198 ANNUAL. REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1910. 



SUMMARY. 



Summarizing the foregoing statements, it may be said that during 

 the nine years from 1902 to 1911 projects have been constructed in 

 each of the arid States and two Territories, shown on the map on 

 page 182, and water provided for nearly 1,000,000 acres, of which 

 about one-half is now in use. The engineering works on the whole 

 are completed well ahead of the actual utilization of these. 



These statements are sufficient to show that the reclamation act has 

 been a success; that the money invested is coming back; and that the 

 great object, above and beyond the financial returns, is being reached, 

 namely, that of providing opportunities for homes for xlmerican 

 citizens. 



