Arizona republican., 1905-12-07

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 mitted the secretary may desire to con- suit with Engineer Grunsky before he takes action. Neither is it certain that
 he will do so for t msy be 2 matter
 in which his course is entirely clear
 without a consultation, but in any
 event it is desirable that MT. Grunsky
 be as wei! informed as possible in re- spect of the Salt river project, for any exigency that may arise.
 When seen at the Hotel Adams last night, MT. Grunslly said his visit here had nothing directly to do with the work of the engineers board at this time, but for the reasons above given he was making a general western trip as matter of personal investigation. During the past summer he was re- quested to visit and inform himself on all the larger projects particularly those that might involve international complications, such as the Milk river enterprise on the Canadian line, and the operations in the Imperial country. While engaged in this inspection he said he was making it point to visit as many of the storage projects, both great and small, as he could arrange to do. He was in the Imperial country recently and enroute back encountered the floods and washouts that held him up the other side of Yuma. Arriving in Yuma as the high water was re- ceding he took occasion to look over the Laguna dam project and is pleased to report that the flood did no damage to the constructions there. except the loss of time, and but very little dam age to the leyees Coming on to Mari
 copa he spent couple of days in that
 seaport town waiting for the repair of the Gila river bridge.
 Yesterday MT. Grunsky and MT. Fow- Ter took a drive of about forty miles
 over that portion of the valley north
 and west of Phoenix. They went out
 via the capitol and Yuma road south to the Collins we'll, then north and west
 across the lower canals, and the lands
 they water, to the vicinity of Glendale, visiting a dozen or so of the larger
 ranches in particular, and stopping for
 luncheon at MT. Fowler's ranch. Mir.
 Fowler, said 1t was his effort during the day to relate to Mir Grunsky as fully
 as possible the history of the growth
 and development of the irrigation sys-
 tems of the valley, the character of the soil and the hopes entertained by the people for the wiping out of their trou | bleS by the success of the governments undertaking in the matter of water storage and distribution. He showed
 his guest many of the ranches that are now in good condition, many more that
 bear evidence of former prosperity, | blighted by long periods of drouth and
 a vast area capable of reclamation and
 profitable tilling. The drive after
 luncheon was north to the Arizona,
 east along it's bank to Central avenue,
 then to the Indian school where that large government enterprise was in- spected, in company with Superintend-
 ent Goodman. then east and south to
 the Tempe road and back to Phoenix
 MT. Grunsky expressed himself last
 night as thoroughly convinced that the
 valley is one of great promise, the soil
 of wonderful richness. and the future
 an inviting one. He said that the
 events of the day were invaluable to
 him and gave him a much better idea
 of the purposes of the Roosevelt dam
 than he had had before.
 This morning a party composed of
 Mir. Grunsky. MT. Fowler, Superintend-
 ent McDermott of the Arizona Water company and MT. H. J. McClung of the
 Phoenix National bank, will leave at an early hour for the Arizona dam go- | ing via the Crosscut Power House No
 ? and the falls, Ingleside, power house | No. 1 and intervening points of in
 interest After an inspection of the Arizona dam and the proposed site of the new concrete diversion dam, Messrs McDermott and McClung will drive
 back to Phoenix while Messrs. Fowler
 and Grunsky will go down the river in
 boat to the head of the Consolidated canal on the south side, where they will
 be met by Dr. Chandler and driven to l spend the night coming back to Phoe-
 nix on Friday If the commission shall
 have finished it's work by Friday night
 Engineers Hill and Grunsky will leave Saturday morning for Roosevelt
 MT. Grunsky is a Californian by birth. but secured his professional edu- cation in Germany, returning again to California, where he engaged in the
 practice of engineering. devoting him self mainly to fri 3ation onr water
 works projects. He was appointe dto position under the state engineer and
 was finally advanced to the position of chief assistant. His last work before
 entering the employ Of the government
 was as city engineer of San Francisco
 which position he held for four years.
 When the original Panama conmis- sion was appointed by President Roosevelt, MT. Grunsky was named as a member and served until the resig- nation of the entire board was sug- | gested, when, like all the others, he rendered his. This request on the part of the president, however, was
 not made as an affront to his ap- pOintees, but merely to give him a
 free hand in the reorganization of the
 board for the evolving of a new bus:-
 ness system. And the fact was clear | ly shown in the case of MT. Grunsky
 who was immediately appointed a con-
 sulting engineer in the reclamation
 service, as special advisor to the pres | ident and secretary of the interior.