Newport weekly independent., 1904-11-04
'RoCRAPHIc RECORDS.
|cal Benefit Derived from Them Illustrated in Geological
 Survey Work.

parable of the sower is appli-
 Ito all educational work. Much
 mission of the great departments
 tained by the government, espe-
 the scientific bureaus is educa- in it's nature. The government
 ne position of progressive and
 @us instructor in modern col
 Fho, surrounded by every labora
 Ind library facility, spends part
 time in making original investi
 and part in communicating to
 pills the results of his studies
 bed he sows falls on all kinds of
 ut, however poor the ground, 1t
 e to bring forth fruit in some
 there is life in the kernels
 Fs. There is great varia
 2 returns from the different
 educational work prosecuted
 government. The ultimate
 If much of it can be determined
 after the lapse of many years,
 Some of it seems to bear fruit a Idred fold from the very start. An instance of this is seen in the results that have followed the Photographic work of the United States geological survey in many quarters. The cases in which it has been of benefit to the one state of Colorado, for example, are numerous and interesting.
 None of the irrigation work contem- plated by the government would, ordinarily, be possible without long delay, were it not for the Photographic ata accumulated by the survey dur
 G years of observation and
 lent In addition to that,
 lof private individuals is con-
 facilitated by the same records.
 Grge engineering enterprises are
 undertaken without reference to n~V surveys records concerning the Fsupply of water available at the chosen site. The South Platte Land and Reservoir company, which has under way canals and reservoirs that probably aggregate $500,000 in value, has established stations at Orchard and Kersey, Col, because of the superior Photographic advantages of fered by these localities. The choice of those points is directly traceable 10 the data compiled by the survey. Equally important is the fact that projects that would have resulted dis astrously have in numerous cases been abandoned after a study of survey records that throw light on the prob able outcome. Data concerning the flow of water on the Arkansas and South Platte rivers prevented the ex- penditure of great sums of money on the state canal in the first instance, and upon the Pawnee pass reservoir project in the second.
 Survey data seem to be in great demand as unimpeachable testimony in the legal controversies that have arisen in this state in regard to irriga- tion matters. A most notable instance is the case of the Colorado & South ern railroad vs. the Denver Union Water company, in which the sum of $100,000 was involved.
 Data obtained by the survey in re- gard to the amount of water power available at certain peaces have infiu- enced the plans of the Glenwood Springs Light and Power company, the New Century Light and Power company, and also proposed power companies on Clear and St. Vrain's creeks. None of these projects has yet been carried to a conclusion, but some of them will undoubtedly be eventually constructed.
 Colorado cities seeking suitable water supply have frequently con suited data obtained by the survey. In the case of Durango, in southwest ern Colorado, the discharge of Florida river was especially studied in order to ascertain whether a gravity water system would be feasible at that point. The location of various manufactur- ing industries has been determined by report from survey engineers on the available water supply
 AN OXEN CAVALRY CORPS.