The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-12-15


the lands lying just above the grade
of nearly all the irrigation bitches, II
watered. are more valuable than the
lands below.
In order to cover the greatest pos
sible area of land, irrigating bitches
are necessarily taken out and carried
on the highest possible level. In the
numerous laterals used to distribute
the water, there are many waterfalls.
On account of the even head main
tanned in the canal and the absence
of floods and droughts incident to all
natural streams, these waterfalls IN
the laterals~ present ideal conditions
for the installation Of water power
pumping plants. From them water
can be pumped at very small cost
to lands lying above the gravity flow
of the main canal or irrigating bitches.
About eight years ago my father
and I filed homestead claims on two
quarter sections of land adjoining the
town of Sunnyside. The Location
comprised one mile of the eastern end
nj Shines Mountain. The main lat
eral from the Sunnyside Canal runs
at the base of this tract on the north,
east and southern boundaries. The
summit of our homesteads is 218 feet
above the surface of the water IN the
canal. but approximately threefourtns
of the area of the homesteads lies I'M
der an elevation of 100 feet above the
canal and about one-third of 1t under
an elevation of 60 feet. When we took
the homesteads everyone CONSIDERED
us very foolish, because 1t seemed I'M
possible ever to get water for lrrlga'
tion purposes to such a great eleva-
ton above the canal. Nevertheless,
all agreed that with water it was the
most valuable piece of land In the
valley. No one ever comes to sunny
side to see the country that is not
taken upon ms hill for inspiration.
IT has been plated, and we were So
licitous for an appropriate name. Mr..
Eliza Dean, a prominent real estate
man, suggested the name Grand
View" for he said the view of farms
from this mountain is the grandest TO
be seen anywhere in the world. All
the panorami, pictures of this part
of the valley have been taken from
Grand View"
But how to get water UP for irriga-
ton was the question. Electric, steam
or gasoline power were too expensive
to be considered. A lateral OF i've
cubic feet per second with a fall OF
81 feet is taken out of the canal at
the east end of the tract above de-
scribed. Here was approximately 20
horsepower available for pumping
purposes. There was plenty OF water
in the canal if we could only find some
way of lifting it. After consulting
few very reputable engineers and man.
ufactuers of pumps, engines and cleo
trical machinery, l was obliged to give
up all hope of elevating water by
means of steam, gasoline or electric
power on account of the expense or
maintaining such plant.
I then turned my attention to the
possibilities of the turbine water
wheel and pump or the hydraulic ram.
| obtained estimates from the Column
bia Steel Company of Portland, Ore
gon, and from one of the best pump
firms on the Coast, for utilizing the
water power in the lateral above re-
ferred to- The Columbia Steel Com
pany guaranteed to deliver three
fourths of cubic foot OF water per
second to an elevation of 100 feet
above the surface of the water in the
canal, and the pump people guaran-
teed only one-half of cubic foot per
second The Columbia Hydraulic
Ram people, therefore, guaranteed me
so per cent more water, under the
same conditions, than the people with