Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-22

~ 500 % me largest. and 10
n IN many respects IhD most aon.
III N dDuul HaterA0rss system iu
fhc world yIlI boz completed
ard placed Boz operation iu me
coUuo ~ this month JY The city ~
los Angeles. Cal The Aqurduct
aim fa system OF nyn storage ros.r
suiH ia 2al miles iu length. and 10
designed to carry o daily supply Of
..h.DnNODO gallons from the sierra
NU.I. mountains southwark across
'lr hr,it MGjlfo desert. under the
Sierra Madrc range and into the san
fernando valley twenty Eve miles
'0r'hNss' NJ the city From here the
RWcr needed for domestic cousump
uDu Wiil Boz carried in q sis foot steel
pIlr into the Cltys present disir.hu
ton mains The system comprises tho
longest aquoduci in the world
The project was inaugumted Boz
1908 and Finc. 1905 an army OF 5000
meu have been steadily employed
might and day iu is construction on
tnn dosolatc and sun toorchcd desert
The summer temperature have
ranged 40 high as 40 degrees + lu
fact one Of the great problems has
been 20 provide the men and animals
with food aud va 20 aud proper uc
Iommodations 20 Withstand The china
nc conditions
OF Various Forms
The Los Angelic Aqu.duci. as b. is
called. is OF various forms and de-
signs Tho FIRST twenty-five miles is
uullncd open canal the following
thirtyc.ght miles is an open ditch. and
tho remainder is lu covered concrete
conduit tunnels. and concrete and
rFo.Dd steel siphuus. the latter being
used Gao carry the Wa.er across deep
canyons OF valleys More than hfty.
three miles OF the aqucduct b. com
posed of tunnels driven through solid
granite. the longest being the Eliza.
beth tunnel under the Sierra Mtdrc
mountains, with a length OF five miles
provide. for the .mp1uud.ns Of nfty
billion salons. which. at the rate OF
the HfY present daily consumption.
would bD sufficient 90 supply the mlni.
ciply iur three years
Much of the work has been done
from it, 'o thirty ave miles from any
railroad Preliminary 20 the construc.
ton 90 the aqacduct q was uoces.
asy 600 build 800 miles 90 roads and
trails. four water systems with 100
ma0a az mains. three hydrO.plectric
VuNrl plants. "a telephone system 900
miles ..ue standard gauge steam
railroad 100 miles into the MoIaVo
lD..t and a cement mill costing
S.. .U With The exception o, one
small contract Tor nine miles of con.
dulH and tunnels the entire work
hl. been done by the city
f.. system ls a gravity one through.
orr .fo intake being az an elevation
60 .N.- feet above seal level. and tUs
elevation of Los Angeles being ON coo
average ouly 2,G feet Tho cost of
Goo upfk has been Seo.0o0O00. cNclI.
sIy' o' any power development Iy
mpouuilug the now % the aquodu. c
az ufs outlet during ne rainy season
" Will bc possible 10 deliver more
thau pOU0OOlo gallons daily durirg
the lry season April 10 10 October o
n which no rain falls This s
much more than sufficient 10 meet ire
daily r,quircments OF the city q,
london As the city Of Los Angelo
has O. present population Of only CO...
uul and requires but 60 DO0.O01 gallons
1lUs iha surplus aqueduct aoV Tor a
lorr .ariCd OF years will BE- devote q
.C tH0 irrigation OF lg5.0Oo acres az
orange and lemon lands adjacent 90
che U'y
Chief Features.
Ono 90 the chief features OF the
enterprise b. u the generation Il
a..r. electric energy There is a fell
0' $500 feet iu the aqueduct forty
seven miles from the city. with tho
possibility Of developing 10000 900
horse poNcr OF this amount $500
nors. power arr nov being developed
st a cost % g5.3s00uo The bower
houses will b. ready Tor operation
within several months after the a4ua
dIe' IS placed n operation. aud their
output will be- devoted 20 lighting the
C.fvs streets aud boulegards The
designer and constructor Of this F-ea,
vo-k. which in point OF magnitude
ranks as the third largest hydraulic
Work under way in the western hamis