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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



over Southern California as well as some 

 parts of Mexico and the Western States 

 and Territories. Some of the important 

 works of which Mr. Finkle has had ex- 

 clusive charge as Chief Engineer are the 

 Jurupa Canal, Water Works of the City 

 of San Bernardino, the irrigation systems 

 of the Grapeland Irrigation District, and 

 of the East Riverside Irrigation District, 

 and the Vivienda Pipe Line, all of which 

 are in Southern California. In these and 

 other enterprises he has had a great deal 

 to do with developing water supplies, de- 

 signing works and superintending con- 

 struction and surveys. During all the 

 time he has practiced his profession he 

 has been engaged in doing consulting 

 and expert work for companies for which 

 he has not been chief engineer and has ex- 

 perted some of the most important litiga- 

 ted cases and water properties in the 

 west. 



He has also contributed at various 

 times to irrigation literature, although his 

 practice has prevented him from doing as 

 much of this as he would like to have 

 done. 



Mr. Finkle desires any one having 

 criticisms on the chapter on " Water 

 Supplies, etc.," to correspond with him, 

 and due acknowledgment will be given 

 in the book, when published, to all who 

 may discover errors in the manuscript or 



who make valuable suggestions. The 

 manuscript never having been reread and 

 rechecked, as yet some slight errors may 

 be found to exist, which, if there are any, 

 should be corrected before it is published 

 in book form. 



GEN. ,T. H. McLEARY, OF TEXAS. 



President of Hie State Irrigation Association. 



STATE CONVENTION AT 

 ANTONIO, TEXAS. 



SAN 



F. H. NEWELL, 

 Of the Geological Survey. Washington, D. C. 



THE general interest and progress in 

 irrigation in Texas was well indi- 

 cated by the representative State meeting 

 held at San Antonio. It was the second 

 annual convention of the Texas State Irri- 

 gation Association, and the deliberations 

 occupied two days, with night sessions. 

 Prominent gentlemen in attendance were 

 J. H. McLeary, San Antonio; T. M. 

 Paschal, San Antonio; P. J. MacMahon, 

 Laredo; W. B. Parish, Seguin; A. Sin- 

 clair, G. Q. A. Rose, Sn Antonio; F. 

 Vandervoort, Carrizo Springs; W. S. 

 Marshall, Fort Worth; W. D. Kingsbury, 

 Boerne; Prof. A. E. Blount, Las Cruces, 

 New Mexico; J. M. Mathews, W. W. 

 King, A. F. Dignowity, N. T. Ayres, J. 



