The Holly chieftain., 1898-01-07
NEW YEARS
DINNER.
The Engineer Corps OF the Great plains
Water Storage Company Celebrate
ths First Day OF the Year
With Grand Dinner.


Plains Water Storage company gave q
complimentary dinner to its Engineer
Corps. The only gentlemen present
outside of those imme mediataly connected
with the Engineer Corps were the Hon.
Platt Rogers, Of Denver; attorney for
the com pany; Prof L. G. Carpenter,
who fills the chair o: Hydraulic Fngi
neering in the State Agricultural Col
leQe; DR.. r. D. Wilson, and W. c.
Burke, representing the Fort Lyon
| Canal company.
The members OF the Engineer Corps
| present were, Mr.. Z. c. Hawkins,
chief engineer; Thomas Berry, assis-
tant engineer John Hislop, as sistant
engineer, and the following from his
camp: Charles NJ. Geizer and NJ. II.
engineer, and the following from his
| camp: l.. NJ. Markham, c. W. Beach,
| VIM. Goodale and ]. Albert Wilson;
Mr.. Henry started down on his wheel,
but, We are sorry to learn, was over
taken by an accident; Charles c. Crew,
| assistant engineer, and the following
from his camp: Wm. Simpson, Capt.
| Chas. H. Pettitt, w. O'Donnell and
/ Frank Biles. Mr.. F. T. Lewis and his
camp found it impossible TO be present.
Mr.. Wilev, in proposing a toast to
| the owners of the enterprise. thanked
the Engineering Corps in the name of
| the owners, for their answering loyal.
ty and energy to the interests of the
| Company. He referred particularly to
the difficulties that presented them
| selves in the construction of the supply
canal, when /. was necessary that the
Engineer Corps should see that the
work was well done by the farmers,
and at the same time that the friend
ship of the farmers for the Great Plains
! Company was maintained He said
that the owners fully realized the diff
| cnlties which the situation presented,
| and he congratulated them that they
acquitted themselves with such success.
In replying to this toast, the Hon.
Platt Rogers referred to the enterprise
as meaning great deal to the engi-
neering profession in the arid West,
and Colorado in particular. He called
attention to the fact that of all the
irrigation enterprises that had been
entered into mp to the present time,
none OF them had yet been put upon a
paying basis. He felt that this enter
prise had in it all the elements of
financial success, and that it was dem
onstrating that irrigation could be
carried on in a way that would show
proper results TO the investors. and
would encourage other like invest
rnenls. He congratulated tn. Engineer
Corps that their work and faithtulness
was appreciated by the owners as il
was in the giving of this dinner, and
congratulated Mr.. ha wxins particular
ly upon the success and tact which he
had shown in his work.
MIR. Hawkins spoke, expressing his
appreciation for the consideration which
he had always had at the hands of the
Company, and the particular pleasure
which his work had given him by
reason Of this
Prof. Carpenter spoke of the enter
prise in a general way. commended its
scope, and was especially compliments
ry in referring to the lack of mistakes
which he could discover, and the
thoroughness with which the work had
been done.
MIR. w. c. Bnrke spoke as a water
right owner under the Fort Lyon
canal, and said that the Great Plains
Water Storage company bad gained for
Itself the confidence of almost every
farmer under the canal by making as
few promises as possible, and then
doing usually little better than il
promised. He made humorous refer.
ence to the difficulties that the water
right owners had had with other people
who had tried to help them selves more
than the water right owners, and
wound up by saying the developments
had warranted him in the energetic
action which he took in making a salts
factory contract between the water
right owners of the Fort Lyon canal
and the Great Plains people.
Messrs. Hislop, Berry snd Preston
also spoke of their work and the cir
cumstances which had brought them
together.
Mr.. John Duncan. who has charge of
the land matters of the Amity compa-
nv, as well as being connected with the
Engineering department, was vocifer.
GUS in his denial that the selling of
land was any the less a great and
reliable occupation than the legitimate
work of Engineer. He rather prided
himself that he was in that DEPART
ment, for the success of which all other
efforts we're made. He referred to the
fact that the employment of the Epgi-
neer Corps, the employment of the
manager, even the attorneys fees, was
all done that his department in the
selling of lands might be successful,
and that while they all laughed at the
reputation which real estate agents
have for the lack Of yeracity, he felt
that he was in Q department now
which put the crowning touch to the
whole enterprise, because his depart
ment took in the money while the
9th ,r departments paid IL out.
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