Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-01-07
BIG SCHEME.
A Proposition in Which Carson
City is Greatly Interested.


The Examiner OF Tuesday has the
following:
George T Lamy is in the city to
urge the advantages OF one Of the
m, ct gigantic irrigation projects ever
attempted in the State Of Nevada.
Some Of the most influential and
wealthy residents Of the Silver State
are interested in the scheme and have
already advanced enough money to
warrant great success. Thousands Of
acres Of land have teen secured and
agencies have been established to Sc
cure desirable settlers for prospective
colonies. Fifteen reservoir sites, on
as many tributaries to the Carson
river. have been obtained and a new
theory Of irrigation has been put into
practice. Ii is believed iha. most Of
the serious obstacles to effective irri-
cation have been overcome, and that
the new scheme will prompt a general
development OF the State.
The company having control OF the
affair has been Incorporated for some
time and has already exl ended COS
siderable money. 1t is known as the
Alpine Land aud Reservoir Company,
with Governor Reinhold Sadler as
President. All operations of the pros
to the Carson valley. The projectors,
as a matter Of course, are !: ney
makers. They have secured possess
sion of large tracts of arid lands and
expect TO sell what they W at a profit.
They hope to induce colonists to go to
the valley, and agencies in this city
and New York will be established to
offer Inducements. Several people in
New York have already received the
necessary authority to make negotia-
tons.
Tee sale Of land is not the only
profit the projectors expect to secure
Enormous titles of water have
been stored aud will be sold. The
company claims, however. that the
'"''N ~ oti'h III 4N0N has
been solved and that the greatest beue-
tit will come to the State.
The company has already pnrchas-
ed flom the Occident Land and I'm
provement Company of this city, 10
which h Sharon estate and Francis
u. Newiands are interested, 5000
acres o. land. Several small reser-
voirs have already been CONSTRUCTED
n several more are planned. The
projectors are @orking upon the theory
that practical irrigation is to be on-
tanned only ,ty the construction Of n
series # small reservoirs and not with
one, to he built at enormous expense
The correct plan, it is claimed, is to
construct this series at comrarativelv
small cost
At pr s~nt, attention is being given
o"lv 10 tin upper Carson valley, wher+.
1900 a"ces OF arid land are con-
tioiled. The engineers intend 10 lrri
gate the land with a canal twenty feet
wide at tHr top, ten feet wide 1T Il =.
- nose ~ lScI uttp. DIX uAflS
have l.. IA constructed aud by next
sun""-, it is promised 10000 acre
feet vii ~ supplied. The scheme ia
"ntlI"''t promises cheap lands and
ahunH t water at reasonable RATES.
Ii TIA new experiment. in irrigat-
ion ne silv er State succeeds it il
eXtre"# ' probable, that similar At
t mi Will be made in all OF the val
levi Nevada. It is possible, fh-
prof claim, to construct ii slrnr-
iar = y Of reservoirs at the -. al
Wat OF every river in tn St IT..
e." us quantities Of water ia
thu t stored and after yetf- Of
wa'i md the expenditure Of + bu-
l""~ ms of money the problem
irrl ion will be solved.
1ho Dn,eo