Show H Hetchy Hetch-Hetchy e c- c e c an and Tahoe It seems seem that the Hatch l Hetchy Hetch-Hetchy water problem was not settled settled set set- tied by br the act of congress which gave the use of the water to San Francisco A suit has been instituted to nullify the law and the claim im is that thai th the th water is needed to irrigate a vast area of arid j land adjacent to th the Tuolumne r river cr that according to the reports I of f engineers San l Francisco can obtain from the coast range water enough for a city of two and a half million inh inhabitants Of the merits of t the C e claims and counter claims we give no opinion but hould should the cOln courts ts decide that the water cannot be carried to San Francisco we warn fn the 1 people of western Nevada eada to keep an eye on on their own interests for with the thc completion of their long tunnel tunnel tun- tun t nel through the Sierras by the Southern Pacific people the next j smove move will be to tap Lake Tahoe for water for San Francisco The 1 lake laI is owned h half by Nevada and half by California and San Francisco for many y years ars has been turning a longing eye upon ther the r 1 waters vaters of that lake With the thc completion of the tunnel it would t be e easy to Lo make an arrangement with ith the the- railroad people to permit the t water to be turned into pipes under the railroad tracks and be ea easily ily ca carried ded to th the ba hay bay city The people of of western Nevada Nevada Ne Ne- vada are vitally interested ed in In that water To divert it would be a to western Nevada and in case the Hetch Hetchy scheme c fails t they will be in jn vast danger of losing their water supply f |