AZ vs. CA:04 California Exhibits, Vol. IV; Nos. 151-192

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THE ALL-AMERICAN CANAL. 63 (c) The boundaries of the Imperial Irrigation District could be enlarged so as to include or annex outlying lands and then bonds could be voted for the entire work. The bonds would be a lien on all the lands of the enlarged district. The Government should in in this case underwrite the bonds to make them marketable, or exchange its securities for the district's bonds under some suitable plan. RECOMMENDATIONS. The board recommends: 1. That the all-American canal, or an equivalent high-line canal, from the Laguna Dam into the Imperial Valley be constructed under one of the above-noted methods or under some other similar procedure for financing the enterprise, and that Congress pass such laws as may be necessary to put into effect any plan that may be agreed upon between the Secretary of the Interior and the Imperial Irrigation District. 2. That the connection of the Imperial Canal with the Laguna Dam be made at once. 3. That, so far as practicable, the water power of any canal that is constructed be utilized and the apportionment of the cost of installing power plants and of providing the necessary transmission lines should be made on the assumption that -the tentative Government plans for the Yuma project would some day be carried out. The Yuma project on this assumption would maintain an interest and would be charged with the proportionate cost of canal capacity for 4,000 second-feet of water to near Araz, and it would be charged for power plant installation in the ratio that 8,500 water horsepower bears to the total water horsepower for which the power installation is to be made. 4. That the development of power with water from an all-American or high-line canal, regardless of the location of power stations, should be charged with such portion of the cost of canal construction down to Araz, and no farther, as is determined by the ratio that one-half of the capacity required for the water used for power bears to the total canal capacity. 5. In case that no other work be undertaken for the joint benefit of the Yuma project and Imperial Irrigation District, except the alterations at the Laguna Dam, the enlargement of the Yuma Canal and the extension of this canal to a connection with the head of the present Imperial Canal, then funds for this work should be provided either jointly by the United States for the Yuma project and by the Imperial Irrigation District, or by the United States alone subject to repayment of a proper proportionate part of the cost with interest by the Imperial Irrigation District, or by the Imperial Irrigation