AZ vs. CA:08 California Exhibits, Vol. VIII; Nos. 371-398F

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settlement, but on account of the possibility of an increase of the acreage allowed to each Indian, only 6,500 acres have been opened for settlement. This was done in March last, and since then the land has all been taken up in 173 farms of approximately 40 acres each. During this year 425 acres were irrigated, and this amount will rapidly increase in succeeding years. The maintenance charge has been fixed at $1 per acre. 9. No part of the main system has yet been opened, nor has any building charge been fixed nor any water supplied by gravity from the dam, except to the Indian lands above noted. The two pumping systems purchased and the one small additional pump fitted up and operated by the Reclamation Service furnish an inadequate supply to 7,000 to 10,000 acres. The charge for this service has been about $1 per acre-foot, at which price, it is stated, the cost to the landowners will be from $5.50 to $10 per acre this year. 10. Costs.-The expenditures on this project to June 30, 1910, have been $3,714,462.08, of which $441,513.71, or 11.9 per cent, was for field engineering and superintendence; $87,607.42, or 2.5 per cent, for clerical services on the project; $24,787.72, or 0.7 per cent, for the supervising engineer's office; and $90,665.87, or 2.5 per cent, for the Washington and Chicago offices, expert engineers, etc. The estimate of the additional expenditures required to complete the project is given in the following table: