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outline; map showing the location of the government reclamation 



projects 



which carry whole rivers. Laid end to 

 end, these canals would reach from New 

 York to San Francisco. It has in opera- 

 tion more than 983 miles of telephone 

 lines. It has built 338 miles of roads, 

 most of which are in a country heretofore 

 inaccessible. The tunnels excavated have 

 a total length of more than 16 miles. 

 Nearly one million acres are now ready 

 for irrigation, embracing 4,686 farms. 



The construction works completed include 

 793 bridges and 7,297 canal structures, 

 such as dams, headgates, turnouts, drops, 

 etc. 



The excavations of rock and earth 

 moved amount to the enormous total of 

 54,889,977 cubic yards. It is estimated 

 that as a result of the activities of this 

 bureau more than 20,000 people are now 

 established in homes in the arid West. 



