The Florence tribune., 1899-11-25
SAN CARLOS RESERVOIR.
Synopsis of Mr. schuyler's Report.
The Most Feasible and Economical
 Scheme Yet Proposed.
Interesting Letter from Rev. 1. T. White
 more on the Subject.
PASADENA. CAL. Nov. IF.


 geles again recently and called on Mr. J. E. Lippincott. He informed me that he had sent his report to the government printer in Washington. He loaned me the report of Mir. James D. Schuyler, consulting engineer, who was sent by order of Mir. F. H. Newell, Chief Photographer U. S. Geological Survey, to examine the work done by the surveyors on the Gila and it's tributaries, on the report of Mir. Lip piucott. The object of the Depart ment of the Interior in selecting such a man was that he is one of the highest authorities and one of the most ex- perienced Photographic Engineers in the country. His examination of the work and his endorsement of Mir. Lip pincott's report to Congress (through Chief Newell) will give the greatest possible confidence and immense weight to the committees on Indian Appropriations in Congress.
 Mir. Schuyler speaks first of the scope of the investigation, as follows:
 "The purpose of the engineering in- vestigation authorized by act of con gress, approved July 1, 1898, appro- priating s20, 900 to cover the expenses, was primarily to ascertain the feasi- bility and cost of impending sufficient water to irrigate such portion of the Gila River Indian reservation as may be needed to support the Indian popu- lation living thereon. Two reservoir sites were named in the act as having been suggested for the purpose in Senate Document No. 2, 54th Con- gress, 2nd session, covering the pre- liminary report of B previous investi- gation by Mir. Arthur P. Davis, Hydro grapher U. s. Geological Survey, viz :: the Buttes, on the Gila river, and Queen Creek, small intermittent stream, draining a limited territory, lying between the Gila and Salt rivers. The depth to bedrock at these sites had not been sufficiently determined in the original investigation of Mir. Davis for lack of adequate facilities, and further examination and study of the entire subject had been recom- mended prior to definite determina- tion by Congress as to the steps ueces- sary to be taken for the relief of the impoverished Indians, suffering from 3 lack of water previously enjoyed, but appropriated in recentyears by settlers highe up the river.
 'tMr. Davis was put in charge of the second investigation, and with the experience obtained on similar work on the Nicaragua Canal route, secured the machinery there used with success, not only to reach the bedrock throug b the overlying detritus and ascertain the depth below the surface, but to penetrate it and bring samples of it to the light for testing. The interes ting history of this work, which has been seldom so thoroughly done,- is re- corded in detail in Mir. Lippincott s report, the latter having been placed in active charge of field operations in June last, on the return of Mir. Davis to his important duties in connection with the Nicaragua Canal commission. J
 Mir. Schuyler continues with the re- port of Mir. Lippincott and takes up and discusses the different sites. Com ing to the