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appeal to the State engineer thai official caused the line of the old ditch 
to be carefully surveyed and its cross section determined. The result 
of the survey showed that the ditch could carry more than 78 cubic 
feel per second, even taking the Least cross section and Lightest grade 
found as a basis of calculation. The State engineer, therefore, ordered 
the entire decree to he transferred, which resulted in suit being 
brought, under the the title of "The Loudon Irrigating (anal Co. /•. 
the Handy Ditch Co. et al." This case i- given more fully later. At 
present the Handy Ditch is allowed to draw not more than 20 cubic 
feet per second of this water. In obtaining a decree the capacity as 
claimed by the owners was hut 75 cubic feet per second, but notwith- 
standing this the decree grants 7s feet per second, or 3 "inches" of 
water per acre. The size of the ditch i- given as s feel on the bottom. 
14 feet on top. 3 miles in length, 2i feet in depth, with a fall of L0 feet 
to the mile. 
THE LOVELAND AND GREELEY CANAL. 
The eanal or, rather, system of canals and reservoirs which _ 
under this name is one of the most important in the district, extend- 
ing, as it does, from a point on the Big Thompson some 3 miles west of 
Loveland nearly to the town of Greeley, supplying water along its 
entire course to more than 21,000 acres, the greater part of which lies 
near Greeley and on both the Big Thompson and Cache la Poudre 
slopes. The name Loveland and Greeley was applied to the main 
canal as it was enlarged. The head gate is located in sec. 17. T. 5 N., 
R. 69 W., and the system embraces the old Larimer County Irrigating 
and Manufacturing Ditch, commonly called the Chubbuck Ditch, with 
its priorities as follows: 
Decreed rights of Chubbuck Ditch. 
Cubic feet 
per second. 
November 1, 1865 - 
October 20, 1 870 30. 04 
Octol)er 25, 1873 35. 50 
Total 82. !»0 
This total of S2.90 cubic feet per second, added to the decree of 
April 1, 1881, of 297. 44. makes a total of 380.34 cubic feet per second. 
With this latter enlargement (the extension of the canal by the Boom- 
erang and Grapevine laterals) it covered some 30,000 acres. The old 
Larimer County Irrigating and Manufacturing Ditch at the time of its 
decree covered about 2.100 acres, of which 1,800 were irrigated. In 
acquiring this ditch the Loveland and Greeley Irrigating and Land 
Company guaranteed to the owners thereof a perpetual free and first 
right to the water of the canal at such times as it was needed and in 
amount to the full extent of their priorities. The company does not. 
however, furnish reservoir water under this agreement. The amount 
