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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



Reclamation Notes 



CALIFORNIA. 



The most important irrigation project in Santa Bar- 

 bara county, aside from that of the Union Sugar Company 

 in the Santa Maria Valley, is now in a fair way of fulfill- 

 ment in the Sisquoc region. 



At Howell Point, a forty-inch pump has been installed 

 for the reclamation district. The capacity of the pump is 

 (iO.OOO gallons a minute. The district has another pump 

 which throws 30,000 gallons a minute. The two pumps 

 working together will lower the water on 240 acres one 

 inch per hour. 



A tract of land embracing 284 acres in the Ferris Val- 

 ley, known as the Bernasconi Hot Springs, has been sold 

 by Iowa parties to the Equitable Realty Company of Los 

 Angeles for a reported consideration of $30,000. This 

 tract is located eighteen miles southeast of Riverside. 

 Forty acres of the land is to be laid out in half-acre build- 

 ing lots and the remainder will be subdivided into orange 

 land. This tract will be supplied with an abundance of 

 water for irrigation. 



The directors of the South San Joaquin and Oakdale 

 Irrigation districts have awarded the contract for the con- 

 struction of a joint canal to J. A. Green & Co. of Chicago 

 for $700,000. The Chicago firm will finance the bonds, 

 subject to the impending decision of the Supreme Court 

 on the legality of the formation of the districts. The con- 

 tract calls for tunneling, rock drilling and cement work. 

 The completion of the contract will bring water down to 

 the dividing line. Work will be started immediately. 



It is reported that capitalists are interested in the 

 reclamation of Boulding Island, situated near Stockton, 

 which has been inundated for eight years and that the 

 tract of 6,156 acres may again be the factor in the produc- 

 tion of the delta area. T. P. Andrews of San Francisco is 

 reported to be at the head of the Reclamation Company 

 who will undertake this work. 



Bonds to the extent of $25,000 for the installation of 

 an irrigation plant which will derive its supply from-wells 

 which will tap the underflow from the Tijuana River will 

 soon be issued by the San Ysidro Irrigation district. The 

 plant, as proposed, will furnish a continuous flow of nine 

 gallons of water per minute. The cost of the plant and 

 the operating expenses will be assessed pro rata among 

 the property owners using the water. 



A temporary injunction has been served on the Lake 

 County Board of Supervisors by the Yolo County Con- 

 solidated Water Company to prevent that body from en- 

 larging the outlet of Clear Lake. The Lake county super- 

 visors want the outlet enlarged to lower the surface of the 

 lake, but the water company want to prevent this, inas- 

 much as it would decrease the supply of water for irriga- 

 tion purposes late in the summer. The water company 

 has also asked for $5,000 for damage alleged to have been 

 already done. 



F. M. Turner of Browns Valley has secured 25,000 

 acres of land in northern Yuba county and has interested 

 eastern capitalists in the reclamation of same. The water 

 for irrigation purposes will be taken from Dry Creek. 

 The land to be irrigated is claimed to be some of the best 

 apple land in the world. 



Articles of incorporation of the Las Velejas Land 

 Company, which owns a large tract of land near Bangor, 

 were filed in Oroville early this month. The principal 

 place of business is San Francisco and the capital stock 

 is estimated at $250,000. The company will build a large 



irrigation canal and will subdivide the land into small 

 tracts. Among those interested in the project are A. M. 

 Cavan of Oakland, Milton Newmark of Berkeley, John 

 W. Hodge, Larkspur; Albert Frederick, A. L. Eickhprst 

 and K. F. Coleman of San Francisco and F. D. Hatton of 

 Monterey. 



Officials of the Fresno Canal and Irrigation Com- 

 pany propose to extend the Enterprise Canal, which taps 

 Kings River nine miles, at an approximate cost of $60,000, 

 for the purpose of irrigating 6,000 acres of land eight miles 

 north of Fresno. The tract will be divided into small 

 holdings. The complete irrigation system for watering 

 the entire tract will cost approximately $125,000. 



Surprise Valley is to be irrigated in the near future 

 with water furnished by the Modoc County Irrigation 

 Company, which is building a large ditch from Cowhead 

 Lake, ten miles east of Fort Bidwell, down the east side 

 of the valley. This ditch will irrigate 20,000 acres of land. 

 A great power proposition is also a part of the enterprise. 

 A power-house will be located in the northeastern part 

 of the county near Cowhead Lake. After the water passes 

 through the power-house for the generation of electricity 

 it will be carried in a large ditch for a distance of twenty- 

 five miles down the valley. 



COLORADO. 



J. P. Lurton, engineer in charge of the survey work 

 for the Pueblo Municipal Irrigation project, has completed 

 the work of surveying the canal and reservoirs of the 

 project. This system, when completed, will water 50,000 

 acres of land in the Boggs Flat district and the west por- 

 tion of Pueblo county. The water will be derived from 

 Pine Creek, Chalk Creek, Cottonwood Creek and Eagle 

 River. To tap Eagle River a tunnel will be run through 

 the mountain near the summit beyond Leadville. It will 

 be a mile long and will divert a portion of the Eagle River 

 from the western slope to the eastern slope. Reservoirs 

 will be constructed for storage purposes and will have a 

 storage capacity of about 75,000 acre feet of water. It is 

 estimated that the project will cost approximately 

 $2,000,000. 



Suit for $12,000 has been filed against the Pueblo- 

 Rocky Ford Irrigation Company and co-defendants by the 

 Knowlton Construction Company, it being alleged that the 

 defendants owe that sum on a contract for work on what 

 is known as the Orlando Ditch. 



It is announced that construction work on the Colt 

 Irrigation project will be completed during 1912. This 

 project contemplates the irrigation of 200,000 acres north 

 of the river running from Fowler almost to Las Animas. 



The Las Animas Consolidated Drainage District has 

 issued bonds and improvement work will be commenced 

 in the near future. This district includes 1,700 acres of 

 land south of Las Animas and through the medium of this 

 drainage system will be made some of the richest land in 

 that section. The system will be tile all the way through. 

 The tile will be 24 inches at the outlet and for a distance 

 of 4,000 feet toward the upper end of the district, then 

 reducing to 22-inch tile, and with further reductions in the 

 laterals as will be required. 



Repairs are being made on the Oxford flume west of 

 Fowler. The directors have under consideration a per- 

 manent improvement. They propose to build a dam on 

 either side of the flume, its entire length. The two parallel 

 dams will be about two or three hundred feet apart and 

 in time the sediment from the ditch will fill this so as to 

 make a flume unnecessary. It is estimated that this per- 

 manent improvement could be constructed at a cost of 

 $20,000. 



It is reported that between 80,000 and 100,000 acres of 

 land will be brought under irrigation by a project which 

 is to be undertaken by F. L. Harris of Lamar and other 

 capitalists. The project will involve an expenditure of 

 about $4.000,000 and work will be begun in the near fu- 

 ture. The district was created some time ago and the 

 preliminary surveys have been made. The location of the 



