Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-04-02

and station OF Tchoumra, and they
measure an area OF LOG. no acres in all.
The irrigating plans, in all their techni-
cal details. have been drawn, after sur.
vcys extending over three years. by H.
& A. Waldrop, the engineers who have
built the port OF Haider Pacha. The
plans have been approved by the imperia,
government. and tho agreement bearing
upon them was signed on November "a,
1907. by the Sublime Porte and the Anato-
liam Railway company. by this agree
ment, the imperial government intrusts
to Anatolian Railway company the
execution of the work for account of the
ottoman Empire.
GENERAL PLANS.
| The plans, in their general outlines, in
| volvc the following works:
| The lake OF Boy Chehir, toward the
| river and near the village Of that name
will be closed by a barrage 200 feet in
| length and rising 10 feet above tho mean
| level Of the lake This barrage will have
| Is gates, by means OF which the flow
| into the canal will be regulated. The
| river OF Boy Chehr will he decpencd
wherever necessary MP to five and six
| feet. and will be dikcd a little above its
| outlet into Lake karaviran. This line of
| bikes will be provided with a few gates
which. in the event of too much water
| having to he taken from Lake Bey
! Chehr. will allow an overflow in the UNI
foreground passages.
DAILY CONSULAR AND TRADE RE-
PORTS.
Starting from the dikes, there will he
| a canal is miles long running around
| Lake Karaviran. This canal so feet
| wide and five feet deep, will connect hey
| Chehir river. near the village OF Tchai.
Lake Karaviran will be drained. and
| its area of 1000 acres will be irrigated
| by the overflow into the underground
| passages. The river of Tchcrchembe is
| here a regular torrent From a pic
| turesque gorge from 80 to 1865 feet in
width it falls in several cascades. from
10 to 10 feet high. into the narrow valley
OF Baliklava. and continues its winding
course beyond the village OF Appa toward
| the plain south of Koniah But the river
bed is very unequal and rises sudden
| ~ in several places. which, in times of
| food. causes foundations. This bed,
| therefore. will be regulated. In the first
| IL miles, where the grade is about one
| in 800, dams will be constructed at six
| of the larger falls. Fifteen Of the %
| miles remaining will have to be dredged.
| A little beyond the district of Appa thu
| river bed runs lower than the lands to
| be irrigated, which then rise in the d.
| rcction of Koniah. This bed, therefore,
| cannot serve as canal, and it will be
| abandoned beyond Appa near the farm
| OF Valid The water will be led up to
| Tchoumra on an aQueduct so feet in
| length over the Tcherchembe river, which
| there suddenly turns to the south and
runs 80 feet under the aqueduct. or the
| I25 miles of total canal lenrth, "a miles
| have TO be dug ont, and besides the great
barraee near Bey Chehir there will be
Ave other barrages with gates.
ENCHANTING WORK-NAST BENE-
From this main canal the water will DE
| led to the lands to be ir GGtcd in hun
| dreds of distributing channels of a total
length of 1850 miles. This work will call
for the removal of Is million cubic yards
Of earth. The irrigated lands on both
sides OF the Bagdad railway and bet ween
Koniah and Karaman. measuring 1!4.0OO
acres, and the 1000 acres reclaimed
! from tHt lake OF l\araNlran, Will require
seven billion cubic feet OF water per an
| mum.
| BY accurate measurements, since No
vember, 1904, of the overflow into Bey
Chehir river from Bey Chehir lake it
has been ascertalned that even in years
OF drought supply of over eight bill
lion cubic feet OF water can be relied
upon. The year before last the overflow
and this year until November /. to Il
billions. Careful observations and meas
| urements have further shown that
evaporation through climatic causes is so
small mot even ~ inches per year in
the lake of Bcy Chehir) that II need not
be taken into consideration. There Will
even be enough water to !rrigate later
on millions of acres OF new lands with
out carrying out further works.
II is figured that expenses will not ex.
coed s3l per acre. which constitute a very
favorable average in comparison with
similar undertakings In recent years.
The province Of Koniah and the whole
OF the Ottoman Empire will derive an
immense profit from this Undertaking.
although it is probable that It's advan-
| tages will not appear from the very first
years. The irrigation lands will have to
TO settled by immigrants who would he
supplied. gratuitously al first. with what
they may require FOR their work.
| The Ottoman government will draw
considerable profit from the enterprise.
as. owing to the lncrea-e of traffic on
the Anatolian and the Bagdad railways,
a. first through the transportation of
atcrials necessary Tor tue irrigation
works and then through the increase of
products from the cultivated lands Ohe
production OF wheat clone will furnish
an additional 20.0oo carloads per annum).
the impcrla! government WI have to
pay less. and eventually pcrhaps moth
ing. as mileage guaranty. This consid-
cradle increase In the revenues will also
profit mm"r sclY to tie AnatOlian and
the BaGaad railways 10 the ports of
lIaidar pacha 8Nd Dcrin' ie and. after
the construction Of the Ercli- Adann
branch, 10 the Mcrsina Adana railway
and TO the port of Mcrsina.