The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-29
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sidO 81 enc bordS swhoss ,ti6f,ts must 50
rsSpsctsd. tor one hundred miles 4 TIE,
North Eprk o. the MIX tsiver 6ows
through Canl.d dian territory, but only ~
one place would it be possible Tor Tie
Canadians TO 9tApit and II this ID done IL
Will become necessary later q - Build
viii be diverted TO ths Mariaa River. an.
other tributary Of The Mix River. wholly
In American territory. N :. "a IN IL
Al CANAL sc,HnMM
4 A project which resembles "a 8 n,niA
scheme viii % under taken 4 0,nnison.
Col; where I tunnel, approninat eiy ten
~ twelve Fest, Viii b bored for IL
miles through solid rock to the valley %
the tJnoompahsre The point on ths
uunnisin from which the tunnel will
start e In the l1rand Core, which &
wide. "A dam will be constructed across
this gorge TO form reservoir. and the
water Will be distributed at Will along
both sidss Of the Uncompahgrs Valley.
and will lrtiSRte an ares Estimated ~
10000 acrss AZ ths Devils Gate Of TIE !
sweetwater Rivsr. In vyonins. the nat
sural gorge Ii TO be utilised By tho con-
5strlotion Of q great dam one hundred
feet high, thirty fest long at the bottom
and three hundred feet long ct the TOP,
ninety-four feet thick 1t the base ana
twenty-nve feet thick at the top. By
means Of this dam It win be possible to
store sec, eB acre feet OF water, which
VIII be fed out for irrigation p,irposes.
through the dam. The dam Will be .of
/ solid ma sonry. This site 10 described by
Captain Hiram M. Chittenden, Of ti1e. en- en-
glneer corps, as tbs q most favora 81 pie
site n The M0rS Tor e. gree m thst
was through Devils Gap that the Asto.
riat1s passed on their return trip N III
and for many years It WAS o. tne
overland trail 70 Oregon ana alltornih.
5 The fourth irrigation project already
determined upon by the Kovernment WIZ
An Immense reservoir will be conhtru V .a1
by means 81 n dam pproximntely GOD
feet lonR and 200 feet high. the surface
OF which will be 10 feet broad and which
wilt be used as q roadway. - his dam
Will be somewhat curved. the convex sur
81 tho reservoirs 10 crtated Il y Il Is found
practicable to carry the dam to the height
stated, will approximate 900, ooo acreSfeet.
In the construction Of this dam tho en-
arEy OF this water will be used 70 FUR
nish the powell needed, not only IN /.
constructing the Immense pile % ma. 4
sonry, but In manufacturing tho CO \
mcnt, concrete. etc. st
sToR1NG$ WATER OF TWO RIVERS.
The last and most complex irrigation
project thus far determined upon BY; tho
government Is In Nevada. ia known as
the Truckee- Carson project. and has tor
Its purpose the storing Of the waters OF
the Truckee snd Carson Rivers. W h1lss
no engineering enterprise 30 striking 40
those outlined above is involved. the pres
once Of humorous private irrigation CONF
pnnles adds materially to this dfflcul-
Ties which will be encountered. a se-:&S
7les OF reservoirs, several BY means iof
dams, 10 to be conatructed and event-$
ually an area Of not less than 1857
11e acres will be rendered susceptible OF
Irrigation Speaking OF this project r
H.. Newell. u the hydroxr apher in charge,
says. ts
'rhis Is ono Of the most important
OF tho Interstate irrigation problems
which have hasn carefully examined.
Tho construction Of tina WORK proposed
would DO much toward increasing tho
cultivated area and the population 81 Me-
vada. and Il would cause the State 70
rlse pldlySin gricultnral rank. 4 n "a
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