Show HYDRAULIC ENGINEERS 1 SAN BAN JUAN COUNTY new mexico J june a no 16 1894 A few of the saints have settled on the la plata river near its mouth and i for a few years raised raise J good crops but for forthe the last three years we have lost our crops for want 0 the be are ity of water was caused by too ma many ny ditches being taken out above j financially haslet has let as down to bedrock we are now going to make the last grand struggle for existence by build ing a reservoir and would like to bel be ad advised with regard to construction ot of the same the reservoir site coital contains as about sixty acres and will average fifteen or twenty feet deep the height of the levee auli will be forty feet how wide should it be k at the base there will be near four hundred sores acres under the reservoir reserva jr we are putting in a wooden pipe pi what should bould be the dimensions of the pipe how should the water be let into the pipe how many bor acres win V ilk it water when filled anyone havi having g experience in build ing reservoirs will all do us a great favor by answering the above questions at once through the semiweekly SEMI WEEKLY dieg J BRET NEWS yours youra truly F S |