Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-07-28

over all the power development, an
 let's make it real government mono
 polized, soviet country in which w,
 live.
 JAMES B. GRAND.
 It does not seem just right for :
 newspaper to criticise an article ap
 bearing in its current issue, but a:
 Mir. Grand has put so much emphasi:
 into his views and so much weight into
 his criticism of an article published ir
 a former issue of this paper, we be.
 lieve that the reader would gain 8
 better insight into the subject than
 were we to allow week to elapse be-
 fore taking the matter up, wherefore
 we shall try to dissect the subject as
 set out above by Col. Grand.
 f In the first place the views enter
 tained by this paper are the views of
 Anson H. Smith, which are coincided
 in by the editor. While this may not
 be enlightening, it fixes responsibility.
 Coming down to the criticism of our recent article, wherein we have stat ed that the Knowledge of Director Davis is full and complete" and to which MT. Grand takes exception, be- cause he (Girand) has been in Boul- derCanyon many more times than has Mir. Davis, we must say that the po- sition of the colonel is absurd. We have been in Boulder Canyon many more times than either of the gentle men, but that does not bespeak great CT knowledge of condition for the building of a dam. MT. Davis has se- cured data that has not ben secured by MT. Grand and upon which he is predecating the building of dam. The engineers in charge of the project have built many dams, wherefore these engineers, with the knowledge that they have gained in the same line of endeavor elsewhere surely should be given as much weight in the dis cussion of this subject as MT. Grand. The writer also has had as much ex- perience in the Canyons of the Colora- do river, from the Gulf to San Juan as has MT. Grand and our knowledge, we believe, is much wider, although we do not pretend to be an engineer. And without the data regarding the character of walls and bedrock MT. Gi- rands knowledge is also worthless. He has found it essential to get a permit for the building of dam at Diamond Canyon to submit evidence that he has found bedrock; that such bedrock is of a character that it will carry the strains of a dam; that the walls will also have carrying capacity for the height of dam proposed, and other necessary data before the federal pow CT commission or the Interior Depart ment will grant a permit. Have the people backing Glen Canyon such data or has a single move been made to determine it. We believe not. Has Col. Grand data covering any other proposed damsite on the Colorado riv- er that was gained by personal in- vestigation, or has anyone who 1t at the present time trying to horn In on the projects such information. We do not think SO. There are many sites along the reaches of the Colorado nv, ,r, but only the government has avail ,bIe data on them, aside from Dla- nond Canyon. Not one single iota ot knowledge can be gained of the capac- tv of any project unless it be gained ,y actual engineering investigation, md the statement of Col. Grand Is 70 absurd when he states that Il dare :av that there is no engineer ln the United States who is as familiar with he Colorado river in it's entirety, as nvseIf." We are not trying to mlnl- uize Col. Girand's ability as an en- ,ineer. but we do believe that engl- Ieers are human and have to get their ;nowTedge in the same general way.
 Col. Grand makes the statement hat he believes the Boulder Canyon lam will ever be built. because 1t IS m engineering impossibilitv. This tatement is also absurd. Engineers with better engineering ability than yol. Grand (and we say this advlsed- VI have declared that there is no mnediment to the building of this lam, The same statement was made eearding the building of the Laguna : am, above Yuma, but the dam was quilt and is still doing duty there.
 And we are rather pleased to note hat the author of the other article |: n the Miner of recent date has such minent engineers as Arthur P. Davis, : 'red c. Weymouth, William Mulhol- and and many others who are famil- ar with Boulder Canyon, as well as