The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1924-05-21

That any appropriations oDtalnea
from congress for storage of water
for our project must be for reser
voirs below the tail races of the
plants of the power companies, ami
that upstream storage would come
in due time by construction of such
storage on the part of the power
companies for power, and that the
cost of such upstream storage might
we'll be undertaken by these COM
panies was the position advanced BY
Ex-Governor Boyle and proved tht
sensation of a meeting held in the
rooms of the chamber of commerce
at Reno last Sunday.
The meeting was called by Gov
ernor Scrugham at the instance .
John f. Richardson, superintendent
of bitches for the q. S. bureau of rec
lamation, for those in favor of stor-
age other than Spanish Springs e
meet with F. E. Weymouth, ehiei
engineer of the bureau, to discuss
the best plans for the fullest deVel-
opment of tho Truckee and Carsos
watersheds and to If possible restore
the original plan of full development
OF 375 900 acres aud of power.
Ex-Governor Boyle, acting for
Governor scrugham, called the meet
ing to order Those present were
Mr.. Richardson and Senator True
Veneill. accompanying Chief Engi
neer Weymouth, for the bureau of
reclamation; ]. G. Huntington, c. E.,
OF Reno headed those proposing full
development of resources, which in
cluded w. A. Kearney and Hon. p.
A. Mccarran.
Our project was ably represented
by Messrs. G. Il. Kent, chairman OF
the water board; A. d. Drumm, w.
D. Moody, w. A. Pray and c. G..
Swingle, members of the board. and
f. w. Schmaling, one of our leading
water users.
At the opening of the meeting up
on inquiry by Mr.. Kearney as TO the
object of Mr. Weymouth's visit and
as to what official action might be
predicated upon same, Mr.. Wey-
mouth replied that he eimply could
report to his superiors and had no
idea what action might be taken.
Mr.. Huntington made the prinei-
pie address for fullest development
of our resources and presented the
foiiowins plans of suggested dsvele1-
ment as the most obvious ones re-
quiring investigation and report:
Full Development o. Truckee and
Carson Water Sheds
Specific proposals are not re
quired at this time. We are fighting
out the vital question Of public pol
icy as TO the handling of our flood
waters, the life blood OF this COM
monwealth. The government through
its reclamation service has held
these waters In trust for the people
for the past twenty-five years. II
has made plans for the full utiliza-
ton of these waters, but through a
process of progressive abandonment
of the Truekee-Carson water sheds,
1t has not served the interests of the
people OF Nevada. We do not admit
that the original plans OF the reela-
T-.a.icn service hive been emaseulat-
ed by any official authorization, but
we find that the present plans will re-
suit in complete abandonment o.
both water sheds.
For equal storage an expenditure
of S4.000.000 at spanish Springs
would justify S12,000.000 at Boca
Prosser, where three times the st5r
age can be developed. One acre
of storage in Boea-prosaer will serve
three times as much land as one acre
foot in Spanish Springs"
Plans
There are number of plans " hich
may be suggested, but the most out
standing are as follows:
Truckec Water Shed
/. fa) Boea-Prosser to greatest
possible storage. tb) High line canal
to Reno lands (e) Reno develop
rlent under COO feet head will gen.
crate from 5000 to 10000 horse
power.
2. la) Boca-Prosser to greatest
economical development in connee-
ton with Tahoe and strict regula-
tion of Floriston rates. (b) Release
of 220 second feet or more to Washoe
lake from Tahoe and development
there of $4,000 to 10000 horse
power. Conservation of winter water
in Lahontan as heretofore.
O. ta) Lennon valley storage te
from 100000 to 100000 !, acre feet
OBJ Boea-Prosser and other sites for
flood regulation control only. (c)
Development In Reno of 10000 horse
power.
Carson Water Shed
1. fa) Middle Carson reservoir for
complete flood control. (b) Storage
in Alkali Flat and Lahontan reser-
yoirs.
g. (a) Hope Valley storage and