Arizona republican., 1913-07-26

The loss by a tie vote of a motion to rescind the protest against the Chandler contract and the announce ment of Louis c. Hill of money being available for much needed enlarge ment of the southside canals occu- pied the governors of the Water Us CTS association through an all after noon special session yesterday. MT Hill assumed the role of lecturer, in structing the board on the difficult passages of reclamation procedure and putting in practically the entire afternoon answering the questions of his interested audience His an nouncement that the funds were available for the enlargement work on the southside canals was received with general satisfaction, for there has been considerable loss on some sOuthside fields due to lack of wa ter.
 The vote on a motion resembling the protest against the Chandler con tract and approving it-in one action came at the end of four hours dis cussion. which at times waxed warm, but never too greatly heated. An amendment pOstponing action until the August regular meeting was lost by the same vote that was recorded on the other ballot.
 John P. Orme left the chair a few minutes before the vote was taken. saying he had thirty minutes to pre- pare for a business trip to Califor- mia. It is understood among mem bers of the board that had MT. Orme waited to vote, his ballot would have but sealed the official objection of the board more strongly against the water and power contract proposed between the Chandler Improvement Company and the United States Re clamatiOn service. This contract is now signed by the company. It's rrogress through the office of Secre- tary Lane was arrested by the pro, test of the governors of the Water Users association. Lane allowed he would not sign the contract until every objection of the farmers had been removed, and he sent MT. Hill to try to remove certain prejudices, now known to be founded on misap- prehensions of the real tenets of the contract This, MT. Hill failed en- tirely to do after half a days ear nest endeavor.
 In explaining the contract, and the misunderstanding that have arisen to halt it's consummation, Hill said that the graVest error was that embodied in the protest, and which would lead an builder to think the document let in new lands to the number of 1000 acres, owned and held by Chandler and his associates. This is not the case, said the engineer. The Chand- Ter lands considered in the contract are already in the project. having been signed as e lands in 19O3'
 Some facts about the project, as relating to the Chandler matter are these:
 Underground water within the pro- ject must be considered just as re- servoir water. as opposed to normal flow. The demands of pumping on the Chandler lands is just like adding to the deposit in the water bank and paying it out on those lands No wells in the Chandler tract must ex- ceed in depth the limit placed upon project Wells-60 feet, in fact they will not run over p to 40 feet in depth.
 There are 1SO,O0O acres contem plated to be supplied by gravity wa ter. Pumping will supply 5500O more. making a total of 235, 5,OO0 which checks to an acre with the amount of land signed in the project including the Indian, Tempe and Utah tracts-and Chandler's 1000 acres.
 Hill said he believed more than 55,0O0 acres could be developed by pumping.
 Wilkinson raised the question, 'If the Chandler lands are already sign ed in the reservoir, why make a special contract to serve them?
 Hills Answer-"Chandler has a large and costly selling machine for his lands He needs water immedi- ately in order to make his lands salable- He is willing to spend $125,- 900 on a set of laterals and plants to serve the land. agreeing to turn these over free to the government in or der to get immediate service. This recessitates the signing of a special water and power contract, which is the one in question. In my opinion. this contract is favorable to the wa ter users. and not unfavorable Il would not advocate it for a moment were it not"
 No lands now receiving water need fear being shut out of the project when the final fixing of the bounds is completed.
 It will take about $1,7OO,0OO more to complete the project, widen the canals, dig all the laterals and re- place the wooden structures with concrete. The final cost per acre will not exceed $50 or a fraction orer
 MT. Hilrs discussion yesterday touched practically every point of water administrati ton, from financing the joint head dam to measuring a head in a mans hypothetical ditch