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THE IRKIQATION AGE. 



Brankamp reservoir in Adams County. The dam will be 

 raised from 10 to 24 feet in height The estimated cost is 

 $20,000. 



The Model Land & Irrigation Company, of Denver, re- 

 cently let the contract for building its concrete dam on the 

 Las Animas River, near El Moro. The company is incorpo- 

 rated and has a capital stock of $300,000. Eric Von Budden- 

 brok is president. 



Preliminary maps for the Iron Ridge irrigation system, 

 of Mercer, have recently been filed in Pueblo. It is planned 

 to irrigate 2,000 acres, by constructing two reservoirs and 

 seven ditches. Fred B. Martin and Floyd Hildreth, of Mer- 

 cer, filed the plans. 



The Farmers' Irrigated Land Company, an Illinois corpo- 

 ration, has filed its articles of incorporation with the county 

 clerk at Colorado Springs. Capital is $100,000. D. B. Kel- 

 logg, W. L. Kellogg, Jas. W. Kellogg and Samuel Block of 

 Chicago, are directors. 



Owners of 16,000 acres of land north of Wetmore will 

 organize for the construction of two reservoirs, one in the 

 North Hardscrabble Canyon and the other in the South Can- 

 yon. It is believed that water will be sufficient to irrigate 

 an additional 4,000 acres. 



The Secretary of the Interior has withdrawn from all 

 forms of entry 600 acres in T. 45 N., R. 4 W., Sec. 11, Un- 

 compahgre Valley. This land contains timber which is re- 

 quired in construction work in connection with the Un- 

 compahgre Valley project. 



During the month special bond elections have been held, 

 as follows: Golden-Littleton irrigation district, $550,000, for 

 construction of reservoirs and ditches; Orchard Mesa dis- 

 trict, $175,000, for construction of additional ditches and im- 

 provement of present system. 



Reports from Weld County indicate that there is great 

 activity in the investigation of reservoir sites and water sup- 

 plies. Several maps for proposed projects have already been 

 filed with the state engineer. It is claimed that other pro- 

 jects are now in process of formation. 



The Two Buttes Irrigation Company has recently let the 

 contract for building its main canal and laterals to the Mc- 

 Dowell Construction Company, at a cost of $125,000. Dennis 

 Gibbons has the contract for the dam at $175,000. About 22,- 

 000 acres will be irrigated under this project. 



Approximately 6,000 acres adjoining Rifle will be brought 

 under water by a company formed by O. V. and J. M. Coul- 

 ter. Preliminary filings and surveys have been completed. 

 Water will be taken from Rifle Creek and carried to the Pre- 

 Fountain Mesa. The estimated cost is $200,000. 



Harry B. Wilson, of Denver, has filed maps in the office 

 of the state engineer, for the G rover Ditch and Reservoir 

 project in Northeast Weld County, fifty miles from Greeley. 

 Five thousand acres will be brought under water taken from 

 the Crow. The estimated cost of this work is $30,000. 



Negotiations have been closed by the Denver Reservoir 

 Irrigation Company for taking control of the Goodline ditch 

 in the Pleasant Valley district. The company has also let a 

 contract for the enlargement of Marshall Lake reservoir, at a 

 cost of $450,000. The work will be completed by March, 1910. 



The Bar J. H. Cattle & Land Company has filed a map 

 of Boone Creek reservoir and supply ditch from Haines 

 Creek, to cost $236,000. They will construct dams and reser- 

 voirs to store waters from Boone, Chico and Black Squirrel 

 creeks. This system will be supplemental to that of the Chico 

 irrigation system. 



Thos. E. Wilkinson, a consulting engineer, of Denver, 

 will have charge of the work for the recently organized 

 Valley Irrigation Company, of Las Animas. It is planned to 

 build a reservoir in Smith Canyon. Ditches will be carried 

 through the break in the hills to the Hienan Flats and Mud 

 Creek, in Bent County. 



The Denver Reservoir & Irrigation Company has let con- 

 tracts to the Kenefick-Quigley-Russell Construction Company 

 for the enlargement of Milton Lake and the construction of 

 82 miles of irrigating ditches. It is estimated that the cost of 

 this work will aggregate $800,000. Contractors agree to com- 

 plete same before April 1, 1910. 



The Wet Mountain Reservoir Company have filed maps 

 at Denver. The lands in Pueblo and adjoining counties on 

 the south are to be placed under irrigation. Water comes 

 from the St. Charles River, on which a dam will be con- 



structed 186 feet high. The cost of the work proposed by 

 this company will aggregate $2,250,000. 



The Kindred Irrigation & Power Company, of Steam- 

 boat Springs, has completed surveys for the reclamation of 

 55,000 acres of land southwest of Lay. It is proposed to con- 

 struct a dam in Juniper Canyon. Ditches will carry the 

 water to an upland between the Canyon and Maybell and 

 Lily Park. Maps and plans have been filed with the state 

 engineer. 



The Pueblo-Rocky Ford Irrigation Company, successors 

 to the Orlando Irrigation Company, has filed at Pueblo an 

 amended map of Orlando Canal No. 5. This canal will irri- 

 gate 77,000 acres with water from the Huerfano River, and 

 will cost $285,000. The company is said to be composed of 

 stockholders in the Anderson Hydraulic Construction Com- 

 pany, of Boston. 



To increase its water supply for the 30,000 acres between 

 Alamosa and Mosca, the San Luis Canal Company has de- 

 cided to construct two new reservoirs, at a cost of $500,000. 

 Through the increased storage capacity, it is claimed that 

 about 30,000 acres of land north of Alamosa may be supplied 

 with water. Land owners in this latter section will be asked 

 to give approval to the project. 



Judge Shackelford has granted a temporary injunction 

 restraining the Orchard Construction Company from building 

 its dam across the Grande River. This work was contem- 

 plated in connection with the Orchard-Mesa project. The 

 Denver & Rio Grande and the Colorado Midland Railways, 

 plaintiffs, allege that the dam would result in annual inunda- 

 tion of their tracks near Palisade. 



By an almost unanimous vote, stockholders in the Gree- 

 ley-Poudre irrigation district confirmed the action of its di- 

 rectors in arranging a contract with the Laramie Poudre 

 Reservoir & Irrigation Company for construction of a com- 

 plete system of irrigation. It is proposed to build a three- 

 mile tunnel from the Laramie to the Cache La Poudre. 

 Bonds, as voted, aggregate $5,100,000. 



The Northern Irrigation & Power Company, in which 

 well known Colorado and Eastern capitalists are interested, 

 is planning the construction of an immense dam across Elk 

 Creek, in Routt County. This structure will be 255 feet in 

 heighth and the reservoir thus formed will have a capacity 

 of 7,405,200,000 feet of water. The company proposes to irri- 

 gate nearly 100,000 acres of land, but detailed plans have not 

 yet been completed. 



P. H. Murphy, an attorney at Trinidad, has brought suit 

 for the enforcement of the award of a committee chosen to 

 arbitrate and fix the damage to the Murray ranch as a result 

 of extension of the Model Land & Irrigation Company's 

 ditch. The case has attracted considerable attention because 

 of its similarity to others pending litigation. The company 

 charged that the committee had failed to take the necessary 

 oath before acting as a basis for its refusal to settle. 



Directors of the San Luis Valley Land & Irrigation & 

 Power Company were recently served with an order from the 

 United States Supreme Court of Denver, restraining them 

 from declaring forfeited their contract with A. C. Savage, of 

 Adair, Iowa. Mr. Savage had failed to deposit the $25,000 

 each month as specified in his contract, as fiscal agent. Di- 

 rectors of the company had notified him of their intention to 

 break the contract because of his failure to comply with its 

 terms. In securing the injunction, Mr. Savage stated that by 

 the reason of "lavish expenditures" of the money secured 

 from the sale of bonds, he was impeded in his work and was 

 unable to sell a sufficient amount of bond? to keep the con- 

 tract. 



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