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Show 16 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS Contract was let in May, 1929, for the construction of a %mile transmission line. from the dam to =ce for use of the school and agency and for Irrigation pumping. Test wells were drilled and I,, investi ations made to determine the most satisfactory relocation for the 1nfians to be moved from (he San Carlos Reservoir area. Con- struction work on the distribut~ons ystem of the San Carlos project \ 1 ; proceeded at a rapid rate under an increased appropriation of $500,000. Within the Yakima Reservation,' Wish., wnstruction was carried out and completed on the Wapato Pumping 'Unit No. 1. This is a, direct connected hydro pumping plant designed to deliver 150 second-. the irrigation of 11,000 acres. The total cost of the work is approx-. feet under a head of 85 feet to.the pump canal 24 miles in length for 7 / imately $410,000. The distribution system is principally of cement. i pipe, 21 miles of which, varying in diameter frbm 6 to 18 inches, was installed at a total cost of approximately $60,000. Water delivery was begun in June and water was supplied to approximately 1,000t acres. An investigation of the conditions on the Wapato project. was qade in March by AssistantntChiefE ngineer C. R. Olberg at the instance of the water users, and a further investigation was made, by Consulting Engineer James W. Martin in May, the major recom-mendations being that the project lands should be defined, water. rights determined, and the ha1 cost fixed. Within the Lummi Reservation, Wash., the construction of dikes: was practically completed by June 15, 1929. The total cost of the work will be approximately $65,000 for the reclamation of 4,448 awes of excellent land. In Montana the principal construction work was on the FlathmG project, for which $347,500 was authorized to be expended for eon-tinuing coustruction work, includiog soil survey and classification of t,he project lands. Investigation of the foundations for the KicEngk hone Reservoir and the raising of Tabor Reservoir was made and. Consulting Engineer A. J. Wiley was appointed in June, who reported: favorably on the feasihiity thereof. Applications for development of the Polson power site are pending before the Federal Power Commission. On the Fort Peck and Blackfeet projects investigations were made with reference to the advisability of continuing operations on these two projects. In regard to Fort Peck i t was recommended that the 2 project be abandoned but continuance of the Blackfeet project was: recommended. On the Fort Hall Reservation in Idaho, extensive surveys, includ-ing soil surveys by the Department of Agriculture, were conducted 1 to determine the feasibility of irrigating the Michaud unit, and while the surveys were completed, the report had not been compiled at the end of the sear. About 30,000 acres of suitable land wus surveyed. Surveys and estimates were'also made on various minar units acthe Fort Hall Reservation. The Gibson unit, of approximately 10,000 acres, was mpleted during the spring of this yew at a cost of $145,000. This involved the construction of 60 miles of canals and 9 miles of drains, including 568,000 cubic yards of excavation on which the contraet price was $79,554 and the construction of 96 structures at a cost cd $50,133. |
