anaheim-gazette 1925-05-28

River Water Project Reviewed by Armor Veteran Publisher Gives Some Facts on the Situation By SAMUEL ARMOR Several months ago the board of trustees of the city of Orange, finding the water in the city's wells going down, began to replenish the water supply. These wells are or high ground southeast of the business center of the city and remote from the river. The board talked of going in with the Santa Ana board on a joint development for the two cities; but no details of such a contract had been agreed upon. However, J.H. Lippincott was employed to examine the lower channel of the river and advise a location for a pumping plant. His choice was northwest of Orange, and the two boards talked of condemning a tract of land near the Olive bridge as a site for the joint pumping plant. About this stage of the proceedings the two boards separated. While their relations with each other were pleasant, the Orange board believed that, acting alone, it could save $100,000 out of the $216,000 asked for by the Santa Ana board as Orange's share of certain estimates, with $50,000 more added for something else. Besides, there were other differences of opinion that helped to influence its decision. The following description of the coastal plain is taken from Mr. Lippincott's report to the city of Santa Ana: "The coastal plain, of which the low lands of Orange county form a part, extends from the Pacific to the base of the Puente hills and the Santa Ana mountains, and from the Santa Monica mountains to the San Joaquin hills, and has an area of about 775 square miles. It is generally a smooth plain, sloping from the foothills to the sea. Abong the lower side, adjacent to the sea, there is a low range of hills extending from the San Joaquin hills south of the city of Santa Ana northward through Signal Hill at Long came public, the newspapers of April 28 reported the filing of 17 suits against about 50 property owners of West Orange, to condemn 300 acres of their land lying along the east side of the Santa Ana river north of Chapman avenue to Struck avenue, as a site for pumping plants for the city of Santa Ana, and also a reservoir site on the Bixby tract north of Olive. The estimate of the cost of this project is given at $1,206,000, of which $60,000 is for the land. An interview in a local paper with one of the defendants represented him as worrying for fear that five or six Santa Ana wells being pumped in his vicinity would drain his well dry. Why, man, you won't have any well after they get through with you! You are one of the defendants. The Register of May 14 says on this point, "In the proposal to establish wells at West Orange, there is no disposition on the part of Santa Ana officials to take from West Orange orchardists anything without adequate, fair compensation." But look at the pittance of $60,000 those officials have estimated 300 acres of highly improved, water-stocked land to be work, which is an average of $200 per acre, when the water-stock alone is worth $150 per acre at the water office, and raw orchard land is worth $1000 per acre, and good walnut orchards are worth $3000 per acre, and good orange orchards are worth $5000 per acre. The same authority defends the right of Santa Ana to pump underground water for its use, assuming that the city is being treated differently from other users, as follows: "The taking of water from an underground stratum is bound to reduce the supply for all pumping plants drawing from that same stratum. But hitherto there has been no objection raised and no steps taken to protest when some large pumping plant was established, drawing water from beneath the earth. Plant after plant has gone in and no word said." In all probability these other pumping plants did not encroach upon the rights of others, and hence were not protested by anyone. At all events, no precedents were established that would justify the action Santa Ana off Puente; third prize; Linda Chamber of Commerce Class 4—Growers' best 24 boxes of lemon silver loving cup and Mutual Orange District Linda; second prize; Marketing Company of prize certificate; Anahle Lemon Association. Class 5—Sweepstake artistic display of 12 grapefruit; First prize and $25. Anahhe Lemon Association; second prize; Marketing Company of prize certificate; Anahhe Lemon Association. Class 6—Most artistry 40 boxes or more of lemon silver loving cup and Mutual Orange Distributors of prize, $50. Anahhe Lemon Association; third prize; Mutual Orange Distributors of prize certificate; Ran Company of Riverside. Class 9—Best 12 berry first prize; silver loving Placenta Mutual Orchard second prize; $10. Mutual distributors of La Habra certificate; Mutual Orchard. Class 10—Best eight clemente first prize; Mutual Orchard Redlands; second prize; clementia Mutual Orchard Placentia; third prizes Park Orchards Associates. Class 11—Best four oranges: First prize certificate; Mutual Orchard coastal plain is taken from Mr. Lippincott's report to the city of Santa Ana: "The coastal plain, of which the low lands of Orange county form a part, extends from the Pacific to the base of the Puente hills and the Santa Ana mountains, and from the Santa Monica mountains to the San Joaquin hills, and has an area of about 775 square miles. It is generally a smooth plain, sloping from the foothills to the sea. Above the lower side, adjacent to the sea, there is a low range of hills extending from the San Joaquin hills south of the city of Santa Ana north-westerly through Signal Hill at Long Beach to the Santa Monica mountains north of Santa Monica. This ridge is not continuous, as the larger rivers have cut broad valleys through it to reach the sea. This broken ridge forms the lower boundary of the great underground reservoir. The coastal plain is underlain by a succession of sand, gravel and clay beds whose constituent materials were transported to their present position by the Santa Ana, San Gabriel and Los Angeles rivers. The easterly portion of the coastal plain has been largely built up of material discharged by the Santa Ana river. It is this portion of the basin from which your water supply must be secured and which is herein described in detail. The coarser and most porous materials are found at the mouth of the canyon above Olive and become finer as the sea is approached. This is clearly shown by the material encountered in the numerous water wells which have been drilled therein. The depth of this alluvial fill increases from the mouth of the canyon to the sea. At Scully's Point, which is located within the canyon, it is about 50 feet to bed rock. Near the Olive bridge, west-of Olive, wells have been drilled 800 feet without encountering bed rock, and in the low lands south of Santa Ana wells 1300 feet deep have not encountered it." If bed rock has been encountered within 50 feet, as Lippincott indicates, at Scully's Point, that would be the place for Utt's high dam across the river, for the hills on either side approach within about 400 feet of each other. The Anaheim Union Water Company and the Santa Ana Valley Irrigation Company bought that dam site and a right-of-way for a canal to deliver the water from the dam into their division gate, years ago; but Anaheim would go no further with the enterprise. However, Lippincott's 50 feet to bed-rock in the canyon and 800 feet water well at Olive bridge and 1300 feet water well below Santa Ana, without encountering bed rock, do not prove that "the depth of this alluvial fill increases from the mouth of the canyon to the sea." In the face of the depth of the oil well reported by the Anaheim Plain Dealer of March 24, 1924, as follows: "The Wonder Oil Company hit the remains of an old tree at 2400 feet in its well, Brookhurst No. 1, when drilling was resumed after fishing had successfully completed. Pieces of the tree have been distributed as souvenirs." The exact depth of this alluvial fill Great Show Attracts Thousands of Visitors (Continued from Page One) One of the chief attractions, especially to people who live outside the orange belt, is the miniature packing other users, as follows: "The taking of water from an underground stratum is bound to reduce the supply for all pumping plants drawing from that same stratum. But hitherto there has been no objection raised and no steps taken to protest when some large pumping plant was established, drawing water from beneath the earth Plant after plant has gone in and no word said." In all probability these other pumping plants did not encroach upon the rights of others, and hence were not protested by anyone. At all events, no precedents were established that would justify the action Santa Ana proposes to take in this matter now. Instead of making its principal pumping station in the lowest part of the coastal plain, where the water naturally collects under pressure and free from competition, Santa Ana proposes to compete with Anaheim and Orange for the underflow of the river supplemented by so much of the stored water as can be drawn uphill through about eight miles of sand. To get that new pumping station, it is planned to condemn 300 acres of land between Orange and the river, which land might ultimately become a part of Santa Ana, if the city succeeds in dispossessing the owners. A few years ago the legislature passed a bill authorizing the courts to condemn prowmity adjacent to public utility organizations beyond their actual needs; but a referendum vote of the people turned it down as a dangerous power to give the courts The action of the legislature would seem to indicate that there was no such law up to that time, and so far as we have observed, none has been enacted since; but there are other laws on water rights and condemnation proceedings, so no one can predict what action the courts would take on the various questions involved. The transportation of a large quantity of water along under the state and county highways for about eight miles, with a dozen elbows more or less, would need a large, strong conduit to overcome the friction and get a reasonable amount of gravity pressure. A few well constructed sand pipes on the upper border of the city with good pumping plants at the lower station would be more economical and just as efficient as the longer line. Besides, there might be trouble in getting the right-of-way in the state and county highways. A vote has been called on too low an estimate, as shown by the price put on the land. The warning of Mr. Lippincott that the Temecula Water Company is taking steps to pump water from the Riverside district for use at Corona ought to harmonize Orange county and unite all the water interests in the basin of the Santa Ana river in defense of its underflow Great Show Attracts Thousands of Visitors (Continued from Page One) One of the chief attractions, especially to people who live outside the orange belt, is the miniature packing house maintained by the Mutual Orange Distributors' Association. Here oranges are received directly from the orchards and are washed, graded, wrapped and packed by deft-fingered pretty girls. This is one of the most popular sights in the big tent. That the splendid work of the men who created the show is appreciated is indicated by the crowds who daily visit it and by the expressions of wonder and praise heard on every side. Crowds are in attendance day and night, and on Sunday 16,000 people passed through the turnstile into the tents. Following is a list of the prizes as announced by Otto des Granges, chairman of the award committee: For the best automobile display, first prize, silver cup, to J. E. Walter Company, Anaheim agent for the Jordan car. For the best decorated industrial booth, first prize, silver cup, to L. J. Christopher & Company of Los Angeles. Citrus awards were made as follows: Class 1—Grand sweepstakes for the best 40 boxes of Valencia oranges: First prize, silver loving cup and $100, Mutual Orange Distributors of Porterville; second prize, $50, Mutual Orange Distributors of Lindsay; third prize, $25, Randolph Marketing Company of Riverside; Class 2—Growers' sweepstakes for best 24 boxes of Valencia oranges, first prize, silver cup and $100, W. W. Tyler, Mutual Orange Distributors of Lindsay; second prize, $50, Randolph Marketing Company of Riverside; third prize, $25, Placentia Mutual Orange Association of Placentia; Class 3—Grand sweepstakes for the best 40 boxes of lemons: First prize, silver loving cup and $50, Bastanchury Ranch Company of Fullerton; second prize, $25, Mutual Orange Distributors. ANAHEIM GAZETTE of Puente; third prize, certificate, Yorba Linda Chamber of Commerce. Class 4—Growers' sweepstakes for best 24 boxes of lemons: First prize, silver loving cup and $50, F. E. Moll Mutual Orange Distributors of Yorba Linda; second prize, $25, Randolph Marketing Company of Riverside; third prize, certificate, Anaheim Orange and Lemon Association. Class 5—Sweepstakes for the most artistic display of 12 boxes of seedless grapefruit: First prize, silver loving cup and $25, Anaheim Orange and Lemon Association; second prize, $15, Mutual Orange Distributors of Redlands; third prize, certificate, Randolph Marketing Company of Riverside. Class 6—Most artistic rack display of Valencia oranges, 40 boxes or more: First prize, silver loving cup and $75, Anaheim Co-operative Association; second prize, $50, Anaheim Orange and Lemon Association; third prize, Placentia Mutual Orange Association, Placentia. Class 7—Most artistic rack display of 40 boxes or more of lemons: First prize, silver loving cup and $75, Mutual Orange Distributors of Redlands; second prize, $50, Bastanchury Ranch Company of Fullerton. Class 8—Best 12 boxes of Valencia oranges: First prize, silver loving cup and $25, Mutual Orange Distributors of Garden Grove; second prize, $10, Mutual Orange Distributors of Anaheim; third prize, certificate, Randolph Marketing Company of Riverside. Class 9—Best 12 boxes of lemons: First prize, silver loving cup and $25, Placentia Mutual Orange Association; second prize, $10, Mutual Orange Distributors of La Habra; third prize, certificate, Mutual Orange Distributors of Orange. Class 10—Best eight boxes of Valencia oranges: First prize, silver loving cup, Mutual Orange Distributors of Redlands; second prize, certificate, Placentia Mutual Orange Association of Placentia; third prize, certificate, Villa Park Orchards Association. Class 11—Best four boxes of Valencia oranges: First prize, silver loving cup, certificate, Mutual Orange Distributors of Newport Beach; fourth prize, Elephant Orchards of Fullerton. Class 17—Best feature display with mechanical action—Division 1: Competition Chambers of Commerce; First prize, silver loving cup and $300, Brea Chamber of Commerce; second prize, $200, Pomona Chamber of Commerce; limited to citrus enter prizes; first prize, silver loving cup, Randolph Marketing Company of Riverside. Class 18—Best plate of seedless grapefruit; Blue ribbons, Mutual Orange Distributors of Redlands; best plate of Valencia oranges, blue ribbon, Anaheim Orange and Lemon Association; red ribbon, Mutual Orange Distributors of Redlands; best plate of lemons, blue ribbon, Mutual Orange Distributors of Redlands. Class 19—Greatest number of varieties of citrus fruit displayed on table; Silver cup and ribbon, Mutual Orange Distributors o. Redlands. Class 20—Most artistically arranged display on counter; First prize, silver cup and blue ribbon, Mutual Orange Distributors of Redlands; red ribbon, Anaheim Orange and Lemon Association; white ribbon, Yorba Linda Chamber of Commerce. Class 21—Best plate of 12 Valencia oranges: Blue ribbon, Placentia Orange Growers of Fullerton; red ribbon, Mutual Orange Distributors of Anaheim; white ribbon, Anaheln Citrus Fruit Association. Best plate of 12 grapefruit; Blue ribbon, Mutual Orange Distributors of Claremont. Best plate of 12 lemons: Blue ribbon, Mutual Orange Distributors, Yorba Linda; red ribbon, Bastanchury Ranch Company of Fullerton; white ribbon, Yorba Linda Chamber of Commerce. Class 22—Best cluster of oranges: First award, Bastanchury Ranch Company of Fullerton; second award, Mutual Orange Distributors of Tustin. Best cluster of grapefruit: First award, Mutual Orange Distributors of Claremont. Best cluster of lemons: First award. Butal Orange Distributors of Puente. Class 23—Largest oranges in the show: First prize, Mutual Orange Dis- Placentia Mutual Orange Association: second prize, $10, Mutual Orange Distributors of La Habra; third prize, certificate, Mutual Orange Distributors of Orange. Class 10—Best eight boxes of Valencia oranges: First prize, silver loving cup, Mutual Orange Distributors of Redlands; second prize, certificate, Placentia Mutual Orange Association of Placentia; third prize, certificate, Villa Park Orchards Association. Class 11—Best four boxes of Valencia oranges: First prize, silver loving cup, certificate, Mutual Orange Distributors of Placentia; second prize, certificate, Villa Park Orchards Association. Class 12—Best four boxes of lemons: First prize, silver loving cup, Mutual Orange Distributors of Puente; second prize, certificate, Mutual Orange Distributors of Glendora; third prize, certificate, Randolph Marketing Company of Riverside. Class 13—Best four boxes of seedless grapefruit: First prize, silver loving cup, Mutual Orange Distributors of Claremont; second prize, certificate, Mutual Orange Distributors of Redlands; third prize, certificate, Randolph Marketing Company of Riverside. Class 14—Best commercial pack of Valencia oranges, sizes 150 to 176: First prize, silver loving cup and $10. Randolph Marketing Company of Riverside; second prize, $5. Elephant Orchards of Fullerton; third prize, certificate, Anaheim Citrus Fruit Association. Class 15—Best commercial pack of lemons, sizes 300 to 360: First prize, silver loving cup and $10. Randolph Marketing Company of Riverside; second prize, $5. Yorba Linda Chamber of Commerce; third prize, certificate, Bastanchury Ianch Company, Fullerton. Class 16—Best feature display without mechanical action: First prize, silver loving cup and $200, Los Angeles County Chamber of Commerce; second prize, $100, Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce; third prize, $50, Orange County Harbor Chamber of Commerce. Mutual Orange Distributors, Yorba Linda; red ribbon, Dustanchury Ranch Company of Fullerton; white ribbon, Yorba Linda Chamber of Commerce. Class 22—Best cluster of oranges: First award, Eastanchury Ranch Company of Fullerton; second award, Mutual Orange Distributors of Tustin. Best cluster of grapefruit: First award, Mutual Orange Distributors of Claremont. Best cluster of lemons: First award. Mutual Orange Distributors of Puente. Class 23—Largest oranges in the show: First prize, Mutual Orange Distributors of Anhelm; second prize award, Placentia Orange Growers of Fullerton; third prize, Yorba Linda. Largest grapefruit—Mutual Orange Distributors of Hemet. Largest lemon: First prize, Mutual Orange Distributors of Yorba Linda; second prize. Yorba Linda Chamber of Commerce. Special award for the most artistic rack display of citrus fruits, regardless of kind or variety: First prize, silver loving cup, Mutual Orange Distributors of Redlands. Class 24—Best general display of citrus fruit by-products manufactured by a firm or corporation: First prize, $50. Taylors' of Santa Ana; second prize, $25. 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