Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-11-21
.MARYS RIVER PROJECT
KILLED BY STATE ENGINEER
22l l. o. OF. Bldg.

Association his third and final blow,
and the Mary's River project, as
far as the company is concerned is
down and out. As promoter of
that project, and its heaviest in
weston, / wish through the colu ms
of your paper, to give a report of
what was done, and left undone. in
trying to carry il through.
The company was organized in
the fall of 1910, by San Francisco
parties. The first move made after
the incorporates had placed in the
Treasury sufficient funds to carry
it along to the point where it
would be put up to the United
States for segregation of the public
lands, was to have the lands tenn
porarily withdrawn in the u. S
Land Office from entry. Next,
all surveys, examinations were
made, and maps, plats, etc, re-
ouired by the Secre tary of the In
terror prepared and ready fur filing
with the State Department for it
to file with the United States.
After field work had all been
done, and before maps, plats, ETC.,
were completed, although paid for,
the San Francisco parties in the
company wished to sell out, and |
took their holdings and sold to
81 tty two Elko County people, with
the understanding that they were
tn take charge and control the pro-
ject and carry it through.
. The present State Engineer has
shown decided hostility to the
project from the time he came into
his office.
When application for temporary
withdrawal was made, he sent his
Assistant State Engineer to exam
inc and report upon it. He re-
ported it perfectly feasible from
an engineering and financial p int.
and that there was ample surplus
water for irrigation of all the land
under the proposed systematic,
900. acres.
With that report before him, the
State Engineer denied there was
any surplus water and claimed the
water of Humboldt VALLEY was over
appropriated at that date.
The year of temporary with
drawal was to expire May IL, 1912
and all data was filed with the
proper state officers in February
proceeding.
March 7, 1912, l interviewed the
State Engineer regarding his re-
port, Chat had been filed before
May, 12), and he promised me
10th verbally and by letter, that if
he was not satisfied regarding the
water supply then, he would pre-
pare and have filed in the United
States Land Office s showing that
would carry the project through
another year, to enable the cam
pany to secure data of run-off of
water to show the surplus water
is there for the project.
The State Engineer not only vio-
lated his obligation, out on May
Is, notified the Land Commission
that he Would refuse to consider
any Carey Act projects in Hum
boldt Valley.
May 20, l learned of his treach-
cry, and went to Carson City, spend
ing a month in vain endeavor to
secure the Intervention of Cover
nor Oddie, Commissioner Norcross
and others, in persuading the State
Engineer to keep mis- promise. Fail
ing there, by wiring to our Sena-
tors and Congressman at Washing
ton, and others, with the assistance
of General c. L. Deady, secured
change in time for filing applica-
ton for segregation of the lands to
Nov. 20, 1913. -
To enable the company to show
the State Engineer there is surplus
waters in the river, measurements
were taken of the run-off, under
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