Pacific service magazine . Pacific Service Magazine 187 this territory, both in theway of ditches, canals andpumping machinery, wasinaugurated by him onthe Jones tract. This wasthe beginning, too, of thereal successes in the recla-mation of the lower levees were beingconstructed everywhere,and when it was foundthat electricity would in-sure efficient and amplepumping facilities thework of reclamation de-veloped very that time, practi-cally no other power hasbeen used for reclama-tion purposes anywherein the Delta region. To the south of the delta lands, thesituation
Pacific service magazine . Pacific Service Magazine 187 this territory, both in theway of ditches, canals andpumping machinery, wasinaugurated by him onthe Jones tract. This wasthe beginning, too, of thereal successes in the recla-mation of the lower levees were beingconstructed everywhere,and when it was foundthat electricity would in-sure efficient and amplepumping facilities thework of reclamation de-veloped very that time, practi-cally no other power hasbeen used for reclama-tion purposes anywherein the Delta region. To the south of the delta lands, thesituation was quite different. The lack ofwater had created a vast area of desertwaste; so, the pioneer here faced the prob-lem of applyingwater to theland. As grav-ity flow wasavailable only inrather limitedareas, pumpingplants electri-cally operatedwere locatedupon the banksof the riversand, under con-trol of irriga-tion districts, water was made avail-able to thousands of acres of land servedfrom a golden network of ^ ?^^litfSllj ..1 JW-J^S?^
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