The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-04

it. The first row OF tubes win be little
above the bottom OF the dam. Successive
er. AS the water rises in the dam the sur
plus Will partially escape through these
tubes tub, The water from the lower tubes
| That passing through the second row viii
| fall upon the jets from the first row. In
dam a complete apron of Jets Of water.
| When the reservoir is full the overflow,
instead of striking and wearing the dam,
| the tubes. There will be no wear OF the
| front of the dam with this provision, Mr..
| Reayis believes. He has devised automatic
valves for the steel tubes, and believes that
| he can regulate perfectly the escape of
| the surplus water. The profile view OF this
dam, $50 feet high. shows both fronts
4 theories. His idea is to make the center OF
| gravity of the dam at the same point,
! tally filled. BY the curvilnear fronts he
reduces the pressure because the gravity of
| the water on the curve counteracts the
| claims he has worked 1t cut; and has pro-
duced to a mathematical certainty the
proper curve to keep the center Of gravity
unchanged, as the water rises from the
bottom to the top of the dam.
"I always had taste for mathematics,
said he, land never had to study as others
did. When / had once gone over a rule or
| principle 1t was fixed in my mind L
| never went back to it. 1 could calculate the
| feilow-students got stalled they came to me
and helped them out. That was the way
| 1 got my lessons in mathematics never
studied If one needed help On prob
| lem / had no lessons
MONEY NO OBJECT.
| Millions Of dollars roll off the tongue OF
| James Addison Reavis as easily as millions
| of acres. When the Casa Blanca Improve
ment Company has carried out the plans in
full it will have invested $50, 1900, and
| will have realized $500,000,000 profits from
| water rights and will have an income of
| $5,00O,0O from water rents. The water
| right is sold once for all. The water rent
| is collected annually.
| The ella river buttes dam will create a
reservoir covering 100 spare miles of ter
| ritory. 1t will cost s29T. 50s. The reser-
voir'S capacity Will be 25l, 5S7 So, 400 cubic
wser or s easped aG bv acrs feet cre
| foot of water means enough water to cover
| an acre foot in depth. The 5,774,515 acre
| feet in this reservoir, therefore, would
spread water 1 foot deep over 5,774.515
acres.
The second dam Of his system Reavis
| calls the San Carlos. II is to be 800 feet
high, and will extend only Sc feet across
a natural gorge, costing S2,1S,075 The con-
| ditions are so favorable that the San Carlos
miles of territory and will hold S64 554, 4S22, :
900 cubic feet. or 1s.s72Ooo acre feet OF
water.
The ella river buttes and the San Carlos
| dams are on the ella river. The third dam
| of the system is on the Salt river, and will
create what Reavis calls the Tonic Basin
| This dam will be $50 feet high. 1t will
cost $50 s22.19, and will contain 9Ss, CO.,
| 600 900 cubic feet, or 22,7OO0OO acre feet, Of
water. This reservoir will cover 1S5 square
miles.
The figures are given that the reader may
| see how thoroughly Reavis has worked out
sion Of the magnitude of the enterprise.
/ When Reavis was on the witness stand he
told Of the Casa Blanca Improvement Com
pany having already taken from the land
holders water notes for s., 500. oOO to be good
when the company delivers the water, at
| the option Of the givers of them. The coun-
sci for the government got the impression
| that the validity of the notes depended on
| the confirmation Of the grant. Mr.. Reavis
| says the inference was wrong: The water
notes have nothing TO do with the grant.
They based entirely on the expectation
| of a water supply from the Casa Blanca
at the trial to give some idea of the scope
| Of this proposed water development, In
| which he is more interested than in the
grant -, oou -
above the sea, and we shall be able to irri-
| gate land all of the way from the buttes
| to Yuma, distance OF two hundred miles.
| All of the land next TO the Gulf OF Cali
| fornia is citrus, and of kind to bring the
highest price when watered. After irri
| we strike the citrus belt. The advantage
| these lands have is that the citrus fruits
from them come in from one one to two months
| States. Oranges at Phoenix are ripper and
| sweeter the 1st of November than they are
| in California the 1st of June
'Two-acre feet" continued Reavis, going
| on to show where the big profits are real
| lied from water systems. make the maxi
mum requirement for irrigation in Arizona.
The water rates we have taken are made
on a basis of one-acre foot, and are for
S1.25 an acre. The maximum rent will be
| $3.50 an acre. The immense income to the
water development company isn't derived
| from the minimum. Suppose a man owns
| 16O acres and takes water from the COM
pany. We sell him minimum water right
| for from 50 to $40 an acre, and charge him
| $125 an acre for minimum fiowage. That
| gives him SIX inches of water on the land
| In the spring and six inches in the fall The
| minimum rate is made low to encourage
settlers to take land and develop it. The
minimum rate is enough for barley, or any
| agricultural crop. but for alfalfa and fruits
| there must be maximum supply. If a
| settler develops his land and wants to take
the maximum water supply he will be sold
maximum water right for from $50 to
500 an acre, and will be charged $3.50 year
per acre for the fowage. So you can see
that 1t is on the growing demand for max
imum rights and f1owage that the company
will derive its greatest profits"
The Casa Blanca Improvement Company
expects to irrigate millions of acres in east
ern and southern Arizona, and also to ex-
tend its canals and supply into the State
of Sonora, Old Mexico. It's reservoirs will
drain three mountain ranges-the Mogol-
Ions, the White and the Penal--an extent
of not less than 10000 square miles, part of
fifteen to twenty feet deep. 1t will take
tunnel IL. 900 feet long, about three miles to
convey the water from the Tonic basin to
the place where 1t is wanted for irrigation
Apparently deserted by his former friends
of wealth and influence. Reavis talks with
enthusiasm of this grand scheme. He real
ICES how difficult it will be to appeal to
capital after his trouble with the United
States government over the Peralta claim
He has arranged to begin modestly but
with the whole plan in view just as out
lined. The ella river buttes dam is the
key. Reavis will begin work that. He
will lay the foundation of a dam to be $50
feet high, when finished But he will build
only IS feet of 1t to begin with. On this
height he will be able to deliver water for
irrigation.
IAN investment Of $4,000 is all that is
necessary said Reavis, he rolled up his
blue prints. THAT amount will raise the
dam 50 feet and enable the company to
commence the delivery of water After that
the income will raise the dam to $50 feet
extend the system, and furnish the means
to construct the other dams"
That is to say, with cash capital of
$4,000 Reavis has figured out investment
of $40. 100000 and a profit of $500, 00e Co., He
talks as if he thoroughly believes what he
is saying. No wonder he says he has got
"a bigger thing than the Barony of Ari-
zona-"