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Show __y__ over there we will become customers, in a large way, of the power of the Colorado River. "Not only will it furnish us water, but it will furnish us the means of putting it over the hump and getting it into our country." p. 103 "Our ultimate needs there, in connection with the water supply, will' be at least 200,000 horsepower. That we do not need at once. If the project was built tomorrow, we would begin at the thin edge of the wedge, naturally; and our needs would grow with the number of our inhabitants and the influx of industry there. * >k * "Mr. Raker. What I am getting at is, would this be a fair and a businesslike enterprise by the Government, in advancing its money with the expectation of having it, and a reasonable interest, returned in a reasonable number of years, from the power alone that could be disposed of from such a development as the Boulder Canyon? "Mr. Mulholland. I do not think there can be the slightest doubt of that, Judge Raker. I do not believe there can be the slightest doubt about it. Our power demands in that country have grown at the rate of more than 20 per cent for the last five years. They are constantly growing-demands that we are rejecting now, and naturally so, because the water supply is low. But if it was possible, within the capacity of the aqueduct, we could sell twice as much power right now-there would be a demand for it-as the aqueduct affords. "Mr. Hayden. Let me see if I understand you, Mr. Mulholland: You said that the city of Los Angeles would be a customer to the extent of a third of the power pro- |
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Original book: [State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California, defendants, United States of America, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of Utah, interveners] : California exhibits. |