Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-04-24

| just above the diversions of all irriga-
J ton canals, has an elevation of 600
| feet, and the dam would cost 81 ,425,-
600. This reservoir could be used as
| a governor for filling the Clark's val
| ley reservoir and then for holding the
surplus water. The experts conclu-
sions are: That the observed flow of
Kings river for the season of 1898
| may be taken as a minimum; that
these minimum years will probably
occur about once in 10 years; that
there win be enough water in Novem-
Der to February, inclusive, to fill every
year the Pine Flat reservoir, with a
| capacity of 1887 acrefeet; that in
nine out of 10 years there will be
enough water to leave the Pine Flat
reservoir full for use after July 1; that
water that would be stored in the Pine
Flat reservoir is water that would
otherwise be lost; that the Pine Flat
reservoir would irrigate the most val
liable lands in Fresno and Tuiare coun-
ties, now dry and unproductive; that
the cost of storage would be S1S23 an
the reservoir fully double that amount
The Clark's valley site is in Fresno
county, is miles east of Sanger. and
has the stage road to Wildwood and the
arroyo of Wahtoke creek through the
center of IL. The elevation of the base
of the dam is 400 feet. 1t is proposed
to I'll this reservoir by a diversion
canal SO 500 feet in length. with head
works above the mouth of Mill creek
and at the Pine Flat dam site. Two
additional dams would be needed to
block the valley completely up. The
total cost, including supply canal etc,
would be 1881 OPS; the total storage
capacity would be 120-499 acre-feet of
water, and the cost per acre-foot
would be $11.05. Mr.. Lippincott thinks
that the Clark's valley dam should
eventually be raised to 105 feet. with
a storage capacity of 217,196 acre-feet,
and shows by a table that, with this
larger dam. there would have been
only one year out of IL when both res
eryoirs could not have been filed
The report then shows that the
cheapest water supply in the valley
can be obtained by pumping with cleo
trio power generated by the river it.
self before it reaches points of diver
sion or storage provided the pumping
plants are operated at least half the
time. A good location for the power
house between the middle and south
a Il al Of
with an available head of $50 feet,
was found by Mr.. Green, who estimat.
ed the total cost of construction at
$271,975, and the mean minimum
horsepower produced at 1886. The
supply of water in the valley for
pumping, based upon reports from over
500 existing wells, indicated that 300,-
600 acre-feet could be obtained with
certainty by pumping from the water
plane of the Kings river delta The
transmission of power and the opera
tion of the pumping plants were in
vestigated, and showed that the an
nual pump output would be 32S,500
acre-feet on the basis of use for 32S12
days, at cost of $1,000 per acre-foot
produced. BY these means 100000 adj
ditional acres of irrigated land could
be added to the community
F, II. Newell, photographer in
charge says in his letter of trans. !
initial; The situation on Kings river
is to a certain extent typical of that |
along a number of important streams |
of the west, and as a result of this in.
vestigation 1t is believed that the re-
claimabe area can be greatly extend |
ed by the construction of storage |
works, and also of power plants. by
means of which, through electrical
pumps can be operated |
at small expense out on broad valleys |
The demonstration of these condi-
tons will prove one of the most inn
portant steps toward the transforma-
ton and utilization of the fertile but
arid lands. Washington Dispatch in
New York Tribune.