Arizona republican., 1922-02-23
c. H. MAXWELL TELLS
Of COLORADO RIVER
PROJECT At BOUSE

BOUSE, Feb. 70--George II. Max
well. executive director of the Ma
tional Reclamation association, spoke
in Bouse Sunday evening 10 an in
tensely interested audience on the
control and development of the Col
orado river. The meeting. was in
charge OF the Commercial club. and
the speaker was introduced by Rob
ert II. Williams, who with a corps
Of engineers, accompanied Mr.. Max
we'll TO the Lotus valley from Phoenix
last Thursday.
Mr.. Maxwell spoke at length on the
necessity OF every Arizonian being
wide awake at this time and urged
that the right of this state to half
OF the standardized flow of the Colo
RADIO river be insisted upon. He said
that q few points should be kept in
mind by those who are looking ahead
to the future development OF Arizo-
ma. First. that the Glen canyon dam
for power by whomsoever built: that
Boulder dam project: that this state
should have one-half OF the stand
ardized flow OF the river: thai this
water be carried to $500, 900 acres OF
land through a high line canal.
He asked the audience to contrast
the benefits to be derived from such
q program with the plan that calls
for a dam at Boulder canyon to be
500 feet high with the water taken
out at the bottom OF the dam through
power plants and sent on down the
river bed whereby ii would only be
possible for Arizona to reclaim sonle-
thing like 10000 acres. The bulk Of
the water under this plan would go
on down TO Mexico. where American
SPECTATORS hold great tracts Of land
and this land would be irrigated with
this water If this flow line canal is
mean a canal 400 miles long and
would serve to reclaim only 100000
acres in our country.
He called upon Engineer Robert
III. Williams who he said had first
worked out the plan of the high
line canal, TO explain his map showing
q profile view OF the canal with the
various cuts and fills which would
be necessary. Mr.. Williams briefly
outlined the map and Mr. Maxwell
said that If the high line canal plan,
cas- outlined by Engineer Williams, is
carried through. there will be water
available from the Colorado river to
water 2,50o,000 acres of Arizona land.
He explained that the plan was to
talke one-half OF the water OF the
river out at Boulder canyon, at an
elevation of 1875 feet, through the
FL Dorado cutoff, and reach the
bench about 500 feet above the riv-
er, following approximately the 1880
foot contour to the southern end Of
the Lotus valley. where it may be
necessary 10 make a deep cut or per-
haps a tunnel for about 10 miles, to
the Centennial wash. There the ca
nal will be divided into several small
err canels and taken to its different
fields. This plan calls for about 200
miles of main canals. with an ex-
pense which is very moderate for the
amount of land to be reclaimed.
The short cut to the Centennial
wash is the only part OF the possible
canal route which is as yet undeter-
mined. and it is for the purpose OF
making these surveys that a corps is
now in the field.
The work is being done by the
Williams Engineering company of
Phoenix and is in charge OF Robert
He Williams.
While in Bouse Mr.. Maxwell was
the guest o. the Commercial club.
He returned to Phoenix Monday
morning.