The Coconino sun., 1925-06-05
HIGH LINERS HOPE TO LIVE
ON STATE FOR MANY YEARS

/ PHOENIX, May 30.-The Arizona
high line canal movement has taken
on a new lease of life, on the basis of
hope that Los Angeles may pay the
! greater part of the cost of the pro-
! posed tunnel diversion of the waters
of the Colorado at Bridge Canyon.
! Suggestion has been made that the
only Arizona expense might be in the
building of a canal southwark from
/ the California diversion point above
/ Topock, near the lower end of the 90
mile tunnel.
This shift of policy started with a
suggestion, made by E. C. LaRue of
the geological survey, that Los An
geles might seek a gravity water sup
ply from the Colorado, rather than
pump from Blythe, a lift of 1900 feet
as proposed by William Mulholland,
engineer for the city. The Continen-
! tai Loan and Trust company of Phoe-
nix and others addressed letters to the
| Los Angeles chamber of commerce,
/ ject. Secretary A. G. Arnoll answer
! ed that the communications would be
| passed on ito the proper committee
for serious study and consideration.
A few days ago about so members
of the High Line association gathered
| in the governors office at the capitol
to interrogate Mr.. LaRue concerning
just what he had in view with refer
ence to river diversion. Little salts
faction appears to have been obtained,
1.-THE engineer refusing to he drawn into
the controversy any further than re-
iteration of his expressed views. At
that time the geological survey rep
resentatives left with the governor a
plan of action in disbursement of
100000 appropriated, to be expended
| by the government and state in sur
veys on the Colorado, this within two
fiscal years The legislative appro-
priation of $4,000 was made with
provision that expenditure should be
under direction of the geological sur
vey. This action was taken over the
protests of the governor and of the
High Line association, which he'd de-
manded that 100000 be placed di-
rectly in the hands of the governor.
The Legislature was guided by the
fact that the voters had rejected this
same proposal at the last general elec-
ton.
At a second highline meeting in the
governors office plans were approved
for carrying along the demand for
executive control of the legislative APP
preparation. Petitions are to be cir
culated all over the state asking popu-
lar support of three propositions.
The first is that the state (the
governor) shall have direct supervis-
:on of the $4,000 appropriation, with
declaration that, "if the state does not
have the supervision and expenditure
of its own money, then it is much
better for the state not to spend any
of the money under the supervision of
the geological survey as long as the
attitude of the representatives of that
survey is to take Arizona's money and
use it to further an enterprise for an
other state"
The governor is asked "to instruct
the attorney-general to bring suit
against the Diamond Creek Dam in
terests which are now in the federal
courts. If this Diamond Greek scheme
is carried out it will tie up all the
potential power possibilities of the
Colorado River Canyon and prevent
the irrigation of at least $500, 900
acres of land in Arizona" The gov
ernor is petitioned to constantly pro-
tect the states filings, made by Fred
T. Golfer, on the damsites of the
Spencer, Glen and Bridge Canyons
and on the nighttime reclamation
canal"