Imperial Valley press., 1917-02-06
REHKOPF DOES NOT
APPROVE OF HOLT
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APPROVE OF HOLT
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gram-the exenditure of two and one
half million dollars this years, in ad-
dition to almost another million dol
lars the District will collect from
the sale of water, which will make
a total of almost three and one-half
million dollars.
He stands for the increase of the
bonded Indebtedness of the District
to six million dollars.
He stands for the building of new
headgate on the Colorado, one mile
above the old gate, at cost of one
million dollars, with little positive i'm
provement to the irrigating system.
1t has been said the new headgate
would eliminate the necessity of a
dam across the Colorado during
its low stage. Do the directors them
selves think so? Here is what the
editor of the Progress said on Feb
ruary 1, in an editorial "Make 1t
Unanimous:
"They (meaning the board) have,
as safety measure, matters under
way at Washington that show their
foresight regarding the possible need
of another weir across the river aft
ter the summer floods have re-
ceded."
If the new headgate will not pos
itively eliminate the necessity of a
weir dam across the Colorado during
it's low stage, are the few other ad-
vantages to be gained by the new
Iheadgate worth one million dollars?
Mr.. Holt is in favor of completing
the Cerro Prieta canal. The Cerro
Prieta is a trunk or main canal to
a large distributing system from
which laterals will be built to irri-
gate 100000 acres of land in Mexico
belonging to the C-M Co., the stock
of which is supposed to be largely
held by Otis and Chandler of the
Los Angeles Times. That same sys-
tenn, when completed, will draw heav-
lily on the supply of water badly
needed for lands on this side of the
Mexican line.
The Cerro Prieta, when completed,
will be about 40 miles long, or about
as far as from Calexico to INLAND.
Its greatest width, as far as built,
is about 60 feet on the hottom-fully
four times as wide as any canal
owned by Imperial Water Company
No. /. Mr.. Holt believes the Irri-
cation District ought to maintain this
foreign canal that irrigates foreign
land. That the expense of maintain
ing this canal will be enormous can
be judged by the expense of maintain
ing the Alamo, which is 60 miles in
length, as compared with the 40 miles
in length of the Cerro Prieta. The
Alamo is the only other canal the
District has to maintain and I do
not think the present board Of di-
rectors would be willing to 60 on rec
ord as saying that the Alamo can be
maintained for less than the income
to the District from the sale Of wa
ter, which amounts to almost one
million per year.
Every mutual water company has
its distributing system begin at the
Alamo, where they must pay $1.OO
per second-foot for their water
Would it not be fair to demand that
the C-M lands meet the same condi-
tions, viz: Build the Cerro Priets
canal at their own expense, maintain
lit at their own expense, and pay S1.O(
per second-foot for their water al
the Alamo canal, the same as all the
lands on this side of the Mexican line
are compelled to do. The District i;
; not demanding this of the C-M lant
owners and Mr.. Holt is one of the
present board of directors.
l will leave it to you, voter, If yo'
want to vote for the program OF tn
present board Of directors.
Respectfully,
Adv. A. H. REHKOPF.