Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-10-25

river here is 1885 feet between banks,
with fall of six 20 eight feet 10 the
mile. 1t is q .'ery substantial struc-
ture; built to Withstand any freshet
that may come.
The canal is fifty feet wide on the
bottom, seventy feet on the top and
carries a depth of six feet of water.
The country through which this canal
runs appears almost level The cross
cut, which supplies the Tempe canal
about one mile from the division gates
reaches a sort OF jumping off place,
where there is a sudden drop of forty
feet to another level plain below. At
this point the Consolidated Canal Com
pany has put I'm powerful electric ma
chinery and is supplying the two towns
OF Mesa and Tempe with electric lights
Mt n merely nominal cost. The dyna-
mos are driven by two horizontal tur-
bine wheels, developing coo horse pow
er. a Westinghouse generator is used
for producing electricity, which liz con-
Quoted along heavy copper wires to the
point of consumption. The power VIII
also be used by the company for pump
ing purposes on lands where the water
from the canal cannot be had.
Recently the power mas beer increaS-
Cu anu SlsdIn Dldlll lllliS Oli llioleiA-
ed and six other wells sunk from which
1000 inches of water can be pumped.
The capacity of the Consolidated
Canal Company's system gives ample
irrigation to 10000 acres of land. This
land Isl the choicest in the entire west.
for several reasons. 1t is adapted to
a greater diversity of fruits than is
possible of as highly successful culti-
walton in many regions of the south and
west, and the chief advantage is that
they can be marketed tfrom three to
four weeks earlier than the products OF
California. OF these 10000 acres. there
are still some 80, 900 acres available for
settlement.
This country under this canal sys-
TEN is par excellence horticultural. Al
monds grow to perfection and citrus
fruits of all kinds bear early and give
certain returns. and the danger from
frost is slight, and insect pests are not
known. 1t. in common with other sec
lions of the Salt river valley has the
advantage OF the early ripening season,
and it's fruits are on the market before
California fruits begin to come in,
which gives it a great advantage.
Water Power Utilized.
A feature of value that is being de-
veloped is the water power to be Sc
cured along the lines of the several
canal systems. All the canals run on \
lower gradient than does the river. Il
! follows that many feet of fall may be
gained. For thirty years the Hayden
Touring mills at Tempe have been run
by water power developed out of the
grounds. Electric light and power for
Tempe and Mesa are secured by means
of the Chandler Power Works. intend
ed to develop $50 horse power. located
on n bluff over which water is dropped
thirty-five feet. through great turbines
to the Tempe canal below.
Utah Canal.
Utah canal has its source about four
miles below the Mesa canal, and arrives
quickly at the base of the mesa which
| II skirts, covering all the rich lands in
the Lehi valley. (Than which there IS
no richer farming land in the valley)
Then climbs the mesa ana through 4
deep cut goes southwark on q grade
that reaches the surface two miles
south of Mesa, and irrigates the lard
| lying between the Mesa and Tempe ca