. Journal of electricity . Their consumers have grown from]800 in 1903 to 46,000 in 1919; from two towns in1903 to about one hundred and twenty-five towns in1919; from the two counties to ten counties, cover-ing a territory foui-fifths as large as the state ofNew York; and a fanning community comprising anirrigable area that will require irrigation by pumpsfor more than two million acres and including morethan three-quarters of all the oil fields in California. The management of the San Joaquin has oftenbeen charged by conservatives as visionary—but inlooking back we are forced to the conclusi
. Journal of electricity . Their consumers have grown from]800 in 1903 to 46,000 in 1919; from two towns in1903 to about one hundred and twenty-five towns in1919; from the two counties to ten counties, cover-ing a territory foui-fifths as large as the state ofNew York; and a fanning community comprising anirrigable area that will require irrigation by pumpsfor more than two million acres and including morethan three-quarters of all the oil fields in California. The management of the San Joaquin has oftenbeen charged by conservatives as visionary—but inlooking back we are forced to the conclusion that wewere dull not to have better understood the possi-bilities of development that have been unreeling dur-ing the last twenty odd years. We thought we hadthe vision, but now we see that the results are fourto ten times above our fondest dream, and we believenow that it would be a daring dreamer who wouldpredict in wiiting the situation as it will exist tenyears hence. I October 1, 1920] JOURNAL OF ELECTRICITY 325. Arch dam on Santa Inez River recently completed to provide additional water storage for Santa Barbara The Construction of the Gibraltar Dam BY N. A. BOWERS (Every construction job entails enough grief such as delay in delivery of material, breakdownof equipment, bad weather, etc., without adding to these the necessity for bringing everythingneeded through a 4-mile hole not high enough to stand in and running knee deep in , contractor Kraner overcame the many difficulties of such a problem and finished theGibraltar dam on schedule. He is to be complimented and the city of Santa Barbara congratu-lated on the completion of a piece of work which is a credit to all concerned.—The Editor.) On the Santa Ynez river about six miles east ofthe city of Santa Barbara that city has recentlycompleted the construction of an arched masonrydam to provide additional storage for its water sys-tem. The site is on the far side of a high mountainrange over which no
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