The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-08
EAGLE ROCK AFFAIRS
How the Idaho Town Progresses
and ProSperS.
THE IDAHO CANAL COMPANY
The Eagle Rock Water Company
The Good Work Done.

EAGLE Rock, Idaho, July 3, 1S90.-TSpec-
ial correspondence of The HERALD. lon
the bank of the Snake river-the largest
stream in Idaho-ffty miles north of Poca-
lello and or tie line OF the Utah & North
ern branch of the Union Pacific railway,
is situated Eagle Rock, and more suitable
and perfect location for townsite could
not have been selected in ali the surround
ing country than this. Since its organtza-
ton it has prospered, and to-day it is known
as one of the great towns of the territory.
Tie citizens are wide awake and enterpris-
ing, leaving nothing undone that may re-
dound to their interests. Many acres of
land, which with water would yield ample
returns, are surrounding this place, a bar
rem waste, but soon to come to bloom and
fruitage. On the 10th of September, 1889,
was organized the Idaho Canal company,
with capital stock of s500e0O, its purpose
being to bring a supply of water to irrigate
the land. The officers of this company are
l.. e. Hall, president, Salt Lake city; }. A.
Clark, engineer and secretary, Eagle Rock :;
w. W. Peet, treasurer, Salt Lake; and e..
C.. Tautphans, superintendent of construc-
ton. Immediately after the organization
of the company work was commenced on
the canal by the contractors at point some
twelve miles from Eagle Rock, where the
water will be taken from Snake river. The
estimated cost of building this canal is
$1,000 and it is proposed to irrigate 1000
acres of land with this one canal. The
canal will be forty feet wide at the bottom,
with grade of two feet to the mile. 1t has
been completed already to within mile
from town, and it is an assured fact that
the approach of fall will see all the work
completed. The heaGgates will be con-
structed of solid rock laid on cement with
lava foundation, and will have clear space
of fifty-six feet for water at the gate, and
at a low stage carry five feet pressure.
The Eagle Rock and Willow Creek Water
company is another ditch company which
has a paid-up capital of 900, and has its
canal now in operation irrigating over
forty thousand acres of land now under
cultivation. The water is carried twenty
five miles over the country, and has made
paying farms of what had been barren
deserts. The Eagle Rock Water company
has several miles of iron pipes carrying
water over the entire town, and its service
has given unbounded satisfaction. This
company has been in existence since the
fall of 1885, and since then have made many
improvements in the system. Seven fire
plugs, for the protection of the town, were
put in, and the Eagle Hose company organ
lied with w. w. Keefer, a veteran Penn
sylvania fireman, as chief, and so well has
this town been protected that there has
never been single dollar sacrificed 10 the
flames. The company havea valuable hose
carriage, carrying 600 feet of 21SS inch hose
and is composed of twenty five of the most
active men of the town.
Last fall Messrs. Burgess & Edelman,
two enterprising citizens of Eagle Rock,
constructed -four mill, with a capacity of
fifty barrels day, and used only first class
roller mill machinery. They use only the
product of this section, but, so far, have
been unable to handle all the grain offered
them and raised in this section.
The Eagle Rock Register, edited by w. E.
Wheeler, is one of the leading lights in
IdAno journalism, and is authority on ali
questions appertaining to Bingham county
in particular and Idaho in general. The
Democrats of this section being DESTROYS of
having an organ of their party in this sec
ton. organized a stock company for the
publication of the Times, which will be
issued from here in a few days under the
management of Bonney s. Dennis, two
sCaunch Democrats.
NOTES.
This has been a gala day in Eagle Rock
owing to the advent of McMahon's circus,
which gave two shows. and their Golfers