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The Alberta Railway & Ir- 

 rigation Company, at a meet- 

 ing held recently in London, 

 agreed to plan to either lease 

 or sell to the Canadian Pacific 

 Railway Company all of the 

 company's undertakings in re- 

 turn for a guaranteed annuity 

 of 6 per cent on its capital 

 stock. 



Indian Stone Carriers Near Cuzco. 



It was with regret I left this unique country behind, 

 for there are many strange and unusual things through- 

 out all the Andean regions of which I would be glad to 

 tell you had I the space. I was much impressed by the 

 great extent of South America and its enormous natural 

 resources. It is a wonderful counry with a splendid fu- 

 ture. I hope that some, at least, who will read this 

 may sometime travel in South America and see for them- 

 selves how interesting it is. While I was traveling through 

 that country I wrote many descriptive articles for publica- 

 tion in The Chicago Saturday Blade, and presently I ex- 

 pect to publish a book that will tell more fully about the 

 many remarkable things I saw in the great continent that 

 lies to the south of us. 



The Secretary of the In- 

 terior has granted authority to 

 the Reclamation Service to 

 purchase nine 300 K. W. 26,000 

 volt twenty-five cycle trans- 

 formers from the Wagner 

 Electric Manufacturing Com- 

 pany of St. Louis for $16,065. 

 This purchase is supplemental 

 to a contract for similar ma- 

 chinery bought for use in connection with the power plant 

 on the Salt River irrigation project, Arizona. 



The Secretary of the Interior has withdrawn from all 

 forms of entry 3,840 acres of land in Township 47 N., 

 Range 8 E., Mt. Diablo principal meridian, for pasture 

 purposes for stock used in connection with the construc- 

 tion and operation of the Klamath project, Oregon-Cali- 

 fornia. 



The Ambursen Hydraulic Construction Company of 

 Canada, Ltd., has been employed to build a new dam for 

 the Deschambault Electric Light Company, P. Q. The 

 dam is 65 feet high and is in a box canon 45 feet wide at 

 the bottom and 100 feet wide at the top. The type of dam 

 is a reinforced concrete arch of light cross section. 



Albert S. Byers, formerly commissioner of Franklin 

 county. Washington, is beginning preparation for the 

 reclamation of 50,000 acres of land along the Columbia 

 river north of Pasco. It is said that work will begin 

 sometime in March or April. This development was made 

 as a result of concessions from the Northern Pacific Rail- 

 way Company, which owns 17,000 acres in, or adjoining, 

 this project. 



A. W. Gardner, of Houston, Tex., said to be repre- 

 senting Cleveland capitalists, is reported to be concluding 

 negotiations for the purchase of a controlling interest in 

 the Brownsville Irrigation Company at Brownsville. This 

 company is capitalized at $100,000 and owns a pumping 

 irrigation plant capable of watering 15,000 acres thirty-five 

 miles of canals, and 2,500 acres of land near Brownsville. 



DO IT NOW. 



Remit $2.50 for the "Primer of Hydraulics," cloth 

 bound ; it is ready now for delivery. 



Fountain in Cuzco. 



Street in Cuzco Showing Old Tnca Foundation. 



