Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-11
face, by a tunnel.

face, by a tunnel.
They are each seven inches in dame
ter When first put to the test, on
Wednesday of last week, they furnish
ed 721s inches of water, which was
very satisfactory.
On Thursday evening, after an all
day test of pumping, a small river of
practically 100 inches--to be exact, SO
coursing westward on the road toward
the ostrich farm, the cement ditch not
| yet being constructed.
Well, if the 1914 inches was satisfac-
tory, Mr.. Newenhams feelings can be
better imagined than described at the
yield of 100 inches.
Failure of the wells to make good
not only meant disappointment and
| loss prestige to the valley, but it meant
cial loss, bordering on financial disas-
ter.
He had sold the land as part of
the ostrich farm and had entered into
contract to furnish the purchaser
with water.
Every we'll wisher of the valley will
congratulate Mr. Newenham for his
splendid courage and pluck in promot-
| ing this enterprise and carrying it
through to a successful issue.
The credit of bringing the ostrich
farm to San Jacinto belongs solely to
him.
| He purchased the land on which it
is located and resold it to them un-
der contract to furnish a water sup
ply, and on two or three occasions OBJ
stacles presented themselves which
looked as though the final consumma-
ton of the deal would never be ac-
complished.
But by indomitable pluck and energy
he surmounted every obstacle, and
success has crowned his efforts and
has also brought great benefit to the
valley. Mr.. Eckley, the expert me-
chanic sent here to install the machin-
cry, is entitled to due proportion of
the credit also.
Not only was the work of installa-
ton we'll done. but the manipulation
1 of the machinery during the test I'M
der his supervision was skilfully per-
formed and in such a manner as to
produce the best results.
2 Cases have been known where water
was found in abundance, but through
Encouragement of the machinery it
was not brought out and poor results
obtained.
Mr.. Newenham will sink two more
wells twelve inches in diameter, and If
the same good results are obtained
they will give an excess Of water, as
the contract calls for only 140 inches.
The pump installed has a rated ca
pacity of 140 inches, but Mr.. Eckley
says it will lift 200 inches without any
| difficulty
Doc Baisley who successfully drilled
the four wells recently completed, has
the contract for sinking the other two,
and expects to have them completed
within week or ten days
Another history making we'll for the
valley was a ten-inch we'll sunk by Mr.
Proctor for J. S. Jackson, the pur-
chaser of 23O acres of the Estudillo
| tract.
The well is located near the railroad
where Esplanade street crosses it.
1t is on the five-acre tract bought
by Mr.. Jackson recently from julius
johnson.
Mr.. Jackson is an oldtime contrac-
! tor. and believes when he starts to do
anything to go after it for all it is
worth.
He was practically in the same stu
alton as Mr. Newenham.
He had made large investments in
| land in the valley.
| He secured the land at a reasonable
price, provided plenty of water was
added to it.
| But water was as essential to the
land to make it valuable as it is every
where,
So he not only sunk a larger well,
but determined on depth also.
He went to depth of 400 feet. On
Thursday last he perforated the casing
and the flow of water was simply phe-
| nomenal.
Nothing in the valley had ever at
tanned such a record for a flow.