East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-02
PUMPING SCHEME
WILL RECLAIM KANSAS LAND

no observations made of any value;
nevertheless it Is not anticipated by II
the government that any diminution
will occur within a long period of
time.
At Garden City there has been for
"a years a Farmers ditch" ~ miles
long. 1t was built by private capital
to carry water Il om dam across the
Arkansas river. The great trouble
with this project was that at the very
time the water was most needed the
Arkansas river went dry"
The government will make use OF
this ditch. It is building canal five
miles long to carry water and empty
| 1t into this ditch. The beginning or
| the government canal is south of the
Arkansas river. The water is to be
conveyed beneath the liver in a wood
ell stave circular flume, supported on
40-foot pillars, which stand in 10-foot
centers.
While the construction of this flume
is to be- of wood, the fact remains that
1t will probably stay intact for CEN
tuii les, this being insured by its being
continually immersed. The material
Is long-ieaf southern pine. The canal
is lined throughout with both plain
/ ard reinforced concrete, four inches
| in thickness At its starting point the
canal is not over two feet wide, but
gets larger in size as additional bat
teries of pumps are reached. At its
junction with the Farmers ditch" the
conduit is trapsayodical in form and
four feet broad at the bottom and L.
at the surface.
Twenty-Three Pumping Stations.
The government power plant for its
different pumping stations win be At
9 the village of Ieerfield. There viii
be main power house and 23 pump
ing stations-all small buildings.
Q ranged along the five-mile course of
[ the concrete conduit. Starting with
n the main power house one can see in
the prospective and perspective the
future plant The power house Is ad-
g mirable in size and equipment The
s two prime movers consist of two units
" steam turbines Of the De Laval pat.
O tern. Each unit will be of 225 kiliwa,
l. power capacity.
It Twenty-three pumping stations viii
l. main source. the current being con
n veyed through steel cable. Looking
l. into one of these pumping house
a. may be seen at intervals of 1000 fee
is The pumping batteries the fac si11il
m of them all. Stationed at in-sunk t
Of d-pth of from 80 to 80 feet. Will
as the remaining one will so down 80
seet Each pump is to be No. cen
On trifugsl. actuated by 25 horse powe
en- motor. The water is raised by thes
OIL pumps through vertical double ga
lr- vanized spiral Iiveted penstocks to I'll
RS. conveying canal, and flows in a north
g. wcsternly direction to its confluenC
vi. with the Farmers ditch"
nd The engineers house and offices al
- already built. Superintendent Hogl
who is to have charge of the plaI
when completed and in operation,
already on the grounds, assisting
the work. He comes direct from sin
ilal work in California.
Tie Rights of Farmers.
Many questions are being asked r.
gardng tho privileges and rights A
cruing under the new regime, and
is understood in answers to sue
queries that the government will Sc
water rights under this ditch for abo
= $50 per acre, to be made in 10-yei
payments This will be a paidup rig
h ard there will he no further pa
v mems required after the paidup rig