PULSE OF THE IRRIGATION INDUSTRY. 



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rule was adopted, whereby stock in the company will be sold to 



anyone desiring to secure water from the canal The late 



heavy rains burst the banks of the Eaton ditch near Dry creek, 

 northwest of Fort Collins, carrying away about forty feet of the 

 bank. A large gang of men was set to work on the break and 

 the necessary repairs were completed, and water is again running 

 in the ditch DENVER. Receiver for a Denver Water Com- 

 pany Austin G. Gorham has been appointed receiver of the 

 Denver Land and Water Storage Company, on application of the 

 State Trust Company, of New York. It has defaulted on interest. 

 The franchise is estimated to be worth $1,000.000, the dam and 

 ditches cost $489,000, and the company own 17,000 acres of land. 

 Manager Alexander says the company will come out all right. 



Washington. The prospects for the immediate construction 

 of the Middle ditch were never more hopeful than at the present 

 time. As the time draws near for the opening of the bids for the 

 purchase of the $200,000 issue of bonds, correspondence is pouring 

 in from every direction relative thereto. The attitude of capital 

 is favorable to the enterprise and the directors are encouraged to 

 believe that when they meet in June something definite will be 

 known, if indeed the bonds are not sold at that time. The building 

 of this ditcli means the opening up of 20,000 acres of choice farm 

 land, more than doubling the present area now in cultivation in 

 the valley. Irrigation has been practiced here just enough to 

 prove it a grand success. It has served to bring barren sage 

 brush land to the highest state of production, in fruit, cereals and 

 everything known to agriculture. It has proven a success as an 

 investment for capital, and has made farming successful wherever 



water is used WENATCHEE. There are a number of parties 



expected who contemplate building a large irrigation ditch. It 

 is believed that the enterprise will be carried forward, which will 

 be a great benefit to the country around about Wenatchee, and 

 will add many thousands of dollars to the trade of the business 

 men of the town. 



Idaho.- A. J. Crook says work will be commenced shortly on 

 the extension of the Last Chance ditch in the Payette valley. 

 The promoters of the enterprise are now considering the esti- 

 mates, the lowest of which is $40,000. 



Utah. A report from Rock Springs says the capitalists of the 

 flourishing towns of Rock Springs and Lander will construct an 

 irrigating canal in the immediate vicinity of the latter town. The 

 canal will issue from Popoagie river, will cover 12,000 acres, and 

 will be completed during the present year. 



NEW COMPANIES. 



New Mexico. Certificate of the Northwestern Colonization 

 and Improvement Company, of Chihuahua, filed, designating the 

 principal office of the company at Cleveland, O., and the princi- 

 pal place of business, Deming, N. M., and naming Gustav 

 Wormser, of Deming, as agent, upon whom process may be 

 served. 



Utah. The Beaver Valley Land and Irrigation Company has 

 filed articles of incorporation. The object of the corporation is 

 to conduct the business of supplying water for domestic, muni- 

 cipal and manufacturing purposes, and for the irrigation of land; 

 also to construct and maintain reservoirs, canals, ditches, etc., 

 together with necessary dams; also for the colonization, develop- 

 ment, purchase and sale of real estate, and of water and water 

 rights; also the building hotels and bath houses. 



Nebraska. Carl E. Elving, Claes A, Elmen, G. Albert Bran- 

 delle, Marten Noyd, Victor E. Johnson, Charles Ortmnd and 

 E. B. Rood have corporated " The Swedish-American Coloniza- 

 tion Company," of Omaha, Nebraska, to transact a general real 

 estate business; to act as a bureau of information to home- 

 seekers, induce immigration, and to secure manufacturing and 

 business enterprises for towns and cities. Capital stock, $25,000. 



California. Pasadena Pasadena Highland Fruit Associ- 

 ation, dealing in fruit, incorporated. Capital stock, $50,000 



San Francisco The Consumers Water Co., incorporated by A. G. 

 Wheeler, C. E. Grosjean and Chas. Orpen, of San Francisco. 

 E. L. Fitzgerald, of Berkley, and F. L. Van Meter, of Alameda. 



Capital stock, $1,000,000 Hanford, King's County Upper 



Limeburger Slough Co., incorporated by Timothy Page, of San 

 Francisco, John McAdani, Charles Latham and W. A. Long, 

 King's County, Don Ray, of Gait, H.I. Rider, of Kingston, and 

 C. W. Henderson, of Fresno County. Capital Stock, $10,000. 

 Pasadena Pasadena Highland Fruit Association, incor- 

 porated by C. C. Thompson, C. E. Tebbetts, L. S. Porter, Byron 

 Lisk, J. R. Clark, R. Cooley and Joseph A. Smyth. Capital 

 stock, $50,000. 



Washington. Spokane Cascade Development Co., incor- 

 porated. Capital stock, $500,000 Tacoma Western Bay- 

 Land Co., reported as having received deeds for $59,386 



Vaugn Bay, Pierce County Vaugn Bay Fruit Growers' Co., in- 

 corporated by Geo. H. Bassett. G. W. Bradley, G. W. Pater, 

 N. N. Davidson, for the maintenance of a horticultural library. 

 Capital stock, $5,000, in 1,000 shares of $5 each. 



Kansas. Cherryvale The Cherryvale Water Co., incorpor- 

 ated by J. C. McMurray, Worcester, Mass.; J. C. Mclntosh, 



Springfield, Mass., and others. Capital stock, $30,000 



Salina The Kouns Manufacturing Co., incorporated by Wesley 

 Kouns, E. S. Fitzpatrick and others, to manufacture windmills 

 and pumps. Capital stock, $50,000. 



Texas. The Kitchen Irrigation and Manufacturing Co., of 

 Menard county, has been chartered. Its capital stock is $2,000, 

 and the directors are F. M. Kitchen, J. L. Alexander and William 



Menzie, all of Menard county Hillsboro Sporger & McLeod 



awarded contract at $7,700 to put down an artesian well 2,000 feet. 



A company is being organized to own and control the well 



San Saba San Saba River Irrigation Co., incorporated. Capital 

 stock, $250,000 Atlanta Atlanta Immigration Bureau, incor- 

 porated. Capital stock, $2,500 Hempstead The Hempstead 



Water Works Co., incorporated. Capital stock, $20,000. 



Colorado. The Glenwood Orchard and Irrigation Co. has 

 been incorporated to colonize the fruit lands lying under the 

 Hallett canal. These embrace about 7,000 acres of the finest 

 lands along the Grand river, between Rifle and De Beque, for 

 thirty miles. They are to be divided into tracts of ten acres each, 

 and are eminently adapted to the growth of all varieties of fruit. 



Denver Farmers' High Line Canal and Reservoir Co. 



filed amendments to the articles of incorporation. Capital stock 



increased to $75,000, and made assessment Denver New 



York Breenlow Land Co., incorporated. Capital stock, $10,000. 

 Elias P. Collins, S. J. Collins and Frank Collins have incor- 

 porated the Collins^ Reservoir, Drain and Irrigation Co. to oper- 

 ate in Larimer county with $600 capital Denver Cheyenne 



Land and Canal Co., incorporated by John M. Patterson, Eliz- 

 abeth P. Slattery, Geo. B. Slattery and Orland J. Greer, of Kit 



Carson. Capital stock, $10,000 Denver The Cross Cut 



Ditch Co., incorporated by U. M. Henderson, F. F. DeRush and 



O. J. White, with a capital stock of $5,000 Denver The Utica 



and Colorado Land Co., incorporated by Chas. E. Cooper, Ed- 

 ward P. Pawin and Charles M. Kendall, with a capital stock of 



$36,000 Denver The Badger Engineering Co., incorporated. 



Capital stock, $100,000 Crystal The Crystal Mountain Min- 

 ing and Drainage Co., incorporated. Capital stock, $2,000,000. 



Fort Lupton The Lupton Bottom Ditch Co. .incorporated, 



operating irrigating canal. Capital stock, $8,300 Colorado 



Springs The Beaver Creek, Altman and Victor Reservoir and 



Pipe Line Co. .incorporated. Capital stock, $100,000 Delta 



The Delta Orchard Co., incorporated, planting orchards, etc. 

 Capital stock, $25,000. 



Washington, D. C. The Bureau of the American Republics 

 is informed that the plans of the North Peru Company, South 

 America, for the irrigation of the valley of Piura have been 

 approved The scheme involves about $5,000,000 of American 

 capital. 



