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IRRIGATION INVESTIGATIONS IN CALIFORNIA. 



The following table is a summary of the claims to the Salinas River and its 

 tributaries, omitting duplicates: 



Summary of claims to the waters of Salinas River and its tributaries, filed in Morterey County, Cat. 



SALINAS RIVER. 



Name of claimant. 



Date 

 recorded. 



Inches 

 claimed. 



Hanna, Rob F 



Kopman, Frank 



Brandenstein, M 



Gould, B. F., and Briggs, N. C 



Gould, B. F 



Brown, W. K. (Salinas Valley L. and W. Co.) . 



Hartenbower, J. E., and Hurd, B. D 



Armstrongs 



Spreckels Sugar Co 



Do 



Somavia, J. G 



Gonzales Water Co 



Gordon, W. A 



Oct. 16,1877 

 Oct. 18,1877 

 Dec. 15,1882 

 Mar. 14,1893 

 May 27,1895 

 May 9, 1896 

 July 3, 1896 

 Aug. 19,1896 

 Sept. 13, 1898 

 Feb. 25,1899 

 May 18,1899 

 Sept. 18, 1899 

 Oct. 23,1899 



• 154 



144 



50,000 



50,000 



3,000 

 50,000 

 45,000 



1,000 

 15,000 



2,000 



80 



16,000 



5,000 



Total . 



237,378 



ARROYO SECO. 



Brown, J. H.,and Armstrong, W. T. 



Abbott, E. K 



Hall,E.E 



Abbott, C. S 



Burbank, A. L., and Abbott, C. S... 

 Salinas Valley Water Co 



Do 



Wood, Wm. F 



Do 



Total . 



Oct. 20,1886 

 Apr. 13,1895 

 Apr. 29,1896 

 May 6, 1896 

 July 11,1896 

 July 17,1897 

 Dec. 22,1897 

 Aug. 17,1900 

 do 



10,000 

 1,000 

 10,000 

 3, .500 

 30,000 

 50,000 

 50,000 

 50,000 

 .50 



204,550 



SAN LORENZO. 



Abbott, C. S., and Boswell, S. B . 



Brown, W.K 



Brown, John 



Total . 



3,000 

 2,500 

 6,000 



11,500 



SAN ANTONIO. 



Millard, I. H . 



Sept. 27,1898 



10,000 



' Unfortunately we have no stream-flow data from the Salinas River. It is, how- 

 ever, certain that the filings on it aggregating 237,378 miner's inches or 4,748 cubic 

 feet per second are in excess even of its flood flow. The same may be said of its 

 tributaries. On the Arroyo Seco we And claims, eliminating as above all duplica- 

 tions and refilings, for 204,550 inches or 4,091 cubic feet per second, on the San 

 Lorenzo 11,5U0 inches or 230 cubic feet per second, and on the San Antonio for 



