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Arrangements were made for an extra pump, but it was 

 seldom if ever used. 



The drainage sytem has now been in operation twenty- 

 one years. " The old windmill has worn out and we now 

 have an electric motor to run the pump. About twenty 

 acres on the west side of the creek has been added to the 

 project and the water from it is brought into the old 

 reservoir by an iron pipe under the creek. The tile run 

 practically all of the time. A float on the water in the 

 reservoir starts the motor as soon as the water is high 

 enough to reach the bottom of the tile and it stops auto- 

 matically as soon as the reservoir is empty. The system 

 is a success in every way." E. R. JONES. 



261. Situations akeady referred to. The laying of 

 tile through quicksand, the removing of water directly 

 from springs met with in draining boggy places, and the 

 utilizing of special means to remove excessive accumula- 

 tions of surface water to underground drains have been 

 discussed in paragraphs 207, 208, and 209 respectively. 

 While they have been treated as matters pertaining to 

 construction, in another sense they are closely allied to 

 the matters discussed in this chapter. 



