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IRRIGATION SYSTEMS IN TEXAS.
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and next to this the capacity of the pump or ditches in cubic feet per second. This column also gives the total amount delivered in acre feet in 12.1 hours, since 1 cubic foot per second flowing for this length of time will cover 1 acre a foot in depth. To the acreage two columns are devoted —the first giving the total area irrigable, or the amount which it is estimated each system will cover; and the second, the area actually watered, this applying usually to the year 1896. Beyond this is given the total cost of the system, and, wherever practicable, the cost per acre. This latter column, in the case of the larger ditches, shows the amount asked or paid per acre for water rights. The last column gives the estimated annual cost per acre for water, figures for this being rarely obtainable.
Comparison of capacity and cost of various systems of water supply in Texas,
Acreage.
Cost.
Name.
System.
Pump.
Lift in feet.
Capac- ity second- feet.
Irri- gat- ed.
Per acre.
An- nual per acre.
6
Irriga- ble.
Total.
26
Catron
50 H. P. engine. 8-foot wind-
Menge
8
25
11.14
15
500
7
$1,500
300
$3 43
29
Stubenrauch ..
mill.
30
485
16
89
do
12-foot wind-
mill, a
300
25,000
3\
Lytle
Dam and ditch
S\
Lewis..'.
do
!
50
10
200
20
31
Metcalf
do
I
470
7
$0.75
82
Glenn
do
i
350
250
3,500
14
32
McGee
do
I
250
75
1,500
20
82
Swinden..
80 H. P.6-
Centrifugal
6.84
400
33
Baker
32 H. P. en-
Worthing -
2.72
80
75
2,000
27
c6.00
Willis
gine, d Turbine
ton.
.11
5
33
88
Alldridge
20 H. P. en-
1.00
75
gine, e
1.87
40
2,000
50
33
Lindsey
30 H. P. en-
34
Vanderstucken
gine./ 18 H. P. engine. Water wheel. -
Menge
2.60
100
1,500
15
38
Richards
.20
3
-,','.)
Garrett --
do
.32
12
-I IS
Upper Labor .. Trueheart
Ditch
600
100
2.00
46
Ditch g Artesian well.
30.00
1,500 1,000
400
250
18,000
3,000 2,500
15
2.50
46
47
Kampman —.
Pickett
40 H. P. boil-
Blakeslee ..
50
2.32
1.67
400
100
c4.00
er, h
Blake
48
.20
295
48
Crandall
10 H. P. boil-
er, i
.07
10
450
49
Simmons
2J H. P. gaso- line.
49
Experiment...
5} H. P. gaso-
48
.05
30
oline. *
Menge
48
14.00
500
70
5,000
1.00
r,r,
Grover
100 H. P. boiler j
a Combined watt b With reservoir. c Approximate. d Operating cost, e Can water 5 aci
» power and irri
igation. j
/'Open g Wat( h Costs i Pum] ; Open
ating cc er right 312J cer ps into: ating e:
>st, S3 poi ;s lield a< its per h reservoi: xpenses,
r day b$15. our t<
af elevei
a houi
•3.
> operati
a.
, $7 a day of twel ■es per day.
j ve hours. «
r$4.25
per day.
