1 THE PROGRESS OF WESTERN AMERICA 





A PROMINENT CALIFORNIA 

 ENGINEER. 



WE herewith present to our readers a 

 likeness of F. C. Finkle, C. E., 

 who is the author of the article on 

 ''Water Supplies for Irrigation," the 

 publication of which is begun in the 

 present issue of THE AGE. Mr. Finkle 

 intends at some time in the near future to 

 publish an exhaustive work on irrigation 

 engineering, of which the present chapter 

 -on "Water Supply for Irrigation" will 

 form a part substantially as it is published 

 herein. THE AGE has made arrangements 

 to publish this one chapter in advance of 

 the issuing of the book, which will con- 

 tain eight or nine other chapters equally 

 as complete and interesting for students 

 of irrigation engineering and irrigation 

 engineers as well as for practical irriga- 



F. c. i INKLE, 

 Mem. Am. Soc. Irr. Enf*s. of San Bernardino, California. 



tors, but dealing with other topics of 

 irrigation engineering, so that the whole 

 subject will be fully covered in the book. 

 From a perusal of this chapter it will be 

 readily seen that the book to be pub- 

 lished by- Mr. Finkle will be wholly differ- 

 ent from any book heretofore published 

 on the subject. It will contain all the 

 scientific matter applicable to the subject, 

 all results of experiments, all rules and 

 formulae applicable to irrigation engineer- 

 ing and a full discussion of the best 

 practice in all the branches of the science, 

 including a large amount' of matter here- 

 tofore never published, or entirely original. 

 Such a work is now in urgent demand 

 and the publication of Mr. Finkle's book 

 will be eagerly looked forward to by all 

 interested in irrigation and irrigation 

 engineering. 



In this connection it is proper to give a 

 short sketch of the accomplished hy- 

 draulic engineer, F. C. Finkle, who is the 

 author of this work. Mr. Finkle is un- 

 doubtedly one of the most highly-edu- 

 cated and able men in the engineering 

 profession at the present time. He is a 

 very fine mathematician as well as a man 

 thoroughly well versed in the classics, and 

 modern languages. His knowledge, there- 

 fore, does not alone cover the subjects 

 connected with his profession, but in- 

 cludes a thorough knowledge of Latin and 

 Greek as well as a reading, writing and 

 speaking knowledge of English, French, 

 German, Spanish, Italian, Danish, Swed- 

 ish and Norwegian, in all eight modern 

 languages. This knowledge has aided 

 him very materially in collecting the 

 material for his book. 



Mr. Finkle first prepared for his pro- 

 fession by taking a special course in the 

 University of Wisconsin, after which he 

 completed his knowledge by studying and 

 traveling abroad for over two years. 

 Since that time he has been located at San 

 Bernardino, Southern California, one of 

 the most important irrigated sections in 

 the world, where he has been actively en- 

 gaged in the practice of irrigation en- 

 gineering. His practice has extended all 



