Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-11


flowing out of the pipe and kept in
creaslng all day Friday. and before
night there was stream of twenty
five inches flowing from it.
on inquiry among those posted on
artesian wells it is learned that flow
of about fifteen inches is about the
maximum for the valley.
On Saturday a pump was placed on
the well and volume of fifty-f1ve
inches was obtained.
Mr.. jackson has since let the con-
tract for sinking two more ten-inch
wells, and will connect them all up
with one pump and expects to obtain
about $50 inches.
When it is considered that the water
supply of the San Jacinto Valley Wa
ter company amounts to only about
140 inches, this volume of Mr.. jack
sons wells can be better realized by
comparison.
The pumping plant at the ostrich
farm is the largest yet installed here,
being a 40 horsepower engine, with
vertical pump fifteen feet below the
surface.
Mr.. Jackson's pumping plant when
installed will also be 40 horsepower.
Another of the important develop
ments along this line made recently
is the system being installed at Soboba.
from which supply of between $50
and 200 inches was obtained from three
wells in the test made this week,
c. L. Bowler, who purchased 100
acres of the Estudillo ranch, has let Il
contract for sinking a ten or twelve
inch well near the old box factory, and
will install a pumping plant on it.
Mr.. Newenham, as soon as he COM
pletes his plan for the ostrich farm,
will sink a well near Esplanade street
to obtain water for his 10O-acre tract
of the Estudillo ranch. He has already
let the contract. A large pumping
plant will be installed on it, too.
Among the more notable pumping
plants already in operation, e. l.. Ran
ney's stands at the head of the list for
size, having four wells about one mile
east of town and a 80 horsepower
pumping plant, from which he obtains
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acres of alfalfa.
Next on the list is that on the ranch
| formerly owned by c. e. Bunker, now
the property of Mr.. Meet right on the
edge of town. This has two wells, one
seven and one twelve inch; %
horsepower pumping plant. and irri-
gates seventy acres of alfalfa.
| Diagonally across the street from Mr..
Bunkers old place J. E. Dunkley irri-
gates eighteen acres of alfalfa with
twenty-five inches of water raised with
IL horsepower pumping plant.
Mr. Kumler and son have 260 acres
east of Old Town, some of it in barley
and some in alfalfa, but which they
are sowing to alfalfa as rapidly as
possible. They have number of fair
| ly good sized wells, from one of which
eighty-three inches are pumped when
| needed.
Another of the larger pumping
| plants, and one among the best in the
1 valley, is f. j. Logsdon's. He has a
ten-inch we'll which flows large vol
ume and he pumps about seventy
4 inches when needed. He has twenty
acres in alfalfa.
!! L. ]. Bentley, three wells; two seven
| inch wells and one Gust completely
ten-inch A flow of ten inches is OBJ
tanned from this new one. He has
twenty acres of alfalfa and a good
pumping plant.
L. r. Kurtz, one mile west of town,
has fine pumping plant and irrigates
twenty acres of alfalfa.
Doc Baisley obtains thirty-five inches
of water for his twenty acres of al
falfa, Just west of town, by means OF
pumping plant.
Young & McLish have quite an acre.
| age in alfalfa, and have good flowing
wells, as well as good pumping plant.
| r. B. Record has a seven-inch well.
with good flow and also has a pumping
plant, and irrigates fifteen acres of al
falfa
Frank Farmer, Irving Hirshfeldt and
II. A. Clark each have good pumping
plants.
C. E. Bunker has a man engaged
now in sinking a we'll east of town on
Mountain avenue, from which he ex-
poets to obtain $50 inches of water to
be used largely on a tract of 100 acres
which he has commenced sowing to
| alfalfa.
To enumerate all the pumping plants
and all the good flowing wells would
take more space than one issue of the
Register contains.
| The distance from which the water
is raised averages from fifteen to
twenty feet. The cost of pumping Is
from to 10 cents per inch. The actual
cost of hay per ton, irrigated with
pumped water and cut, baled and on
board of cars is from $3.50 to 81 per
tom, seldom running as high as the
latter figure.-San Jacinto Register.