Journal of electricity, power, and gas . ion, Transmission and Distribution of Energy i Volume XXXII SAN FRANCISCO, FEBRUARY 14, 1914 Number 7 [Copyright 1914 by Technical Publishing Company] FINANCING IRRIGATION AND POWER DEVELOPMENT BY JOHN H. LEWIS. (This brief, though comprehensive summary of irrigation and hydroelectric power possible and devel-oped in the Pacific Northwest, was presented by Mr. Lewis, who is State Engineer for Oregon, at theRegional Bank Hearing held recently at Portland, Oregon.—The Editors.) We have in the Columbia River basin and trib-utary to Portland, 2,450,000 acre
Journal of electricity, power, and gas . ion, Transmission and Distribution of Energy i Volume XXXII SAN FRANCISCO, FEBRUARY 14, 1914 Number 7 [Copyright 1914 by Technical Publishing Company] FINANCING IRRIGATION AND POWER DEVELOPMENT BY JOHN H. LEWIS. (This brief, though comprehensive summary of irrigation and hydroelectric power possible and devel-oped in the Pacific Northwest, was presented by Mr. Lewis, who is State Engineer for Oregon, at theRegional Bank Hearing held recently at Portland, Oregon.—The Editors.) We have in the Columbia River basin and trib-utary to Portland, 2,450,000 acres of land which havebeen irrigated at a cost of $70,000,000 or approximate-ly $30 per acre. This cost will be increased to $120,-000,000 when all of the projects are completed which will have been invested in irrigation projects duringthis decade. Portland is the logical industrial andfinancial center for this rapidly developing territory. The highest dam in the world is now being con-structed by the United States on the Payette-Boise.
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