Identifier: reviewofreviewsw40newy (find matches)
Title: Review of reviews and world's work
Year: 1890 (1890s)
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Publisher: New York Review of Reviews Corp
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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ays of summer. The men of the Reclamation Service whohave built the wonderful tunnel that is tomake the Uncompahgre fairy story cometrue are not irresponsible dreamers. Theyhave made no step without the most search-ing investigation. If there had been a singledrawback in climate or soil, the Uncom-pahgre project never would have beenstarted. As it is, the project which Presi-dent Taft will open late this summer can-not fail to mark a new era in intensivefarming in the United States. It will dem-onstrate, as men have never demonstratedbefore, what the magic touch of water meansto the soil of that land which Daniel Web-ster once declared, in the United States Sen-ate, to be a hopeless desert. To take thisdesert land of the Uncompahgre Valley,which is now silvered with the glint ofsagebrush alone, and make it the most highlyproductive land in the world, by bringingwater under a tremendous mountain froma stream six miles away, is a feat that willseem more like parlor magic than evolution.
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DRYING PRUNES ON THE ASHENFELDER RANCH. NEAR MONTROSE. NEW TESTS FOR BUILDING CON-STRUCTION. BY GUY KIXIOIT MllCHKLL. (Of the United States Geological Survey.) A AIERICAN civilization has developeda number of hij^hly specialized andcostly institutions which, while they lead theworld in equipment and efficiency, are thingsto be in reality rather ashamed than proudof, since they are merely the outgrowths ofgreat lack of development along other lines.A striking example of this is seen in the fire-fighting organizations of the United States,These are admittedly by far the best in theworld; but they have simply reached theirhigh state of excellence in order to enableus to combat dangers arising from conditionsin building construction which are the worstin the world. The fire losses of the country for the pastyear were over $200,000,000, or about $2.50per capita, while the additional cost of main-tenance of fire departments and of excessiveinsurance premiums swells the figure to$500,000,000

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