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Show -21- ment has also entered into a contract with the metropolitan water district for the sale to that district of water and power, from which the United States Government will begin to receive as soon as the dam is constructed the sum of $3,263,000 every year. Mr. Holmes. Will the gentleman yield? Mr. Evans of California. Yes. Mr. Holmes. How much water is going to be pumped over that dam every year? Mr. Evans of California. It calls for 1,000,000 acre-feet of water. Mr. Holmes. A day? Mr. Evans of California. A year, I believe it is. Now, gentlemen, the United States Government has an interest in the enactment of this legislation because until this legislation is enacted the metropolitan water district can not, as has been pointed out here this afternoon, sell the bonds which the district has already voted in the sum of $220,-000,000 by a vote of more than 5 to 1 of the electors of the district. So we are tied here, as pointed out by the gentleman from California [Mr. Swing]. These bonds may not be marketable for improvements upon lands of which the fee is not primarily in the metropolitan water district. If it ceases to use this land, of course, it reverts to the United States, as set forth in this legislation. So I want to emphasize the statement that with all the noise here this afternoon with reference to land grabbing, there is absolutely nothing of that sort involved in this matter. The United States Government is interested first and foremost, in the enactment of this legislation. [Applause.] It is a part of the great Hoover Dam project. Water can not be transported from the Colorado River until an |
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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. |