The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-09
THE GREAT ARKANSAS
VALLEY AND RESOURCES.
Some Facts Concerning the Magnificent Work
Of the Great Plains Water Company
in Eastern Colorado

tnese can be renewed without the in
terruption of the running of water in
the canal. For the more thorough con
itro! of water in the canal and to get
RID OF sand coming in from the siyer a
structure combining secondary waste
| and sand gates is located ia the can al
about one mile from the headea.e.
other structures of interest are Adobe
creek weir and Horse creek fiume.
AL Gageby arroya. where the
Kicking Bird canal leaves the Fort
Lyon canal substantial division gates
With masonry fumes have been bnlt
I The Kicking Bird or supply canal for
the reservoir system, ID thirty six and a
hall miles long from the division gates
at Gageby arroya to Nee 5ronda and
Nee Sopah reservoirs. The Kicking
Bird canal has a width thi rsy six Zee;
on the bottom and sixty six feet y.ld.
at the top and is seven and half feet
deep, and bss carving capacity OF
ll00 second feet. For workmanship
apd alignment The Kicking Bird il
without doubt the finest irrigation
canal on this continent After carry
ing it's fultcapacity of water for year
this canal shows no scour or caviug of
| banks, and the cost oil its maintenance
and operation has been practicaIls no
more than the salaries of the tenders.
Ihe.lower bank has 4 width on ton Of
twelve feet and forms an ample drive
way for canal tenders The Satanta
supply canal leaves the kicking Bird
about one mile from its epd and con
ducts water 10 the King and Nee Skah
reservoirs. IL is sixteen feet wide on
the bottom and forty feet on top, six
feet deep and has capacity Of 500 feet
| per second.
The A nifty canal heads near the west
ne Of Pfowers county and ia the gee
ond canaioi Importance Of this syAteni
II Is 10 miles long and thirty three feet
On lie bottom and fifty feet en- top and
riaa carving capacity of $50 feet per
second. The priority of The Amiiy
tese-i is ese -t.se-oitlrs, on the river.
dating back to 1887. This canal receives
a supplementary supply from ths reser
voir system. The dam and headgate
OF the Amt, canal are oi the most sub
stantiai character and the cost of the
enterprise amounted to upwards of a
half million dollars.
The Buffalo canal heads at point
north of Granada fifteen miles west of
the state line and is 8enty miles long.
IL is sixteen feet wide on the bottom
and thirty feet wide on top and Is -four
and half feet deep and has carrying
capacity Of 200 feet per second.
REsERvoIRs.
The reservoirs OF this system are lit.
tie known to people outside of Proaers
county. IL is time people outside OF
this narrow limit snould hear of the
Great Plains Water Co. and it's system
OF reservoirs. nut their Importance as
elements in the building up of a great
aud prosperous Agricultural community
cannot, 1t seems, impress the mind
without visit to Them. Works OF this
nature are few aud OF small magnitude
10 this country, the time is not far d,s
tant when works for the storage of
water fol irrigation viii be one Of th..
chief aud most interesting develop
ments to the people of arid Aneri ca.
Engineers aud .aymen have heard and
read of the wopPerful irrigation works
and STORAGE systems oflndia and other
countries, and respectively admire and
wonder az The pernanency and magui