Water Supply and Irrigation Papers of the United States Geological Survey . e vertical departures areconsidered. The line begins at an elevation of 2,150 feet, and itssouthern terminal at Los Angeles is 350 feet above the sea. A num-ber of mountain ranges would be crossed, but a large proportion ofthe line would be over good ground, and it is believed that the highestelevation reached (6,500 feet, at Tehachapi) will offer no seriousobstacles to a daily inspection of the pole line. A reservoir on Salmon Creek, a tributary of Kern River, is plannedby the Kern River Company for the storage of 17,
Water Supply and Irrigation Papers of the United States Geological Survey . e vertical departures areconsidered. The line begins at an elevation of 2,150 feet, and itssouthern terminal at Los Angeles is 350 feet above the sea. A num-ber of mountain ranges would be crossed, but a large proportion ofthe line would be over good ground, and it is believed that the highestelevation reached (6,500 feet, at Tehachapi) will offer no seriousobstacles to a daily inspection of the pole line. A reservoir on Salmon Creek, a tributary of Kern River, is plannedby the Kern River Company for the storage of 17,000 acre-feet of 30 RECONNAISSANCE OF KERN RIVER, CALIFORNIA. [no. 46. water. About 20,000 acres can be made tributary to this intake, andit is hoped that with this catchment basin and the precipitation froman elevation of 7,700 feet on this divide the reservoir will sup-plement the flow of Kern River to 400 second-feet during the particu-jlar season of any year when the normal flow is below that figureFig. 8 is a cross section of the dam site on Salmon Creek. It is in a. Fig. 9.—Plan of reservoir site of Kern-Rand Electric Power Company. Area, 3,5b2 acres; storage capacity, 63,722 acre-feet; height of dam, 65 feet above stream bed. granite canyon, with clean bed rock on bottom and sides. The widthat the bottom is 125 feet between walls; the top width at the 75-footlevel would be 390 feet. A rock-fill dam is estimated to require 26,000cubic yards of material and to cost $80, The utilization of the higher reaches of Kern River for powerpurposes will certainly be accomplished in time, but for the present, Reservoirs for Irrigation, Water Power, and Domestic Water Supply, by J. D. Schuyler. OLMSTED.] POWER POSSIBILITIES. 31 and with the disinclination of electrical engineers to recommendthe transmission of power to distances greater than 100 miles, it isdoubtful whether the market outside of Los Angeles will warrantthe outlay; and the latter cit}- is so far away from the up
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