Arizona republican., 1906-01-08

many having heard once have already forgotten and many others perhaps ne- yer heard of. That is, that beside the Roosevelt dam there are three other places between the dam and the Arizona head, which the government engineers have always had in mind for auxiliary power plants, the total of which will approximate as much additional power as will be generated at the dam itself. This will be secured by using over again the same water that has general ed power at the dam. The government at the present time, so far as is known, is taking no steps to utilize these aux Hilary sites, other than to hold them against the time when they will be needed and mention of it is made now, only to refresh the readers mind con- corning the future possibilities-just one more pleasing rainbow that will undoubtedly materialize into fact when the proper time comes.
 Ten or elevn miles below the Roose welt dam, is a good site for a canal head where water may be diverted from the river and after running through a canal a mile long, turned back into the river over a fifty foot drop. At Bagley flat, fifteen miles above the mouth of the Verde river is another natural diversion point where the water after running through can al about three fourths of a mile long, can be turned back over a forty foot drop. Thirteen miles above the mouth of the Verde, or just below the last named site, is opportunity for another diversion. This canal would need to be several miles long but at the end of l its course the water would be turned | back. into the river over a ninety foot fall. These canals could be construct ed of any desirable size but naturally the water desired to be so utilized | would only be the amount necessarily turned down the river for irrigating purposes, being used over and over again in its journey from Roosevelt to the Arizona head. Assuming that 200,- 900 acres are to be supplied with four acre feet of water annually, there would be an approximate average flow of 10000 inches in the river and these canals would be made to accommodate such a flow. Forty thousand inches, running over an aggregate drop of 1S0 feet at the three places, would gener- ate over 10000, horsepower. These figures are only rough estimates but they are not far out of the way with all conditions named existing as they l surely will exist after the reservoir is | in operation. With the stored water | the power generated at Roosevelt is deemed ample for present purposes but it is surely pleasing to know that even with those big constructions in sue | cessful operation, all natural resources will be by no means exhausted. It is not improbable that when the time comes and careful surveys are made
 these sites may be found to be even better than outlined, or other details may develop that will increase the utility of this water for power pur- poses.
 But even then the limit will not have been reached, for there seems to be nc
 limit except by satiety. or in othel
 words new necessities develop new re-
 sources. It has been the claim oi scientific farmers always that more
 water is wasted than is used. The
 day will no doubt come, when witt cemented ditches and carefully hus- banded and properly applied water
 and the proper selection of the mos
 profitable and best adapted crops, this same amount of water will be made tC duty for twice the acreage.