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Show nia for an aqueduct and related purposes, I am pleased to inclose a memorandum from the Solicitor, in which I concur. The department has no objection to the enactment of the measure. For your information, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is the largest single contractor for Hoover Dam power. All of the electrical energy purchased must be utilized for pumping water into and in an aqueduct from the Colorado River to the coastal plain. This bill provides the necessary right of way for that aqueduct. Inasmuch as a large share of the financial burden of repaying the cost of Hoover Dam is borne by this district, I believe it to be in the interests of the United States to assist the district in the matter of its right of way. Respectfully, Ray Lyman Wilbur. Office of the Solicitor, Washington, March 21, 1932. H. R. 10048 seeks to grant to the Metropolitan Water District, a public corporation of the State of California, right of way across certain public and reserved lands of the United States in the counties of Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Bernardino in southern California. The Metropolitan Water District comprises an area including the city of Los Angeles and surrounding country, taking into its borders also the cities of Beverly Hills, Burbank, Compton, Glendale, Long Beach, Pasadena, San Marino, Santa Monica, Torrance, Anaheim, Fullerton, and Santa Ana. The district was formed, |
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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. |