The San Francisco call., 1909-11-07
WILL INVESTIGATE
IRRIGATION PLANS
Visit of u. S. Senate Committee
of Utmost Importance to
Sacramento Valley

The visit of the United States senate
committee on irrigation to Sacramento
is one of the most important events
in the history of the valley. It viii
afford a body of distinguished states
men an opportunity of acquainting
themselves on the ground with the
many and serious problems which con-
Germ the future development of the
great valley of California
The itinerary of the committee pro-
vides for its arrival at Sacramento
Monday morning. November s, when a
reception viii be held by the Sacra-
mento development association. At 4
o'clock in the afternoon of the same
day the committee will leave for Or
land TO inspect this project, the first
reclamation work of the federal gov
eminent in the valley. Tuesday will
be devoted wholly to an inspection of
the valley under the general direction
of the citizens, who are expected to
embrace the opportunity of making the
committee fully acquainted with the
needs of the sacramento drainage
basin.
Wednesday the committee will in
spect the Klamath project returning
Thursday TO Red Bluff to Investigate
the Iron Canyon project.
REACH SAN FRANCISCO THURSDAY
The committee will be in San Fran
cisco Thursday afternoon and will leave
for Los Angeles the same evening via
the coast line. The stay in Los Ange-
les viii be brief-from 2:30 to IL
o'clock j. m. Friday. Saturday, Novem-
Der lS, viii be devoted to a trip across
the Imperial valley, including the head
gates In Mexico. All day Sunday will
be devoted to the Yuma project and
full discussion of the interstate and
international problems of the Colorado
river
The projects in which California IS
particularly interested are five in num-
ber, viz: Truckee-Carson project Ne
vada, near the California boundary:
Klamath project, Oregon and Califor-
MIA; Orland project, Iron Canyon project
and Yuma project, California Arizona
-Four of the projects are in process
of actual construction and represent to
date the investment of s9,357. 900, as
follows: Truckee-Carson, $399OOOO:
klamath, $I,733.O00; Orland, 100000:
Yuma, $3,434,000.
TENTATIVE ALLOTMENTS
The tentative allotments for these
projects for 1909-191O amount 10 s2.5b1.
0o0, divided as follows: Truckee- Car
son, $2e0.000; Klamath, $4,000; Or
land, 100000; Yuma, s1.1S5,OOO
The works of the government when
completed will provide for the irriga-
tion of more than $4,000 acres of land
and viii insure homes for approx
mately 1l,25O families. 1t will Increase
the value of land by more than S25,0
600 and the annual revenue from crops
by S11, 100000.
The reclamation fund, which is de-
rived from the sale Of public lands in
the 16 arid state and territories. now
amounts to approximately 100000 O0O
The investment of the government in
its 30 projects up to June 30 1909, is
about $4S,000,00 leaving a balance of
100000 TO cover expenditures TO De-
cember 81. 1910. OF this amount the
accrued liabilities for 1909 are about
S2,000,000, which leaves a net balance
of $lO,000,000 TO cover the allotments
for future work to the close of the
fiscal year, June 80, 1910
While the trip of the committee is
primarily to inspect and Investigate the
work of the reclamation service it is
likely TO have an important bearing
on the attitude of the next congress
toward the $4,000, 900 bond issue pro
posed by Secretary Ballinger and
strongly indorsed by President Taft ia
his speech on conservation at Spokane