The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1914-12-30
THE RECLAMATION SERVICE
The Sacramento Bees Correspond
ent Tells OF the L. S. X. 5.
Changes In Progress.
(From the Sacramento Bee.

Considerable changes are In prog
ress with reference to reclamation
authorities at Washington. There
has been something like a shake-up
recently In the big Offices of the Ser
vice. all under the direction of Sec
retary of Interior Lane.
The administration of big irriga-
ton projects In the West hereafter
will be on different lines and under
different persons than heretofore.
Allotting Appropriations.
Congress under the new law Is
proceeding 10 allot appropriations
for reclamation projects. old and
new.
Secretary Lane put in an estimate
Of sI3. 100000 as the amount that
would be needed for the Reelama-
ton Service during the next fiscal
year. This. of course. includes the
sums TO be used in the construction
of new projects during that period.
Heretofore the allotments for new
projects have been made IN the rec
lamation service with approval al
wavs of the Secretary of the Interior
Representatives in the House from
various states. like California. Mon
tana. Arizona and so on. have been
going before the Appropriations
Committee to urge that the amount
of the estimates be voted. Repre-
sentatiyes from California. for ex-
ample. have urged that s97 900. as
per estimate. be appropriated on ae-
count of the Orland project. and
likewise. the Nevada Senators
have asked that $500 be appro-
priafed for tie Truckee-C Carson pro-
Ieot and California and Oregon Rep
resentatiyes that $4,000 be appro-
priated for the Klamath project
system l. Changed.
Under the new arrangement the
various amounts voted are subject
to administrative expenses at Wash
ington and TO other conditions. one
of which Is that the Secretary Of the
Interior may transfer 20 per cent OF
the allotment TO other projects II
be wishes.
The money allotted Is 10 be avail
able till expended.
But II gives Congress much more
intimate control over the Reclama-
ton Service than heretofore.
Davis Heads Service.
Chief Engineer Arthur r. Davis.
a native OF Decatur. III. becomes
the head Official OF the Reclamation
Service under tho new arrangement
His former Office OF Chief Engineer
Is consolidated with that OF Director
and +. II. Newell. who has been Di-
rector ever since the Reclamation
Service was organized. ia assigned
TO duty as 4 Consulting Engineer
Davis Is recognized as ono OF tho
treat hydraulic engineers Of the
country.
Williamson Construction Engineer.
An important man In the reorgan-
lied Reclamation Service is Sydney
B. Williamson, who Ia 10 be the new
construction engineer lie has re-
Gently come homo from the Isfhmua
Of Panama, where he had charge OF
constructing the Pacific division of
the canal.
The purpose is said 10 be to keep
Williamson very much in the field
IA supervision over big works. like
The Arrow Rock dam. in Idaho. and
the Elephant Butte dam In New
Mexico.
There are differences of opinion
about the status of Newell. and also
over the causes that led 10 the
nhange lie Is veteran in the Rec
lamation Service. has been an invest
gator, and has worked out some 80
big irrigation projects which the
Federal Government has under
taken
Apparently Secretary Lane has
made no Official criticism of Newell,
but II has been no secret at the In
terior Department that for tempera-
mental or other reasons, Newell did
not set along cordially with the Sec
fe,ary. The same is said to be true
Oh NeWelfs relations with Secretary
Fisher, who preceded Lane.
To Aid In State Work.
Is supposed that Newell. as
consulting Engineer, will be as
signed 70 work out irrigation prob
iems, where matters of State CO.
operation are involved.
;, ms question of State co-opera-
non Is very big one In the Recla-
nation Service just at present.
several ssl states are appealing 10 the
interior Department for the FEEDER
oovernment to join them In con
SS,'uc'ion Sn work on big projects that
na,a e lalled under private enter
piises, In many OF these the atates
o MAJ oonsated In some form to COM