second from the Big Thompson No. 1 and 1 cubic loot per second from 
the Big Thompson and Manufacturing Company's Ditch. However, 
the management deny that they recognize the transfers. Land under 
this ditch is valued at $60 per acre. 
THE GEORGE RIST DITCH. 
The ditch is used to irrigate land belonging to the Buckingham 
estate only, about L,800 acres, and has a capacity of 66 cubic feet per 
second. Formerly its capacity was less than half that amount, but 
when the Mariano Lake was put to use by the Home Supply Ditch 
Company, it purchased a right of way through this ditch, enlarging it 
and making it a feeder for the lake. Besides a money consideration 
for the right of way, the company assumes the cost of maintenance for 
its use. The ditch has oik 1 decree only, of 195 cubic feet per second. 
of date May 1, 1878, though application for decree was made under 
two dates — May 1, 1873, and July 9, 1875. There had been actually 
irrigated in the first case but 100 acres, and in the second 2,400 acres. 
HILLSBORO DITCH. 
This is the most important of the lower ditches, as well as one of 
the largest in the district. It extends from a point on the south bank of 
the Big Thompson, some 5 miles below Loveland, in a curve around 
to and across the Little Thompson, and irrigates some land on the 
south side of that stream, where there is a reservoir to aid in regulat- 
ing the distribution of the water. The present capacity of the ditch 
is greater than, or at least equal to, its decree of 153.4 cubic feet per 
second. This ditch has practically absorbed the Big Thompson No. 1 
ditch and covers all the latter's land. It has acquired by purchase 28 
cubic feet per second, and by the transfer of five individual rights 45 
cubic feet per second more, carrying, therefore, 73 cubic feet per sec- 
ond of the Big Thompson No. 1 water. It covers nearly 9,000 acres 
and actually irrigates 5,000 acres or more. Its stock is divided into 
108 shares, serving 80 acres each, valued at $400 per share; the cost of 
maintenance is less than $900 per year, and an assessment of $11 per 
share yearly covers all costs of maintenance, superintendence, and a 
certain amount of interest on borrowed money. Each share is pre- 
sumed to furnish 60 " inches" when needed, though much less suffices. 
This ditch has three decrees, as follows: 
Decreed rights of Hillsboro Ditch. 
Date. 
Quantity. 
Cubic feet 
p< r s< e. 
- 25 
99. 4t> 
45.69 
Area. 
October 15, 1ST 1 
Acres. 
300 
April 15, 1878 
1,S00 
October 6, 1881 
3,000 
