Arizona republican., 1912-03-29
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Replies by Return Mail to Questions Asked by a Water User, Clearing Up the Latter's Misunder- standing of Facts

'ui,i EnSinar.' Nrthur T. Davis ri cf the Reclamation Servi,- Was ,a5- = upon yest,.da, by 5 deIeea ion rom the Lanl owners Protective association vrp discussed with Hi1. ylrior. features oI the r..ect. They wer" i,adcd hy the assistant s-'i .- tary. sam L,~r-, who presented a lette~ Q" ul3,h the actumpanyiu- answer was sent last uieat:
 Phoenix. Ariz. March =. 1fl2.
 Mr. sam Barrett,
 Corner 1St Avenue and Adams street Phoenix Arizona.
 Dear sir.
 have just received your letter of March 2- and note your statement that you
 find a slight difference between total cost of the Roosevelt project as given to the Water Users associl- ton by the local reclamation ofiic- ials March f. 1912. which was S9.- 574.909&0 and your statement of the cost of the project hearing the date Of March 22. 1912. which WIS $6.- 317. 46424. making difference of $3.242.91451"
 "Question 1.-Will you kindly give me statement of what this S3.245. 9l451 was expended for2'
 Answer.-I made no statement re- garding the total cost of the project This question was not asked and answered correctly every question asked. and there is no discrepancy between my answers and the state ment given out by the Project En- cineer on March f. 1912. A complete detailed statement of the expenditure and receipts on the Salt River Pro ject mp to June 30 1911. is given ou pages 69. 70 and 7l of the Tenth Annual Report of the Reclam ttion Service. now on file with the Project Engineer and also with the Water Users association in Phoenix. This report has been shown you and the information therein answers question
 Question 2-Is it necessary to have twenty three employees in the reclamation office besides Mr. Far rish's force? If so, why"
 AnsWer.-There are 19 perSoinS re- gularly employed in the reclamation office whose salaries are charged to the project Besides these persons there are MT Louis C. Hill the Su- pervisinS Engineer. and Mir C. < Witbeck. Legal Examiner. who have desk room in Phoenix and whose salaries are partly charged to the Salt River Project and partly to other projects in accordance with the relation of the work they are doing at any specific time. There are also two field men. Mir. Vernon in charge of the zanjeros and Mir Asplind. Hydrographer-wh have desk room in the office. but whose work iS mainly in the field Of the 10 per sons regularly in the office .Mr. C. H. Fitch. the Project Engineer and Mir. Reed the Engineer. in charge of operation. spend a large portion of their time in the field upon duties we'll known to everyone on the pro- ject Two other employees mention ed are the necessary fiscal. steno- graphic and clerical force. who must handle all accounts on the project keep records of water deliveries and do the vouminOus clerical work in- cident to a large project whose con- struction and operation are in pro gress all the time. The force em- ployed is necessary for the success ful operation of the project. which must be available for telephone com municatiOn to receive requests for water from about 2S00 irrgito keep a record of the delivery of the same, arrange schedules of delivery and notify the same irrigators of the said schedules and keep the volum- inous records and reports necessary