THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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NEWS NOTES FROM IRRIGATION PROJECTS 



OF THE COUNTRY 



California 



Having committed themselves to 

 the plan of irrigation of a large area 

 of land near Victorville, the officials 

 and residents of San Bernardino 

 county will have to carry this out, in 

 all probability, according to recent 

 statements made by State Engineer 

 W. F. McClure. Engineer McClure 

 further states that he originally op- 

 posed the project on the ground that 

 it might involve too much litigation 



basin, and pumped through these 

 pipes to a reservoir and thence re- 

 pumped to the high-line ditch from 

 which it will be distributed by grav- 

 ity. The estimated cost of the proj- 

 ect is $1,400,000. John Kennedy of 

 Los Angeles is the contractor. 



Without a dissenting vote the own- 

 ers of the Jacinto section have agreed 

 to organize an irrigation district em- 



closed. The dam will be large enough 

 to hold back 200,000 acre-feet of wa- 

 ter. The water will flow into the 

 reservoir from the Mokelumne river 

 and from Dry creek. The present 

 plans contemplate a supply of two 

 acre feet of water, which is said to 

 be sufficient for alfalfa, fruit and vege- 

 table growing. The promoters claim 

 that the water will be the cheapest ir- 

 rigating water furnished in California, 

 the reason being the proximity of 



Rullcr Crest Diversion Dam, Grand Valley Project, Colorado. This dam 13 constructed on a comparatively new principle and is 

 performing its work satisfactorily. This structure was erected under the supervision of Project Manager and Engineer J. H. 

 Miner and will stand as a monument to the ability of this capable gentleman. 



over certain water rights. The land 

 owners in that section did not feel 

 that way about it, however, and the 

 work has now been sanctioned by the 

 state engineer and will be rushed to 

 completion. This project will em- 

 brace 20,000 acres. 



Work has been resumed on the 

 Lindsay-Strathmore irrigation proj- 

 ect and same will be rushed to com- 

 pletion. There will be fifty miles of 

 redwood pipes and 100 miles of lat- 

 erals. The water will be obtained 

 from 37 wells sunk in the Kaweah 



bracing 11,300 acres. The proposed 

 district will include lands that have 

 been denied water from the central 

 canal under decision of the supreme 

 court in the Byington case. 



San Joaquin irrigationists are plan- 

 ning to construct a $9,000,000 reser- 

 voir at Pine Flat, Fresno county, to 

 irrigate and reclaim more than 1,000,- 

 000 acres in the San Joaquin valley. 

 Approximately 75,000 acres have al- 

 ready been signed up and a district 

 has been formed. It is planned to 

 build a large dam, the exact site of 

 which and its size have not been dis- 



the irrigable land to the source of 

 water supply, which obviates the con- 

 struction of long and costly canals, 

 ditches or flumes from the dam to 

 the land to be watered. 



M. D. Goodbody of San Diego has 

 been awarded the contract for the 

 construction of the proposed new in- 

 take in the main canal of the Imperial 

 Irrigation District. The contract 

 price of the work is $150,000. By 

 the terms of the contract the intake 

 must be completed and turned over 

 to the irrigation district not later than 

 four months from the time of the 



