AZ vs. CA:02 California Exhibits, Vol II; Nos. 58-113A

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CALIFORNIA DEFENDANTS Exhibit No. 78 Identification: Feb. 14, 1957 Admitted: May 6, 1957 Water Notice October 20th, 1896 To Whom it May Concern Notice is hereby given, that I, W. T. Heffernan, a citizen of the United States, and of the State of California, do for myself and others claim ten thousand (10,000) cubic feet per second of the water of the Colorado River flowing by this intended point of diversion. This intended point of diversion being located on the S. W. Ya of Sect. 25 Tp. 16 S. R. 21 E, of San Bernardino Base and Meridian and being further described as a point or location on the west bank of the Colorado River, in San Diego County, State of California, one and one quarter miles more or less up the river from the point where the International Line between the United States and Mexico intersects the west bank of the Colorado River. The said point of diversion is more specifically described as extending from a point due west of the pumping plant of the Paymaster Mining Co. up the Colorado River a distance of 500 feet more or less to a hill. I claim the right to the said ten thousand (10,000) cubic feet per second for the purpose of developing power, and for the irrigation of lands in San Diego County, California, and in Lower California, Republic of Mexico. I purpose carrying the water from the above described point of diversion through a canal which will run in a