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£B ~ " @\;\"’7w 77 Yo, ' \&i?-v\[_?é' &R f& o s & B \\:\% P ~ Ejl ;‘"Efg { &Q.\ S: , /’m g 5 & % : "K%?é»?\"*\ K &Rl OATA\/ A\ A e2 0 . ) ) g W\ | «"?’* Andl RN Tt Sl g JTEEE, &L, N ENe |4 & # ggzg‘ it "i}‘\ Sanly ?,} V; AN (=7 ;’/ €NGN2 > s N, (N : \g_.\ e \ ‘gil if| O é i . EEY 9W X "@’Q?‘/ @[@ NER ;%sg J *E’l Sk i (-«\;/ Y g ‘} ;;;—;?;?gz A ..\ - / e 80ra YEAR. CHRISTIANSTED. V. 1L U. 8 A, THURSDAY 10tu APRIL 1924 | the older series of rocks. Water was | first found at a point somewhere Dbe- | tween 23 and 42 feet below the surfaca. | Its natural levei is about 26 feot from the | surface, giving a toral depth of water wnen undisturbed of approximitely 44 i feet. ; A pumping test in thrce stages was made with the following results: First stage 500 gallons delivered in 15 | minutes, orat arate of 44 zallons per minute. The water level was lowered from 29 feet to 65 teet. - Second stage, one half hou- later, 525 gallons pumped in 15 minutes, or at the . rate of 45 gallons per minute. Ihe water - level was lowered from 30 feet to £V fee'. Third stace, 20 minutes later, 3800 go - lons were pumped in 153 minutes, orat the rate of 24.8 gallons per minute. The - water level was Jowered from 32 feet to | 633 feet, | During this third stage it was observed that the water level remained practically constant for over one and one hait hours, . atalevel of 62 feet below the surface,and . at notine wasthe hole pumped dry. . Twenty miputes after stopping the water | rose from 634 feet to 304 feet. The wa- | ter wus sweet to the taste, clear, and of | no odor, and shghily warr. | The maximum depth drilled in any one | day was 19 feet- Fortynine feet of stan- ' dard 8’ sieel pipe casing was lowered into . the hole. Os this the lower 2) feet was driiled with § holes, placed three inches to four inches apart. lhe total time con- - sumed in eracang the drill and drilling . of the hole was nine days, and that for | test pumping ete, one day, making a to- tol of ten days. [l'he total erst amount- I ad to approzimately $23).00, whieh was i divided as 1ollows: 1 Labor and fuel ete. $2.00 per foot, i 8" well easing drilied, $3 5) per font, 8" well casiog, undrilled, $1.8) per foot. } The overall total cost amounted to ap- | proximately $ 4.00 per foot of nole arll- | ed. | It must be"understood that the above « digures noid true for this first well only and they will vary with the location of i the hole, the pature of the matenal ~drilled, and mady oiher tactors; and while the results of this rather snallow ' well are encouraging, it must not be expected that other holes wiil produce . ihe same yieid and the same quantity of | water. Very truly yours, ?HN C. GEBHARD, | Asst. Public Woirks Officer. THS ST. CROIX AVIS is print d and published daily (Su adays and Hot days excepted) by G. Johansen at the Aviz Office. TERIS:--59 cents mo -thly i1 advance, 2 eonts per single copy. Enterci as second-class matter May agth 1917 at the Post Oifice at Thristian sted. St Craic, V. L of the U. 5. A. un- der the Act of March 3, 1879. Contribution to this paper w'll be glad- lg receivod when the sane deals with mat- ters of czneral interest, and s accompa- nicd with the cuvthor’s name, 143 a guar- wntee of good faith. The editor caniot Le responsiile for the views of his correspon- Jents nor does he necessarilyendorse 'hem. The Editor St. Croix Avis, Dear Siri— I'he following data concerning the operation of the well drilling vie in connection with the drilling o the first well at estate Boetzberg. wiil no dount be of inter: st both to yourself and to your subscribers. As far as this department is able to de- termine this is the first well “which has heen dri led in the Virgin Islands by the ci4 of ary such mechanical equipment as that rec. nily purchased by the munici- pality. I{he success of its oper:tion and cost shou id therefore be of particularip- terest tc many of the local inbabitants. ‘he fi st well was drilled in the field Le ‘cngin - to estate Boatzberg ocated to tr south <1 the cross roads at waoat is pop- ul:riy kr »wn as Jackey Market. Itisin the imm: dhate line of the natural drain- ag. from Samuel Hill. Lowry Hill, and Miria H i, and is dug through a for- mation v. hich seems to have been deposi- ted on th valley flyor by washes from all of :hese ¢ ilis. The surface of the gr und at the tooof this wellis approximately thiotyfive o forty feet above s=ea level T total Jepth of the hole is seventy feet bei>w the surface of the ground For the firsi 35 feet a clay gravel contiining a larse percentage ‘of clay matter was en- countered From 35 feet to 48 r‘eet this clay gravel persisted with a gradially de- creasing percentase of elay. From 48 to 70 ieet there was encountered a ro'ten rock whien gradually became more solid but which appeared to be fissured to a cous‘idera%f‘.e extent. The rock had a shaly natdre and seemed to belong to No. 83. | TELEGRaMS. | ST. CROIX STATION London, Apiil Tth.——lhe Government ’ wis defeated in the House of Comimons | today on the unemployed tenement bill by | a vote of 221 to 21%, | London, Aprii Tth.—The Government’s | defeat by a vote of 221 to 212 was the re- | suilt of an ameadm-nit oifered by Mr. Ne- i ville Chamberiain to the reats biil opoos- | ing its sceond reading, The Government | will not resign as a result ot the vote. { o Mr. Macdonald will make a further state- | ent on the subject tomorrow. ; Southampton, Enz. April Tth--The | striking shipyards workers here have re- | jected by a large majority the advice of | of their union leaders to resume work. | This means, according to the recent de- ' eision of the federated employers, that | the men 1n all shipyards of the country . will be locked out on Tuesday. . London, April 7th.--A Central News | despateh from Capetown says that the | Government headed by Premier Jan . Smuts has resizned. ? Capetown, April Tth.—(Reuter’s). A § general election in South Airica has beer | brought nearer asa resuit of the bve | oteciion at Wakkerstrowun., Lransvaal, [ wherz the Nationalist candidate Naude ] defeated Rooertson, the Government | cand'date by a substaatial mujoruy. | The seat was formerly beid by a ininis- f terialist, wiio died. tne Wakkersiroom | hye-clection is regarded as pivotal as | regards the {eeling in the country dis- | tricts where th> Nationaiisis on the E whole easity predomina e, | Brusseis, \prl fth-—lae Kingis suff. ; ering from an attack of the grip, and it | was announced today and his physicians | have ordered him to remain in bad. | Rome, April Tth.—Mardal law has ! been prociaimed in Albania, foliowing | the murder of two United States mer- l cnants. waylaid on thne Tliranascutari highway. Rome, April Tth.—Premier Mussolini ! seorcd a tremendous triumph in Italy’s - eicetions, his Fascisti leaders today | claining 40 per cent ol the entive vote. It s certain that the Fa-cisiipolled more ' than 25 per cent of Sunday’s total voie, " thus ensuring them the election oi a l soiid parliamentary majority of 356 d:i-- gates, With the victory thus won, Ifas- ci>n reache2s a consiitutional basis a Mussolini 1¢ assured of rematning 1n powr victually indefinitely, unl:ss sputs e————————————— S S SIS . hcerimauin e - ‘ (Continued on 4th page.)