Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-01-06
CONTRAST
Reclamation Work Compared
to That In Progress In
Panama.
Engineers at Home Are Poorly Paid
In Comparison.

Al
The following article published IN the
New York Herald on December 18th
will interest Nevada readers and shows
what Senator Newlands thinks OF the
engineering ability OF the corps Of
workers now engaged in making the
deserts of this state blossom like rose
The engineer referred to in the sub
joined article as Zone distinguished en-
gineer who has been employed in the
great private enterprises OF the west
who accepted from the government a
salary of a third that which he earned
in private practice is undoubtedly L.
III. Taylor, in charge of the irrigation
wor in Nevada.
Following is the article from the
New York Herald:
The contract drawn by Senator New
lands, of Nevada, between the lack OF
accomplishment at Panama and the
real accomplishment OF tine geological
survey in the reclamation OF arid lands
in the west has attracted the attention
OF senators, who are, in the light Of
recent revelations, discussing all phases
of the Panama situation.
Senator Newlands believes the canal
work should hayebeen placed in charge
OF the excellent corps of hydraulic en-
gineers in the employ of the government.
/ He thinks it is mistake to have put
this work in charge OF railway engi-
neers.
Hydraulic engineering as conducted
in the west, Senator Newlands says,
involves not only these things, but all
other things that are embraced in the
construction OF the Panama canal ex-
cept possibly sanitation.
In support of his contentieif 7le
Nevada senator presents some highly
interesting facts concerning the amount
and character OF the work done under
the direction Of the geological survey in
the west. The irrigation act, he points
out was passed in the same month as
the original canal act.
Under the system of individual re-
sponsibility provided in the irrigation
act much valuable work has been ae-
complshed by the corps under Direct
or Woleott and Chief Engineer Newell,
upon whom the responsibility OF the
work was placed by the Secretary OF
the Interior. The problems solved by
this force of hydraulic engineers, hy-
drographers and topographers are in all
respects similar to the problems at
Panama.
Contrasting reclamation salaries with
the fancy salaries paid under the canal
commission, Senator Newlands pointed
to the fact that Director Wolcott gets
$4,000 a year, Chief Engineer Newell
$4,000 and no one of the noted engineers
gets more than $1,000 or $500 year.
The only man connected with this
service who gets more is Mr.. Grunsky,
/ of the former canal commission, who,
upon the upheayel in the canal body,
was assigned to duty as consulting en-
gineer with the reclamation service
by the president, who set his salary at
$4,000 year.
"Many of these men," said Senator
Newlands, "are working for the govern
ment at much less salary than they
could easily get in commercial life
The commercial spirit does not en-
tirely possess the men in the en-
ploy of the Geogical Survey. | know
one distinguished engineer who has
been employed in the great private en-
terprises of the west in irrigation con-
struction who accepted from the govern
ment salary about one-third. that
which he earned in private practice be-
cause he wished to identity his name
with great engineering work IN
which he was interested.
Contrasting the record of accom-
plishment of these two branches of
government service, Senator Newlands
shows that while practically nothing
has been done at Panama unless il be
in regard to the sanitation, the recla-
nation service has built seventy-seyen
miles of main canals, having the size
of rivers; fifty miles OF distributing
canals. 1856 miles of irrigation bitches,
125 miles OF roads in canyons involving
miles of tunnel, 100 miles OF tele-
phone. 1t has excavated ten million
public yards. This has been done by
those responsible for the Panama en-
terprise-Journal.
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