Arizona republican., 1910-10-04

Marshall, advising engineer to the sec retary of the interior. Charles S Fee, general passenger agent of the South ern Pacific, with headquarters at San Francisco, and several other railroad officials may be in the party.
 General Marshall is one of the most important officials of the interior de- partment He has surveyed and di- rected. surveys in many of the widest and most inaccessible parts of the west. Years ago he surveyed in the Tonto Basin country. Marshalrs pass, Colorado. is named for him.
 The generals present weight is more than 300 pounds. When he surveyed in the Tonto basin he weighed 25O pounds. Despite his great weight he is remarkably active.
 MT Hill has not been informed how long a time the army engineers can spend at Roosevelt and in this valley. The tentative plans, discussed yester- day. is to spend a day in running from Mesa to Roosevelt, via the Granite Reef dam, spend another day at the big dam, another In running down to Phoe- nix and fourth viewing the valley. That would bring the party into PhOe- nix Monday evening and it is possible that an informal reception will be held at one of the local hotels The people will be invited to meet the visitors.
 At least six machines will be re- quired to transport the party to Roosevelt and an equal number to carry the visitors around the valley. The committee will endeavor to secure two sets of autos
 On the way to Roosevelt at least one local citizen will be with each ma chine to answer questions of the en- gineers. Just who will make the trip is uncertain. The near approach of the constitutional convention, to which he is a delegate, will make it impos- sible for President Or1ne to leave the city.
 Every effort will be made to give the visiting engineers a favorable inn pressicn of the Roosevelt dam and of the Salt River valley, as they will make a report to President Taft upon the condition of all the reclamation projects The land owners under the Tonto reservoir, however, have asked for none of the money the board of army engineers is to distribute. An appropriation was made by congress to complete projects now under way and the present trip of the army en- gineers is being taken for the pur- pose of inspecting the projects, esti- mating the amount required by each and talking with the farmers. to se cure their opinions upon the practica- bility and value of each dam, re- servoir and canal. As interest must be paid upon money drawn from this appropriation, the Water Users as- sociation has not asked for any of the fund. though more cash could be used to advantage In his talk to the gov ernors Engineer Hill pointed out that the Salt River valley farmers have demonstrated their faith in their pro- ject by arranging to tax themselves to the extent of $900.0O to complete it. He referred to the money that will be spent on power plants.
 The second and final payment of $4500 was ordered made on the build ing site, purchased from the Y. M. c. A. As the Water Users association had the reason lying idle there seemed to be no reason why it should not be paid over and deed drawn up. Inei- dentally the Y. M. c. A. treasurer will be helped out materially.