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the refurnishing of a new station. The following rating table and list 
of discharges apply to the old station : 
Eating table for Bio Grande at El Paso, Texas. 
Gage 
Dis- 
Gage 
Dis- 
Gage 
Dis- 
Gage 
Dis- 
height. 
charge. 
height. 
charge. 
height. 
charge. 
height. 
charge. 
Sec. feet. 
Sec. feet. 
Sec. feet. 
Sec. feet. 
4.00 
25 
6.00 
770 
8.00 
6,060 
10.00 
11.780 
4.10 
30 
6.10 
890 
8.10 
6,345 
10.10 
12, 070 
4.20 
35 
6.20 
1,040 
8.20 
6,630 
10.20 
12, 360 
4.30 
40 
6.30 
1,240 
8.30 
6,915 
10.30 
12, 650 
4.40 
45 
6.40 
1,500 
8.40 
7,200 
10.40 
12, 950 
4.50 
50 
6.50 
1,785 
8.50 
7,485 
10.50 
13, 250 
4.60 
57 
6.60 
2, 070 
8.60 
7,770 
10.60 
13, 550 
4.70 
66 
6.70 
2,355 
8.70 
8,055 
10.70 
13, 850 
4:80 
80 
6.80 
2,640 
8.80 
8, 340 
10.80 
14, 150 
4.90 
.96 
6.90 
2, 925 
8.90 
8,625 
10.90 
14, 450 
5.00 
116 
7.00 
3,210 
9.00 
8,910 
11.00 
14, 750 
5.10 
140 
7.10 
3,495 
9.10 
9,195 
11.10 
15, 050 
5.20 
170 
7.20 
3,780 
9.20 
9,480 
11.20 
15, 360 
5.30 
210 
7.30 
4,065 
9.30 
9,765 
11.30 
15, 670 
5.40 
260 
7.40 
4,350 
9.40 
10, 050 
11.40 
15, 980 
5.50 
320 
7.50 
4,635 
9.50 
10, 335 
11.50 
16, 300 
5.60 
390 
7.60 
4,920 
9.60 
10, 620 
11.60 
16, 620 
5.70 
470 
7.70 
5,205 
9.70 
10, 910 
11.70 
5.80 
560 
7.80 
5,490 
9.80 
11, 200 
11.80 
5.90 
660 
7.90 
5,775 
9.90 
11,490 
11. 90 
Daily gage height of Bio Grande at El Paso, Texas, for 1893. 
Day. 
Jan. Feb. 
5.00 
5.05 
5.15 
5.05 
5.04 
5.05 
5.10 
5.05 
5.10 
5.05 
5.10 
5.10 
5.00 
5.10 
4.95 
4.90 
5.10 
4.90 
4.80 
4.80 
4.70 
4.65 
4.65 
5.05 
5.10 
5.05 
4.95 
5.00 
5.15 
5.25 
Mar. 
5.05 
5.05 
5.05 
5.00 
5.05 
5.00 
4.90 
Apr. 
5.70 
5.80 
6.10 
7.10 
May. 
7.40 
8.10 
7.85 
7.25 
6.80 
6.75 
6.80 
6.95 
6.95 
6.40 
6.35 
5.90 
6.00 
June. 
5.90 
5.90 
5.80 
5.80 
5.65 
5. 60 
5.55 
5.50 
5.60 
5.55 
5.50 
5.45 
5.20 
5.20 
5.05 
5.10 
Day. 
17 
IS 
l'.l 
20 
21 
23 
24 
25 
26 
2 7 
28 
29 
30 
31 
Jan. 
5.05 
5.05 
5.05 
5.05 
5.05 
5.05 
5.20 
5.25 
5.20 
5.10 
5.05 
Feb. 
5.20 
5. 30 
5.55 
5.50 
5.40 
5.20 
5.15 
5.10 
5.10 
5.05 
5.00 
5.05 
Mar. 
Apr. 
7.05 
7.00 
6.00 
5.80 
5.60 
5.40 
5.05 
4.85 
6.10 
6.10 
6.00 
6.30 
6.95 
7.00 
May 
7.30 
8.15 
8.10 
8.10 
8.10 
7.95 
7.95 
8.00 
8.20 
7.90 
7.10 
6.90 
6.00 
6.35 
6. 05 
June. 
5.10 
5.10 
5.00 
4.75 
4.70 
4.65 
4.50 
4.25 
4.20 
4.20 
4.05 
4.05 
4.00 
3.90 
COLORADO BASIN, IN COLORADO, UTAH, AND ARIZONA. 
The system of great rivers which drains the interior of the continent 
and discharges through the Colorado into the Gulf of California is one 
of the most interesting and at the same time one of the least apparent 
value to the needs of mankind. As a whole the basin is characterized 
by deep gorges and stupeudous canyons, in whose narrow bottoms the 
streams glide swiftly to the sea. The possible water power is very 
great, but its probable utilization at present is little short of chimerical. 
Although a considerable amount of water is discharged from the basin 
and flows near lands possessing great fertility, yet a relatively small 
amount can be diverted for irrigation of the soil, owing to the depths 
to which the flowing waters have cut the channel. It is only near the 
headwaters that the streams can be utilized to water agricultural lands. 
