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BULLETIN 198, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
through this reach were decreased by an amount equal to one-half the 
area of the present ditch. 
ESTIMATE OF COST. 
All the dredge work is estimated at 8 cents per cubic yafd except a 
limited amount in ditches Nos. 19 and 43, which is estimated at 9 
cents owing to difficulties of deep excavation. Team work is esti- 
mated at 20 cents per cubic yard. The purchase cost of all right of 
way is estimated at $20 per acre, and the cost of clearing it is included 
in the unit cost of excavation. The estimated cost for cleaning 
channels is $1,000 per mile, except some light clearing on ditch No. 
81 at $500 per mile and heavy work on ditch No. 19 at $2,000 and 
$3,000 per mile. No estimate of the cost of bridges has been included, 
for the reason that the State law provides 1 that drainage districts are 
not required to pay for the construction of either railroad or highway 
bridges. The accompanying table of cost contains a summary of all 
the work necessary for the construction of each ditch, besides the esti- 
mate of its cost. 
Table of cost. 
Length. 
Right of way. 
Clearing channel. 
Excavation. 
Total 
cost. 
Ditch No. 
Feet, 
Miles. 
Acres. 
Cost. 
Miles. 
Cost. 
Cubic 
yards. 
Cost. 
l ; 
28, 535 
14,110 
17, 795 
11, 780 
19, 950 
22, 450 
18, 790 
14,570 
11, 790 
9.700 
5.40 
2.67 
3.37 
2.23 
3.78 
4.25 
3.56 
2.76 
2.23 
1.84 
2.05 
1.28 
14.79 
1.71 
3.07 
3.07 
3.32 
16.97 
76.04 
4.30 
1.57 
3.20 
4.62 
1.63 
1.53 
1.80 
1.00 
1.00 
3.70 
2.18 
2.14 
5.51 
2.16 
4.53 
3.77 
65 
30 
41 
25 
45 
50 
45 
35 
25 
25 
25 
15 
470 
21 
37 
37 
40 
300 
747 
52 
19 
39 
56 
18 
17 
81,300 
600 
820 
500 
900 
1,000 
900 
700 
500 
500 
500 
300 
9,400 
420 
740 
740 
800 
6,000 
14, 940 
1,040 
380 
780 
1,120 
300 
340 
191,500 
72, 100 
134, 600 
55, 500 
94, 100 
109, 600 
99, 100 
78,000 
59,600 
43,900 
46, 700 
35,500 
2,082,500 
42,900 
82, 900 
102, 400 
81,000 
783,300 
^3,461,200 
131,000 
43, 100 
92, 800 
140, 100 
35, 800 
32, 600 
815,320 
5, 768 
10, 768 
4,440 
7,528 
8,768 
7,928 
6,240 
4,768 
3,512 
3,736 
2,840 
166, 600 
3,432 
6,632 
8,192 
6,480 
62, 664 
283,621 
10, 480 
3,448 
7,424 
11,208 
2, 864 
2,608 
816, 620 
2 
6,368 
11,588 
3 
4 
4,940 
8-428 
5 
9,768 
8,828 
6,940 
8 
9 
5,268 
4,012 
4,236 
10 
11 10,800 
12 fi.770 
3,140 
13 
78, 100 
9.000 
2 181,300 
3,852 
14 
15 ! 16,200 
7,372 
16 16.200 
8,932 
17 
17, 500 
7,280 
18 
89, 600 
401, 500 
22, 700 
8, 300 
16, 900 
204, 40 
8,600 
8,100 
9,500 
5, 300 
5,300 
19, 500 
11,500 
11,300 
29, 100 
11.400 
23,900 
19, 900 
68,664 
s 406, 571 
11 520 
19 
3 49. 75 
8100,010 
20 
21 
3,828 
8,204 
12,328 
3,224 
2,948 
6 1 , 950 
22 
23 
24 
25 
26 
1.80 
1,800 
27 
11 
11 
45 
27 
26 
67 
26 
55 
46 
220 
220 
900 
540 
520 
1,340 
520 
1,100 
920 
22,000 
22, 600 
99, 700 
60, 500 
51,400 
147, 500 
49, 400 
131,000 
106, 000 
1,760 
1,808 
7,976 
4,840 
4,112 
11,800 
3,952 
10, 480 
8,480 
1,980 
2 028 
28 
29 
8 876 
30 
5,380 
4,632 
13 140 
31 
32 
33 
4,472 
11,580 
9,400 
34 
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1 Acts of Arkansas, 1909, Act 279, sec. 28. 
2 Includes earth dam in Walnut Lake, sec. 11, T. 10 S., R. 4 W., 85,000, and earth dam in Caney Bayou, 
sec. 33, T. 10 S:, R. 4 W., $300. 
3 Comprises 49.24 miles heavy clearing, at 82,000 per mile, and 0.51 mile clearing and grubbing, at S3.000 
per mile. 
* Includes 672,500 cubic yards deep excavation, at 9 cents per cubic vard. 
5 Includes earth dam in Coon Bavou, sec. 18, T. 11 S., R. 3 W., $1,000, and closing openings in banks of 
Bavou Macon, 87,000. 
6 Includes earth dam in Oak Log Bayou, sec. 30, T. 9 S., R. 2 W., 8150. 
