THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



RECLAMATION NOTES. 



A resume of the work performed by the Reclama- 

 tion Service to date shows that seventy-seven miles 

 of main caanl, fifty-four miles of distributing system 

 and 186 miles of ditches have been constructed, includ- 

 ing dams, headworks, etc. Tunnels, having a total 

 length of three and one-half miles, have been driven, 

 including more than a mile of the great Gunnison tun- 

 nel. More than 250 miles of telephone lines have been 

 installed and are in operation ; 126 miles of wagon road, 

 many miles of which were cut out of solid rock in 

 almost inaccessible canyons, 147 bridges and fifty office 

 and other buildings have been constructed. 



The works above mentioned have called for the 

 excavation of 9,350,000 cubic yards of rock and earth, 

 the laying of 70,000 cubic yards of concrete, 12,000 

 cubic yards of rip rap, 190,000 square feet of paving, 

 150,000 linear feet of sheet piling and 10,000 feet of 

 bearing piles have been driven. There have been pur- 

 chased 130,000 pounds of railroad iron, 250,000 pounds 



GRAFT AND WATER 



The natural irrigation fund has several fingers of 

 graft mixed up inside of it and Oregon and Washington 

 projects in consequence are held up pending the elimi- 

 nation of the pap tubes through which the leakage is 

 running. It is refreshing to know that the graft has 

 been discovered before the many millions of the fund 

 disappeared entirely, and it is further a source of no 

 little gratification to feel that perhaps the great great 

 grandchildren of the present generation may possibly 

 receive a little benefit from the fund if it holds out 

 that long. With the graft and red tape of govern- 

 ment irrigation projects eliminated, something might 

 be done, but it begins to look as if there would be 

 mighty few rose tinted skies to beam on those who, 

 in the midst of immense desert regions, fertility undis- 

 puted, are watching and waiting for Uncle Sam's jack 

 pot of many millions to be amicably divided among the 

 long fingers at present dabbling with it. Journal, Pine- 

 ville, Ore. 



Bow River and Intake of Canadian Pacific Colonization Company's Canal near Calgary, Canada. 



of structural steel, 600,000 pounds of cast iron, 1,750,- 

 000 feet B. M. of lumber, and 78,000 barrels of cement. 

 The Government has erected a cement mill at a cost 

 more than $100,000, which has already turned out 

 15,000 barrels of cement, and is now furnishing about 

 300 barrels a day. The saw mills operated by Uncle 

 Sam have cut 2,880,000 feet, B. M., of lumber from the 

 Government reserves. 



The United States Reclamation Service was organ- 

 ized in 1902, immediately after the passage of the 

 Reclamation Act. As soon as possible after a discussion 

 of preliminary plans in Washington, investigations were 

 begun in the thirteen States and three territories which 

 are beneficiaries under this act. By utilizing the data 

 gathered in previous years by the hydrographic branch 

 of the Geological Survey, the service was enabled to 

 concentrate its efforts upon several projects and plans 

 for their construction were soon prepared for the con- 

 sideration of the secretary of the Interior. Up to the 

 present time eleven of these projects have been approved 

 and are under actual construction. Their estimated 

 cost is nearly $30,000,000. 



AN IMPROVEMENT. 



Years ago water gates made of rough boards were 

 considered all that was necessary, but with the settle- 

 ment of the West the need arose for an inexpensive, 

 durable and water-tight headgate one that would en- 

 able a farmer to exactly regulate and economize his 

 water supply. The headgates made by C. D. Butchart, 

 of Denver, Colo., were designed to supply this need. 

 These headgates the Northwestern are made entirely 

 of iron and steel, and for connecting to vitrified, clay 

 tile or to iron pipe. A glance at Mr. Butcharf s cata- 

 logue will show you that Northwestern headgates are 

 simplicity itself, so that they can not get out of order, 

 and considering their great durability and other advan- 

 tages their cost is very low. 



-- - Will pay for the IRRIGATION AGE 

 2.50 one year and the PRIMER OF 

 IRRIGATION. 



