Arizona republican., 1913-08-05
Interesting Statements of F. w. Hanna, Personal Representative of Com missioner French on Wa ter Measuring.
PROTECT THE
 WATERSHED
Financial Statements Bring Out Fact of $25,00O Monthly Cost of Project. Good Work Done By w. U. A.

There was a point meeting of the council and boar of governor of the Water Users association yesterday, that was q regular meeting, but which proved because of the presence of P. w. Hanna Of the Washington office of the reclamation service to be one of the most interesting meetings that has yet been held Mir. Hanna is here as the personal representative of George D. French. the new reclamation com missioner who has charge of the oper- ation and maintenance of the various projects under the department. In fact therefore. MT. Hanna came here as the spokesman of both Commissioner French and Secretary of the Interop Franklin D. Lane.
 For three or four days MT. Hanns has been going quietly around investi- gating the project, especially as re- gards the system of management. La this he has received every assistance from Engineer Howard s. Reed, who has charge of that part of the work Mir. Hanna attended the meeting of the governors and council and answered questions put to him by the membere present MT Hanna has had vast experience in irrigation. serving as pro- jeCt engineer on the Boise project.
 One of the matters of interest to tho farmers is the matter of measuring wa ter in the ditches themselves. Mir. Hanna told the farmers that he be- lieved each of them ought to be able to measure the water approximately correct enough so as to know if he were getting too much or too little water He said that there were two general systems for this sort of thing in gen eral use One of them is called the weir system, which has been used on large laterals in this section somewhat. while the other is the open orifice system.
 With a weir and a guage, a farmer can become expert in reading his own service thus doing away with a lot of checking that often times has to be done. The open orifice system is self measuring almost as only so much water can go through the orifice under a given pressure. In that system the orifice at the mouth of a ditch is be- low the level of the water as is also the outlet. This system has proven very satisfactory wherever tried
 Comparative Costs
 The board of governors and council men had another matter of interest to
 
 them. This was largely a matter of figures showed where the money for maintenance is going to. II embOdies a full Hist of the number and salaries of the employees of the reclamation ser vice on both the north and south side furnished by the reclamation service at the request of the board of governors
 It shows that the cost of the system here for three months ending July 1st was about s25.000 per month. The fig ures follow and are self explanatory. Salt River Project, Operation and
 Maintenance. Officers and En-
 pIoyes-JuIy, 1913. Engineer in charge. s27OO per annum.
 North Side Office. 1 junior clerk S120O per annum; 1 | junior clerk. Cstenograp pher). s1380 per | annum: 1 timekeeper. S12O per month; 1 timekeeper. sS5 per month; recor- | der, $75 per month; ? record clerks, s9O l per month Operation-1 assistant engineer, l $500 per annum; superintendents of irrigation, s1OO per month; 1 gate ten der. Granite Reef, s1OO per month; 1 | division gate man. $115; 1 division gate 1 man. s1fO: 3 zanjeros. $95 per month; | 19 zanieros. S9O per month; zanjeros, 1 S85 per month. Hydrogra phers-1 hydrographer, $125 | per month: 1 hydrOgrapher. $110 per month hydrographer, s95 per month; hydrographer s9O per month; 1 hy- drographer, 1885 per month: 1 hydro grapher, s65 per month. Inspection-1 junior engineer, s1440 per annum; 1 inspector, s10O per month; 1 inspector. s85 per month
 Maintenance-3 camp foremen, $4.00 per day; 1 camp foreman, s3.25 per day: l camp foreman. s2.50 per day l carpenter, s4.5O per day; 4 carpenters, s4OO per day; ? carpenters. s3.50 per day; carpenter helpers, S2.75 per day; sub foremen, s2.75 per day; team sters. s2.50 per day; IS teamsters, s2.25 per day; IS laborers, s2.OO per day; 126 Iaborers. s1.75 per day.
 Mess HOuseS-4 cooks, s750O per month; walters. $35.OO per month; l waiter. s45.OO per month
 South Side Office.
 junior clerk. s1OOOO per month: stenogra pher. s75.0O per month; 1 rec ord clerk. s75.0O per month.
 OperatiOn-1 assistant irrigation manager. $175.OO per month; 1 superin- tendent s115.OO per month 1 assistant superintendent, s95.OO per month; 1 gate tender, Granite Reef. s1O0.OO: l gate tender 5000; 1 zanjero. s95.OO; zanjeros. 5000; 1 zanjero.. s85.00.
 InspectiOn-1 inspector. $100.00.
 Hydrographer hydrographer, 5000.
 Maintenance-1 camp foreman, s4.00 per day; camp foremen, s3,50 per