. Review of reviews and world's work. the projects which havebeen generally regarded as the most attractive,and which have been discussed with glitteringgeneralities in the public press, are found to havefatal defects, and have been consequently aban-doned, with resulting disappointment to largenumbers of people. PROJECTED DAMS, CANALS, AND TUNNELS. In each of the thirteen States and three Ter-ritories aamed in the law, one leading projectlias been selected with a view to early construe- THE TRIUMPH OF NATIONAL IRRIGATION. 51 tion of the works, provided all of the conditionsare found to be fav
. Review of reviews and world's work. the projects which havebeen generally regarded as the most attractive,and which have been discussed with glitteringgeneralities in the public press, are found to havefatal defects, and have been consequently aban-doned, with resulting disappointment to largenumbers of people. PROJECTED DAMS, CANALS, AND TUNNELS. In each of the thirteen States and three Ter-ritories aamed in the law, one leading projectlias been selected with a view to early construe- THE TRIUMPH OF NATIONAL IRRIGATION. 51 tion of the works, provided all of the conditionsare found to be favorable. For example, inArizona, the great storage dam on Salt River,for holding the flood waters until they can beused, has been begun. In California, the Secre-tary of the Interior has authorized works whichwill reclaim the lands in the vicinity of Yumaby means of a dam across the Lower ColoradoRiver, raising water so that it can be used onthe adjacent lowlands. In Colorado, plans arenearly completed for the construction of a great. HON. CHARLES D. WALCOTT. (Director of the Geological Survey.) tunnel from Gunnison River to the dry Uncom-pahgre Valley. In Idaho, a great dam acrossSnake River has been planned, and contractswill be let for construction at an early Nevada, work has been begun on dams andcanals to combine the flood waters of the Truckeeand Carson rivers. In short, in each State andTerritory some project of national importance isin process of planning and construction. All of these works are for the purpose of reg-ulating or storing flood waters, or lifting out oftheir channels the waters which are too low tobe diverted by gravity. By such great worksthe intermittent streams are rendered perennial,and the occasional floods are restrained until thewaters can be put to beneficial use. The money to build these great works comesnot from direct taxation or appropriation, butfrom the accumulated sums paid for the publiclands which are being disposed of in these St
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