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<br />.. ."- <br />,... f".....I.; '} <br />I.: ,. ., - im TAlIES 8m 1'0 CONTROL AA OANAL. PLAN PIlOT KNOB <br /> <br />Interior Seoretuy Krug 'Friendly' At Capital OontBl'&noe. Ph.....",,! FOPIIBl <br />Presentation of Proposals <br /> <br />Early tli'aZUlter ot oomplete control OVBI' the All ADorioan Cena1 and <br />de~lopllmlt of the ponl' site at PUot Knob 'lIere I'Ilquestlld of the federal <br />gOV'tll'l3lll&nt in 1'esolut1cm unanimously adopted by' the board of cUrBoto,.. ot the <br />Imperial Irrigation Dllltriot at their Tuesday metiDg. <br /> <br />ThlI Distriot s.ek. tJ'll.!Wfel' ot 't}-.e ollDAl under the 'te.l'lll8 of the <br />oontra.o1J nth the D1etl'lot entel'tld into in 1932 !UIll. aske authori'ty to prooee4 <br />1lith the Pilot Knob projeot ae an important phase of their projeoted po'II$l' <br />expimsion program. <br /> <br />IIBT APRIL 14 <br /> <br />II. J. DoItIl. D:l.e,wlot ohlef engineer and Northoutt Eq. <br />oharacterized.. "enoouregillg and friendly" tbl attitude of tM new Seoreta1"y <br />the Inteno!' ,T. A., Krug '\'/hen they IIIet with him and bureau of reolBmation <br />ottioialll in Wnshington on ^prll 4. <br /> <br />It '\'IN! llU(!;g6stod at theBG oonterl!llOes that resolution" trom the <br />D1stJoiotboard should bo p&l3sed in ordor to llBlco for=1 prosentationaf uoh <br />propose! to the Department ot the Inter1Cll'. <br /> <br />Krug lntol'Jl8d the Dlstriot repre_tati ve. that he 'lIltS fu~ <br />acquainted -dth thtJ Pilot Knob pl'Ojeat when he wall oha1rman ot the,..,. produot1cm <br />board end that he _. nab going to stand on "teohnion1itiee" respeotlng tl:e <br />tl'll!lsfer ot juriBdiot1on (Nel' t.he All hDllrlOBD canal to the D1lltdot. Dow4 and <br />KI'ug bl.d worked togather on the Calitonl1a pOWllr pool during the lllU'. <br /> <br />Booh of the resolutions passed by the D1str-iot llUII bued on '" <br />m8l11Drf.ndUlll presented to tbe Seoretary by Ely and Dowd. Po1ntll. presente4 <br />respeeting the oanal includedl <br /> <br />BASED ON FACTS <br /> <br />It'ur authorization by' the Boulder ConYOD Act of 1926. the oam:raot <br />with tho dilltr1ot. the bogirmiDg Of oonstruoticm in August 1934 and deUver,r <br />of tm f1rl'f: water in 191-11. Tbs mamornad\llll ehond that all water requ1rGllSnta <br />of the Dlstrlnt ha'ge boon ID1t by the oenal lI1IlllO Februa.r;y ot 19L2. tbl.t <br />oomplotion of n oheok stl"llCture azul desUting 'WOrk. repairs ehou1ci be oompleted <br />within two mollbhs and that cl'tor thiu only m1nol' ltGlllll rems.1n to be cOI1st.ruo1le4. <br /> <br />For tmlle reaeOl1ll the Seoretal'7 is requestod to l118ke it possible tor <br />the D5.strict to II.llSlUllO "the oare. operation end maiIItenenoe of the najor UD1ta of <br />the All -^merican canal SJld appUl"tenant otruotursl of tho main asna1 for ita entire <br />1eJlgth to tbG end at tho West S140 nmn canal of the Distriot." <br /> <br />The D1atl'1ot i8 not requesting tho oare and nn1ntenenoG of the <br />Imperial d~ at tMe time but will aoaopt this responsibil1ty it dOGired by' the <br />gcn-arl'llll!lnll. <br />