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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt:... surveying the Downels Flat Basin on the Tuolumne River to put in a large dam. In spite of the fact that the people seem to be anxious to put through the Calavaras Dam Project at Valley Springs and have engineers at work in the field, this work is still being held up, due to financial reasons and difliculties with the large land holders. Reservoir site for the Honcut Irrigation District near Marysville has been approved according to F. M. Turner of Bangor, Secretary of the District This district is designed to supply about 40.000 acres in Northern Yuba and Southern Butte Counties with water. The proposed reservoir will cover 800 acres of the Virginia ranch section and will be 120 ft. in height. It will be supplied with water trom both the Feather and Yuba Rivers. Engineers have been working on plans for the district to be submitted to the State Engineer. Canada News from Ontario BY B. s-r. JOHN. sr. c.s"rnnnv.:s. Friend Walters of St. Cathrlnes has been travelling around the country quite a bit, and just got back from Pittsburg, Kan., where he was running a shovel, but in 2 months he only worked a few days on account of strikes, so he got tired of loafing down there. He is looking for a good job now, where experience counts. Mr. Foster of the Dominion Dredging Company, is back in town again to look after things here. These people have Section One of the Welland Ship Canal. Sections One and Five of the Welland Ship Canal are now getting under way for the season's work. These sections are probably the only two that will do anything this season, owning to unsettled labor conditions. Saw Mr. Ott of L. A. Ott & Company recently. He has some very large jobs at the present time, but figures on spending a lot of time this year at...