Arizona republican., 1898-12-17
A SYSTEM OF STORAGE
F. p. Troff Presents Plan for inc
 Relief of inc RanCherS.

MT. F. P. Trott has completed draw ings of reservoir site which is located near Mcdowell, about two miles north of the confluence of the Verde and Salt rivers on the Verde. This site is owned by Messrs. Trott, F'ulwiler and Norton of this city, and is regarded as one of the best that has been presented to the people. he interest in storage has reached That stage where the peo- pie demand it, and the question now rests with the selection of a site which affords the best natural conditions for water storage. The Republican opens its columns to all persons who are in terested directy in the matter, and it is not disposed to favor any particular site at Ghis time. The ranch CTS of the valley and the canal companies must decide on the one which is best adapted to provide water storage and afford a safe place for the construction of a large dam.
 The site presented by MT. Trott con tains many favorable points. The re- ports of MT. Gwyn and MT. TroJt are published below MT. Gwyn is an en- gineer who assisted Engineer Drake of lthe s. F. P. & P. railroad in the con- struction of that road, and was regard ed very highly by the railroad officials.
 
 was surveyed. His report O. the Me Dowell site is as follows:
 Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. 20, 1896. Messrs. Trodd, Fulwiler & Norton.
 Gentlemen: Herewith I attach an itemized statement of estimated cubic contents (first i've and one-half miles, of resrvoir on the McDowell military reservation.
 ,I,hsSe calculations were based upon
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 e Entire accuracy would
 Immense amount of work, and
 end, doubt if the result would vary much from the contents given on the attached statement (9,637, ,526, ,795 cubic feet for the first five and one-half miles). In my opinion, the result of an absolute accurate survey would make the true contents greater than the attached estimate shows.
 Very respectfully,
 (Signed.) w. F. GWYN.
 A DETAILED REPORT.
 MT. Trott's report contains the in formation which the people are inter ested in, giving the details of the prop osiaion from the standpoint of an ex- perienced civil engineer. His report is as follows:
 EuO6u1A, ArlZs, J uHo II, 1oSO- In connection with the report and es- innate of MT. w. F. Gwyn, civil engi- neer, I respectfully submit the follow ing:
 His report shows that the surveys made by him ended at the five and one half mile line of the reservoir. The reservoir, however, will extenlI some four and one-half or five miles above that line, ana as the water would be about fifty (50) feet dep at the point where the five and one-half mile line crosses the river, and as the valley wid- ems again just above, it is safe to stata that there will be found an additional capacity for about 3,0OO,OOO,O00 cubic feet, which, if added to that of the sur veyed part, will make total of 2,637,- 526,795 cubic feet capacity.
 Twelve billion five hundred million cubic feet of water is equivalent to about 287, 900 acres feet, that is to say, that quantity of water would cover 287, 900 acres of land one foot deep; this would afford constant flow of