The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-05-22
IRRIGATION NATTER


district No. 7, 81 water DIVISION No. T.
the same TO consist ~ the watersheds
n the South Platte river and Lodge
Pole creek. IN Nebraska. and has APP
pointed T. VI. scarle Of Ognlalla rs nm.
her assistant secretary, 10 hold the
Office for a period Of two years from
April D.
The board has repealed The follow
Ing rule no. % adopted last August.
relating 10 adjudicatlons and hear
inR-'
"Claimnnts having filed with the see
rotary ~ this board. ten days previous
10 date Of first hearing announced
claim aiiidavits, In the form prescribed,
and entitled Claim for the waters 81
the state Of Nebraska, need not appear
NJ said hearings unless they wish 20
offer additional testimony In support Of
their claims"
State Engineer Howell has made the
following report Of his ten months
work.
10 the Honorable State Board Of lrri-
CATION Gcnticmcnl The ten months
that have elapsed since the state board
Of irrigation entered upon the active
discharge Of ~ functions and duties
have been occupied largely by the
work OF organization deemed essential
10 the future usefulness Of the depart
ment
After the induction Of the admins
tratiyc officers Of your honorable board
into Office transcripts 81 notices Of APP
preparation filed with the various coun-
~ clerks Of the state, In compliance
with the general irrigation law ~ 1850,
were collected from forty four different
counties These transcripts formed
about 900 pages of manuscript, setting
forth In mcagcr manner the claims Of
go alleged appropriations of the public
waters u the state.
To each Of these claimants ~ record
blank claim afldayiis Of form aud
character prescribed by your engineer
and secretary were then forwarded for
the purpose that they might properly
be- filled out and returned Tor the more
definite information Of the board re
spccting appropriations actually made.
Statistics from 800 Of the claim All.
davits filed ON or before the Stat day Of
December, 1893, show that there were
under construction In this state ON or
before April 4, 1895, when the present
irrigation law became effective, some
s,aip miles Of canal, estimated 10 cost
when completed ss,sss. 800. covering
1901 ,Oi7 ncrcs Of land. OF this total
mileage I ,al9 miles have been completed
at an expense OF 81 $50, 800.
A. soon ~ the collection Of claim NJ.
iidnviis had proceeded to the point
deemed necessary the state was divided
into watersheds aud the adjudication
Of the various claims represented un.
dcrthlScn.
Hearings for the purpose Of giving
claimants an opportunity 10 he heard
by the board In support ~ their alleged
appropriations were hrst held within
the watershed Of the Republican river
and upon the conclusion Of the worl,
therein the watersheds Of the Ellshoru
aud the l.oup rivers we're taken up In
the order indicated.
These hearings were set for aud GOV.
cred twcnty-scvcn different counties.
forming docket Of a73 cases, l5l In re-.
and twenty contests OF these MA
cases, ESQ have been reviewed and
passed upon by your engineer and see.
rotary, leaving the docket still encum.
bercd with 1873 cases.
In addition 10 the claim afIdayits
above enumerated. ESQ applications FOR
permits 10 appropriate the public wnt.
ers OF the state have been filed with the
board since IT, creation. Stntlstlcs from
2gO OF this number filed on or before
the 3ist day Of December, 1895. sho,v
that the total additional milenVc of
canals proposed subsequent To Anril a
OF last year, amounted To a.iie miles.
estimated TO cost 50, 200. ess. coycri,g
$780,, $50 acres
None OF these applications have been
granted thus far, M directed by vour
honorable board by resolution, adopted
May 10, 1898. The same being held la
TINS ONCE Tor record until such time
"A the adtudications upon each water.
shed affected, have proceeded to such
q point that the board may deem itself
Justihed' because OF AN apparent unap-
proprlnted supply OF water, In granting
wv
In the conduct Of this work the eN.
pcnditurcsof the board, exclusive OF the
salary OF the engineer and secretary.
have been as follows, undcr secrc.
taries, appropriation $4,000, expended
N,fl0i additional assistants. nppropri.
alton Si,s0o, expended SdO7; expense
Of board, appropriation 81 200. expended
sai0i stationery, instruments. postage.
etc. appropriation 5000, expended
$500. %.
The fees charged up for taking and
transcribing testimony, copvlng rae.
ords, etc, amount To $3.50. IS, OF which
sipa.io has been collected aud Il ON dc.
posit In the name Of the board with the
Columbia National banl, Of Lincoln.
The board az this time finds itself
with much upon its hands and much
additional work before H. During the
coming year adjudications must be
carried ON, streams gagged. waters
divided among the numerous claimants.
therefor, and portions OF the state
mapped, for the purpose Of showing the
course of the various canals to which
water has been allowed.
Unfortunately the appropriations
made by the last Legislature for the use
OF the board were not at all commen.
surnte with the work entailca. There.
fore, II this department falls short
during the coming year OF meeting the
expectations 81 those Interested In the
deNeionfaeuf ~ frriasuft,u o., ttG. ...t.