i i 8 The National Geographic Magazine 



With the opening of the Pacific Cable 

 the exact longitude of Manila has been 

 determined from San Francisco dur- 

 ing the year, and several other points 

 hitherto in doubt have been cleared up. 



The bureau will compile data from 

 which it will eventually plot an accu- 

 rate coast line. In two cases the actual 

 surveys show a discrepancy of nearly 

 four miles over the previous reports. 



THE GARDENS OF THE WEST 



THERE is now lying in the Treas- 

 ury vaults the sum of nearly 

 $30,000,000, which is reserved 

 exclUvSively for the government irriga- 

 tion projects of the West. This immense 

 sum has been realized during the past 

 three and one-half years from the sale 

 of public lands, and the amount is in- 



creasing daily at a very rapid rate. 

 Work has already been begun on eight 

 great projects which will make gardens 

 of nearly one million acres, an area 

 equal to the State of Rhode Island and 

 probably capable of generously support- 

 ing a population of several million 

 people. 



From F. H. Newell, U. S. Geological Survey 



Salt River Canyon, Arizona 



Looking down stream from point about half a mile above dam site. A giant dam 240 feet 

 high and costing $3,000,000 is to be built across the canyon. The water is reserved for Phoenix, 

 60 miles down the river, where about 200,000 acres will be irrigated. The project also includes 

 a series of power plants which will supply water to nearly 60,000 acres in Salt River Valley. 



