Imperial Valley press., 1922-11-27
Chief Engineer of District Tells
Operations for First Half of Month
BY RAY S. CARBERRY
Chief Engineer, Imperial Irrigation
District

The following is brief statement of
the operations and activities of the I'm
perial Irrigation District during the
period November | to 10, 1922:
General
The maximum temperature for the
period was 81 degrees ON the second,
the minimum was "a degrees on the
fourth and the mean 56.7. The period
was characterized by very cool nights
and warm days.
Dredging
ALPHA-Dredging Solfatarn canal
until October 2S, when the dredge was
laid up for repairs.
BETA-Idle Mt East Side heading.
This dredge is to be dismantlcd.
IOTA- Dredging Alamo Channel be.
tween Carrillo Bend lIeadgate and
Laurence Heading.
OMEGA-Idlc at Tecolote Cut.
Dredge is to be dismantled.
STOCKTON NO. 2-Idle at end Of
Carrillo Ben Channel, awaiting repairs.
STOCKTON NO. 3-Dredging south
side of west side main canal below
Wardlaw check.
MONAGHAN no. dredging Holt
Vile main drain. Dredge was laid up
November 10 for repairs.
MONAGHAN NO. 2-Dredging up
stream above Tortuoso Check on the
Solfatara canal.
BUCYRUS NO. dredging Holt
willie No. drain between the Palm and
Pine.
BUCYRUS no. 2-Dredging Holt
Vile No. 3, drain between the Pansy
and Township canals.
BUCYRUS NO. 3-At Rositas canal
ON the central main drain.
MARION NO. l--Being repaired.
MARION no. 2-Dredging lloltville
main drain, and building road on west
side of the canal.
MARION no. 3l3-Dredging cen
tral main.
STOCKTON NO. 345 - Dredging
west side main canal.
Seven Ruth dredges are working IN
the Imperial division.
Six Ruth dredges are at work on the
Holtville northern division
Three Ruth dredges are nj work on
| the Brawley division.
Three Ruth dredgcs are at work on
the Holtvine southern division.
Two Ruth drcdges are at work on
the Calexico division.
Water Distribution
During the period the operations OF
the following water companies were
taken over as of November !, under
lease agreements pending final trans
| fer.
Imperial Water Company NO. j.
Imperial Water Company No. Z.
Imperial Water Company No. 4.
Imperial Water Company No. ..
! Imperial Water Company No. d.
Imperial Water Company No. Z.
Imperial Water Company NO. IL.
Imperial South Side Water Company.
Imperial East Side Water Company.
Imperial Water Company NO. was
taken over under lease agreement
dated November 4.
The work of reorganization OF the
forces of the above companies were
undertaken as the leases were made,
and division offices of the district es'
tablished at Brawley, Imperial, Holt
Vile and Calexieo.
Delivery of water in the entire
United States portion of the valley FOR
this period, on the same basis as pre-
vious to November ], compares with
last period by q decrease OF l6.2 per
cent and compared with the same per-
iod year ago shows an increase or ~
per cent
Water deliveries in Mexico are
about "a per cent greater than for TINS
period last year, which latter was oo
per cent greater than the same period
the year previous. These figures IN
dicate an increasing use OF water IN
the winter.
The work of cnlarging the Solfatara
canal above the Tortnoso drop witn
Monaghan No. is proceeding well and
will be finished in about two months,
making an enlarged canal from Cudahy
Check 10 Tortuoso crop with sufficient
capacity 10 carry $500 second feet.
The work Of enlarging the west side
main canal below Woodbine beading
and strengthening the south levee will
probably be finished in month and a
half, giving sufficient capacity to this