The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-08-16
RIGHF-OF-WAY SECURED
For The Yakiml Valley Land Company
Immense Canal &.
MILL lRRlGATE 5000 ACRES OF LAND
work 10 Commence NJ Once nd the
Ditch 90 iIe Compirt-d by Decrm-
Der 4, Is84-liomes for Thousa nds
Of People.

The Yakima Valley Land company is
rhe last corporation to start into irrigation
in this county; and the company fulfill
ancient prophes,-at least so say the
sise ones-in that 1.-THE last shall b-
irst." Because the acres TO be irrigated
ny the canal which the company will i'm,
nehlately begin To construct, will num-
her fully 800, the most distant trac; oil
shich is removed from the city Of North
Yakima not to exceed 81 or miles
Every discerning mind may easily grasp
the full scope Of that statment, see what
it means TO this city. feel what it ror
tends TO the present and future operatives
and owners OF the broad acres now heavy
and rank with sagebrush, hut soon tn
send up toward the skies the fragrance Of
the new mown hay, the breath of flowers.
the songs of birds, the lowing of cattle
md the busy rattle and clang of machin-
cry which will turn into coin at door
yard market, the fruits Of husbsndman's
toll.
| The right-of-way has been secured and
not u shadow of doubt now rests upon
this, YakiIna's last and most highly
priced project OF redemption of arid land.
Every farmer and owner along the line
of survey cheerfully gave his permission
for the ditch to pass through his land.
and thus the beginning of the end APP
prosches.
! iieighth is a prime factor in this pro-
Jet. The snakelike line OF flime and
hollow will originate ten miles up the
n ,tcheez, at point near the EIchbarh
ranch, and one NAV Judge OF the magnitude
of the enterprise, when he thinks of the
winding descent TO the uplands of the
Wide Hollow, and sees above him. "a he
passes over the little bridge on the Cow
ychee, near the Painted X nks, monster
trestle upon the crown OF which, los feet
in the air, the rushing water ripples down
to the thirsty land awaiting its advent.
The great trest!e will slant like an inclin
ell plane to the foothills near the Water,
Light Il Power company's flnme, ablnt
two miles from this city. AMI the ditch
will he blasted from the solid rock on the
tops of these lonely sentinels for the great
ranges bevond, being flumed from tip to
tip, point tn point, ACROSS the rough coun
try, to the lands it is destined to reclaim !;
thence being cut into laterals and finally
quietly entering the little creek called
Wide Hollow, near II. ID. Winchester's
farm.
Around the giant cliffs which form the
Painted Rorks the fume will tower.
rlinging to the crest of the sheer wall
whose pictured sides have been made
famous throughout the valley Of the Yak
ina, and little trickling rivnlets may fur
row the granite front that natures wild
est storms have long assaulted in vain.
From business point OF view, the
be completed by December l =, and will be
of sufficient width and depth to properly
irrigate the 8 N) acres tributary TO it. The
terms made by the company are easy
and worthy the thanks of land owners
A cash payment of $25 or a Swear time
contract at So is the price charged per
acre for water. Each share of stork rep
resents water enough to irrigate an acre
of land and when the canal is completed
the man who bnys the water owns the
stock, and thereafter no rent is to be
paid and no cash expended save as will
he found necessary and incident to keep
ing the ditch in RIPARIAN unusual and
agreeable change 10 methods of water
contracting from practices now obtaining
in the country. In the matter of repairs,
they are not likely to ba extensive. En-
gineer Bannister is now in the east en-
deavoring tn procure steel supports in
stead of wooden ones, for the great tres.
ties. Everything tends toward stability.
The promoter OF this worthy and most
valuable enterprise is Mr.. Chester A.
Congd IN. of Dulu'h, Mimi. lndividu-
ally and in connection with the Ontario
Land company, of which he is the Sec
ond vice president, he has expended
thousands upon thousands of dollars in
this county and its securities. His favor
was valuable in the past, even in the
zenith of Yakima's prosperity; but how
much more is re now to be welcomed
coming as he does with the most strin-
gent times financially we have ever
known, to expend his money and add his
sgsressiveness in bringing this section
still more grandly to the 'front.' His pres
ent project will furnish employment for
many men, require large quantities of
supplies, and turn thousands of dollars
in the mill which grinds out bread for
the people to eat. And he brings 5000
acres Of farming land to the very door of
our city residences aud market plares I;
opens an avenue unparalleled for increase
in population; taps upon the lorked doc
OF the storehouses of nature, and turns
into a paradise dry and cherries des-
ert; gives to the idle ones EN- ,loyment
piles high the LOGS upon many a
hearthstone where now the winters
blasts whistle over lonely moors aud bar
rem wastes.
All possible success to his venture, all
praise for his confiden e in this city and
its environs. That's toast to which
THE HERALD believes no man will refuse
to drink.