In proof of this fact, the fol
lowing figures vill prove of inter
est. These figures have been se
' cured from one of the largest
manufacturers in the country
and miy be relied upon as cor-,
rect, any discussion by wise
heads to the contrary notwith
standing. r
The cost of. 10-horse power
motor in Estancia will not ex
ceed $200, while that of a seven
and a half hors-; power motor will
not exceed 8175. A forty horse
power tram-former will cost not
to exceed $250 in Estancia- A
meter, not to exceed ?20.00. The
transformer can be made to an
swer for four farmers, so that
the cost to each will be $62.50.
240 miles of feeder lines and GO
miles of main line will cost not
to exceed $120,000 or $300 for
each eighty acre tract. So the
costón each ojghty acre tract
will be something like thi
10 1 P. Motor, $200.00
Transformer, 62.50
Meter, 20.00
Line, 300.00
Expense of organization 17.50
:.'Gt'0.(;0
This will lepvesix hundred dol
lars for the well and pump, which
-is certainly ample, This will
'supply well, pump and motor
large enough to supplp water for
eighty acres, Provided of course
the water i to be had. Now 135
gallons per minute for 145 days
will furnish SO acre feet of
water, su that any 2C0 gallon
will supply the water; if a re
seivoir is used.
Now the total expenso the
farmer will be to, in regard to
the bonds at $7.50 per aere
Eond3 of .$1200 at 6 per cent, in
terest to run for twenty years
The principal and interest on
this amount will be $1920 to be
paid during the twenty years,
or a little loss than ono hundred
dollars per year.
