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Show The Interior appropriation act approved Mar+ 7, 1938, authorize. the Secretary of the Interior to incur obligations, and enter nto con tract for the development: of electrical power at the Coolidge Dam as anincident to the use of the Coolidge Reservoir not to exceed 'the 'sum of $350,000. Fundswere made available for the power develop- ,m.,..e .n t by the second deficiency act, approved May 29, 1928. The installation of the power machinery must be deferred until after completion of the dam. It would appear that the contractqr'will belinable to close thu bpening in the dam left for by-passage of the waters of 'the Gila River until after removal by the Southern Pacific Railway of its tracks and road bed which are within the reservoir area. - Owing to conditions mentioned and the fact that it was necessary to excavate some 75,000 cubic yards more material from the dam ,base and spillways than estimated, it appears at this time that the 'estimate for t.he constfuction of the dam will be slightly increased by ,pi.obably $100,000, the original estimate being $5,500,000 for the completed structure. During June, two of the consulting engineers; Maj. Gen. W. C. ~ a n ~ f &id it t Andrew J. Wiley, inspected and approved the oonstruc-tion work being done. Pursuant to provisions contained in an act approved March 7, ,1928, directing that the Federal Power Commission shall within 60 days after the approval of the act report to Congress what compensa-tion, if atiy, .in addit$ion to that already provided, shall be paid to the Apache Indians of the San Carlos Reservation by reason of the generation of hydro-electric power at the Coolidge Dam, that com-mission reported that no additional compensation was due these 'Indians as the power development was incidental to the conetmct.io~ .o .f the C~olidgeD am and impounding reservoir and not by reanoh of any natur,al power site that might have existed. Organization work pf the San Carlos project which is to be served by the waters impounded in the Coolidge Dam has progressed. The landowners' agreement previously approved as to form by the d 4 pbrtment was executed by persons owninglands considerably in excess of the area that could be designated within the project. The 'designation of the privately owned lands forn~ing the project was a p p r ~ v dA pril 25, 1928. Thearea was restricted to 50,000 aeres, 'being a like area to that in Indian ownership within the Gila River Reservation coming within the project. The individual holdings u,. nder the provisions of the act of June 7, 1924, are restricted to 160 acres. After designation of the lands steps were immediately taken, :in &n@zi+an8e with statutory requirements, to circulate.the petition ;foi:~tlidfo rmation of .the irrigation district. Progress is being made, |
