| Show jw j california cities to get cheap water from colorado ri river iver T 11 1 1 WI ik 4 4 P 9 X ri N 1 Q 11 1 1111 1 R A r 0 2 all M MANS ANS eternal conflict with the desert Is soon to have another episode one which will be enacted in southern california by los angeles and 13 other cities which make up the metropolitan water district these towns anaheim beverly hills burbank Kur bank colton fullerton Ful lerlon glendale long beach Itea cli pasadena Ia sadona san bernardino sun san marino sauta santa ana santa monica los angeles and torrance have joined forces in the metropolitan water district of southern california a special governmental unit created by the state legislature for the purpose of solving the regions acute water problem by building a huge aqueduct from the colorado river i tremendous momentum has been given the project by the united states supreme court action in dis Ari zonas suit against boulder dam a structure of vital importance to the realization of the aqueduct plan already the government has obligated 9 abed itself to the extent of on the giant structure already stearn steam shovels and pneumatic drills and blasting operations are disturbing the grimit primitive ive quiet of boulder canyon along the rushing colorado it has been estimated that it will cost the average taxpayer less than one cent a day to buy the worlds largest aqueduct it will be miles long and w will 11 cost it six to eight years to build the aqueduct will carry water from parkers intake on the colorado river some miles across deserts and mountains to the 14 cities in the southern california coastal plain our illustration shows an artists conception of what the e completed m j 1 I e 1 I ed boulder or rather hoover dam will ft look like the work of man being sketched to scale on it a photograph of the thousand foot canyon walls be between tw e nd which the colorado river rushes ru in the foreground a and on the face of the cliff are hydroelectric hydro electric plants which will generate millions of horse power bower behind the dam will te ie impounded acre feet of water in a lake miles long A portion of this great inland sea will reach the 14 cities of southern california through the metropolitan aqueduct |
