THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



VOL. XVII. 



CHICAGO, AUG., 1902. 



NO. 8 



THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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Elwood Mead. 



Elwood Mead, whose por- 

 trait appears as a frontis- 

 piece in this issue, was born at Patriot, 

 Ind., in 1858; he graduated in the en- 

 gineering department of Purdue Uni- 



versity in 1882, receiving the degree of 

 M. S. in 1884, and a degree of C. E. in 

 the Iowa State Agricultural College at 

 Ames in 1883. From 1882 to 1884 he 

 was the professor of irrigation engineer- 

 ing at the State Agricultural College of 

 Colorado; he resigned his position to ac- 

 cept the place of assistant state engineer 

 of Colorado, under the late Col. E. S. 

 Nettleson; after Mr. Nettleson severed his 

 connection with the state, Prof. Mead re- 

 turned to the State Agricultural College at 

 Fort Collins, from which place he was 

 called to fill the position of territorial en- 

 gineer of Wyoming in 1888. With the 

 admission of the territory to statehood he 

 became state engineer. The provisions of 

 the state constitution regarding the con- 

 trol and division of water were largely 

 framed by Professor Mead. The state law 

 carrying out these provisions was almost 

 entirely prepared by him. During 1898 

 he was appointed irrigation expert in 

 charge of irrigation investigations of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture, 

 which position he still holds, now being 

 known as chief of irrigation investiga- 

 tions. While occupying these positions 

 of trust and honor he has at the same time 

 been consulting engineer for a number of 

 large canal and irrigation companies. In 

 1890 he performed valuable services for 

 the Bear River Canal in Utah. During 

 1896 he was consulting engineer for the 

 West Side Canal in southern Wyoming 

 and northern Colorado, and during a large 

 part of the time since that year he has 



