Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-04-20
Our Special Water Expert.
REESE M. LING.
 City Attorney.

While the wa.er question is under discussion ne author of the report on that su jeet, Ublc4 Is pr-uted n full iu his ssue. naturally comes consp Y before the Prescott public, the people aie interested m knowing mCTa aGJnt the engineer- ing career oi the man wLO haS be a employed by the --Jy to render a preliminary Teporl on inc engineer ing features of ie 7u--J,On. ana who has now pTr--l-eG aIs views in an able and mas,erly review of the -opic long Uppe-n0st Il local il> terest.
 The following synopsis of he principal works on which Mir Scbuyler's eminent reputation as an engineer is based will be 5f of special interest to our readers al this time;
 The SweetWater dam. near San Dirzo. is the best known of his works. because most readily seen. as there is a railroad passing 1t, aud it l. oG a fayorite tourist excursion route from San Diego. l. Is masonry dam iUJ feet high that cost S2ltUU. and has stood a crItl- cal lest If an overwhelming flood that passed twclty-'wo inches in depth ov-- 5ts entire crest Tor two day. .yIra.e- I-i -Un- CT removing a stone 5i t..e can. although ,hOg> sands of ions Of bel Io s were torn from t1e b tom of -ls Wa.is Oi the canyon at jle foo, Oi tue dam.
 The Hrmet aal. which NIT. Schuyler planned and whose con- structiOn he supervised as consult jug engineer. Is another masonry structure l35 feet high. A more massive and higher dam than the SWeetwater
 He also planned and built four large reservoirs for the city of Port land. three of which have high con crete dams
 He was for several years employed by the State of California 10 meas ure streams. study -r.gaJiCu works and methods, and report on same, m the cap y Of chie. assistant state eugInear. While ol tli5 work be made a-tausive surveys ot storage reserrr-- -.es in the mountains ot South and Central California. and has ore recently been en- ployea by .e United State tTsoloE- teal surv to make a report or '-StoraGe saryoirs for !C.i ,atIoB. covering tie general ti-.. ,f tae ariO west. This report Ia been printed aUi is u- ton. IL IS a larc- r-~ volume. cop,JUsly .a- .fate
 Mir. Schuyler has been n consultation oD reservoir auc t- 2 :ion work in the Sandwich il and tbe system which be tl..e .,- ported on, has since beeg carr .- oat tO conspicuous SUCgHsS a5 8 diyII. 8I paying sugar YI-- ,rjoa, made su,- cess,ul by Irrirat"on.
 He was e-n loved r,.- se,eral va-.-= as c1n~utI.- es...s-., C. -te con structiou t.- D.. v-- city -lt-f works, aul r-aa f.- Dl-r r5s.-. canal one .. tt- r-e-. irrigation and caH~ ..-~-l ta- V-t
 He C 3 elc section of the SaE F.s a sea u. ! d. ,oufroct0r. the cost of tLe sec,i0l being anobt S22O OD0, were ,us vo. s e hr cul sisted of qUarryiE r'- a'ng i---- quantities of -.- v--s s.ni- lar to the ru he has recomme- ais cit7 to build. H. re.r.J.1 reported on extensive reservoirs for proposed beet sugar planta,lons in Texas. and made a study of iTTigatiol al the other extreme end | the continent in British Columbia for the Canadian Pacific railway.
 ile Was cuief engineer anC gen CT Ep-r.ltendeut cf the Sinaloa and Durango railway in Mexico. which he .uit sixteen wears ago hr is 8 member of the American Socle.v f Clv.l Engineers. agd has been a director. h. I- a'sn one of tae tw.ut- .r thirty American mem i-r- e. tl~ bE i>l Institution of Civil Eng r~. Ills services are in demand aS au expert wherever water TlEh,- ia 1sL-u-lla are m litigation. and L.> delay ia reaching Pres ott two or tar-e weeks after he was expected. Was orcasloued by his -u- gageur-r iu 8 litigation over tbe water I.-a,- of tLe Los Angeles river, h. which Ge was employed by the city of Las Angeles. The Times of that cI,y, referred Co Lim at the time he gave his evidence, a. quail fled by age and experience 10 be considered the dean of the board of engineers employed by the city"
 There is nothing experimental about constructing the water works !"r Prescott passed upon by MT. Schuyler. and his eminent reputa- ton aS al engineer entities his re-