Arizona republican., 1908-08-04
COOPERATION
CONSTRUCTION
Adopted by the Water
Users Association
An Important Step Which
Observation-Disclosures
landers On South Side.

! At the monthly meeting of the board
\ of governors Of the Water Users asso-
1 ciati"n reid NsS'tr,'@y morning, tie
cu-npcrative rian cf construction work
rlDn canals vas adopted. The matter
had been brought up at a previous
meeting oe the board and it was left
/ till yesterday for final decision. The
.ladoption of this plan affects not only
4 the Highland people but will apply in
i the same manner to any other district
to be irrigated under the Roosevelt
dam project. Under this plan the work
Twill be paid for in certificates which
can be turned in the same as money
Oh payments which will be made by the
land owners when the dam is compler-
led
The land owners under the Highland
canal are intimately interested in this
matter and yesterday there was pres
ent a committee representing them
before the meeting The next step will
be to notify Supervising Engineer L.
c. Hill that the association is ready
to go ahead under this plan. To fur
Their expedite things, committee was
appointed to confer with Mr.. Hill and
lW;th the landowners under the High
land. The committee is composed of
Elliot Evans, Ralph Murphy Of Phoe-
nix and Charles Petersen of Mesa.
This committee will attend to all the
preliminary matters and report to the
board
The Highlanders win proceed to the
organization Of what will probably be
known as the Highland Canal Con-
Istruction company, to which owners
Iunder that canal will be eligible to
membership. This company will set
tie the question of who is to furnish
work and the morey needed to run
lcamp buy supplies, etc. The Water
Users association furnishes no money
but it practically puts up its credit
to back the undertaking. What ever
lactual funds are needed will have to be
secured among the interested owners.
a survey party representing the re-
lclamation service is now in the field
surveying the line for the Highland
Icaral. The engineers will compile the
| figures make estimates on the cost
and report to the association for APP
Iproval. 1t will take a month to fin
ish this work
| The association will then advertise
for bids, stating the maximum prices
to be paid for earth and rock excava-
| ton, hauling, etc. Under that adver-
tisement. will the Highland Construc-
ton company composed Of the land
lowners, step in and make a bid to do
the work under the terms stipulated
and take pay in the certificates. Under
these terms it is entirely improbable
that any outside company would
certificates will be as good as cash to
lapply on the payment under the dam
within three years or whatever time
it takes to complete the project.
Under this plan the Highlanders will
have the use of the canal and flood
water a couple Of years earlier than
if they were to wait for the govern
ment to build the canal After the
storage project is i'm operation the
owners will receive their apportion-
ment Of water
| Outside of the regular routine of
business this was the only matter of
Especial importance that was disposed
of at yesterdays session, the board
ladjourned to meet with the represen-
tatives of the forestry service. A. F.
Potter and d. D. Bronson. who will
start from here about the first of Sep
TENDER to inspect the section Of wa
tersheds of Verde and Salt proposed
to be reserved, now being grazed over
by sheep and goat herds.
These men will be accompanied by
Engineer Parish. representatives of
the sheepmen and the Cattle Growers
| association, and member of the Water
Users association. There will be
hearing in Phoenix before the trip is
made. The board was yesterday in
receipt of a letter from Clifford Pinchot