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BULLETIN" 1026, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The distribution of both river and reservoir water from the Greeley 

 Canal No. 2 is handled in much the same manner as from the Lari- 

 mer and Weld Canal. The company controls only the main canal 

 and its responsibility ends when the water is delivered to the lateral. 

 Because of its short length the canal is divided into two sections 

 only, each of which is handled by a ditch rider under the direction 

 of the superintendent. Diversions from the canal are made through 

 Powell gates, which may be raised or lowered only by the ditch rider, 

 and the water delivered is measured over weirs. Before the delivery 

 of reservoir water is begun the user may get his pro rata share of. 

 the water in the canal by applying to either the rider on the main 

 ditch or the rider on his lateral. After the canal begins carrying 

 reservoir water the small amount of river water received is used to 

 supply reservoir demands and an equivalent credit is accumulated in 

 either the Windsor Reservoir or the Cache la Poudre Reservoir. 

 When a sufficient credit has been accumulated to supply a day's run 

 to each right, each stockholder under the canal is credited with his 

 j)ro rata share, which will be delivered to him on demand. 



Reservoir water is delivered by the company on demand of the user 

 a day in advance, orders received before 1 p. m. being filled the fol- 

 lowing morning. The unit used is 1 second-foot for a day, and the 

 company charge for carriage is $1. The secretary of the comj^any 

 is required to keep a record of the reservoir water handled and for 

 this purpose he has a journal, order book, and ledger. All credits 

 of water reported are first entered in the journal, after which they 

 are posted in the ledger. The order book page is designed for a 

 period of 10 days and is divided into columns in which are entered 

 the date, name of user, page of ledger containing his account, a nota- 

 tion to show whether the order was received by telephone or other- 

 wise, name of person giving order, units or " rights " ordered, lateral 

 to which water was to be delivered, and character of order, whether 

 open or for a definite period, after which are 10 columns for noting 

 the units delivered each day. These records are also posted in the 

 ledger, which is in the form below : 



Form of reservoir noter accounts, Greeley Canal No. 2. 



HERMAN SANDERS. 



Debit. 



Credit. 



Aug. 6 



' "*" '*' * " ' 



68 

 68 

 * 



68 

 68 



2.00 

 2.00 



* 



2.00 

 1.50 



Aug. 3. No. 2 



99 



98 



16. 50 



25.50 



* * 



Sept. 18 



19 



***** 

 25. Windsor 



* 

 .. 105 



* 

 25. 50 



(W. Lang) 









67.50 



67.50 



