I Crook County Journal.
County Odlolal Paper.
TIIUKHDAY, DKCKMHKH II, 1001
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third, tho powiitiility cif Htoring
water; and fourth a knowledge af
tho rainfall of ihi region, on which
the How of tho ulreain depend. ?
Ono of tin) firt steps taken in
the iiivestigotion wo a careful re
view in l'uriH of the records of
niinfiill a twl ui ,,, n... i,....i i...
;ilwillVCtm.i((,n of (h, water tho enrineers of Fren.l, P..
cuppiy lor tho Ithrmun cmiiil wAHiI'M Una, Companion, both first
o impnrtttiit a factor in tlm hcIm- and second, which though fairly
complete, wero found lacking in
r(wxietH to flood records. The next
timi of the route an the survey of
tnu physical feature of the coun
try through which it must iw.
If tho original , intention of the
Ficnch onginoors to moko the can
al a tidewater canal had been car
ried out, the water supply of the
country would not . have been a
factor to lie considered, except for
the . euibaraHHmont occasionally
caused by cxtrctno floods which'
might find their way into tho can
al. Hut when tho tidewater pro
ject wan abandoned and it was de
cided that a canal crowing the con
tinental divido by means of locks
with a summit level of nearly 100
feet above the sea was tho most
feasible plan of construction, it be
came of tho utmost importance to
'determine whether tho natural
supply of tho region in the form of
nearby streams would be sufficient
to provide the amount of water
ii(essary to ojHTate the canal.
There will obviously bo a constant
drain on the waters of tho summit
level with every vessel passing
through the locks, which will be go
considerable that large quantities
f water must t tuoured t re
plenish it Careful dstimates have
placed tliis amount necessary to
meet the losses from lockage, pow
er, leakage, and evaxiration the
hint being by no means an unim
portant factor in a tropical climate
at an amount cjual to a con
stant flow of 1,070 cubic feet per
second.
Such an investigation was car
ried on by tho Isthmian Commis
sion for a number of years under
Mr. Arthur 1'. Davis, of the United
States Geological Survey, as chief
hydrographer, and included both
the regions of tho Nicaragua and
the I'unnnm routes. The results
of this work are o much interest
and will shortly appear in the
Twenty-second Annual Hoport of
tlie I'nitcd States Geological Sur
rey, l'art IV, which is now in
press. From this comprehensive
report it is seen that the feasibility
of the Panama route rests upon the
magnitude and habit of the
Chagres river, from which it must
draw its. supply for the summit
level, and from which its lower
' levels will be in danger in times of
flood. To a less degree tho Grande
river, at tho southern end of tlie
line, is of similar importance.
Hefore the Panama route could
be definitely recommended Beveral
important facts regarding the
Chagres river had to be determined.
First the amount of its minimum
How, to find how little water might
be expected at certain seasons to
feed the summit level; second, the
magnitude of its , flood discharge,
to show how much surplus water
would have to be disposed of in
times .of freshet without injury to
the canal or detention to its traflic;
step was to verify and extend these
observations. This was done by
establishing gaging stations, where
careful measurements were made
of tho amount of flow by means of
current meters and float rods and
by gages set in tho stream to re
cord its daily heights and fluctu
ations, from which the maximum,
minimum, and moan discharges a canal, the land would be taken
investigations have been corn-'
pleted.
Attention is called to tlie' fact
that all the entries made upon the
lands referred are subject to the
following proviso, of the act of
August 30, 1890, (20 Stat., 391):
That in all patents for lands
hereafter taken- up under any
of the land laws of the United
States Or on entries or claims vali
dated by this act, west of the one
hundreth meridian, it shall bo ex
pressed that there is reserved from
the lands in said patent described,
a right of way thereon for ditches
or canals constructed by the
authority of the United States.
Under this provision of the law,
should a homoslcad entry embrace
land that is needed in whole or in
part for a dam sito,' a reservoir, or
wore computed.
The projected canal from , Colon
to Panama Is 47 miles long, and
for more than half its course it fol
lows the valloy of the Chagres
river. Although tlie country is
covered with heavy vegetation, the
slopes are so precipitous and the
rock is so near the surface that
violent Iropieal rainfalls lasting
only a few hours causo heavy and
sudden floods. This is the feature
which makes the study of the flow
of the lower Chagres of such im
portance. i'hn rainfall, though copious, wits
found to be ieculiar on account of
the striking difference in its
amount on the northern and
southern sides of the isthmus, the
mean yearly rainfall at Colon
being l.'iO inehes, while that at
Panama less than 70 miles distant,
was only C0.8 inches,
for such purpose and the entry
man would have no claim against
the United States for the taking of
such right of way.
You will post a copy of this cir
cular in a conspicuous place in your
office anil give the subject matter
hereof such general publicity as
may to possible.
Very respectfully,
Iil.WKR ilKKMA.NN,
Commissioner
Approved Octoler 25, 1902.
E. A. Hitcacock,
, . ' , Secretary
A Modern ftaiauiaa.
CIRCULAR.
. DKI'ARTalKNTOF THK INTERIOR.
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Wamikutok, I). ; Oetouor 26, MM.
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oknti.emen:
You are hereby directed, in ad
dition to the instructions contain
ed in office circular of Septemlicr
9, 1902, to call tho especial atten
tion of all persons that have made,
or are intending to mako, home
stead entries on lands that have
been, or may hereafter be,
temporarily withdrawn for irriga
tion purposes, to the following
statement.
Tho withdrawal of these lands is
principally for tlie purpose of
making surveys and Irrigation in
vestigations in order to determine
the feasibility of the plans of irri
gation and reclamation proposed;
only a portion of the lands will be
irrigated even if tho project is feas
ible; it will be impossible to decide
in advanco of cureful examination
what hinds may be watered, if any;
the mere fact that surveys are in
progress is no indication whatever
that tho works will be built, and
this fact can not determine how
much water there may be avail
able, or what hinds can be covered,
or whether tho cost will be too
There is talk of deposing or, oth
erwise disciplining our great and
good friend, Hadji Mohammed
Wolomol Kiruru, Sultan of Sulu
because it is reiorted that he has
been making roundups among his
subjects and selling them for casl;
contrary to the treaty with Uncle
Sam, by which he was to receive a
salary of $187 a month, quit slave
dealing and be our good friend and
brother. But who can blame him for
catching some Suluites and selling
them, considering what a-paltry
stipend is paid him, and that while
when ho made this treaty, he ha
only 67 wives, he now has 298, and
expects to take on a f,ood many
more. ' No 'man can support sncfi
a family on such a miserable pit'
tance paid the Sultan, to say noth
nig of maintaining the dignity of
tho throne. The government should
at once abricate the causo of th
treaty prohibiting tho sejling, of
slaves or else grant His Excellen
cy an increase of salary.
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