NOTICE.
MEETING of the
St. Croix Turf Club
A will be
held
on SATURDAY
EVEN-
ING JUNF 21sT 1924, 8 o’clock
at kst
f'redensborg
to make
arrangements
for
the Races
on
the 4th July.
All members
are politely
regnestad
to
attend.
Ev order
H
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OEC.
DISKEASES
DANGEROUS
TO
PUBLIU
HEALTH
IN THE
VIRGIN ISLANDS
OF THE UNITED STATES.
During
th»
month
of
May,
1924,
the
followine diseases
of interest
to the
public
have b2en reportad
in the
Virgin
Islands:
{n
Saint
Crvoir.
Fiiavionis=
L
ithe..
.
e
Jubereciosls.
.
...
...
..
|
.
®
n
St.
Thomas.
st
John
Pellagra.
-
..
Tuberculusis
e
o
H.
M. STENHOUSE.
M_ D.
Chiet Sanitation
Oficer,
Minieipality of St. Croir.
I.OCAL
The Native Brass
Band
of
Christian-
sted
under
the ieadership
of Bandmastcr
Juckson
paid
Froderiksted
a
visit
on
Tuesd
'y night
and
enlivened®
the
town
witha
brilliant
concert
on
th2
formor
Danish
Club
gallery.
Amonz
the
fine
pieces
on
the
program
were
*‘Bones
Trombone’
and
“Banddidntstrike.”
T'hese
two
numbers
received
deafening
applause
and
encores
by the
large
audi.
ence.
After the
concert
the
Band
took
the jolly crowd
for
a
tramp
and
sere.
naded
Postmaster
Leader
on
thei
way
up town.
Music
lovers
took
advantage
of
the
beautiful
mioonlight
and
turn-
ed
out
in
great
numbers
to
enj '
the
concert,
The sloop
Mizpah with
mails
and
pas-
Rengers
arrived
this
morning
from St
Thomas.
REPORT
AND ESTIMATE
ON
IRRI-
GATION POSSIBILITIES
ON ISLAND
OF
ST.
CROIX,
VIRGIN
ISLANDS,
B A
By C. C. FISHER,
Engineer,
-
Department
of Interior, Burean
of Re.
climation,
(Continued from yesterday’s
dvis.)
64.
The yearly shorztages
of these
two
reservoirs
expressed
in percent
of
the
s
¢ 31132
1\ VIS
-
yearly requirements
as
shown
in
Tables
.
B& 9 are
as
follows:
,
1915
1920
1921
192
1973
-
Jolly Hill Reser-
voir 20%
157 2877 297 364%
.
River
.
513 9
e 0
f
These
shortages
though
hizgh are
not
pronibitive, and
even
in such
a
periol as
this
the
reservoirs
wiil
be
of
material
help
1t
is not generaily
feasible
in plan-
ning the large
irrigarion
projects
of the
United States
to be
suificiently conserva-
tive
to
guaramtee
a
tall
witer
suoply
during
a
series
of dry
years,
and
it
is
common
practice
to
fizure
an
allowable
|
shortage
of 207% t035%.
11
the
engi-
neers report
¢n the proposed
[sabela
pro-
.
ject in Porto Rico,
the estimaed
shortage
|
forl922is 3%
to
357,
and
the
state-
-
ment is
made
that
""a shortage
of
this
|
amount
in one
year
out
of twenty
is not
considered
serious.'”
The
computations
.
of the operation
of the Manning
Bay and
Salt River reservoirs
are
not carried
far
-
enough
to determine
the
percentages
of
«
shor:age
during the
current
diy ciele,
bßut
it
1s estimated
they
will
be
a
little
greaier,
especially
in the
Manning
Bay
I
on
account
of
its
large
water
surfuce
.
area
aud consequent
heavy
loss,
sa.
The conciusions
reached
from
the
reservolr
operdation
sudies
as
1o
area
that
may
be
nrrigated,
required
reser-
~
vour eapacity,
and
regquired
beight
and
length of dam
are
as (ollows:
Area
Aroa
Heos,
Dam
Reservoir
Irrvigated
Benefitel
Capacity
Height
Lepgrth
Jdolly Hill
1000
120
209
Wy
Ray
River
1000
1250
2200
i
1220
Manoning Bay
1000
12,0
SOO
o
0 1250
Salt River
HO9
6o
2000
48
1140
56.
The Manning Day
reservoir
is
an
alternate
plan
to the River
site;
that
is,
it is in the
same
driinage
hasin
and would
water
the
same
land.,
[here
isnot
wa-
ter supply enough
tor
the two
reservoirs
and
1t
1s the judgment
of th: writer that
the
River
sie
is
the
more
favorale,
The
Manning Bay site
is
not
favored
[or
the following reasons:
{a) I'he dam and
reservoir
site
are
in
the
newer
lime
stone
form:tions
which
15 less
tavorable
as
to seepage
than
is the
older roek.
(b)
The
dam
foundation
is
at
least
uncertain
and
may
be
unfavorable,
A
test
pit
of 20 odd
feet shows
only loose
debris,
sand,
grave!,
ete.
The
founda-
tion
will
go
below
sea
level
and
will
be expensive
to unwater.
(c)
The reservoir
is wide and
flat and
seepaze
and evapora
won
losses
wiil
ne-
cessarily
be
heavy.
|
(d)
The dr inage
area,
though
larce
|
for the Islund,
is mostly
flat land
and
is
ineffective
for
ordnary
rainfalls.
In
fact it is commonly known
that
many
of
|
the smaller
floods passing
the
River dam
site are entirely
absorbed
bofore
reaet-
ing
the
Manning
Bay site.
The
raoun-
|
tainous drainage
area
1s but slightly larg-
¢r than that
of the
River
ste
with
its
|
18 8%,
i
(e)
Itis
a pumping
project
and
the
.
operation
cost
will therefore
be
high.
.
The
same
area
ean
be eyvored by gravity
'
from the River site.
Unit Prices
|
57.
Current
unit
prices
on the
island
.
are quoted
as follows:
Common
labor,
40cts
to
50cts
por
dav
i
of 9 hours.
Labor is said
to b 2 about
207
efficient
as compared
to American
labor,
.
or equivalent
to $2.00
to 2.59 per day.
:
Carpanters
and
mechanics,
31.25
to
.
$2.00
per
day.
|
Man
and
one
horse
cost
(3 C. Y.
Cai-
.
pacity)
$1.25 per day.
Cement
(Foreign) $3 30 per
bbl.
|
Beach
sand
delivered,
75cts
to
$1.5)
per
c.
y.
Beach
gravel
delivered,
$1.15
to $2.00
per
c.
y.
'
Lime 60cts
per bbl.
Lumber
S7O 00 per
M. B. M,
Rein
steel
6ets
per ib.
Dieselengine
cil, 6eis
per
oal.
08.
The
above
unit
prices
especially
for labor
are
somewhat
less
than
in the
States,
and
the unit
costs
of construction
should
therefore
be correspindinzly
low-
er,
It is the opinion of the Fublic
Works
Department
on the
Island
that
eonstrue-
tion costs
may
be figured abou: 5% 'ower
than
in the States.
(1o be continued.)
TELEGRA MS.
ST. CROIX
STATION.
Beckenham,
Eng.
June
13th--Miss
E.
Ryan today
defeated
M)lia Mallory, 6-2.
6-3,
1n the semi-firals of Ithe Kent
Zoun-
ty Championship
Tennis “ournment,
Paris,
June
14th.—Upited
Press.
(On
leaving the Elysee
this
morning,
after
a
conterenee
wiih President
Doumergue,
M.
Herrviot smd.
**MyCubinet
is
airea-
dy
virwuaily formed.
Only a few
eousul-
tations
are
necessary
besore
I shall
be
able
to
apnounce
the list.
1 expeet
to ap-
peaw
before
the
Chamber
next
Tuesday
to make
a formal
ministerial
statement
the main
lines
of
which
will be
drawn
up
this
afternoon
by my
eolleagues
and
myseit.
1 oope
to be able
‘0 leave
on 3a
turday evening
to meet
Premier
MuacDo-
nald
at Chequers
Court’’,
Pans,
Jaue
14 h—United
Press.
The
Press
today
generally
approve
the selec.
tion
of General
Charles
Dawes
as
Vice-
Presidertial
Cabinet
of
the
Republican
Party
with President
Coolidge.
*'France
welcomes
General
Daw»s
candidaey’”.
Le
Matin
cays,
adding
the Freneh
peo
ple have not forgotton
that it was® under
the direction
of General
Dawes
and
Mr.
Owen
Young that the greatest
step
tow
ard
post-war
peac:
was
made
when the
experts
submitted
their report
on
Kepa-
rations.
Le Journal
remarks
that
Gene-
ral
Dawes
election
proves
that America
still has
many illusions regarding the
cff-
ect of the
experts
plan for a
reparation
settlement.
The
Republican
platiorm,
this
newspaper
believes
also
shows
the