Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-06
LOCATING THE SENEGAMBI4N

LOCATING THE SENEGAMBIAN
There is very old phrase which is more forciblt
than elegant it is this There's nigger in the wood
pile The impression has been quite general in South
ern California that the expression applied very aptly tC
the Fredericks bill for 'low DAM on the Colorado
river and Senator Johnson with his usual mental
ekeeness seems to have located the Senegamban In
letter to the Press which appeared few days ago, he
said:
'The Fredercks bill would donate outright
S30,000000 for low dam for flood control only.
The Swing bill would authorize temporary loan
of $4,000 coo, repayable with interest, for high
dam at Boulder Canyon, to provide, not only for
flood protection, but also for reclamation and
power development, together with canal built
entirely within the United States to relieve I'M
peral Valleys sole water supply from Mexican
control. The Fredericks' bill does nothing for do
mestc water or electric power, so badly needed by
Southern California cities. These nestimable
benefits would be the inevitable results of the
Swing bill. The Fredericks measure in authoriZ-
ing building of super-structure on the proposed
low flood dam by license of the government
means giving to some power company the benefit =,
not only of the governments investment in the
dam but the enormous power possibilities created
by the super-structure No amount of specious
argument by interested parties about flood control
should for instant permit the necessary and
valuable provisions of the Swing bill to be destroy
ed. Southern Cafornans should make their posi-
ton plain that the endeavor to create an i'm
preston that there is a difference of opinion in
our midst will ac tas a boomerang upon those
who would destroy all the arduous work of the
past few years, IN behalf of a measure of greater
Importance to our people than any now pending
in the congress-
The vital point in the Fredericks bill is the pro-
vision that would allow the use of the dam, without
compensation apparently, to power company for
the erection of perStructure to store water for
power. The power of course, would belong to the
power company, and the government in effect would
be donating S30OO0000 to the power interests. Sena-
tor Johnson puts his finger the weak spot in the
bill with unerring accuracy.
If the Boulder Canyon proposition is to be deve-
oped by the power interests then they should put up
all the money. If it is to be developed by the gov
ernment, then the benefits of flood control of water
for irrigation of water for domestic and of power
should be held by the government and the dam should
be made high enough from the start to provide for all
these benefits. When it to the distribution OF
the power generated by government plant, then the
Southern California Edison company and the Southern
Sierras Power company should be considered we'll as
municipalities that desire part of the electric cur
rent. Who should build power lines to Southern Cali
fornia and Arizona and how the power should be al
located details to be worked out The main thing
is to ensure that the determination of those details
should be in the hands of federal authorities that Will
guarantee just division of the power and reasonable
schedule of rates. Neither of those things would be
Los Angeles given complete control OF the power
proposition. .
The Fredericks' bal has plausibility without
merit in fact it is rather clumsy effort to secure
$4,000 900 of public money for private interests and
it should be dealt with just its preposterous prov
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