Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-23
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

In the discussion Of the economic sac
~ irrigation question the report OF
,rssldont Of the state Board Of
T.,ss y. J. Chlpmnn. IL very pertinent.
',,ssprh there are many who viii dlsa-
~. with him In regard to irrigation
4, sravitatlon and storage reservoirs.
We says
Aay.rslty Is not without It's COM
,in-ttlons. The last year has taught
y. that we must prepare for Irrigation.
fortunately the means are at hand. IL
t.4 boon demonstrated that expensive
irngniI0n systems are not required to
iaar ,ha land and water together, ANA
ithlak the experience OF 1898 has shown
,tst ln most parts of the State where
'Hfiu1n ls required power will be
tgnd cheaper than the HyHtCms giving
,tvater by gravity Millions OF dollars
tts been expended iu single systems.
i-.sllug reservoir, In some parts OF
II. state The consumers must support
ss ayatoma or they cannot survive.
I um,s VI drought should the rcser-
tfs fuil or run low whole ueighhur-
tls are subjected to the danger Of
Itng cut on. with uli the attendant
rhmlilas which murt follow, Happily
r5 such exlgvucy has yet arisen and
ffohahiy never may do 30, Increased
iJuu0Ir capacities ana pruvldcut
tss1atifUs 90 conserve rainfall Will proc
,da against those dangers. but they
aH Nrry costly lhC large outlay ut-
taullng these enterprises and what o.
suu more Important. the difficulty or
olminirE water ut amy cost hy gravity
DO SOME places. stimulated boy the nycoa-
iy lot water DURING such season
sf that uf 1885 has developed new
aad cheap method Of Irrigation IN an
.|
Under nearly ali the orchard lands
u thH state are lucNhnustHh.c water
tables from hftcon 60 one hundred feet
below surface generally from twenty
90 forty feet Thee strata of water
have been found .Mps 90 supply ail
needed surface irI aulr. FDf small
plants uf say thr.o 90 Goa har' power
ihs gasoline ,uHlnus have ngea found
ertfUly satisfactory, both ln c.mn of
manipulation ana ChNuun 90 tf fuel. ana
thee engines are Do HurrCHItul opera
toH with uH high na 100 horse power.
Do this valley under tho ptoa.ut uIu-
tlious there o. little chance Tor dilcua-
sion W. to the means ~ irrigation. f1r
there ~ only one. TINT On the dry ata-
con ia available under the prevailing
conditions. end ihat iB wells ana pump
Co.'S pllutF
The question then resolves tarlf Into
what IH the most economical method
" pumping water for Irrigation. This
can De- uaccTtlluvd only by actual OK
actual experiences ot men who hav-
Installed and are now running irigat-
llg plants Of different kindsi
John Morrison ~ tctdH station.
luhn county. says that h' has ElBo-
lire plant which c0st $500. Lat year
D. Irrigated with rotary tDHutIfugGD
pump thirty -u,rp oIciurls gasoline
cost him 10 cents per NuIlon. Doc lrri.
gated ten acres usr day ut r. cost ~ 90
cents. 70 required three days 90 20 over
biz orchard. and Do irrigated u three
times duriuE the summer ut "a cost Tor
fuel NJ $780, the engine required no
attendant. he estimated the cost about
used steam Tor power The lift Is about
thirty foot
W 4. Wallace. near Goshen. hns a
twelyg.lroh wen, uses q trn-horae-
power engine, uses distilled Oh Tor fuel.
and with G-inch pump he raises 1000
gallons NJ water per minute ut "a cost
W ilib for dntlllate each ton hours.
This seems 10 BE- the most economical
plant that Or now In operation.
J. d. Waugh, living In the foothills.
has tlvo-hCrse-puwcr engine. with
this engine md pump he raises 2i2 gnl-
Ions Of water per minute from we'll
twenty-scvcn feet degp. lie uses crude
u cost % cents per gallon laid down
IN Nisalln. Whom he first commenced
he usc of crude petroleum he used Ave
20 seven gallons In twelve hours. but
h. ~ now using only three gallons N
Oh IN twelve houre. nnd NJ cost ~
fy p cents FOR fuel he is raising i52 Gao
SALONS or water. lie has his OIL shipped
IN lm'Eallon drums. and viii utilize his
water IN growing an orange grove.
The valley portion of Santa Clara
county II pretty thoroughly protected
from drought by lrrlFatlng plants.
Iherc were a large number OF plants
Installed before the dry spell During
mat time and since 80 many have been
put 10 that now nearly every one has
me means of lrrlgatiug, either by his
own plant or that OF his ncighhor'H
The FIRST plants Installed were Inn
IaNed mostly by steam power. but now
tll the new ones that are erected have
Nlher gasoline or crude petroleum ns
NE motive power. Gasoline was found
70 b. the cheapest up to the time of
u}lng crude petroleum. which Is now
In It's experimental stage, and its re-