Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-01-05
ANALYSIS OF
BOULDER DAM
BILL DRAWS
u. s. FAVOR
NEVADA STATE ENGlN-
EER GIVES BRIEF SUR
VEY OF PROJECT

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else analysis of the Boulder
Dam legislation as passed by
Congress and approved by the
President VII are printing the
provisions of the bin as an
aIyzed by George w. Malone,
State Engineer and submitted
to the Senate and the House
and which President Coolidge
carefully perused before he af-
fixed his signature to the blu.
The Age suggests that its read
ers clip this article for future ref
erence as it is said by government
officials to be the most compre-
hensive analysis of the legislation
in existence.
The report follows:
The Boulder Dam bill provides:
That 3715 per cent Of any
moneys collected by the Secretary
Of the Interior above the amounts
due the Government shall go to
Arizona and Nevada.
That the power be sold at q
price that seems justified by COM
petitive conditions at the distribut-
ing point.
That the provision Of the Fed
eral Water Power Act and regu-
lations of the Federal Power Com
mission shall be conformed with
In connection with the protection
of the investor and the consumer.
That there shall be readJust-
ment periods for the sale price OF
the power, the first to be at the
end Of is years, and every 10 years
thereafter.
That water can be sold for
potable purposes outside Of I'M
perial and Coachella valleys.
That preference be given the
States for purchase Of power at
the switchboard for use IN the
State.
That a board be appointed con-
aisting of one representative from
each State, to confer in an adv1S-
ory capacity With the Secretary Of
the Interior on matters relative to
the States. j..
That the AIl-American Canal
shall be constructed under the
Reclamation Act, which provides
that all expenditures be under
written by the lands benefited
prior to beginning the construc-
ton.
That the sum of $25, 1000, 600 be
set aside for flood control, and In
the event it should not be replaced
out of power sales during the
amortization period it shall be re-
manning 62k per cent OF the net
profits.
CaIifornia's Approval Required
That California shall be limited
to a diversion Of 100000 acre
feet of water from the Colorado
River: Nevada 100000 acre-feet Of
water: Arizona 2,800,00 acre-feet
of water, and that California must
ratify this provision through her
legislature before the bill shall be-
come effective.
That a dam be constructed to q
height OF $50 feet with q capacity
of $4,000, 900 acre-feet for silt con-
troll. flood control and storage.
That power plants OF 1,0OO,OOO
horsepower installed capacity 70
be constructed that will furnish
$4,000 firm horsepower.
That firm contracts be made by
the Secretary of the Interior for
the sale Of power generated and
for the use of the water TO gen.
crate power that will replace the
Government investment in the dam
and power plants within so years,
before construction shall be uu-
dertaken.
That the consent Of Congress Is
given to the seven States Of Col
orado, New Mexico, wyoming
Utah, Arizona, California and Ne
vada to enter into a compact Tor
agreement supplemental to and IN
conformity with the Colorado Rlv-
er compact.
THAT the consent of Congress is
given to the three States Of Cali
fornia. Arizona and Nevada to en-
ter into an agreement which shall
provide that the 100000 acre-feet
annually apportioned TO the lower
hasin of the seven States compact
shall be divided as follows: 100000
acre-feet to Nevada; 2,28O,OOO
acre-feet to Arizona; and 4.4OO, 600
acre-feet to California.
That Arizona shall have the az
elusive beneficial consumptlVe use
Of the Gila River and its tribu-
taries within the boundaries OF
that State. ... .u
That any rights the States may
hava tn the water within their
boundaries or the right to adopt
s,,ch policies and enact such Laws
az they may deem necessary Wltn
resnect to apportionment, controi
or use of the water within tneE
S,orders. shall not be tnterefereo
with except as modified by inter-
state agreement. ,......
The following recommendation
were submitted to the Senate Com
mittae on Reclamation and nr1g@-
tom January 20, 1928, by the
Nevada Colorado River Commls-
Eton: ...o .ho,,1d
nanefit from the proposed develop
ment. at least, to the extent tnas
thew would berefit If deveiopeo
hv private capital, second only 70
Government payments ana any
reasonable reserve.
mat the power be not sold as
,ow as the repayments to the Gov
srnment an win permit, but should ne
q connetitiVe figure COM