Arizona republican., 1914-12-21

Breaking the record for a twenty
four hour gain in the reservoir con-
tent, the storm which has lowered
over Arizona for four days, yesterday
gave The Republican occasion for a
real rain story. AS follows:
Seven and a quarter feet of water
was added to the elevation of the
lake between six o'clock Saturday
morning and eight o'clock Sunday
morning.
Forty one thousand acre feet of
water was added to the total reser-
ivoir store.
And when The Republican talked
to the man in the power house at
Roosevelt last night, the wall of
water stood six feet high over the
intake dam.
The Republicans water report for
today would read as follows:
STORED WATER SUPPLY.
Water service report for December
20:
Elevation of water in reservoir,
1eet 12b.Uo
90
Gain proceeding "a hours, acre
feet :. E. ............. 1883
Elevation Of water one year
ago today ..........-.. 1875
Contents of reservoir one year
ago today 1863, $50
Flow of Salt and Verde rivers
at Granite Reef dam, M. /. .338, ,720
Amount of water used for irr-
cation, north side, M. h.. none
Amount of water used for irri-
cation, south side, M. h.. none
And that "ain't ALL" In the eight
hours between yesterday morning S
reading and the reading taken ex-
water had risen 81 feet, which adds
about twenty thousand additional
acre feet to the stored water supply.
Observations at the intake DAM
Il miles above Roosevelt, show that
at one time there were $1,000 second
feet flowing into the lake. The
flood showed no signs of letting up
either. as a good part of the run
eff has not yet reached the reservoir
The preliminary soaking. accomplish
ed by the first rains of Thursday and
Friday, wet the ground so that a
large percentage of the later rains
will come down as run off.
At the end of the rain at Roose-
welt, the gauge showed that a total
of 1856 inches had fallen during the
storm. Carr's ranch went 'em some
better with fall of sol inches-the
biggest since the gauges have been
established in the Sierras Anchas.
The big gain of yesterday and
the fact that it is not all scored on
the tally sheets, make it certain that
the predicted average of 5000 acre
feet day will be reached. Accord
ing to the authorities, it will take
several days for all the run off tC
reach the lake, and in that time, the
daily gains will be fully up to OF
even higher than the average calcu-
lated by the reclamation engineers
The contours of the reservoir make
It. impossible to figure the total gain
without the use of the reclamation
charts. which are not available a.
this time. But at the latest reading
tne eleVdtlOn Oh the reservoir was
129.7S. a gain of 1895 feet sine,
Saturday morning, and about IL fee
since the rain started and the gate.
were closed.
1t is safe to assume that the rain
to date has added sixty Thousand
acre feet. That is pretty far from
the million needed to fill the reser
voir, but with the promise Of furthe
rains, and abundant snow on TIL
watershed during January and Feb
ruary, the valley ought to start tn
irrigation season next spring with
record quantity of stored water. TIL
high mark of III feet made in 1912
will probably be beaten before tn
summers irrigation depletes tn
store, according to a water users of
ficial.
In all probability, the coming mon
tbs will be damp ones on the water
shed. Already, the effect Of the dro