Arizona republican., 1910-03-11
Engineer Hill Brings Good News From Washington
 f+ fs., MONEY FOR CONSTRUCTION
Sufficient Allotment Is Se- cured to Complete Roose- welt Dam-Favorable At titude of Sec. Ballinger to Delay Formal Opening.

Five hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars in cash Cnot interest bearing securities), with which to com- plete the construction of the Roosevelt dam. and favorable consideration by the secretary of the interior of the plan to delay the formal opening of the Salt river project two years while the Water Users association assesses it. self s2 per annum per acre to raise the funds for the completion Of the dis tributing system, the building of the Crosscut canal and the installation Of the projected additional power plants.
 These were the principal matters Su
 pervising Engineer l.. C. Hill had on his mind when he went to Washington two weeks ago. after taking a swing around the southwestern circle. begin ming in the last week of January. An interview later in the day verified the complete success of his mission. indi cated by the smile of satisfaction that illuminated his face when he stepped off the train here yesterday morning It is well known that the reclamation service is desirous of completing the Salt river project at the earliest possi ble day as if is one of the largest and most promising for the early return of the investment. Nevertheless the last former appropriation for this work was getting very low and not only MT. Hin but the officials of the Water Users association were much con- cerned as to whether more money would be forthcoming from the cash in the reclamation fund, er whether the project would have to wait for more money until the proceeds of the certificates of indebtedness recently voted by the senate would become available In that event there was danger of q cessation of work for the time being. a thing that would be borh expensive and irritating to all con- cerned Mir. Hill therefore took up the first question of more money for the construction of the dam with the re- suit that he secured the promise of the secretary for the allotment indi cated above. from the present cash re- sources. and which it is believed will be sufficient to complete the work
 The fact of the cash allotment has another very desirable feature beside the matter of insuring continuity of con- struction, and that is the saving of the 2 per cent interest the project would have had to pay. had it been necessary to wait for the proceeds of the certi- ficates for the completion of the vari ous projects. a matter Of s11.250 per annum. not a great deal to be sure, but a great deal more in the long run than MT. Hills salary will cost the project from the time of it's first be- ginning But in deference to Mir. Hilrs Inodesty it should be stated that this calculation was not secured from him.
 The most vital matter disposed of. Mr Hill next took up with Secretary Ballinger the second issue which re- quired the breaking of new ground. and which 1t is believed in the long run will be the most important fes- ture of the whole project in respect of tightening the burden of paving for the entire cost of the dam, as well as vostponing the most embarrassing pay ments for two years, when 1t is be- lieved they will be much less burden some It is well known that for some time to come no more money can be secured from the government for the beginning of new work, yet the local officials of the service and the off cials Of the Water Users association have for some years planned to carry out features of the Salt river project which were not contemplated in the beginning and which would necessari- lv come under the head of new work, as they have not yet been undertaken except to the extent of surveys. Refer encc is made to the finishing of the rcmodeling of the Grand canal. the construction of new cross-cut canal from the Arizona to the lower ditches at point some distance cast of the present cross-cut, or, to be more exact in the vicinity of the red butte this side of Tempe, known as the Hole-in- the-Roc and the construction of a power plant on this new cross-cut. somewhere near the butte.
 Though the proposed cross-cut would be better supply ditch than the present one. the primary object of its construction is to make possible this electric plant, which will generate ap- proximately 4500-horsepower. Con- sidered in the same plan are one or two smaller power plants that would make the total of new power over 5.000. It may be added parenthetically that in the possibilities of the project at later day, still other plants are prob able. but for the present the chief con- -
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