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# The reason it is necessary to obtain and control these water rights, namely, from Mr. Brougher, Mr. Thompson, and others, is that if we should not control the same, it would be necessary to return the water above their respective intakes, which is physicialy impossible, since between the power house site at Big Round Valley and the canon of OYirens River is a divide of hard rock, which we would have to penetrate I with a long tunnel in order to deliver the water at the intake s of the above named parties. Besides using the electric energy in Los Angeles, the same could be carried into the San Joaquin Valley through Walker Pass, at a distance of not less than 140 miles, and utilized in and around Fresno and other cities of the San Joaquin Valley; also this power could be used in the mines of Nevada. There is also a further advantage to this enterprise, to.be mentioned, namely, the possibility of utilizing the water I stored in the reservoir for power purposes to irrigate the large fertil and unirrigated valleys be tween Bishop, Inyo County, and Owens Lake. There would be at least 1,500 second feet of water in excess of the water which is now used for irrigation, available for this purpose, which would irrigate at the least I calculation 150,000 to 200,000 acres of land. From the irriga­tion of said lands a large revenue could be obtained without additional expense to the enterprise, arid the further advantage of making these large valleys productive,would open a good field for a railroad to enter the same, and make connection between Mojave and Bishop. The construction of this enterprise does not necessarily need to commence in its entirety and be finished at once, since 11.