| Show AN irrigation irritation PROF the recent action of a 8 califor cautero CaU toro canal company ought to ser serve ve as aj means of 0 impressing upon the pr lest 19 lature the necessity n for wise vision the rights of I 1 itt iza izadore tore on monday last laet the swei water system of canale canak which irrl t i i be largest portion of han diego oj ci ts 1 orchards and supplies town of national city was without drip of water the san ban diego biego L lift and towo town c mcany had bad abut on off I 1 supply leaving na lonal lal city uh achl vista sweetwater water vailey wee nest oneonta etab MJ mission parada valley and other communities w only what their wells contained T action was waa taken by the receiver receiver the company when tile the water c umero refused to pay 7 an acre year water rental instead 1 of th the a per year they had bad been paying t prevent the consumers bring liL liiK 9 in the state courts tu to nave have the he w wi turned on the company filed bled a 0 cc plaint in the united states ciro court praying for a decree that I 1 company nae ilse the power to fix ra ral that the 7 rate la Is reasonable and i joining the consumers from late ling the manifest disadvantage at wh whit the irrigators irn gaton are placed and I 1 the he ift justice done them through legal provision at the outset ageew are ev dent upon relating the circum st stano of the affair when the company lat ed operations it sold water rights to irrigators and in addition charged per year rental for operating expenses on OD the canal system sy stena company now alleges that this ren rente is insufficient to enable it 11 to pay oft off 11 I 1 tous benub and earn arfa six per cent cant profit hence the increase the con auner claim having paid for or the aft they satisfied the portion of bo bonded anaed indebtedness due on their behalf and acquired a practical deed dead the liao use ot of the water upon meeting a 01 lent operating elpe expenses to ma in them pay off the bonds now ah tl assert assort Is 18 charging a second time the he water right fight arbe company i elected for the original cost at the n dij sf hero here la where wise state legli legi tion lion would prevent such brou trou which is IB sure to come it if there are I 1 laws to avert it under the ibe ut ur method the individual L I 1 water acquires the right to sucu a u here bare lie is no means ot preventing be anymore any more than in Calil the i quiring of water rights by asmoel wo or companies to attempt to pi ev them would be wrong but the dis dial button of buch water be un und state skate control or regulation so BO that i divi duals taking water from corpo corp LION which have built canals ret re doirs etc could acquire full t tit to the use nee of that amount of w wt with the land it irrigates it if t tl so desire and having puri buc much h title cannot be made to so a second time or to pay leneive feen feed lor for 0 operating aerating 1 canal systems at the same time the tbt legitimate charges for operation be made a lien on the property of the tbt consumer so that they can be read readily collectible and not be avoided it i endanger the canal system By etena both the right of the irrigator to the use of 0 water and the integrity of the system for bringing the water to the soil abound be preserved intact this la but one of many reasons fol foi state control tout but it Is an important one it will not do to make an absolute ru rul leree elirse of any other consideration that the use ot of water on certain land lana convoys conveys inviolable title thereto under the necessities which exist hert ben there bore is demand for great outlay it ir eating ei a system of canals to bring brie the water to the land and ii time be litie line or of connection be broadn injure injury results nor will it do to say that mat others must make up what some refuse to do in order to prevent that injury there should be definite concise lawt fot for acquiring title to ake use of or through canal companies it if the individual wishes to jc do go 0 o and there should be associated with tt is such control as will maintain that title in perfect condition by keeping in operation the canal system which aided in giving it existence then the elbta of both parties would be pro and no trouble like that in san ban diego county could come either through canal company or water con amer |
