Imperial Valley press., 1930-02-20
COASTS
DEMANDS
REDUCED
Metropolitan Water Dis
trict Slashes Figures to
$4,000 Acre Feet
IS TILL CONFERRING
Irrigation District Direc-
tors Attend Meeting at
Los Angeles

metropolitan ater DlStflcI repre-
sentatives went into n meeting with
agriculturists from Imperial Valley
and other Southern California Sec
tons today and placed the needs Of
tie district in water from proposed
Boulder dam at $50, 900 acre feet.
This figure slashed the original
demand of the district for 1,100.-
900 acre feet by more than third.
but il still was above the figure of
$4,000 acre feet mentioned by I'm
perial Valley interests as a share
suitable for the Metropolitan Dis
trict.
California's share in Boulder dam
water was set by the act at 4,4O0, 900
acre feet and the state was handi-
capped in dealings with Arizona and
Nevada by the fact that the Metro
politan Waite" District and the agri-
cultural regions could not agree on
the division within the state.
Previous to the offer this after
noon the Metropolitan District had
held it could rot finance the pro-
posed aequedict on any basis but
100000 acre feet.
Los ANGELES, Feb. 90. W.H-
California's difficulty in determin-
ing how the waters of proposed
Boulder dam should be divided was
discussed here today at a meeting
of agricultural representative of
Southern California and Of the Met
ropolitan Water District.
The meeting got underway with
representatives from various groups
present. They were Mark Rose, Will
liam o. Blair, c. w. Brockman and
Earl c. Pound, directors; NJ. J. Doud,
chief engineer, and Charles l.. Child
crs, chief counsel, representing the
Imperial Irrigation District; r. W.
Blackburn and Thomas C. Yager of
the Coachella valley district; w. p.
Whitsett, John Bullock and w. b.
Matthews, representing the Metropl-
itan Water District, and two repre-
sentatives of the Palo Verde district
John l.. Bacon, chairman of the
California Colorado river commits
sion; William j. Carr, special advis-
or to the commission and II. l.. Car
nahan, Lieutenant governor, also were
present.
Pound and Matthews, representa-
tives of Imperial Valley and the
Metropolitan Water District, respect.
lively, also are members of the Cal
ifornia commission.
Definite consideration was made
Of Imperial Valleys compromise off.
er OF ooO,000 acre feet for the Met
ropolitan Water District, which has
set 100000 acre feet AS necessary
for the heavily populated district
around Los Angeles and nearby cities.
California's entire allotment under
the terms of the Boulder dam act is
100000 acre feet.
Los ANGELES, Feb. 20 W.H -
California groups at odds over di-
vision of Colorado river water, to-
day were to continue series of
discussions which were said to be
bringing them nearer to settlement
of their differences.
Clearer understanding of each
others needs became apparent at
session yesterday of directors of
the Imperial irrigation board, and
the Metropolitan water district ac-
. .cording to Lieutenant Governor IL.
l.. Carnahan.
Spirit shown by the disagreeing
factions over ALLEGATION of water
from Boulder dam, indicated that
the meetings would continue until
some equable adjustment is made,
William A. Carr, special advisor to
the California commission, stated.
Failure of recent tri-state con
ferences on Colorado river water
was blamed on inability of the Cali
tornia delegates 20 agree among
themselves, Imperia valley wants
the states entire share-i 100000
acre feet of water-while the Metro
politan area demands 100000 acre
feet of that amount.
PHOENIX, Ariz., Feb. 90. W.H--
Inability of California agricultural
interests and coast cities to agree
on division of that states share of
Boulder dam water, was basis for
a prediction By John Mason Ross,
secretary of the Arizona commission,
hat the Colorado river conferences
would not be resumed.
In a talk before the Hiram club
Ross said that while there
las been no definite adjournment of
he tri-state conferences on water
.llocation, conditions in California
nd Washington lend little hope for
cnewat of negotiations.