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Show 1 The'4'4 "?asa;h torn stns Hf The great 'luwrtanco t tlio Wert of HII the work which tin irrigation branch of H M the (liologlcal Burviy It doing Is per- L iiatnotat giutrally uaderttoodat It fkFV tliuuld lo. tor tome jean the Buney &1 bat been woiklng along on tmall ap propriatlont, making ttream incmure- wenttand reiervolr tttreyt, but If tho A t',V Wett It to attain III fall developuiNit CftlaVaaBkV tl'o Ja'i,r01(' Irr'EntIoB "'' work ahould be SMBHBftv g u lied and reiervolr iltetthould bo de- JfeSmgBfcjp-, derodhlt wfd,utvejednnd ttt aille, tub-Un9SPTaaenell tub-Un9SPTaaenell couityato capital or goiornuient "TWIjra reudtwd to Salt vtttoa familiar with reter- BtfS UUB? !Cl,' l0,)1!' 'now that nature playt sfnlWPsi' .atand trial Hlat ' ' a ' 3j 2y Mor u l''rlk, n "lJl,'Ju,' nj ? tti'BfcfjfrT ,g. T-iniw-fiiiaa an Ideal placo for vrtrKkW water atorage, may In fact be Inctj able '( Qm ol l)olJlD w,Ur' V'1'1-1 a'" nt,lcl1 yftWJ aeema to even the carelulWerver to bo &W anything but tullable for water ,iorage JmhH may, In reality, afford a iltuaii,0or n IfidjSfijJm rettrvolr of great proportions ' gHBB The general mlilake ot th avtrtge iSSKM perton, the Oeolodcal Burvejott tty, N la In thinking tbat a canyon with ttetp f aldtianda narrow ucck, lultrtble lor a H W 4am tU,, WU nako practicable i.r- BMBygMMaMillW),!1 I voir There are many inch altn and the dameonttructlon would not bo dlf-drult, dlf-drult, but the lionet are loo precipitate and the amount of water Impounded would notbomfflclent to warrant the comlroctlon ol the dtm The best tllti inuitlndu lea neck, of coune, which can be readily damin I, while tho ilopee thould lo very gradual an 1 the fall of the liver illghl, pethapi Impercepla-bletothemkel Impercepla-bletothemkel cye-thut Inturlng a very Urge lutftco or ilorage The det-cenlottome det-cenlottome rlien li to rapid, Ihat while to all appearance they afford good atorage facilities, a dan of practlc able height would not back upmfflclent water to warrant conitructlou The catchment era of rewrvolre at well at t'je annual flow of tlrearai mutt alio be conillercd All time iiolnta rtmonly be determine I deflnately by the lur-veor'a lur-veor'a Inttrumcntt, and lo, If It li de-tired de-tired to hate ilednate infoimatlon uon which to work either u regards pit valeliivtitment or ultimate government conttiuction it It oitremely iniporlant that tint preliminary work ihould pro-rrui pro-rrui at rapidly at poirlblo Congreta it being itkcd for a good tired a proprlaUon thla teaton with w hlch tocarry on thlt work, In amount 210 000, and the whole wett, being vltallv Interttted will watch for a favor-all favor-all action. |