Arizona republican., 1920-01-08
URGE A REPORT
BY j. 8. ON SAN
CARLOS PROJECT
Five Recommendations Are
Made by Joint Body to
Get Action Quickly on
Much Needed Project

A resolution making important
recommendations with respect to the
San Carlos dam project, one of the
recommendations urging prompt and
favorable action by the secretary of
the interior in declaring the Florence
Casa Grande diversion dam project
feasible, was made public yesterday
following a meeting of the joint COM
mittee. The committee met TO con-
slider plans to bring the San Carlos
dam project to the attention of the
government as one of the first units
of construction after the passage of
the $3.50. 100000 reclamation bill pend
ing in Congress.
Governor Campbell, who left last
night for Washington where he will
act in the interest of the proposed
reclamation legiSla ton. and former
Governor Kibbey, who attended yes
terday's committee meeting. announced
their advocacy of the resolution. which
covers the necessity for a preliminary
report on the San Carlos dam, made
through the cooperation of the United
States reclamation service, thus bring
ing all essential data on the project
up to date.
The Recommendations
Here is the statement made public
by the joint committee:
AT joint session held on January
6, 1920 at the Phoenix chamber of
commerce, between the committee rep
resenting the San Carlos association
of Pinal county, the citizens commit
tee representing the chamber of COM
merce of Tucson and committee from
the chamber of commerce of Phoenix.
the following resolution was adopted:
Resolved: That to facilitate the
early construction of the San Carlos
storage dam the joint committee
recommend as follows:
First. We urge prompt and favor
able action by the secretary of the
interior in declaring the Florence
Casa Grande Diversion Dam project
feasible; that this diversion project
may serve as a temporary relief to the
large. area of cultivated lands in white
and Indian ownership now suffering
from a. lack of permanent diversion of
their water supply.
Second: That through the coopera-
ton of the United States Reclamation
Service a report at the earliest pos
sible moment be made on the San
Carlos reservoir project. utilizing for
this report all data available from
previous engineering reports on the
subject; the new report to be applic-
able to the new and upper dam site
and be based on such necessary data
may bring the report on this sub
ject up to date.
Information Desired
The report suggested to include the
following:
The water supply available.
The capacity of the reservoir.
The height of the dam recommended.
The area that can be served with
water, the probable cost per acre and
such other information as may be nee
essary. Such report to include infor-
nation indicating what additional
areas could be served if a hydro cleo
trio plant were installed to supplement
the gravity water by pumping from
the underground flow. with a view to
making it "a joint irrigation project of
stored and pumped water.
Third: We further recommend, as
soon as such report is prepared, that
united effort be made to secure the
construction of the San Carlos pro-
ject as one of the first to be under
taken by the government under the
proposed new reclamation legislation
by congress.
Fourth: We further recommend, in
case the reclamation service has not
funds Immediately available for max
ing the report referred to in our sec
ond recommendation that the San
Carlos association or Pinal county
cooperate with the reclamation service
by supplying the funds needed.
Develop All Waters
Fifth: We recommend the necessity
of developing to the utmost for the