The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1923-12-12
Projects and
New Message
President Includes Re-
Clamation in Advise:
Bureaus Active

| In MS recent message to congress,
PRESIDENT Coolidge takes up the mat
ter of reclamation and gives it more
than passing consideration. He states
that steps should be taken to extend
financial relife to occupants of GOV
ernment reclamation projects and
states that sum of s135, 900
should be provided for such work.
Names Newlands Project
A later dispatch from Washington
takes up the Newlands project and
designates the following expendi-
lures. which If provided will give
much relief In several quarters, es-
pecially drainage.
Provision for the expenditure Of
100000 toward completion of the
Newlands reclamation project at Fal-
Ion is made in the reclamation bud
get for the next fiscal year as pre-
sented by President Coolidge today.
Funds Tor the Spanish Springs
reservoir project are requested as
follows: $4,000, rights of way:
$130,000 for settlement of conflict
ing power rights; $4,000 for Truckee
river adjudication.
Ten thousand dollars is asked for
the extension OF The distribution sys-
tenn
The sum of $4,000 is asked for
drainage work on the Newlands pro-
ject and $4,000 for the Lahontan
reservoir penstock. Operation ex.
penses to the sum of $4,000 and
maintenance to the sum of $4,000
also are requested.
Conference Held
A lengthy conference was held Fri
day between Secretary Hoover and
number of unofficial representa-
tives of interested states in an effort
to break the deadlock in the Colo
rado river development situation.
The presidents recommendation for
a flood control appropriation will be
opposed by states on the upper basin
of the Colorado river unless some as
surance is given of ratification of the
interstate compact. it is understood.
Makes Analysis OF Projects
The following dispatch under date
of December 7th takes up an anal
ysis of the situation:
A detailed analysis of the status
of twenty-eight irrigation projects in
the West was given by Secretary
Work today to the special advisory
committee which is inquiring into
reclamation questions
The figures, the secretary said,
showed conclusiyely that a new pol
icy must be adopted or some of the
projects will follow those already
abandoned" because of inability to
meet construction and maintenance
costs mounting far above the orig.
inal estimates.
Figures on Projects
These totals were given for the
twenty-eight projects:
Original estimated cost, $93,435,-
Gal; net construction costs to June
80, 1928, s141,7S7,055; original es-
innate irrigable acreage, 3.056,427;
acreage reclamation bureau is about
pr pared to supply in 1922 is 1872
700; acreage actually irrigater 1922
is 1.202,130; operation and main
tenance costs to June 80, 1923, $17,-
059,231: operation and maintenance
receipts to June 80, 1923. $11,370,-
744; delinquent charges in rentals
of irrigation water to June 80, 1923.
s1S0.137; total amount unpaid by
water users on construction, opera
ton and maintenance and water rent
ais. s132,062.7sS.
Estimates Much Exceeded
The original estimate of the aver
age cost per acre for the twenty-eight
projects was shown to be $30.57,
while the actual cost per acre for
the whole area to June 30, 1928, was
$S3.76 and the cost per acre actually
irrigated was s117.94.