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Show -2- extending from "Black Point" on the north to a place known as "Picacho", in the County of Imperial, State of California, on the south. That the means by which he and said company intended to divert said water, are a dam, and a ditch or canal; the said ditch or canal to be eighty feet wide, more or less, on the bottom, and one hundred feet wide, more or less, on the top, and ten feet deep, below the surface of the river, at the place of diversion, more or less, and of sufficient width and depth to give such ditch or canal sufficient capacity to carry the said amount of water which is hereby claimed; said dam to be of sufficient height, width and length to divert said amount of water from said river into said canal or ditch, at said point of diversion; the said water to be conducted from said point of diversion by means of said ditch or canal, gravity flow, and by such ditches, flumes, and aqueducts as may be necessary to conduct and convey said amount of water at all times to the place of intended use, on all of said lands capable of irrigation by gravity flow, and by such pumps, aqueducts, pipes and other means as may be necessary to conduct and convey such water to any and all of said lands as are not susceptible of irrigation from said point of intended diversion by gravity flow. Dated this 5th day of August, 1911. Thos. Beach, Witness. C. J. Berg, Appropriator. John Ryan, Witness. We, Thos. Beach and John Ryan, each citizens of the United States of America, and of the State of California, do hereby certify that we, and each of us, were present and saw the original notice and claim, of which the |
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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. |