Arizona republican., 1894-11-16
THIS ISN'T TALK. A Great Irrigation Pro-
 ject Under Way. The Work of ConStruc- ton to Begin Now. Late Meeting of the PennSyl-
 vania Stockholders.
Ample Funds Have Already Been Raised-Ihe Story of the Com
 pany's Organization.

1ne OlI Cltv (Pa.) Derrlck Of last week contains an article which will be ef the greatest interest to Phenicians, an account of meeting of the Pennsyl- vania Irrigation company. It says:
 "A meeting of the Pennsylvania IT, flgation company was held in the com- pany's office in the Lam berton block on Wednesday afternoon. The mem bers present were H. B. Beatty, Henry Nc Sweeney, Esq, R. G. Lamberton and Colonel w. J. Rulings, of Oil City; Hon. Henry F. James, of Franklin :; Prof. A. J. Davis, of Clarion; Curtis G. Hussey, L. M. Worden and Oscar A. Rodgers, of Pittsburg, and w. P. Logan, ef Philadelphia :"
 The account is then devoted to Col
 onel Rulings investigations and his impressions concerning the success of the irrigation project. It continues:
 "Colonel Rulings report interested some of his business associates and personal friends and as result the Pennsylvania Irrigation company, with an authorized capital of $1 900, ,000, was organized to irrigate 30, 900 acres of land near Ph@nlx, Arizona. A corps of engineers under the direction of Col. W. J. Rulings made a long and thor ough examination of all of the physical features of the land and his report to Bis associates showed that the proposed plan of irrigation was perfectly feasible and that there was considerable money to be made in carrying out the enter prise.
 Books were then open for the sub- scription of stock and Oil City capital was the first into the enterprise, but the greater amount of stock was taken by residents of Pitts burg, the majority ef them Of German extraction, who h. tend to become settlers in that rich valley. Several strong financial men of Pittsburg became interested in the pro- iect. but before investing their money required that they be granted permis- sion to appoint their own engineer and counsel to examine the land and fran chise. The titles were found perfect. Investors was Donald W. Campbell, Esq, of Denver, employed for many years by the British government in India, where $50, ,O00, ,O0O have been ex- pended in building irrigation works. In addition to the great reputation he has established by his long experience in British India and in the United States, his Scotch conservatism has placed him at the head of his profession as an expert.
 Tn his submitted report he unquali- sedly confirmed the reports made by the engineers corps under Col Rulings, and was even more forcible than the Irrigation companv's own chief en- gineer, Mr. Kendrick."
 Then follows portion of MT. Camp bells report, after which the account proceeds with the history of the organi- zation and the result of this important meeting.
 ''The report was so favora ble that the sale of stock immediately boomed in Pittsburg. c. G. Hussey, the we'll known copper manufacturer, alone sub- seribed $15O,00O toward the enterprise, and O. A. Rogers, resident manager of the Fidelity & Casualty company of New York took block of 5000. Oil City has $250.000.
 "At the meeting yesterday it was de- terminei to begin construction at once, as ample funds had been secured for that purpose. The work will require about year, the employment of about 300 persons and will reclaim about 3O,- GOO acres, worth at least $50 an acre. The United States agricultural reports and the report of the special committee of the United States senate agree that the average increase in value of irri- gated land is $50 per acre. The cost will be S225, ,00O and will create value from water rights alone of $600,000 The reservoir will contain 5,536, ,000, ,000 gallons, and is retained by wall con- tanning 175, ,000 cubic yards of rock. A tunnel is cut through the solid noun tain 800 feet long. The discharge will be directed against a Pelton wheel and the energy converted into electrical power and used for railroad and light