, 1890-05-15
IN The ARID LANDS.
The Subject of Irrigation
Under Discussion.
BOTH SIDES OF THE QUESTION
All the Phases of the Great Prob
lem Under Review by
Engineers,
Engineering and Mining Journal

cllii'I VI the present SWate VI 'he
controversy ut Washington or of the
merits Of the underlying questions
involved. Both aspects of the sub
jcct ought TO be further explained
for the information Of engineers;
and with this purpose make some
additional observations, repeating,
however, the assurance that no i'm
putatlon upon Director PowelPs
sincerity and good faith Is intended
or involved.
First The congressional situa-
tion is briefly this. The majority
report Of the senate committee on
irrigation charges that the funds
heretofore appropriated for irriga-
ton surveys have been partly d.
rected to another object. The spec
iilc appropriations made last year
included 100000 for Topographic
surveys, and $4,000 ''for the pur-
pose of Investigating the extent to
which the arid region of the United
states can beredeemcd by irrigation,
and the segregation Of the irrigable
lands in such arid regions, and for
the selection of sites for reservoirs
and other hydraulic works neces-
9"'y ior ,uo sloiase anu '''',N'''o"
OF water for irrigation, and the pre-
vention of floods and overilows,
and for estimating the cost of the
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An WORK ia the arlu region was
paid ior OUT OF .ue irrigation appro-
priution, oil which si2o,oVo was de-
voted to the continuance of topo-
graphical SURVEYS, and SllO, 900 TO
the speciul h ydrogrn and en-
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iei', out Oh the S-oo,cV appropriated,
reserve of 80, 900 for contingencies
and emerge in either branch.
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p''.u " ,'io eN'e''Sion " s''oii WIN
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Is, that this distribution of funds vi
olated the well known rule of dis
burso,,ent rbddiny tho transfer
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u, MONEY w u p"sPo''o ""'''s
plicl'iy proViue'' lor, irohh i"hu
destined for another purpose. Such
u tran sfer Is obviously unlawful, un-
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mr. necsasnril>, ininlIed i'm the terms
of tI,e law
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