Arizona republican., 1906-03-02
Details of inc Arrangement Between the Gov
 ernment and the Water Company
An Analysis of the Figures Showing That the Company Ob tdined the Amount Asked for in the Tentative PrOpO- SitOn of Last November. A Hitch Which at
 One Time Seemed Permanent

riage of said waters and delivery ! thereof for beneficial use upon the lands lying under said canal system; together with the diverting dam across the Salt river at the head of the Ari- zona canal the headgates, canals and lateral ditches, including the bed and banks thereof, all rights of way, ex- tensions, enlargements. additions
 members, connections and branches If sad canal; and the right to use all easements, rights, property and prem tses appurtenant or belonging or which i may hereafter appertain or belong Lo l the said property in any and every re- spect whatever; the said canal sys- | tern and appurtenances being located ! in the valley of Salt river, in the ter rit0ry of Arizona; also a certain con- ! tract dated March l, 1901, made by and between the Arizona Water company and the Phoenix Light and Fuel com pany for the rent and lease of water power to said Phoenix Light and Fuel company for the generation of light and electricity; also all maps. plans and field notes, records and books COZ nected with or necessary in the opera tion of said canal system
 l The purchase price of said group of I thirty-five thousand, one hundred and sixty-eight dollars C$235,16S. OO).
 It is further understood and agreed that the party of the first part as i. may acquire title thereto. will sell and ! by good and sufficient deed convey n the United States of America, for the uses and purposes as aforesaid, the following described properties, of which the Arizona Water company now holds a controlling interest, to. wit the Arizona crosscut canal. the 1 Grand canal, joint head of the Mari ] cOpa and Salt river valley canals. the MaricOpa canal, and the Salt river val | ley canal, the same being the property of and being owned severalIy by the Grand Canal company, the Maricopa 1 Canal company and the Salt River ! Valley Canal company; also all the
 rights and claims of the said compa-
 nies to divert and carry the waters of
 the Salt River, in Arizona in pursu- ance of notices of appropriation of said waters, or in pursuance of the rights l heretofore acquired by reason of the 1 diversion and carriage of said waters and delivery thereof for beneficial use upon the lands lying under said canal system; together with all dams, head gates, canals and lateral dftches. in cluding the bed and banks thereof, all rights of way, extensions enlarge ments, additions. members, connec- tions and branches of the said canal | systems; and the right to use all ease ments, rights, property and premises appurtenant or belonging to or which may hereafter appertain or belong to the said properties, in any and every respect whatever; the said canal sys- tens and appurtenances being located ! in the valley of Salt river, in the ter ritory of Arizona; also all maps, plans and field notes, records and books con- nected with or necessary in operating said canals.
 It is further understood and agreed that the properties of the three canal companies last herein named shall be conveyed to the United States as soon as practicable after the minority shareholders in said Grand, Maricopa and Salr River Valley Canal companies shall cause all suits and demands
 against said companies, or against said
 Arizona Water company, to be dis
 missed and released and shall consent
 to the sale of the properties of said
 companies and surrender their shares
 in said companies upon condition Of
 receiving their pro rata share of the
 proceeds of said sale after first de-
 ducting the costs of perfecting title.
 The purchase price of said group of
 properties shall be seventy eight thou
 sand nine hundred and ninety three
 dollars (s78,993. 0O).
 It is further understood and agreed
 that the outstanding certificates or
 deeds Of water rights made by the
 canal companies named herein or by
 any of them, shall not be considered
 lien on the properties herein agreed
 to be conveyed, nor shall the rights O.
 the holders thereof be prejudiced or in
 any way affected by any conveyance
 made in pursuance of this contract
 And the party of the first part fur
 ther agrees to procure and have re- corded, where proper for record, all further assurances of title and afTidav-
 its and other documents that may be necessary and proper to show clear ti-
 tie, unincum bered in said party of the first part to said properties in time for abstracting and for due examina- tiOn by the proper officials in Wash
 ingtOn, D. C.; and upon demand of the party of the second part and upon payment of the purchase price as here in stipulated, to execute and deliver a any time within the continuance oC this agreement a good and sufficient deed of warranty which shall convey a good title to said premises, free Of lien or incunbrance, to the said Unit 1 States for the uses and purposes con- ! templated by said act of congress.
 In consideration whereof the sad | party of the second part agrees thar l the United States will purchase said