DREDGE WORK.
 One dredge will average 60,oop cubic yards. per month.
 One dredge will average y2 mile lineal canal per month.
 One dredge will average .6 miles lineal canal per year.
 One dredge will average 24 square miles, 15,360 acres
of reclaimed territory, per year.
 Five dredges will average 12o square miles per year.
 Five dredges will reclaim 76,800 acres per year.
 Five dredges will average 30 lineal miles of canal per
year.
 Time required to complete the work, using five modern
dredges, 5 years.
 ESTIMATED COST.
 FIRST YEAR.
 (Time required to build and equip, four months.)
Two dredges, complete, at $20,ooo each.......$40,000 oo
Operating 2 dredges, $1,500 each per month, 8
 mos............................... 24,000 oo
 Office and field work:
 Superintendent ................ $5,o000 oo
 Assistant Superintendent ......... 3,600 oo
 Engineer....... ....... . 2,400 oo
 Assistant Engineer. ........ 1,2o0 oo
 Field crew ..................... 3,600 00
 Advertising and incidentals....... 5,200 oo
 $21,000 00
 Total expenses first year............. .$85,000 oo

 RESULT FIRST YEAR.


Eight months'. work, two dredges:
Eight lineal miles canal, 940,ooo cubic yards.
32 square miles drained, 20,000 acres reclaimed.
Actual cost (including value of dredges) ......$
Cost per mile of canal, $10,500 oo.
Cash to State, 25c per acre, 2o,oo000 acres......
Estimated value of lands reclaimed,
 at $5 ... ............... ..$ioo,ooo
Net profit, deducting all expenses.


85,000 00

5,000 00

I0,000 00


$00,000 $oo00,000 00