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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



it is believed that the available supply can be materially 

 increased by their adequate drainage. 



"From discussions with railroad officials and the 

 people of the valley the conclusion is believed to be fair 

 that with a general development of the valley by the 

 Federal Government, transportation facilities will be 

 greatly improved and railroad connections established 

 wifh the South, which is the natural outlet of the valley 

 connecting with southern California points. The work 

 in the mountainous portion of the district has been 

 discontinued owing to the winter season, but will be 

 renewed in the early summer. 



KINGS RIVER. 



"The U. S. Geological Survey has made extensive 

 investigations of the drainage basin of Kings River and 

 the lands irrigated therefrom. A report has been pub- 

 lished under the title 'Storage of Water on Kings River, 

 by S. B. Lippincott.' This report points out the pos- 

 sibilities of utilizing certain reservoir sites of large 

 capacity on this stream for the regulation of the water 

 supply and the extension of irrigated areas. 



"At the time this report was made all the canals on 

 Kings River associated themselves in an organization 

 known as the Kings River Storage Association. The 

 platform on which they stood was to the effect that 

 they had been spending about $40,000 a year in law- 

 suits over these waters, and they considered it more 

 desirable to construct works to increase the water supply 

 than to litigate over the natural flow. The great result 

 which this Association accomplished was to reach an 

 amicable agreement among themselves for the proper 

 division of this water. Schedules have been arranged 

 which determine the division of waters under all vary- 

 ing volumes for the different periods of the year. Liti- 

 gation has practically ceased and good will prevails. 

 Probably fifty lawsuits have been dismissed as a result 

 of these agreements. This Association combined with 

 the Geological Survey for the examination of this dis- 

 trict. At the request of the president of the Associa- 

 tion the engineers of the Reclamation Service went to 

 Fresno and, at an extended meeting with them, ex- 

 plained the operations of the Reclamation Service with 

 a view of constructing these reservoirs as public works. 

 The matter was extensively gone into at two conferences 

 held at Fresno in November. 



"The flow of Kings River is peculiarly adapted to 

 the needs of this district, or inversely such crops and 

 agriculture has been developed in this locality as best 

 suits the flow of the stream. In other words the vine- 

 yards, if supplied with a copious volume of water in 

 the spring and summer when the river is normally at 

 its flood flow, are able to produce satisfactory crops 

 without the mid and late summer irrigations. How- 

 ever, the dairy industry, which is now beginning to be 

 developed in this region, requires a continuous water 

 supply. The operations of the reclamation law were 

 fully explained to the officers of the Kings River Stor- 

 age Association, representing some twelve or fourteen 

 canal companies, and it remains largely with them to 

 say whether the construction of these reservoirs under 

 the federal law shall be undertaken. The sentiment 

 expressed at the meeting was rather unfavorable to the 

 procedure because of the expense involved, and because 

 of the general satisfaction with present conditions. 



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