Water Supply and Irrigation Papers of the United States Geological Survey . B. A CHARACTERISTIC RECENT DRY ARROYO IN THE C. NEW RIVER IN FLOOD, NORTHWEST OF IMPERIAL, SUMMER OF 1905. GEOLOGIC SKETCH. 23 Salton Sink were deepened and widened, the destruction withinthe Imperial Valley was extended, and the lake grew and forced theSouthern Pacific to rebuild at higher and higher levels. When the summer of 1906 had passed with the river still beyondcontrol, the California Development Company had reached the endof its financial resources, and all growth in the valley had ceasedbecause of w
Water Supply and Irrigation Papers of the United States Geological Survey . B. A CHARACTERISTIC RECENT DRY ARROYO IN THE C. NEW RIVER IN FLOOD, NORTHWEST OF IMPERIAL, SUMMER OF 1905. GEOLOGIC SKETCH. 23 Salton Sink were deepened and widened, the destruction withinthe Imperial Valley was extended, and the lake grew and forced theSouthern Pacific to rebuild at higher and higher levels. When the summer of 1906 had passed with the river still beyondcontrol, the California Development Company had reached the endof its financial resources, and all growth in the valley had ceasedbecause of world-wide recognition of the menace to property interestswhich the. uncontrolled condition of the Colorado meant. It wasthen felt that the only powers at hand capable of dealing with thesituation were the Southern Pacific Railroad and the United StatesGovernment. The Southern Pacific made loans to the CaliforniaDevelopment Company to carry on its fight against the stream, andby means of its transportation facilities rendered additional essentialaid. After the passage of the summer floods of 1906, the first attemptto control
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