anaheim-gazette 1911-07-06

WATER RESOURCES OF ORANGE COUNTY (Continued from first page) down from owner to owner with the land, and in 1868 they were parceled out, by the decree in partition, pro rata to all the subdivisions of the rancho, regardless of the distance of each subdivision from the river. The court also protected the exercise of these rights by granting to the holders of the lower allotments a right of way over the upper allotments for ditches to convey the water to their respective holdings. In order to irrigate the portion of the Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana purchased by A. B. Chapman and Andrew Glassell, a ditch, called the Chapman ditch, was constructed during the winter of 1870-71, which delivered water as far down as the present site of Orange the following July. Two years later, May 24, 1873, these same persons incorporated the Semi-Tropic Water Company and transferred to it all the rights and interests of the Chapman ditch. As the land was subdivided and sold, stock in this water company was furnished to the purchasers, who thus came into possession and control of the company. In 1877 this company was superseded by a larger and stronger company under the name of the Santa Ana Valley Irrigation Company. The property and rights of the old company were purchase and transferred to the new, and all the water rights on the southeast side of the river below the intake were absorbed in exchange for equivalent rights in the new company. The capital stock of the Santa Ana Valley Irrigation Company would have large riparian rights in the stream, on account of furnishing a large part of the catchment basin and owning land on both sides of the stream for ten or eleven miles; but these rights have never been adjudicated, although the attempt to take the water over the water-shed to other parts of the ranch was successfully resisted in the courts by the settlers. An agreement was finally reached whereby the water of the creek will be apportioned to the different parties in interest and an opportunity given to increase such water by diminishing the run-off. The stipulations of this agreement were made the judgment of the court, thereby making them binding on all concerned. By the terms of this agreement the two water companies, designated as the party of the first part, get practically all the water of the creek up to 600 inches during the five irrigating months, from June 20 to November 20, of each year; the Irvine Company, designated as the party of the second part, gets the next 50 inches; and all above the 650 inches will be divided equally between the two levels and that water may be found at nearly every part forming the greater part; but it is particularly the vicinity of Anaheim undoubtedly supplied by flow of the Santa Ana tributary to the report of the tician, there are 509 in Orange county, wherer for irrigating 10,187 adding the number of by these various pumping plants, we have number of acres irrigated to be 42,114, or all of the entire surface. If the actual quantity ed to irrigate this two face could be computed found to be almost part of the rainfall surface. The fact is tire rainfall of the冷水 that is past mill, so far as its use the fruit belt of these cerned. Nearly three irrigated section is with Santa Ana river and the quantity of water gotten past our neighbor. Even the part of these precipitated on the citrus belt within largely lost because of those slopes and of their covering. But the water that falls belt is lost by any m Such water helps to fa, barley, bean, beet her kinds of fields anything more than citral were necessary Orange county is able with natural advantage found in the county... The capital stock of the Santa Ana Valley Irrigation Company was fixed at $100,000, divided into 20,000 shares of a par value of $5 each. This stock was made appurtenant to the lands, one share to each acre, and is transferrable only with the land which is described in the certificate. All assessments, together with ten per cent interest, have been added to the par value of the stock until, at the present writing, the market value has advanced to about $75, which sum must be paid for any new stock purchased for unstocked land. There have been sold and issued 17,231 shares to 2,029 stockholders, making an average of less than eight and one-half shares, or eight and one-half acres of land, to each stockholder in the company. Over $400,000 has been spent on the canals, pipe lines, the pumping plants and reservoirs; nearly another $100,000 has been expended for riparian lands and water rights, making not less than half a million dollars invested in water facilities by this company, to say nothing about litigation, current expenses, etc. These large sums have been drawn gradually from the stockholders during the past forty years, in such low water rates and moderate assessments that the burden has scarcely been felt. In fact, this company has long enjoyed the reputation of being one of the most economically managed of the large water companies of Southern California. The facilities of the Santa Ana Valley Irrigation Company for supplying its stockholders with water are very similar to those of the Anaheim Union Water Company and consist of a half interest in the waters of the Santa Ana river at the division-gate; about 125 miles of ditches, of which over half are lined with cement or are piped; two pumping plants, capable together of furnishing about 450 inches of water; and one small reservoir at Olive for regulating the flow of the water in the ditches. In addition to the foregoing, the company owns a half interest in nearly 2,400 acres of riparian land up the river as well as several hundred acres of the court, thereby making them binding on all concerned. By the terms of this agreement the two water companies, designated as the party of the first part, get practically all the water of the creek up to 600 inches during the five irrigating months, from June 20 to November 20, of each year; the Irvine Company, designated as the party of the second part, gets the next 50 inches; and all above the 650 inches will be divided equally between the two parties. For the rest of the year the party of the first part will have the first 60 inches and the party of the second part the next 60 inches; and all above the 120 inches will be equally divided. An easement to three tracts of land, aggregating about 500 acres, is granted for water storage, and also an option, limited to seven years, to build a dam across Fremont canyon and impound water therein, together with rights of way for roads and ditches. Should this option be exercised, the two parties will share the expense up to $50,000 in the proportion of two-thirds by the first party and one-third by the second party, or by mutual agreement the two parties may share the expense equally, and the water thus impounded will be divided in proportion to the share of expense borne by each party. In return for the liberal concessions of the Irvine Company, that company is permitted under the agreement to take its share of the water over the water-shed to other parts of the ranch. The Serrano Water Association and the John T. Carpenter Water Company together own the Barham ranch, upon which they have constructed a shallow reservoir of considerable area. In the year 1892 the two companies built a bedrock dam across the creek below said ranch at a cost of $3,600, the deepest point of the rock bottom being nineteen feet below the surface of the creek-bed. The water intercepted by this dam, together with the surface flow, is carried away in a 28-inch cement pipe 725 feet to the division-gate where it is divided equally between the two companies. The Serrano Water Association was organized in 1875 by the Lotspiech Bros., J. W. Anderson, Dr. Worrell, Charles Tiebout and a few others. The association has no capital stock; but the ownership is distributed among the members pro rata to the acreage of each, two-thirds of the association's water belonging to the 631 acres in the Lotspiech tract and one-third to the 672 acres in the Gray tract. These 1303 acres are largely lost because of those slopes and their covering. If the water that falls on belt is lost by any mills Such water helps to fa, barley, bean, bee her kinds of fields anything more than citral were necessary Orange county is able with natural advantage found in the county port, where the product for the last year enormous total of $133. With such a show seem extravagant to county the description gave the Children of land of Canaan, which proaching, as follows: "For the Lord thiee into a good land brooks of water, off depths that spring out hills; a land of wheat vines, and fig-trees and a land of oil-olive, and wherein thou shalt out scarceness, though anything in it; a lace are iron, and out of mayest dig brass. We eaten and art full, bless the Lord thy God land which he hath—Samuel Armor, ed History of Oranges SLEEPER MAKING RAISES VALUATION OF THROUGHOUT Deputy Assessor completed taking these districts, which lie river on the east to citing Buena Park on country tributary to south. Mr. Schneidler or Sleeper has raised payers, including Ja other landowners in of the county, as well In the oil fields well-ed at $1500 have been tes., to $15,000. 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Alcorn Gives U Cliff Worries lon Water Company and consist of a half interest in the waters of the Santa Ana river at the division-gate; about 125 miles of ditches, of which over half are lined with cement or are piped; two pumping plants, capable together of furnishing about 450 inches of water; and one small reservoir at Olive for regulating the flow of the water in the ditches. In addition to the foregoing, the company owns a half interest in nearly 2,400 acres of riparian land up the river, as well as several hundred acres in its own right. These lands strengthen and protect the company's rights in the river and give opportunity for further development. The stream next in importance to the Santa Ana river for irrigation purposes is the Santiago creek, which is a tributary of said river. This creek rises on the Trabuca National Forest Reserve in the eastern end of the county, flows in a northwesterly direction across the San Joaquin ranch to the mouth of the canyon and from there proceeds in a southwesterly direction to its junction with the Santa Ana river. The creek and its tributaries drain about 127 square miles of the western slope of the Santa Ana mountains and the foothills adjacent. Assuming that the average rainfall within the drainage basin of this stream is 15 inches per year, the precipitation would amount to the enormous quantity of 4,425,696,000 cubic feet of water as the average annual rainfall. Like most of the streams between the coast range and the sea, this creek carries off the greater part of the rainfall shortly after it is precipitated. However, a small per cent sinks into the soil and gradually percolates into the channel, thereby continuing the stream throughout the year. The quantity thus saved and utilized can be in- The Serrano Water Association was organized in 1875 by the Lotspiech Bros., J. W. Anderson, Dr. Worrell, Charles Tiebout and a few others. The association has no capital stock; but the ownership is distributed among the members pro rata to the acreage of each, two-thirds of the association's water belonging to the 631 acres in the Lotspiech tract and one-third to the 672 acres in the Gray tract. These 1303 acres are held by 66 owners. To serve these owners the association has laid below the division-gate 6,288 feet of 20-inch pipe and 2,679 feet of 16-inch pipe, while individual members have laid about three and one-half miles of 10 to 16-inch pipe. The John T. Carpenter Water Company is capitalized in the sum of $16,000, divided into 1600 shares of $10 each. This stock is held by 115 owners who use the water on 900 acres of land. The company has laid about four miles of 16 and 20 inch pipe and about eight miles of 10 and 12-inch pipe. The only other streams in the county that furnishes sufficient water to justify the formation of a company for its distribution, is Trabuca creek. This stream supplies enough water to enable the Trabuca Water Co. to irrigate 500 acres in the vicinity of Capistrano. In addition to the irrigation from the three streams mentioned, there are a few farms that take out more or less water from Coyote creek, Laguna creek and Aliso creek. Then there are thousands of acres irrigated from wells either artesian or pumped. As already indicated, a part of the water from the rainfall sinks into the ground and percolates through the porous sol' and gravel strata on its way to lower levels and the sea. This water may be found at various depths in nearly every part of the plains forming the greater part of the county; but it is particularly abundant in the vicinity of Anaheim where it is undoubtedly supplied by the underflow of the Santa Ana river. According to the report of the county statistician, there are 509 pumping plants in Orange county, which furnish water for irrigating 10,180 acres of land. Adding the number of acres irrigated by these various companies and the pumping plants, we find the total number of acres irrigated in the county to be 42,114, or about one-twelfth of the entire surface. If the actual quantity of water used to irrigate this twelfth of the surface could be computed, it would be found to be almost an infinitesimal part of the rainfall upon the entire surface. The fact is, nearly the entire rainfall of the county is like the water that is past for turning the mill, so far as its use for irrigating the fruit belt of the county is concerned. Nearly three-fourths of the irrigated section is watered from the Santa Ana river and is dependent on the quantity of water that can be gotten past our neighbors up-stream. Even the part of the rainfall that is precipitated on the slopes above the citrus belt within the county is largely lost because of the steepness of those slopes and the shallowness of their covering. However, not all the water that falls below the fruit belt is lost by any manner of means. Such water helps to make the alfalfa, barley, bean, beet, celery and other kinds of fields productive. If anything more than the foregoing recital were necessary to show that Orange county is abundantly blessed with natural advantages, it might be found in the county statistician's re- incorporators visited the town and returned with bottles of sewage water which were held up as arguments against septic tanks. Assessed value of property in the town was reported by the county assessor to be $461,491. The town is also entitled to $1845 from the district road funds in the county treasury. The trustees have pledged themselves to keep the expenses of the town down to $300 per year. A bill from a Los Angeles printing company for printing and supplies furnished the new town was presented and filed until funds are available. An application was received from a Long Beach man asking for a position as street superintendent. The clerk was instructed to inform him that no such office had been created, nor would it be. GUAM NEW GIBRALTAR Plans by Uncle Sam for Impregnable Fortress in Mid-Ocean WASHINGTON, July 3.—A "Gibraltar of the Pacific" to maintain American supremacy, is what the lonely island of Guam will be, if plans now under consideration by the United States are carried out. These plans were advanced by Rear-Admiral Alfred T. Mahan, U.S.N., retired. They are being considered by military and naval experts of the government. Guam is considered by Admiral Mahan as an ideal location for an impregnable base in the Pacific for the American fleet. Properly guarded by adequate fortifications the admiral believes this island could be made as strong as Gibraltar and defy the fleets of the world. SPECIAL SERVICE A special choral service will be gi- largely lost because of the steepness of those slopes and the shallowness of their covering. However, not all the water that falls below the fruit belt is lost by any manner of means. Such water helps to make the alfalfa, barley, bean, beet, celery and other kinds of fields productive. If anything more than the foregoing recital were necessary to show that Orange county is abundantly blessed with natural advantages, it might be found in the county statistician's report, where the products of the county for the last year footed up the enormous total of $13,000,000. With such a showing, it does not seem extravagant to apply to Orange county the description, that Moses gave the Children of Israel, of the land of Canaan, which they were approaching, as follows: "For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains, and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; a land of wheat and barley, and vines, and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of oil-olive, and honey; a land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass. When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for the good land which he hath given thee." —Samuel Armor, in recently issued History of Orange County. SLEEPER MAKING GOOD Raises Valuation of Large Taxpayers Throughout County Deputy Assessor Schneider has completed taking the assessment of this district, which extends from the river on the east to the coast, embracing Buena Park on the north and country tributary to this city on the south. Mr. Schneider states Assessor Sleeper has raised all large taxpayers, including James Irvine and other landowners in the southern end of the county, as well as elsewhere. In the oil fields wells hitherto assessed at $1500 have been raised, he states, to $15,000. Land at La Habra for merely assessed at $60 per acre is raised from $125 to $175. The county's increased valuation will be about $3,000,000, which will more than offset the cutting out of railroads and other corporations by the new law. STANTON OFFICERS RESIGN J. C. Alcorn Gives Up Recorder's Office Clark Worden Wants Out are being considered by military and naval experts of the government. Guam is considered by Admiral Mahan as an ideal location for an impregnable base in the Pacific for the American fleet. Properly guarded by adequate fortifications the admiral believes this island could be made as strong as Gibraltar and defy the fleets of the world. SPECIAL SERVICE A special choral service will be given at St. Michael's Episcopal church on Sunday morning, July 9th. The soloist will be Miss Miriam Howard of Minneapolis, who will sing Gounod's "O, Divine Redeemer," and the solos in Tour's "God Hath Appointed a Day." The offertory will be the trio from Elijah, which Mrs. Corneille, Miss Howard and Miss Grace Adams will sing by request. The service will be as follows: Processional Hymn 507; Venite and Glorias 23; Te Deum 64; Jubilate 135 Anthem, "Radiant Morn," by Woodward; Hymn 510; offertory, Solo, Trio Recessional Hymn 401. ENJOYING A BRIEF VACATION Manager Hadsel Goes to Catalina for Week's Outing Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Hadsel are spending the week at Catalina. They will return on Monday, when Mr. Hadsel will give his personal attention to managing the new sugar factory, which starts up for its first season's run about the middle of the month. He will move his office to the plant to be in close touch with operations at the mill. This is his first vacation since coming here last fall to organize the enterprise, which he has carried to successful completion. That his task has been laborious, and on the beginning such as to present almost insuperable obstacles, is known to those possessing inside information, but he never deviated from his course, and his constant assertion was that he would organize the company and erect the factory in time for this season's operations. He has more than filled his contract, and no one will begrudge him and his good wife a brief vacation at the enchanted isle. He has a strenuous season ahead of him, but that he will be successful in his management of the mill goes without saying. MINUTES OF WATER BOARD Draft of Proceedings of Saturday's Meeting by Secretary Armstrong BUENA PARK ITEMS Mr. and Mrs. George H. Warren moored to Alhambra for the week-end and were the guests of Mrs. and Miss In the oil fields wells hitherto assessed at $1500 have been raised, he states, to $15,000. Land at La Habra for merly assessed at $60 per acre is raised from $125 to $175. The county's increased valuation will be about $3,000,000, which will more than offset the cutting out of railroads and other corporations by the new law. STANTON OFFICERS RESIGN J. C. Alcorn Gives Up Recorder's Office, Clerk Worden Wants Out At a meeting of the trustees of the town of Stanton on Wednesday evening City Clerk D. L. Worden announced that pressure of private business necessitated his retirement from office. Worden was one of the original advocates of incorporation, and was elected city clerk without opposition. It was said after the meeting that Trustee S. D. Winters will also tender his resignation. Winters is understood to have opposed incorporation. City Recorder J. C. Alcorn also tendered his resignation. In a communication to the board he announced his removal from the town, having sold his place at Benedict and removed to Alhambra. Alcorn has moved to Alhambra, where he has purchased property. During the incorporation discussion Alhambra was held up as a horrible example of a sewer-farm town. It was shown that the city of Pasadena maintains its septic tanks at Alhambra. A committee of time for this season's operations. He has more than filled his contract, and no one will begrudge him and his good wife a brief vacation at the enchanted isle. He has a strenuous season ahead of him, but that he will be successful in his management of the mill goes without saying. MINUTES OF WATER BOARD Draft of Proceedings of Saturday's Meeting by Secretary Armstrong The Board of Directors of the A.U.W.Co. met in regular session on July 1st. Members present, Bradford, Hale, Porter, Sherwood, and Dwyer, Absent, Crowther and Drake. The minutes of the preceding regular meeting were read and approved. The report of the finance committee was received and filed, and warrants were ordered drawn in payment of the various demands. The reports of the treasurer, superintendent and secretary were received and filed. A communication was received from the Southern Pacific railway company stating that they had received permission to construct a track in Anaheim which will cross the A.U.W.Co. ditch at the corner of Santa Ana and Kroeger streets. Before providing waterway, they wished to ascertain the amount of clear waterway necessary. On motion the secretary was instructed to request the S.P.Co. to construct a 24-inch concrete pipe crossing the width of their right of land 30, as proposed by J. W. Dickenson. The committee were instructed to purchase the auto accordingly from Dickenson at once. On motion the vice president and secretary were authorized to borrow sufficient money to meet the bills now due, for which funds are not available. BUENA PARK ITEMS Mr. and Mrs. George H. Warren motored to Alhambra for the week-end and were the guests of Mrs. and Miss Kidder of that city. James Cole of Calexico is the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Cole. The former is an extensive land owner in the Imperial valley. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Newcombe, Miss Estelle Newcombe and C. L. Newcombe motored up to Arrowhead hot springs on Saturday. It is their intention to remain at the popular resort until after the Fourth. The Ladies Mutual Aid Society will meet at the home of Mrs. I. D. Jaynes on Thursday afternoon. An enjoyable time is anticipated. The residents on rural route No. 1 regret losing the very efficient and accommodating mail carrier, Mrs. Franklin Fennell, formerly Mrs. Daisy B. Jackman. 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