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Show [41] Mr. Tillman [Rep. John N. Tillman (Ark.), member of the subcommittee]. That is new, is it? Mr. Meritt [Edgar B. Meritt, Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs]. We have had an irrigation project on that reservation for a number of years, but this is enlarging the project, and I offer for the record the following justification: Irrigation, Colorado River Reservation, Ariz, (reimbursable). Fiscal year ending June 30, 1919, amount appropriated.... $20,000.00 Fiscal year ending June 30, 1918: Unexpended balance from previous years...................... 1,066.34 Amount appropriated ...................................................... 15,000.00 Total ................................................................................ 16,066.34 Amount expended ............................................................ 16,066.34 Analysis of expenditures: Salaries, wages, etc............................................................. 9,396.11 Traveling expenses ............................................................ 147.00 Transportation of supplies................................................ 525.17 Fuel, lubricants, power, and light service...................... 3,073.19 Forage ................................................................................ 367.87 Equipment and miscellaneous material............................ 1,661.77 Rent of buildings................................................................ 100.00 Outstanding liabilities ...................................................... 795.23 Total ................................................................................ 16,066.34 Indian tribe, Chemehuevi and Mohave. Number of Indians, 1,184. Area of reservation, 310,400 acres. Area of irrigable land under project, 10,000 acres. Area of irrigable land under constructed works, 3,200 acres. Area actually irrigated, 3,200 acres. Area of irrigable land cultivated by Indians, 1,497 acres. Area of irrigable land cultivated by lessees, 1,703 acres. Cost of construction to June 30, 1918, $136,340.23. Cost of operation, maintenance, and miscellaneous to June 30, 1918, $85,466.45. Estimated additional cost to complete, $135,000. Estimated cost per acre when completed, $27. |
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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. |
