Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-08-04

la. reclaimed On the sou.b si5a ~. oee3 River theTe are now covered b,, = about i1.CUO acres, tgo-th,r6s ,, ''.' --tI7 MS is under c1!-lvatlCH; these Ia,,.s.Ilo' Ilo'
 covered by the Mesa City. Utah T1-fIr are
 aud San FrEac sen canals. all c,,-..---.pe ---pe
 and ln successful operation. Tbo T,,-i
 oiDed length of t-e before rna7,,;.-.15
 canals is about lS0 u;les. TL.- ". VI
 planted to uiiG!fG or Iucaroe 5 c,-5- -s
 2O,OOO acres; in CrchRrds 2 JO0 ec,@C v
 vineyards f,5Ge Ocfes, the baisr.' I1
 the land-sCDething over IO9 OnG.,o
 IS used 10 grow wheat and b--r[.
 Ihe highlant causl thew buiIdir,. -
 the south slae of Salt rIver, bas evc..,.5
 ed some S4J,OJO. and will have c-ssrL-
 comp eted at ont Sl25 GOO.
 h the Glis Valley. The Bnckava --
 nal coysrs about 9 GOO aeres Of Isr4 3.
 completed and is 2l miles long. i fe-.l
 lt7 water from ire north si6a ,g,L
 dlIa river at point nea- the ig,,r.-,-
 of tbe Salt and (iiIs Rivers. Tis C.,
 River cana! takes water iron fb. C.r-
 on 'he ncr.h -lIc of the river. at -.-,
 about b giles below the Tn nth of .tL
 H-ss ay HIcpa, Gr ( is a mile Iou,, ,,
 ccDple: aud ia operation. and ~ | 4,GOO acres Cf land Tae Ncpt.-7 cansl takes water from the ro-,. fl the GIia, abOut f miles b,'o-- q, ! P2pagO IadIan Reservation: f willie.
 cot wEe7 completed, S75nG0 .o er.1',. l tgbcut S25,GOD having Elrsg,fv E. | pencedJ and WIll cover 7-ffl ~,
 land a9d be sLo1t 50 niles in f.,...l
 The Palmer canal IS F. uirsr T--- | covers lO,OOD acres of land. coss 5fuINt
 and fakes water from the eoutb .if.., Cilla river, The St. Louis 'c-r4f i.r.,3 | out and the contrlc. let for is c7rs.--' ton. is will cost when completed S--. coo and will probably Se bni,. tha .,., ing year. Ikere are on the q Ie -;ya- severel other small canals vi,h vhreb am noS fan1ilis~ The cenRl' now completed md in or eTstloc m Ncrcopa county have e5st including dGms and Te7ai-s. uovs-ls -, SZUCu,OGO ard gucther year v.,l ., doubtly show ar expenditure rf SfgHn UUo nare. Tlere has been exTgrf..4 ii, Improvements on thIs lud. ipr,rl.-,. the p~Ice paid the Goverrratrt rrF rr, purchase If water rights, oyc- s-5nul the pas, yeCr.
 Could you spare the time s-~r vr-- other duties IL wOuld give mo great -f-, sure to see you in tour Yel,ey. mi show you tho magnitude of rszi i'm provemeDts, and V hst is int e! | tr h. done the coming year. I vili c--l5.Us invite you Co vi7is us. when you can z.a personally Ehas strides towards -lt,fa- ment Maric0ps county hes male within the pas. yegr-nO written description can give you an adequate idea.
 There ls CreEt need of storage rt--r vo.r system in the mourtGins, Co fg'v deyelcpe the desert lands of h. Sat and Gila valleys. Nature hal done ev. ry.hInG but put m ihe key Co holland store large quantities Cf water for su,l- mer use, A tydrCgraphic survey ct .ke mountain streams wOuld ~hOU thu. g.- most unhsard of quantities of vat.r could De stored Gt cCmpHrGt.vr.y small cost; for instance, n the Sa.t river JO miles about Phsnix ths river ruCa through box canon for sOIcc .au miles, the sides of which are nearly Der ps1dlcUlaT, one and two th~usand feet high, aud not to exceed go feet apprE. all solid rock; tha average fau of r,e river ls II feet t0 the mile; 8 dam bare 40O feet high would create l.ks caps- hle of irriGstirS and -,clG.m;U- lr.st many thousand acres of I1od.
 Very Respectfully Yours,
 r q. ID4AN.
 r. s. Length 1' canals now ia opera ton 22i mileH. Length Of canals Ia pro cess of construction lO~ miles,
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 FINAL CoUNTY Albert T. C1lton, Civ il EngIueer and Q deputy [. $. Mineral Surveyor, gives the following insolma tin regarding .he construction Of c6- ns's in the vicinity of Florence. Piual County,
 They coDsist of Ave canals incluIius branches, besides pEIvsie Gitches. Tic eng!h of ;hess constructed improve nents k given at LIS miles in length. Fi n v miles in course of constTucficu- The width Ot these canals IS given from s tO feet, depth from 4, 2 to- feet. The cost of construction is given gt ,luUO per mile down to S1GGO Der milo md the total amount alreHdy expended D construction amounting tO the round um ot S2}l,JO0 with an estimate aiIi lonal expenditure of S15i. C0O.
 PIMA C.rNTT-The water develop neuts n thI~ county E9e not extensive s yet. lD tbe vicinity of Tucson quite Steaslve canals arc being constructed 'us owing fo water. which is regarded s abundant, but not fl owing on fLe sur ace, Being covered by debris and re- ulrInR artificial means to bring It c. ta, urfccc, ceusCs delay in txperimertiug mt with every confidence that experI- lents now teDg made will prove event ally successful About 70 miles of es- sls and irriggtiuG 6Itches are in pro- sss of construction and SIj, 00O have bus far been invested.
 YUMA CoUNTY-Replies have not been ecelved from thIs vicinity, owiug Ca de nkn1 C.. eacblDg pTOpfr persons 70 furn.sh the iformatIon. but there gre CHder COD ruction Gnd in contemplation various lnals. calculated to irrIgste thouss1I8 acres of land. The MohswN canal III be about 30 miles III length, seven lles of winch is completed and will re- aim about l5,GC0 acres of land. The 10 Peck Ditch IS being rec7n-tructed ld extended near Mohawk Stati cG.- Hated tO reclaim about 1j.OGD acres land. Near Glla City another ditch being taken out calculated tO hrlug lder cultivation 12,oOO acres. And ar AdOnde large pumping enterprIses @ contemplated to irriCat3 from water )se to the surfgee. About S2G0GO1 @ already been expended in the COu ructiOn of canals EHd ditcLes AS an evidence O5 the progress of Arr nG. l will state thB. there are now on } Tn thIs office one hundred md thirty @ Desert Land Declarations for filings unsUrveyed public lands, embracing ty-one thouFaId four hundred REd cen acres
 WATER STORAGE. l be annual rain fall in Arizona is re than sufficient to ITriggte all avail e lands for agriculture purposes, it a0s can be devised Co husband ite ter end utHlizs the .ssue vEe r-- red at the period when most nce'at ing the dry and hot summer mo-fhs The facilities offered in our aloul- ls and foothills for the oonstructi1u arge reseryoIrs is all that could ft G.. d and wilst somewhat expensive tl struot suitable dams t0 r5ss. the 'ents of water that frequently rush 7n innumersble cannons, yet there many pieces where large bodies ot er can be stored without aIsrge cS allure of money.
 hls storage of water is 10 longer an m Arizona. 1t Walnut