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METAL FLUMES MEAN PERMANENCY 



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are made with joints ten feet apart, larger sizes 

 with joints approximately three feet apart. The 

 superiority of metal flume used as canal lining is 

 demonstrated by the following established facts : 

 Miles of metal flume have been used to replace con- 

 crete lining, showing its superior durability. It is 

 cheaper than concrete. It may be run directly from 

 the earth section to trestling, across canyons, arroyas, 

 or streams, greatly reducing the length and saving 

 in tirade. Rock cuts may be avoided by detouring 

 on a low substructure instead of benching or cut- 

 ting through where rock is encountered. It is easily 

 adapted to any and all conditions where open chan- 

 nel construction may be used. It is not affected by 

 alkali, freezing, settling, expansion or contraction. 

 It is easily and cheaply installed with unskilled 

 labor. 



It conserves the water, insures uninterrupted 

 service and reduces maintenance cost to the mini- 

 mum. It is semicircular in form and has greater 

 carrying capacity for the same cross section 

 than any other type of canal lining; this ca- 

 pacity does not decrease, due to formation of veg- 

 etable growths, as in the case of concrete. The 

 cost is less because of its smooth interior. A much 

 smaller cross-section is required as compared with 

 the earth section, reducing excavation by at least 

 one-half, which in some cases equals the cost of the 

 lining. Under conditions where it is necessary to 

 run on a low grade, the same size section will give 

 a much larger capacity than the corresponding earth 

 section. \Ye have come now to the point in our 

 irrigation progress when more permanent struc- 

 tures are a necessity and from this time on they 

 will be adopted instead of depending upon the slip- 

 shod contraptions of the pioneer days. Science has 

 done a great deal in developing more substantial 

 materials for construction. 



RAILROAD GIVES SETTLERS $25,000 



'U 'hat amounts to a gift of $25,000 was re- 

 ceived by about 40 settlers on the Umatilla Fed- 

 eral project in Oregon from the Northern Pacific- 

 Railroad Company recently. 



In other words, all contract holders with the 

 railroad in good standing will be relieved of further 

 payments, provided they have paid certain amounts 



recommended by the project engineer and that they 

 will comply with the requirements of the Depart- 

 ment of the Interior as to cultivation and reclama- 

 tion. The amounts unpaid vary from $500 to $1,000 

 on each contract. 



The result will be the development of several 

 hundred acres of new land during the coming 

 spring. Half of every tract must be improved in 

 some permanent crop by October 31, 1915, when, 

 on satisfactory proof, -deeds will be issued. 



STUDIES BOUNDARY PROJECT 



Henry P. Corbin, of El Paso, consulting en- 

 gineer for the United States boundary commission, 

 and a corps of engineers has begun making observa- 

 tions on the Lower Rio Grande to devise if possible 

 a method of perpetuating the immovable boundary 

 line by storing flood waters with a view to con- 

 structing an immense gravity irrigation project 

 that, it is estimated, may cost $15,000,000 to $20,- 

 000,000. An organized effort is being made along 

 the lower Rio Grande section to have the govern- 

 ment undertake the project. New treaties with 

 Mexico will be necessary. The observations now 

 under way will be made from the gulf to Devils 

 River. 



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