The Lamar register., 1898-06-15
To the Farmers.
PuEBLo, SOC, JUNG V. lsNS.

efforts to get more water turned out
for the Fort Lyon Canal, l have been
met with the assertion from Mr..
Chew. that he had information from
down the river that the Storage Com
pany was taking water belonging TO
the canal, and that his information
came from Mr. Traxler. who claimed
to get his information from north
side farmers. The Storage Company
has never taken any water that be
longed to the canal. Emphatic in
structious not to allow that have been
given to MIR. Preston by Mr. WILEY
and myself, and they are carried out
The gatekeeper at Gageby has 20, :
tive instructions not to allow more
than four feet to pass into the cana
there, as that is the danger line and
will furnish everything east of there
with plenty of water according 10 our
superintendent. think our people
all understand that west OF Gageby,
the canal will carry several times ths
amount that it will eRs OF tnere aud
requires careful watching. In Que
instant at least this season the water
rose three times in one night above
the danger line at Gagehy, and some
water had to be turned into the sup
ply canal to save our canal east OF
there from washout Each time
the gates were open not to exceed an
hour.
Another condition has developed
in the two canals east OF Gageby,
also, aud it is that when water has
been running in the supply canal for
few dsys and the gates shut down,
it takes two or three days for it to
stop running at the lowci end, owing
/ am told, to several reservoirs along
its line, and in one instance this sea.
son when both canals were running
full, the water began to fall and after
the storage canal was closed down,
the water was running at the lower
end at least day after it stepped
running in our canal.
In short time an electric meter
will be placed 10 the gates at Gageby
which will register the amount OF
water each has been supplied with
every day IN the year. Mr.. Wiley
has gone TO this large expense in de-
Tense of the storage company. against
charges constantly being made, most
of them / am glad TO say by other
canals, that they are appropriating
water belonging elsewhere. Our tel
ephone will very soon be in operation
now and that is going to be of vast
assistance in the equitable distribu.
ton of water and information.
The directors cf the canal baSe
and are doing their very best, heartily
supported by Mr.. Wiley, with money
and men to enforce the rights of the
canal in the Arkansas river, and an
equitable distribution Of the water
after It reaches the canal On the
river we have to contend with all
manner of obstacles and schemes,
that can be invented by other ditch
managements to get the water ont of
the river belonging to us, if only for
a few hours at time. In this they
have the sympathy aud moral infu
ence at least of their water commits
sioners This season one of the
strongest arguments advances for not
shutting down their head gates, when
we have called for more water, is that
the water is for the storage company,
quoting as authority for such state
ment, farmers under the Fort Lyon
canal and Commissioner TRAILER.
/ would be very glad if our far
mers would be more careful in max
such statements, or at least be sure
that they are trne before doing so,
and whenever they do find such to be
the case report 1T to me direct ]
cannot be upon the canal, and have
to depend upon employees reports en-
tirely. Certainly ] would be very
glad to known that the storage com