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Show 74 PROBLEMS OF IMPERIAL VALLEY AND VICINITY. The New, the Alamo, and the Greeson River channels are ideally located for the main drainage channels of the district. At the present time they- are used for waste ways by the several water companies. A dam has been thrown across the Alamo River channel at a point opposite Calipatria, and the Imperial Northend and Northside Mutual water companies divert the waste water for- irrigation purposes. Ownership and area, Imperial Valley projects. Tract and ownership. Gross area. Irrigable area. Imperial irrigation district, California (practically all private lands) Mexican lands: Lower California Land & Water Co............................ Small tracts, private owners................................... International Co............................................... Imperial Development Co...................................... E. Easton (owner)...........................«y................ Colorado River Land Co.................................... Government,land......,....................................... Total, Mexican....,.......................................... Grand total.................................................. 603,800 72,000 . 10,000 12,000 15,000 15,000 208,000 8,000 340,000 943,800 515,000 54,000 8,000 9,000 11,000 11,000 156,000 6,000 255,000 770,000 Appropriations-Water siipply. [Joseph Jacobs's report, April, 1917.] Claimant. Date of filing. Amount claimed. Remarks. E. I. Rockwell. California Development Co.......:___ E. I. Rockwell to the California Development Co.- W. T. Gonder........................ W. T. Hefferaen. W. T. Gonder... Do.......... W. T. Heffernen^..................... Do........7.......„.............. Do................................ W. T. Gonder......................... W. T. Heffernen....................., California Development Co............ C. N. Perry, for himself and California Development Co. W. T. Heffernen...................... W. T. Gonder. Do........ C. N. Perry, for himself and California Development Co. Do................................ Do...................___;......:. May 16,1895 Dec. 15,1895 Aug. 15,1911 July 15,1895 Sept. 13,1895 Nov. 12,1895 Jan. 14,1896 Mar. 18,1896 ___do........ Jan. 23,1897 Mar. 27,1897 July 24,1897 Dec. 15,1898 Dec. 21,1898 Jan. 18,1899 Jan. 2&1899 Apr. 25J1899 Feb. 20,1899 Apr. 25,1899 ___do........ Sec. ft. 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 .10,000 10,000 10,000 Diversion point 1J miles north of bound- ^o. Rockwell conveys to California Development Co. all his interests in his original filing of May 16,1895. Diversion point 1J miles north of boundary. Do. Do. Diversion point 1} miles north of boundary. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Assigns all his claims to California Development Co. Do. Diversion point 1J miles north of boundary. Do. Do. Diversion point 3,000 feet north of boundary. Mexican use of water.-A concession was granted by Mexico in 1904 for rights of way for the Imperial Canal. Regarding water for Mexican lands, this concession provides as follows: The Sociedad de Reigo y Terrenos de la Baja California, S. A., is authorized to carry through the canal which it has built in Mexican territory, and through other canals that it may build, if convenient, water to an amount of 284 cubic meters per |
