The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-05-20
STATE AND us.
RECLAMATION
MEN ARE HERE
Party Makes Tour of Inspection
of Kennewick District
Project
STATE IS BUSY WITH PLANS
Manager Lytel Says U. s. Reclama-
ton Reports will be Ready
Soon after June 1

? That the state reclamation board
expects to lose no time in taking up
the question of financing the Kenne-
wick unit of the Yakima Reclamation
project, was evidenced by the visit to
this city yesterday of members of the
state board, its engineer, the manager,
engineer, and attorney of the Yakima
division of the U. s. reclamation SER
vice.
In the party were State Treasurer
W. w. Sherman, chairman of the
board; F. H. Gloyd, commissioner of
agriculture; E. M. Chandler, the
boards engineer; ]. L. Lytel, manager
Of the Yakima project; G. F. Gleason,
q. s. engineer and Attorney Holgate,
counsel for the U. s. reclamation SER
vice. The men arrived at 1885 a. m.
and remained until evening. They Wis
tied the Highlands in the forenoon,
we're guests at the noon luncheon of
the Commercial club, and spent the
afternoon viewing some Of the unim-
proved portions of the project and in
conference with the directors and at
torney of the Kennewick Irrigation
district. State Land Commissioner
Clark v. Savidge, who is secretary of
the state board, President E. o. Hol-
land, of the State College, and State
Hydraulic Engineer Marvin Chase,
both Of whom are members of the
board, were unable to be present.
In addressing the Commercial club,
Mr.. Sherman said the state board had
entered into contract with the local
irrigation district in an earnest desire
to successfully finance and construct
the project, but they must necessarily
proceed slowly and carefully. eve
are attempting to make the reclama-
ton board mean something to the
state and are endeavoring to lay the
foundation for an organization that
will be Of great future benefit" said
Ar. Sherman. "We have the states
credit in our hands and before we can
lend that credit to any project we must
int fully satisfy ourselves that the
project is feasible not only from an en-
cheering, but from an economic
standpoint as well. We are endeav-
&ing to lay down safe, sane and con-
ssrvative policy that will bring forth
actual development and settlement 'of
our lands and not play into the hands
@ the land spectators. We wish to
build up such reputation that when
the Washington state reclamation
board puts its stamp Of approval upon
project, financiers will know that
the securities Of that project offer
aafe investment. To accomplish this
ws must have the cooperation of the
people who are interested in those
projects which we may choose to get
back Of"
mo definite plan for financing your
project has yet been worked out. Sew
1al plans suggest themselves and l
ave no doubt but that, with the splen-
0d spirit of cooperation which your
! hcple show, we shall be able to work
= q satisfactory plan. At this time
me state has no money for building
nls project or for buying the bonds
wthe district, but from the funds at
0u disposal we hope to be able to
suarantee the payment of delinquent
interest on the districts securities,
"ereby adding to their saleability."
Manager Lytel said he thought it
well that the district is taking steps
construct the project rather than to
wait for the u. s. reclamation SER
wee as there is little likelihood that
,eoeral funds for new construction will
Ve available for some time. He hopes,
AOWever, that there will be sufficient
.uOney to carry forward the work OF
p'ovldlng ample storage for all of the
aAiss OF the Yakima project. In this
aspect, he said, the Yakima project
: favored in that the charge for stor-
aee water runs from Sc to $12 an acre
sompared to $40 an acre on some other
~ the government projects He said
le reclamation engineers report, to-
se'ner with maps, profiles, locations,
,0ss estimates, and other data on the
.o.ai project will be ready to be turn
!" over to the state and district board