Arizona weekly citizen., 1891-03-28
THE UNIVERSITY
Work Done an d Dig on
the Grounds.
IRRIGATION PROSPECTS.
A Citizen Reporter Visits the Con-
Germ
And Takes Notes of the Progress C
Work and Improvements Con-
temp ated.
IRRIGATION PROSPECTS.

The territorial university is now
rapidly completing, and the good work
has been pushed in manner not only
highly creditable to the very late Board
of Regents, but also to Tucson and Ari-
IONA generally.
The employment it has already fur
nished in all the departments, both of
the school work proper, and on the
buildings and grounds, is worthy be-
ginning of a worthy cause.
Twenty minutes walk from Tucson
will bring one TO the building, the last
five minutes being within the grounds.
Everything surrounding at once calls
attention to thrift and industry. The
plowed grounds, the serpentine drives,
the regular rows of trees, high substan-
tial fence, and handsome, durable build
ing-all are monuments of good work
! well done. The whole appearance
augurs well fo- a beautiful tract, Of pro-
fuse and luxuriant growth, and gives
promise OF the lovleiest spot III all Ari-
IONA.
The fence calls notice on entering. 1t
is Might've wires-and half up it, or to
put it another way, two feet, eight in
ches up, is close wire netting. Robbits
will find scaling it matter of some diff
Guilty.
Trees are planted near the south
west corner of the grounds,
fifteen acres or thereabouts be-
ing devoted to their growth. These
form only portion-the fruit varieties
and 20 acres more will be given to
shrubs and ornamental trees, to be
planted soon. OF those now in, almost
every variety of fruit known is repre-
sented. Apricot, orange, lemon, peach,
plum, pear, fig and olive-of the latter
20 varieties each--all thrifty and rather
small, are the chief varieties Every
known grape will be grown there, and
the vines are now planted.
At present watering trees is the
only use to which the i'm
mense water output is put. The irri
CATION is chiefly underground, and very
complete. Something like a mile of
pipe is now lald, 1000 feet being inch,
connecting at 20 distributing points
with 6 inch pipe $50 feet long, from
the pump. The well is a credit to the |
Board of Regents. The proposition to |
put down an artesian we'll 500 feet, or to |
sufficient water, brought in answer to |
advertising bids, nothing with in the |
means of the board. The lowest bid |
was $4,000. The conclusion to sink an |
ordinary well to say l40 feet was then |
formed, and work began. What they |
now have is an utterly iLeXhaustable |
supply of water. The well is 100 feet |
deep, and cribbed up with railroad ties,
being Axe feet inside. The,highest posi- |
BILE pumping capacity leaves three feet |
feet of .water In the well. The engine is |
15 horse power and the two pumps have |
a capacity of $1,000 gallons an hour. Prof. |
Gulley reports that this will give more
by a good deal than needed, and that |
the first year will take much more than
the following years to get the /
ground moist. The late rains flowed |
off, and only two feet below surface the
ground is as dry as powder. The esti-
mate, in figures, for irrigation can be
found from this: An acre of ground to
be covered one inch with water requires
$4,000 gallons, or say l hours pumping.
With forty acres to be irrigated it will
be seen that nothing like the whole ca
pacity is needed. Work is now finish
ing on a 100000 gallon reservoir, TO be
constantly filed, and. only used in
emergencies, as the breaking of pumps,
and for night watering when deemed
needful.
Sixty feet Immediately surrounding
the building is being sloped off and
MANFRED for a lawn. 1t will be sown with
English blue grass. Just outside of it
will be broad drive.
The drives of the grounds are to be
one Of the pretty features. They will
form total of almost mile, serpentine |
as already mentioned, and will be the
future resort Of carriage parties and
bicyclists. Trees are being planted on
their border. and later the drive along
the west fence will be made street.
the present fence being at about its cen
ter. Part of the drives are graded with
loose stone picked from portion of the
grounds.
The soil of the tract. ordinary mesa-is
of itself fertile and with water highly
but with the object of bring
ing all plant growth there to highest |
perfection, the grounds will be we'll fer
tilted with droppings from adjacent
cattle corrals.
Neat terraces are being made on the
west end of the grounds,fo for strawberries,
and cover nearly an acre.
On the north side, near the fence will
be erected four cottages, residence for
professors, and a large dormitory for
the gentlemen students
AT present there are four buildings
on the grounds; an engine house, barn,
temporary laboratory, and the universe
ty proper.
The division of the grounds will be
more or less between the various school
At present the intention
is to keep 20 acres in experimental Gull
tivation, and the balance in trees and
shrubs. Botany and experimental hor
will be somewhat subdivided.
The growth is to be compar
We. and for this purpose 3 acres of tn
nta Cruz valley near Grossetta
ranch have been planted to trees, that
the mesa and valley may be given i'm
partial comparison. Other stations in
the territory are also for this purpose.
While the university belongs to the Ter
ritory and IS under it's direct charge
the grounds are under charge of the {
United States, both the departments of
Station and Agricultural {
School being in its care. The two are
only in part divided, both being really {
under the same management.
The CITIZEN will tomorrow give a re- l
port of the building, its departments, {
and probabilities Of work of the three '
schools it includes. \
Cutting ARRAY. 8
Rayes Pinez was arrested very much
against that young mans wishes Satur-
Law morning at / o'clock, and nfter