The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-06
SEEKS INJUNCTION FOR RECLAMATION
PRESIDENT SUBMITS ENGINEERS
REPORT MAKING ESTIMATES
ON WORK.
Approves Proposed Loan in Some Res
poets conditionaliy-Totai Sum
Involved Over $685.
100000.

Washington, Jan. president Taf
submitted to congress today the re
port Of the special board of army en-
gineers appointed by him last June
as result of legislation passed thai
month, to examine the various recla
nation projects upon which work had
been started by the government and
to recommend which of them should
be given share in the 500, 900 OF
certificates of Indebtedness autnor
lied by the same act giving the presi-
dent power to appaint such a board.
the board has recommended and
the president has approved the alot-
ment of the money among the follow
ing projects: @PxMhss
Salt River, Arizona, $4,000; Yu.
ma, Arizona, and California, $1,000,
200; Grand Valley, Colorado, 81 1000
200; Uncompahgre, Colorado, $780,
coo: Payette'Boise. Idaho, $1,000 900
Milk River, Mont, $1,000,000; North
Platte, Wyo., and Nebraska. $4,000
100; Truckee-Carson, Nevada, 81, 1888
100 Rio Grande. New Mexico, Texas
nd Mexico, s4,500,000; Umatila.
oregon. $4,000: Klamath, Oregon,
nd California. 100000; Strawberry
Valley. Utah, $2,272,O00: Sunnyside
Yakima, Wash, $l,250,o00, and Tie.
on, Wash, $665,000
The board also made tentative al
'otment among various projects OF
The general reclamation fund for the
Gears 1911 to 1914 inclusive. This
: 20 supplement the $4,000, 900 loan
ind to carry on projects which do not
participate in the distribution of the
loan. The projects to chare in this
money are as follows;
Yuma $2,3so,46 Grand Valley
100000; Uncompahgre S2,O45,0O0;
Ninidoka $52S,oOO; Payette-Boise,
s45S5,4S5; Huntley $4,000; Milk
River s2,950000; Sun River $3.27S,-
600; Lower Yellowstone $57S,O0o;
North Platte s2,1s5,O00; Truckee.Car-
son sI,594,O00; Rio Grande s1,S55, 900,
Missouri pumping $27o,000; Bellefour-
The s4S00O0; Okanogan $4,000; and
Shoshone 100000.
Of these the amount allotted to
Grand Valley, Lower Yellowstone and
Missouri pumping are conditional
The total amount of this fund will be
s25, 1851 ,897. M
The aliottments either from the
loan or from the general reclamation
fund were recommended for the fol-
lowing projects except for necessary
maintenance and operation.
0rlans, Cali. Garden City, Kan,
Wahato and Benton, Yakima
project, Wash, Carlsbad, New Next
60 and Hondo, New Mexico.
Tho president informs congress in
is letter transmitting the renort that
ne approved the report after careful
consideration, believing that it sets
forth plan for the distribution of
the lean and OF the available recla-I
nation fund, that, from an engineer
n. and economic standpoint will hes;
'erye the completion of those pro
Iects which should be given the pre-
ference in construction and compile
ton over such projects. or parts Of
projects which are mere remote and
may prOperlv wait until a later jata
'cr construction
The presidents approval was given
subject to the condition that tine
amounts allotted to the various pros
Iects nay be adjusted and modified
rom time to time as Is found neces
ray for the intelligent prosecution OF
ne work and the advantage OF the
ervice.' The president notifies con-
sress that, in accordance with the
,ower granted him, he has authorized |