Arizona republican., 1905-11-25
TIE COMMISSION
 ON APPRAISEMENI
Chairman George Y. Wisner Arrived
 In the City Yesterday.

MT. and Mrs. George Y. Wisner of Detroit, arrived here yesterday morn ing and are guests of the Hotel Adams. MT. Wisner is the first of the reclamation service engineers to arrive on the ground, for the ap- praisement of the property of the Arizona Water company. He IS quite well known here having visited Phoenix several times before in the capacity of consulting engineer, and Mrs. Wisner was here once before, stopping off for a brief visit last win ter, en route to California.
 It was suggested to MT. Wisner that as he arrived first he ought to get his third of the work done first and laugh at his associates. He said his purpose in coming on the 24th was not to beat his associates on the ground but to be real sure that ne would be here himself on the 18th. He recalled an incident of last winter when he tried for a week or two to get here and fin ally did not come at all, owing to transportation disturbances. He knows enough about an arid country to de- pend on its being flooded out when one least expects it.
 
 doubt about the arrival this morning of his co-laborers, Engineers Chandler and Sanders, and Engineers Carl F. Grunsky and Arthur P. Davis, who represent the head of the department and the chief engineer directly. They will be here if the trains arrive, though it was not known yesterday which way they would come from. x-I1r1 c E'ran n man and was a member of the 18th milan Canal Commission up ito the time of it's reorganization when he was appointed consulting engineer of the reclamation service and an adviser to Secretary Hitchcock and Director Walcott of the U. $. Geological sur vey.
 Mir. Davis is considered as practical ly the father of the Roosevelt project. For years he had personal supervision of the preliminary work and drew the original plans Naturally he has kept in very close touch with affairs in this valley that bear on the irrigation subject, though he has not been here for the last year or so. He is regard ed as probably the best posted man in the service concerning the local de- tails, except on those things that have transpired during the last year and it is a matter for congratulation on the part of every interest concerned, that MT. Davis will be here during the ses- sions of the board.
 MT. Wisner said he could not of course outline any definite plan, to which the commission will adhere un- til after conference with his asso- ciates, but in talking with MT. Hill yesterday a general plan had been suggested that will probably meet the approval of all. Today will be spent in outlining a plan agreeable to all and in acquainting the engineers with the maps of the valley, etc. It is eX- pected that the early part of next week will be devoted to an inspection of physical conditions. The engineers will necessarily have to visit the Ari- Zona dam, and will probably ride over the entire north side systems on a tour of inspection, before settlin g down to a determination of valuations. Just which portion of the system will be visited first is not yet decided upon, nor can it be told how much time will be consumed in the inspection. It will depend very much on how much of the details this or that member may care to personally inspect.
 After the inspection of the property and the consideration of estimates that have already been made by the government engineers, it is probable the local representatives of all inter- ests will be given an opportunity to appear before the board if they have anything pertinent to submit. The an uO1lucement is made that there may be