Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-09-07


A fall OF in 9, 2ss gives a mean velocity
Of q inches per second IN an artificial canal;
! in 1900 gives q mean velocity oil z
inches per sscnnd in drain near Condo.
Ancient agueducts show fall OF In 432
to in CAB. The fall in the new liver or
canal. which conveys water to London is on
a scale Of o u loo; per mile, or in u 10.
Its motion il a half mile per hour. This is
too Glow, since, during the summer, the
temperature Of the water is raised in conse-
quence. The fall Of the grand Gauges ca
nal is in 3, $50; that OF the culvert of the
Cro,on wa,erworks equals 1.125 feet per
mile. The artificial canals in The Dutch
and Austrian Netherlands are 20 to 40 feet
per minute mean velocity, and from 2 10 9
inches TO the mile. The Illinois river, in a
distance OF 30 miles, has fall OF only IS
feet, The Platte river below Denver has
tall Of ii feet per mile; but it gradually de-
cresses as il approaches the Missouri river.
Cherry Creek from its source TO its mou h,
ut Denver, has a fail of 30 feet TO the mile;
but it IL filed with sand all the year round,
except at the time OF The spring floods,
after heavy fall OF snow in the mountains,
or peculiarly rainy season.
Colorado, on account of the great fall Of
her streams, is singuiarly fortunate in re-
gard to irrigation. In all mountainous
countries, the plains gradually slope toward
the larger water courses or great arteries of
the different photographic systems of the
globe Like the plains OF Lombardy and
Abyssini,, the great plains of Colorado,
gradually slcping gradually decrease in TALL
The AIDA and the Ticino, in Italy, in some
81. ~ IL l,k tko
torrential streams of Colorado. As the
mountains of Egypt are to the plains Of
Abyssinis, so is the Sierra Msdre
of the American continent TO the great
plains oil Colorado and Kansas.
Some Of the hydraulic bitches in the
mountainous districts Of Colorado employed
for ground slnicing, &c, have an immense
fsll, and tax the great rubber and canvas
hose TO the very utmost. The ditch Of the
Platte Water Cana. company, with lite
heavy fall in some places, is Of course choked
with sand and its banks are continually
breaking. II main ditch ia very rapid,
and the fall heavy, the slope OF the banks
must he considerable, or the washing will
work serious trouble and break through,
cutting crevasses by its action, and dishgur-
ing the farm. 1t is best. therefore, to SOW
grs-e on the slopes and banks; it holds the
whole together aud is e great help to the
beauty and permanence OF your ditch. A
main ditch should never have over % feet
fall per mile. This pinchss old prejudices
of few farmers, but long experience and
all scientific authorities prove the accuracy
of the statement.
FLuME, CHUTE OR AQUEDUCT.
In di ching there may be gullies, canuns,
streams or depressions in the surface of the
farm. over which you want TO carry the wa
ter. where il will be cheapest TO construct q
fume or squeduct either OF lumber. log.,
earthwork, rock or pipes In such case,
the cost of each should be carefully CON-
puied. A lumber fume will not last above
Eve or six years, and if the wafer does not
run all the year rcand, the sun, when il ia
dry, will SO warp and twist the plsnking Sc
TO make II lesky. and act like a collender or
seive, tber by losing great many inches Of
water. There is 4 tenoency among Ameri-
cans 10 construct everything with an eve
only to the present. Europeans generally
build with reference 10 permAnency. The
old builiings now standing in England,
monuments Of durability, constructed LEO
yesrs ago, bear witness 10 this fact. The
ienien y to pat up works of a temporary
charscte- should be checked a. much ne pos
-ihle Foundations should be more sub
stantisl, and every tlame, squedrct, dam,
bridge or work of public improvement
should be built of rock. Lumber fumes
are only ike shells or ioys; esrthwork
fumes are like sugar and salt arrangements,
st the mercy of the gophera, winds and
Storms; sheet iron il better, but Is not go
good as rock, which will sc'rcely require
repairs. The waterway should he lined
with cement or puddle, to prevent the walls
from being saturated.