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BULLETIN 1026, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTTJEE. 



are now in force and unimpaired. In Table 4 the rights of the prin- 

 cipal canals of the valley are listed, with notes to show how they 

 were acquired or changed. Ninety per cent of the direct irrigation 

 rights of the stream are included, those omitted being chieily rights 

 of small ditches above the canyon or at the head of tributaries enter- 

 ing below the canyon. 



Table 4. — Water rights of the principal canals of the Cache la Poudre Valley. 





Pri- 











ority 

 num- 



Date. 



Amount 

 (sec.-ft.). 



Remarks. 





ber. 









North Poudre Canal 



2 



June 1, 1861 



0.72 



Transferred from Watrous, Whedbee & 





Secord Ditch. 





17 



Apr. 15,1866 



4.77 



Transferred from Taylor and Gill Ditch. 





19 



July 1,1866 



2.16 



Transferred from Watrous, Whedbee & 

 Secord Ditch. 





29 



June 1, 1868 



2.16 



Do. 





40 



May 1,1871 



4.00 



Transferred from Wm. Calloway Ditch No. 

 1; use limited to certain land." 





52 



Julv 20,1872 



15.00 



Transferred from Arthur Ditch. 





60 



July 1, 1873 



7.20 



Transferred from Aquila Morgan Ditch. 





161 



do 



9. .38 



Transferred from Bro^^Ti Ditch Xo. 1. 





63 



Ausj. 1.5,1873 



3.32 



Transferred fromBro-s^-n Ditch No. 2. 





66 



Sept. 1,1873 



11.00 



Transferred from Arthur Ditch. 





69 



May 15,1874 



3. .32 



Transferred from Bro^^-n Ditch No. 3. 





77 



May 1,1875 



6.72 



Transferred from Bro^^Ti Ditch No. 4. 





79 



Jan. 1,1876 



6.72 



Transferred from Btotnti Ditch No. 5. 





SO 



Jime 1, 1876 



6.72 



Transferred from Brown Ditch No. 6. 





82 



June 1, 1877 



2.S5 



Transferred from Brown Ditch Xo. 7. 





97 



Feb. 1, 1880 



315. 00 



Original appropriation: by court decree 

 subseouently made inferior to priority 







Total 







401. 04 



No. 100 of the Larimer County Canal. 





28 



Mar. 1.5,1868 





Poudre Valley Canal 



1.63 



Transferred from Canyon Ditch. 





56 



Mar. 20,1873 



24.44 



Do. 



Total 



26.07 







4 



Sept. 1,1861 





Pleasant Vallev and Lake 



10.97 



Original appropriation. 



Canal. 



11 



June 10,1864 



29.63 







51 



July 10,1872 



16.50 







92 



Aug. 18,1879 



80.83 





Total 



137. 93 







5 



Mar. 1,1862 





Larimer County Canal 



10.77 



Transferred from Pioneer Ditch. 





12 



Sept. 15,1864 



13.89 



Do. 





28 



Mar. 15,1868 



4.66 



Transferred from Canyon Ditch. 





56 



Mar. 20,1873 



4.00 



Do. 





84 



Apr. 1,1878 



7.23 



Appropriation of Smith Ditch acquired 



with right of way. 





100 



Apr. 25,1881 



463.00 



Original appropriation: by court decree sub- 









seouently made superior to priority No. 







Total 







503.55 



97 of the North Poudre Canal. 





3 



June 10.1861 





Jackson Ditch 



11.67 



Original appropriation. 





36 



Oct. 2i:i870 



14.42 





67 



Sept. is; 1873 



12.13 







91 



July 15,1879 



12.70 





Total 



50.92 







31 



May 1, 1869 





Ijttle Cache la Poudre 



62.08 



Do. 



Ditch. 



58 



May 1, 1873 



20.42 





Total 



82.50 







17 



Apr. 15,1866 





Taylor and uill Ditch 



12.15 



Of the original appropriation of 18.48 sec- 











ond-feet 4.77 second-feet transferred to 











North Poudre Canal and 1.56 second-feet 





' 





returned to river to protect it from loss on 









account of transfer. 



Larimer County Canal Xo. 2. 



14 May 1,1865 



4.00 



Transferred from John B. Brown Ditch. 





57 i Apr. 1, 1873 



1 



175.00 



Original appropriation. 



Total 



179. 00 













1 The appropriations of the Brown Ditches are not owned by the company but are carried in the canal 

 under a perpetual contract. 



