122 THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



elevation of 1980 feet, with an available head of 650 feet, was found 

 by Mr. E. H. Green, who estimated the total cost of construct! on at 

 $271,975, and the mean minimum horsepower produced at 7,336. The 

 supply of water in the valley for pumping, based upon reports from 

 over 800 existing wells, was investigated by Mr. Louis Mesmer, who 

 concluded that 300,000 acre-feet could be obtained with certainty by 

 pumping from the water plane or the Kings River delta. The trans- 

 mission of power and the operation of the pumping plants was invest- 

 igated by Mr. Lewis A. Hicks, who concludes that the annual pump 

 output would be 328,500 acre-feet on the basis of use for 328 days,' at 

 a cost of $10.50 per acre-foot produced. 



By these means 200,000 additional acres of irrigated land could- be 

 added to the community. 



Mr. P. H. Newell, hydrographer in charge, says in his letter of 

 transmittal: "The situation on Kings River is to a certain extent typ. 

 ical of that along a number of important streams of the west, and as 

 a result of this investigation it is believed that the reclaimable area 

 can be greatly extended by the construction of storage works and also 

 of power plants, by means of which, through electrical transmission, 

 pumps can be operated at small expense out on broad valleys. The 

 demonstration of these conditionn Will prove one of the most import- 

 ant steps toward the transformation and utilization of the fertile but 

 arid lands." 



