basis proposed is impossible of
 acceptance.
 we will however in view of the
 present emergency endeavor to obtain | from the Appropriators' Canal com pany an agreement which either of two plans may be carried cut at once list. The Appropriators' Canal | company will put on sufficient men
 and teams to complete within two to l four weeks their canal from it's head | ing in the Salt river to the fntersec-
 tion with the Grand canal and supply | the Grand canal with water to which
 we as appropriators taking water ! through the Grand canal are entitled | pToNiueu you VIII ODJdu1 rom your | associate corporation the Arizona Wa ! ter company permission to the Ap- propriators Canal company to cross
 with its ditch a certain quarter section of desert land owned by it and lying between the western end of the Ap- | propriators canal and the Grand can al The AppropriatOrs' Canal company
 at the same time agreeing to pay the owners of such land all reasonable damages Occasioned by such crossing
 and such water will be supplied to the Grand canal without one cent of cost to it for six months, or
 ''The Appropriators' Canal company
 will allow the Grand Canal company to
 enter upon it's property and complete
 it's dam and canal to an intersection
 with the Grand canal provided such
 work be commenced at once and car