Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-29
OFFER TIE JUNGA
WATERS TO CITY
TWO THOUSAND INCHES AT LESS
THAN PRESENT RATE
Company Controls Canyon Reservoir
Sites and Wants Contract to Last
Only Until Owens Aque-
duct Is Built

Owners of acreage in the Te Junga can
yon offered to the city council yesterday
to sell Los Angeles as much water as
1t consumes now daily--about 1000 inches
at the rate of cents per 1000 gallons.
To show that the scheme is not antag-
onistic to the Owens river plan the pro-
jectors say that they make the offer 10
apply only to the interval between now
and the completion of the Owens aque-
duct.
The council referred the plan to the
board of water commissioners.
President Homer A.. Hansen OF the
Te Junga company said yesterday:
Exclusive Reservoir Rights
saThe Te Junga company is owner OF
about 1000 acres at the mouth of the Big
Te Junga creek in the San Fernando
valley, Los Angeles county, and has ac-
ouired from the United States govern
ment the exclusive right to construct
dams and reservoirs in the Big Te Junga
canyon at ten different sites, these sites
having been selected by competent en-
gineers as being all of the practicable
reservoir sites in the canyon.
"The company is preparing to imme-
diately construct at its own expense
dams and reservoirs at three OF the sites
at a cost approximating 100000.
"By so doing the company will con-
serve and store such quantity of water
as will enable it to furnish in about one
year 1000 inches Of water continuous flow.
.'The company offers to enter into a
contract with the city of Los Angeles,
agreeing to deliver at the mouth OF the
Big TIE Junga canyon in about one year
from now 1000 inches of water at the
rate of s cents per 1000 gallons, the city
being enabled to make a profit thereon,
as it is at present selling water to con-
sumers for about 9A cents per lOOO
gallons.
"As the city is now using only about
210O inches of water daily the acceptance
of this proposition will almost double the
city's present insufficient water supply.
For Four Years
.sThe company will not expect the city
to continue the purchase of such water
after the completion of the Owens river
aqueduct, which it is claimed will take
at least five years.
"To summarize, this company offers to
enter into a contract with Los Angeles
to furnish the city within about one year
and until the completion of the Owens
aqueduct, extending over the period OF
about four years, 1000 inches of pure
mountain water, continuous flow, at the
rate of cents per 1000 gallons
..The cost of the construction of all
dams and reservoirs is to be borne wholly
and solely by the company; the city being
called upon to pay for only such water
as Is delivered at a point agreed upon,
or for any other period that may be
mutually agreed upon.
"This explanation is made SO that there
can be no misunderstanding and to the
end that this proposition shall not be
construed as in any way. directly or
indirectly, remotely or contingently, in
terfering with the Owens river enter
prise.
.sUpon the completion of the Owens
river project the company expects to use
it's waters upon its own holdings OF 4OO0
acres and to sell any surplus water not
80 needed to such other owners of land
in the San Fernando valley as may desire
to purchase same"