40 
[BULL. 131. 
in the stream, as tlie observer did not record the fact as to whether 
the water around the gage was in motion or was merely standing in 
large pools in the river channel : 
Daily gage height of Arkansas River at Byron, Colorado, for 1894. 
Day. 
Jan. 
Feb. 
Mar. 
Apr. 
May. 
June. 
July. 
Aug. 
Sept. 
Oct. 
Nov. 
Dec. 
1 
0.90 
1.30 
1.40 
0.30 
3.50 
1.10 
0.50 
0.00 
0.00 
0.90 
0.20 
2 
.95 
1.30 
1.60 
.30 
4.50 
1.00 
.40 
0.00 
0.00 
.90 
.20 
3 
.95 
1.30 
1.40 
.30 
4.60 
.90 
.40 
0.00 
0.00 
.90 
.20 
4 
1.00 
1.30 
1.00 
.30 
3.50 
.80 
.30 
0.00 
0.00 
.90 
.20 
5 
1.00 
1.30 
.90 
.30 
2.80 
1.30 
2.00 
0.00 
0.00 
.90 
.20 
6 
1.05 
1.30 
.90 
.20 
2.70 
1.50 
1.60 
0.00 
o.oo 
.90 
.20 
7 
1.20 
1.30 
.90 
.20 
2.50 
2.60 
.60 
0.00 
0.00 
.80 
.20 
8 
1.20 
1.40 
.60 
.20 
4.20 
2.60 
.50 
0.00 
o.oo 
.80 
.20 
9 
1.20 
1.40 
.40 
.20 
3.00 
2.60 
.40 
0.00 
0.00 
.80 
.20 
10 
1.20 
1.40 
.40 
.20 
2.80 
2.40 
.20 
0.60 
0.00 
.80 
.20 
11 
1.20 
1.40 
.60 
.20 
2.50 
2.30 
.20 
3.80 
o.oo 
.80 
.20 
12 
1.20 
1.40 
.60 
.20 
2.40 
2.20 
.50 
4.00 
o.oo 
.80 
.20 
13 
1.20 
1.40 
.60 
.20 
2.10 
2.10 
.50 
1.80 
o.oo 
.80 
.20 
14 
1.20 
1.40 
.60 
.30 
2.00 
2.00 
.40 
1.00 
o.oo 
.80 
.20 
15 
1.20 
1.50 
.50 
.30 
2.00 
1.70 
.40 
.80 
o.oo 
.80 
.20 
16 
1.20 
1.60 
.50 
.30 
2.00 
1.40 
.40 
.60 
0.00 
.80 
.20 
17 
1.20 
1.60 
.40 
.30 
2.00 
1.10 
.30 
.50 
o.oo 
.90 
.20 
18 
1.30 
1.60 
.30 
.20 
1.90 
.80 
.30 
.30 
o.oo 
1.00 
.20 
19 
1.30 
1.60 
.30 
.20 
1.90 
.80 
.20 
.30 
1.00 
1.10 
.20 
20 
1.30 
1.60 
.30 
.20 
1.80 
.80 
.20 
.30 
1.00 
1.20 
.20 
21 
1.30 
1.60 
.20 
{a) 
1.8u 
.70 
.10 
.30 
1.00 
1.20 
.20 
22 
1.20 
1.60 
.20 
1.70 
.70 
0.00 
.20 
1.00 
1.20 
.20 
23 
1.20 
1.60 
.60 
1.60 
.60 
0.00 
0.00 
1.00 
1.20 
.20 
24 
25 
1.20 
1.20 
1.60 
1.40 
.40 
.60 
1.60 
1.40 
.50 
.50 
0.00 
0.00 
00 
0.00 
1.00 
.90 
1.20 
1.20 
.20 
.20 
26 
1.00 
1.40 
.50 
1.30 
.50 
.50 
0.00 
.90 
.20 
.20 
27 
1.00 
1.40 
.40 
80 
1.20 
.50 
.40 
0.00 
.90 
.20 
.20 ! 
28 
1.00 
1.50 
.40 
40 
1.20 
.40 
.30 
0.00 
.90 
.20 
.20 
29 
1.30 
.40 
30 
1.20 
.40 
.10 
0.00 
.90 
.20 
.20 
30........ 
1.30 
.30 
30 
1.20 
.30 
0.00 
0.00 
.90 
.20 
.30 
31 
1.30 

.30 

60 
.30 
0.00 
.90 
.30 
a River dry from April 21 to May 27 because of water being used for irrigation. 
CANADIAN BASIN, IN NEW MEXICO. 
Few if any measurements have been made in this important basin, 
which drains the northeastern corner of New Mexico. There is, how- 
ever, a demand for information pertaining to the headwaters of this 
stream and applicable to the tributaries at points where their waters 
may be utilized. A station has therefore been established on Mora 
Eiver, at Watrous, a point where measurements can be conducted with 
the least expense. 
WATROUS STATION, ON MORA RIVER. 
This station is located at the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Kail- 
road bridge, 1J miles east of Watrous, N. Mex. The observer is Mr. 
Frank Flaiz, section foreman at Watrous. The station was established 
by Mr. Arthur P. Davis on October 4, 1894. The gage is fastened to 
the oak timber of a retaining wall, just north of the east end of the 
bridge. The observer's house is distant from the gaging station about 
1J miles. The gage, of pine timber, is vertical, spiked and bolted to 
the oak retaining wall, painted white, and graduated black. The char- 
acter of the channel is shifting. The point 12.62 of the gage is level 
with the top of the east abutment of the bridge. 
