Arizona republican., 1910-03-21
MONDAY MORNING; MARCH 2l, 1910.

ished road is across Grace valley all
 Bill Williams Fork in a general way
 runs directly west from the dam site
 dam site it comes from a generally
 northeastern direction. it's principal tributary being the Big Sandy. which
 comes from almost due north. A little
 east and south of the dam site is vast
 desert area claimed to be of the finest
 soil. lying between Rogers ranch and
 Congress. This is down on many of
 the maps as Cactus Plain" but Is
 known locally as Buffers valley. about twenty-five miles long and seven miles
 wide. containing over 100000 acres of
 land that has been formed in ages past
 by erosion from the surrounding hills.
 and that only needs water to transform
 it into a magnificent agricultural sec
 ton. This is the area to be watered
 by diversion from the proposed reser-
 voir. If the plans are carried out il
 will present the novel spectacle of a
 vast irrigated section through which
 no natural water course of any mo
 ment runs. The water coursIng down
 the Fork to the west will be stopped.
 turned east, and through tunnel and
 lift run out on big desert where it
 can 1o the most good
 The critical minded might hasten to
 the conclusion that this would be natural perversion of nature; that lands below would be robbed. but it so happens that there is no consider able area of land between the dam site and the mouth of the river which could be watered for the river is most of the way in s deep canyon. Butler valley is the only section of important size that can ever be waterel with flow that gets as far down as this dam site. It is the plan of the company that the Fork waters shall be perpetu- ally attached to the lands If Butler valley as their natural bride. just as the leading irrigationists of this day believe to he the proper principle and as the reclamation service establishes by precedent Whether the company will acquire the lands. which now be- long to the government by some pro cess of filing. or whether they will be designated as the natural Fork lands and be thrown open to settlement is an open question. one of the matter in fact that Mir. Stalker is now going to Washington to confer about The only settled thing is that once the wa ter is carried to these lands. it can never be taken from them.
 So far have the promoters gone with their plans that the Westinghouse Electric company of Pittsburg and the Allis- Chalmers company of Chicago have bid one the installation of the power plants and the transmission line. but the constructing operations will not begin until next fall. during which tune tHs llhdHCiuS oi tHc PiVJtN' Nih be completed.
 The promoters are all Pittsburg men and include James Lowrey. retired. of the firm of J. L. Lowrey & Son, under takers. and J. B. keaggy. capitalist. both residents of the north side: J. H. McClarren, capitalist: pr. D. w. Frye. president of the Hazelwood Trust com pany: E.. E. Keller formerly vice president and general manager of the Machine company and one of it's receivers at the time of it's financial embarrassment: and Charles F.. Stalker who is engaged in the realty business. These gentlemen are operat- ing under the name of the Pittsburg- Arizona Water Power & Irrigation though this name may be decided upon. The company has ar ranged with New York syndicate to it's bonds providing it's en- gineers report fsvorably on the pro- ject- These engineers are now m the field. and while MT. Stalker does not know what they will report, he says they seem to be as enthusiastic over the possibilities of the project as he .. is. and he has every confidence in the world that they will find things to their They will probably be en- gagged in further surveys and gather ing of data until the hot weather and it will be fall before they will have completed their estimates. In she the company will be perfect ing it's plans for construction and be prepared to do business on a large scale when the time comes.