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and the unit costs correspondingly increased. The results are calcu- 

 lated for average lifts of 5 and 10 feet. All three of these plants are 

 well built and carefully operated. They are quite representative of 

 their types, and the costs of pumping given in Table 17 should 

 quite closely approximate what might be expected in similar plants 

 operated under like conditions. 



Table 15. — Total costs of pumping — Steam-driven plants. 





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a, 



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CO 



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CO 



ft 



CO 



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 G 

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Charges per 



acre per year 



on assessed 



area. 



Charges per 



acre per year 



on watershed 



area. 



Total charges 



per acre per 



year on- 



District. 



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CO 

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ft 



ti 



03 



CO 



ft 



O 



d 



CO 



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ft 



si 

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CO 

 ft 



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CO 



u 

 03 



CO 



CD 



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CO 



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A 



"c3 



Nutwood 



Eldred 



500 

 300 

 300 

 300 

 200 

 250 

 200 

 220 

 220 



500 

 600 



1,230 



S36, 480 

 28, 000 

 25, 000 

 25, 000 

 18, 000 

 16, 000 

 16, 000 

 15, 000 

 15, 000 



50, 000 

 60, 000 



144, 000 



84,750 

 3,640 

 3,250 

 3,250 

 2,470 

 2,080 

 2,080 

 1,950 

 1,950 



6,500 

 7,800 



18,700 



S4, 338 

 3,132 

 8,140 

 6,084 

 1,995 

 2,759 

 6,912 

 1,898 

 1,950 



6,280 

 8,600 



11,570 



Acres. 



10, 700 

 9,305 



12, 300 



12,000 

 3,760 

 5, 340 

 6,700 

 5,200 

 3,200 



13, 000 

 12, 850 



28, 600 



Acres. 



15, 000 

 9, 500 



18, 500 



15, 000 

 5,000 

 6,000 

 7,426 

 5,200 

 3,200 



16, 000 

 22, 500 



75, 000 



SO. 444 

 .391 

 .264 

 .271 

 .657 

 .390 

 .310 

 .375 

 .610 



.500 

 .607 



.654 



SO. 405 

 .337 

 .662 

 .507 

 .531 

 .516 

 1.032 

 .365 

 .610 



.483 

 .670 



.405 



SO. 317 

 .383 

 .176 

 .217 

 .494 

 .347 

 .280 

 .375 

 .610 



.406 

 .347 



.249 



SO. 290 

 .330 

 .440 

 .406 

 .399 

 .460 

 .930 

 .365 

 .610 



.393 



.382 



.155 



SO. 849 

 .728 

 .926 

 .778 



1.188 

 .906 



1.342 

 .740 



1.220 



.983 

 1.277 



1.059 



SO. 607 

 .713 





.616 



Big Swan 



Meredosia 



Crane Creek 



Coal Creek 



.623 

 .893 

 .807 

 1.210 

 .740 



Do 



1.220 



Louisa-Des 



.799 



Spring Lake 



Des Moines 

 County No. 1... 



.729 

 .404 



























.780 





























Table 16. — Total costs of pumping — Electrically-driven plants. 





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CO 



G 



CO 



ft 



s 



CO 



M 





03 



Charges 



per acre 



per year 



on assessed 



area. 



Charges 

 per acre 

 per year 

 on water- 

 shed area. 



Total 

 charges 

 per acre 

 per year 



on — 



District. 













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d 



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a 



S 

 a 



ft 

 o 



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C3 

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< 



CO 



CO 

 "c3 



d 



CO 



M 

 ft 



ex 



g 



CO 



ft 

 o 



d 



CO 



Sj 

 ft 



CX 



'I 

 CO 



ft 



o 



C3 

 CO 



w 



< 



CO 

 W 



"cf 





1400 

 185 

 135 

 300 

 125 



S20, 000 



10, 000 



7,800 



20, 000 



10, 500 



S2, 600 

 1,300 

 1,000 

 2,600 

 1,360 



S10, 790 

 3,200 

 3,520 

 7,027 

 1,570 



Acres. 



12, 000 

 3,200 

 2,600 

 6,700 

 750 



Acres. 



15, 000 

 3,200 

 3,200 

 7,426 

 1,550 



SO. 217 



.406 



.385 



.388 



1.810 



SO. 900 

 1.000 

 1.354 

 1.049 

 2.093 



SO. 173 

 .406 

 .313 

 .350 



.877 



SO. 720 

 1. 000 

 1.100 

 .946 

 1.013 



SI. 117 

 1.406 

 1.739 

 1. 437 

 3.903 



SO 893 





1 406 



Pekin-La Marsh 



Coal Creek 



1.413 

 1.296 





1.890 







Average 

























1.380 























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i Plant hasone 100-horsepower motor and 300 horsepower of steam engine. First cost estimated as if four 

 100-horsepower motors were installed. 



