Arizona republican., 1913-11-11

I do not deem it necessary for the purpose of this report to incorporate herein all the computations, tables and preliminary estimates of cost of the various projects. It would cucumber the report and be of no practical value.
 Areated water from a perennial stream is always more desirable than from storage, no matter how perfect the basin.
 The writer has given careful consid- 1 eration to the merits of the various sources and is decidedly of the opinion that the supply from the Verde has so many elements of merit in it's favor as compared with the other sources, that the project should be accurately de velOped before expending further time or money on the other projects men toned
 The project comments itself to me:
 1st. The quality is good.
 End. There will be no storage re- quired. Guaging over a long period of time gives us reliable data
 3rd The city now has a title to water in this stream (see extract from MT. Reeds report incorporated herein)
 4th. There will be no valuable lands, CT reservoir sites to condemn.
 5th. There is a feasible location for a gravity pipe with no hazardous con struction, which can deliver the water under fire or domestic pressure to the city no pumping being required.
 9th. It is believed that an accurate survey will demonstrate that the sys- tenn can be constructed for a sum that would be a fine investment for the city
 It is your writer's opinion that water from any suggested source from a surface supply, will require some means of clarification and purificatiOn
 The citizens of your city have been long accustomed to water of crystal clearness and another supply would not be satisfactory. if not of same standard of cIearness.
 With the adoption of the Verde River supply would require treating plant as 1t will be impossible to obtain clear water therefrom by any other means.
 The suggestion of Mir. Reed that no open conduits be designed for convey ing the water to the city, fully meets my approval.
 As the quantity and ownership of the Verde river water there is herewith
 
 Reeds report hereinbefore referred to-
 The statements as to low water flow have been verified by reference to rec ords. His claim as to ownership of the water by the city shared by many. have conferred with.
 Extracts From Mir. Reeds Report
 There is no question about an ade- in, tn de, River, as observations have been main tained on this river by the U. S geo. logical survey, and others vitaIly in terested in the flow, of the stream, since 1888, and the minimum flow reg istered during all this period was g second feet on July 19. 1904. This measurement was made by w Richens, then in the employ of the U. $. geo. logical survey. The mean daily dis charge for the month of July, 1904, the month when the above measurement was taken, was 5 second feet, this be- ing the lowest mean flow for any month during this entire period of over 2 years. In these measurements only the surface flow is considered, and no approximations made of the underflow l and you will note the flow is practi- cally three times what the maximum requirements of the city will be No question has ever been seriously raised, $ to the amount of water the Verde River would furnish or the re liability of the stream flow and I am simply inserting this information so as to anticipate the bringing of such a question into the discussion, as it has been asked me in a general way, and then only by those who wished infor- nation on the subject
 It must be remembered that the year 1904 was right at the end of the longest 1 period of drought that the valley ever sustained, which commenced in 1898 and extended practically for six years. and this result al the end of that per l iod is conclusive as to the reliability of 1 the stream and we can go ahead with | entire assurance that the waters of | the Verde will always furnish a never | failing supply even without resorting ! to storage.
 One other question that has been | raised is the right of the city to take 1 this water for a domestic supply. On | pages 24 and 25 of the Kent Decree it | will be noted that under table No ?, | under which are listed various parcels | of land, listed by years of date of ap- | prOpriation as to their rights of ap- 1 propriatiOn of the normal flow of the 1 Salt and Verde Rivers. that the vari- ous parcels of land which comprise the present city are all prior to the year 1874
 Then follows a description of the 1 various parcels by quarter section and | year of their appropriation
 Continuing the report says:
 There has been decreed to each and | every one of these quarter sections, ac- cording to the date of appropriation. 1 AS miners inches constant flow. or it's equivalent on a rotation basis This would amount to water supply great ly in excess of the need of the city.
 It is pertinent to refer here to the fact that since the TT. $. reclamation {