THE IKKIGATION AGE. 



Reclamation Notes 



CALIFORNIA. 



Because of the uncertainties regarding its success, the 

 Interior Department has abandoned the proposed construc- 

 tion of the Walker river reclamation project in California 

 and Nevada. 



The Board of Directors of the South San Joaquin Irri- 

 gation district recently adopted the report of the chief en- 

 gineer of the district, and officially declared that $1,875,000 

 should be authorized in a bond issue to construct the pro- 

 posed irrigation and drainage systems. 



It is stated that $6,000,000 is on hand ready for immediate 

 use in the great American river reclamation project just 

 north of Sacramento and that active work will begin next 

 spring. Fifty-five thousand acres now subject to overflow 

 will be surrounded by high levees and will form the richest 

 of agricultural soil. 



At a recent meeting between the Irrigated Land Company 

 of California and certain property owners of the Lomo and 

 Terra Buena districts, the matter of rights of way for an 

 irrigation ditch from Sunset to Terra Buena was discussed. 

 When the canal is completed it is expected to irrigate the 

 Stocking and Bryany tracts at Terra Buena. now owned by 

 the Sutler Land Syndicate. 



It is reported that San Francisco capitalists have pur- 

 chased 3,000 acres of land in the western part of Yolo county 

 on the Elmira-Rumsey branch of the Southern Pacific Rail- 

 road, and will irrigate by the means of a seven-mile canal 

 that will draw its supply of water from Cache creek, and 

 will have connection with the system of the Yolo county 

 Consolidated Irrigation Company. The company has been 

 incorporated as the Irrigated Valleys Land Company. Wm. 

 J. Metzner is president and Chas. J. Cox, Jr., secretary. The 

 main office of the company is at San Francisco. 



The Annadale colony water company of Reedley incor- 

 porated recently as a voluntary association to irrigate lands 

 of the colony named C. L. Seagraves, who constructed an 

 irrigating plant. Seagraves will transfer to the corporation 

 as representing the lot owners all his rights to this company 

 formed to manage and regulate the plant for the common 

 use of the lots. The directors are seven, as follows : C. L. 

 Seagraves of Chicago, 111. ; R. L. Starr of Byran, Ohio, and 

 Cyrus Falconer, L. B. Cory, J. O. Steinfeldt, G. C. Shelby 

 and G. W. Murbarger of Wahtoke. The cost of the plant 

 is substantially $20,800, making the cost per acre $40 ; capital 

 stock, $25,000. 



COLORADO. 



The Colorado Southern Irrigation Company has filed a 

 paper showing Canon City as the principle place of business. 



B. E. Moody, of Rocky Ford, has filed plans for the 

 Moody reservoir and supply ditch to irrigate 6,000 acres in 

 Pueblo and Las Animas counties, at a cost of $82,000. 



The Orchard Mesa Irrigation Company which is con- 

 structing an irrigation system between Grand Junction and 

 Palisade plans to complete its work before April 1st, 1910. 



Maps have been filed by M. J. Bailey for the Custer 

 reservoir, located in San Migual and Dolores counties. Water 

 will be taken from Disappointment and Spring creeks. The 

 system will cost $200,000. 



E. B. Rees of Denver filed maps for the Rees Seepage 

 ditch No. 1, which will have a carrying capacity of 196 cubic 

 feet per second, and will irrigate 15,680 acres. The estimated 

 cost of this project is $40,000. 



Maps and specifications for a new reservoir which will 

 irrigate 2,240 acres of land near Grover were filed recently. 

 The reservoir will cost approximately $30,000. Water will be 

 drawn from the flood, surface and underflow of Crow creek. 



It is stated that a new irrigation district in the northern 

 part of Mesa county and the southern part of Garfield county 

 is soon to be formed. A canal planned will be constructed 

 near Rifle and will supply 10,000 acres between Grand valley 

 and De Beque. 



At a joint meeting between the Mesa County Irrigation 



district and the Palisade Irrigation district recently it was 

 decided to hold an election early in December to vote on the 

 proposed bond issue of $176,000, for the purpose of building 

 a dam across the Grand river. 



The Otero Irrigation District, near La Junta, has voted 

 bonds to the amount of $100,000 for the purpose of putting 

 its canal in first class condition. An additional $50,000 has 

 been voted by the district for the purpose of constructing a 

 new reservoir in Anderson arroyo. 



C. B. Schley, Bulk|et Wells and Duncan Chisholm, of 

 Colorado Springs, have incorporated the San Miguel Develop- 

 ment Company, capitalized at $150,000. The incorporators 

 expect to develop an irrigation project in the territory lying 

 near Norwood, in San Miguel county. 



Incorporation papers were filed recently by the Toltec 

 Water User's Association, capitalized at $200,000. This com- 

 pany proposes to irrigate a large tract of land in Conejos 

 county. The incorporators are Lou D. Sweet, J. B. Monroe 

 and H. R. Trowbridge. The main office of the company is at 

 Antonito. 



Farmers and landowners of the Hardscrabble farming 

 district met at Wetmore recently and voted unanimously to 

 organize an irrigation district. The land which will be in- 

 cluded in the irrigation district embraces about 20,000 acres 

 and lies one-third in Caster county and two-thirds in Fre- 

 mont county. 



The Great Northern Irrigation & Power Company has 

 applied for the segregation of 144,000 acres of land in Rputt 

 county, to be brought under irrigation under the provisions 

 of the Carey act. The company is backed by eastern capi- 

 talists and the project will require the expenditure of several 

 millions of dollars. 



The Antero Irrigation district, comprising 55,000 acres, 

 immediately north of Denver, was formed recently. All of 

 the lands included can be irrigated, it is said, by the waters 

 from the Antero reservoir through the High Line canal sys- 

 tem. This reservoir was recently completed, and has a stor- 

 age capacity of over 80,000 acre feet. 



The Fraser Sources Irrigation & Power Company of 

 Denver has filed an amended map of the Fraser Sources ditch, 

 with the state engineer. It is proposed to dig a tunnel to 

 bring water from the other side of the range into South 

 Boulder canon. The water supply will be taken from several 

 sources in the Fraser river county. The estimated cost is 

 $1,975,000. 



An irrigation project involving the construction of a 

 "reservoir and canal system to water 100,000 acres in Prowers 

 county is now in process of formation. The storage reservoir 

 will be located on the Purgatoire, sixty-five miles south of 

 Las Animas, and will have a capacity of 400,000 acre feet. 

 The estimated cost of the system is about $4,000,000. Two 

 years will be required for construction. 



The Laramie-Poudre Irrigation & Reservoir Company 

 has let the contract for the construction of a 12,000-foot tun- 

 nel through Green Mountain, by which the waters of the 

 Laramie river will be brought into the Cache la Poudre basin 

 and distributed upon the plains for irrigation of 150,000 acres. 

 The tunnel and power plant to be built in connection there- 

 with will entail an expenditure of approximately $750,000. 

 The contract specifies that the tunnel must be completed on 

 or before December 1st, 1911. The company owns a large 

 reservoir and ditch system in the district to be served and 

 additional reservoirs are projected. The amount involved 

 in the project is over $2,000,000. 



WYOMING. 



The work of building the government's Shoshone dam 

 is now 88 per cent completed, and will probably be finished 

 sometime during December of this year. 



Detailed plans of the North Platte Valley Irrigation Com- 

 pany of Douglas indicate that this concern will expend nearly 

 two million dollars in the reclamation of 1,000 acres in the 

 Platte river valley for a distance of 35 miles between Glenn 

 Rock and Orin Junction. Recently the company has secured 

 control of the La Prele Ditch Company which is now con- 

 structing a cement dam on La Prele creek. By the con- 

 struction of a power plant the company, at a cost of $350,000, 

 will carry electricity to various pumping stations on the La 

 Prele Company's canals and the Platte river. The incor- 

 porators of the company are W. F. Hamilton, J. M. Wilson, 

 B. J. Erwin and W. F. Cox. By the expenditure of $600,000 

 the company proposes to supply water to 60,000 acres. 



