Arizona republican., 1912-05-07
Both the Council and the Board of Governors Held Their Meet
 ings Yesterday
NEW ATTORNEY
 IS ELECTED
George D. Christy Will Fill That Position Secretary Files
 His Report.

The official year of the Water Users association ended yesterday. With only a few minor changes in the staff, the officers. board and council, were organized anew and preparations for another years work were completed
 The council. composed of reelected members met at ten o'clock and chose D. r. Jones chairman and Gordon Tweed clerk. The session lasted all day
 A committee of three was selected to examine the claims of farmers living near Mesa, who would be- come members of the Water Users
 The proposed delivery of water at the "40' instead of the section cor her. making it conditional that the farmer give right of way for new laterals through his land, was strong ly disapproved.
 The council also disagreed with the Land Owners Protective association as to which body should pay the at torney who appeared for the land owners at the recent congressional investigation. The petitioners asked the association to pay L. B. Car penters bill of some $500 but the request was declined by a vote of 19 to 5
 Governor Kibbey, who appeared for the Water Users was more fortunate. it being decided to pay his fee out of the regular salary of Advisor Richard Sloan, who, being in Wash ington, was unable to act
 At noon, the committee on salaries met and recommended that the sti- pend of the legal advisor be reduced from two to one thousand dollars per year and that the secretary's salary be similarly cut down A minority report sustaining the present salaries was adopted with regard to the emoluVent of the secretary.
 The board of governors met at One-thirty with President Orme in the chair. After organizing the board passed two resolutions to congress the first protesting against the addi- tion of six per cent interest to the present burden of the water users. and asking that an appropriation be made to send an expert to the valley to study the alfalfa pest
 The board considered some bank ing matters then proceeded to the election of officers. Charles A. Van der Veer was not opposed for sec retary. The new legal advisor is c. D. Christy. and Geo. II. LUtgcrding will be treasurer of the association. The governors will meet again next Monday to make an inspection trip
 
 1 ticular attention to the new con- struction work
 Following is the report of the sec ! retary:
 Phoenix. Arizona. May 6. 1912 To the Board of Governors. Salt River Valley Water Users AssOcia- l tion, Phoenix, Arizona.
 | Gentlemen: In accordance with the | custom of recent years, the follow | ing brief outline is presented of what l has been accomplished by the ass0cia- tion during the year just ended: Starting the year with the first oi 1 the special construction work con- 1 siderable advance has been made ] although there have been some delays | due to causes beyond the control ol 1 the association. At the South Con 1 soldated Power Plant. the building l' nearing completion: machinery IS be | ing hauled to the site ready for ln- ] stallation and the canal connection | is being cut to convey water to th' turbines. over eight miles of trans | mission line has been built to con meet this plant with the main line Tn order to take care of the cana | flow at the Arizona Falls plant, l was necessary to first build the spill
 way and this is now being done atte | some delays. in construction due t' difficulties encountered by the con tractor Contract has been let for th' | building which will be commenced a' | soon as the spillway is finished. Ma | chinery for this plant is on hand ant
 ready to be hauled to the site a soon as the building is SutflclchtI 1 completed for it's installation canal work better progress has beel made. The Grand canal eXtenslon ma been completed from the old cross-cu I tO the Hole in the Rock power plan