The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1924-06-18
Lake Tahoe Plans
Not Abandoned
Possibility OF Relief
For Fernley Section
Yet In Sight

That there Is still hope that the
drouth situation ON the bench and
Fernley may be relieved by. wates
from Lake Tahoe IL evident, ~ tha
governor and state engineer will
make another attempt to secure ths
rights from the riparian and lake
frontage owners early this week.
State Engineer Alien has gone TO
Tahoe City where he is taking mea-
surements and making estimates Of
costs. Should the plans be adopted
1t will mean the installation OF two
Pumps at the lake with 24-inch In
takes, the pumps to be driven By
gas engines. such ~ used In the irrt-
gated sections Of California.
The plan also calls foe the ballA-
Ing of flume by the Truckee Mead
ows water users and also the main
tanning OF an operator 1T the tam
porary pumping plant.
1t is figured out that undeT the
system the Truckee Meadovs water
users will receive about sixty per
cent OF the water pumped anA The
other ranehers forty per cant.
May Visit FAllon
The Gazette of Saturday has tho
following, which indicates that II u
possible that riparian owners Of tie
lake section may take q personal in
vestisation OF the situation and pay
this valley \ visit:
A committee of four or five Per-
sons, representing the riparian own
ers at Lake Tahoe. Ia due TO errive
In Reno next Thursday to view wster
conditions along the Truckee river
from Reno to Fallon before return
ing final answer upon the proposal
of Nevada to take additional water
from Lake Tahoe by pumping. Tho
committee will probably consist Of
8. Arnold, C. e. Merrill, r. q.
schmiedell, H. r. Drosee and J.
Crawford Greene, although others
may be added. All of those named
ere either Tahoe shore line properly
owners or their legal representatives.
They will view water conditions at
Reno, probably visit Fernley, the
Swingle bench and Falion.
At the conference held late Friday
evening in San Francisco between
the Nevada representatives headed
by Governor Scrughan, and those
from Lake Tahoe. the Tahoe riparian
owners finally refused to allow the
rim Of the lake to be cut so ~ to per-
nit a greater discharge of water into
the Truckee. They agreed, however.
to further consider the pumping pro-
posal as a measure of relief.
Might Imperil Land Righfs
The Tahoe property owners again
contended that cutting the rim Of
the lake would establish q new low
water mark and give the state Of
California title to the strip Of beach
between the present and the new and
lower water line Of the lake. Taking
more water from the lake by arti-
ficial means. such as pumping. they
said, would not have this effect.
The Tahoe owners. In spite OF the
declaration of Governor Richardson
that the state of California had no
objections to temporary lowering
OF the lake. repeated that Il was .
radical undertaking and ono that
they looked upon with serious mis-
givings.
Fallon Mckee Appeal
The Fallon Representatives appeal.
ed to the fairness OF the Tahoe own
ers, declaring that large areas Of
lando under the Newlands project
would suffer heavy crop losses an
less relief was given. and added that
crops were now being seriously In
jured from lack of water in the True
kee-Carson canal.
Congressman Raker, who was ex-
pected to attend the meeting, was
not present.
Attorney General Webb also failed
to attend the conference between tho
Nevada representatives and Govern
or Richardson.
In case the Tahoe owners consent
to the installation of pumrs at the
lake the latter will be purchased ana
installed by the settlers upou the
Newlands project. II Il estimated
that this will cost about $751;
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