Arizona republican., 1899-09-15

{seven-tenths miles was complsted at a
 cost of S14,750
 After the canal was completed that distance it was then 50 far built and in
 condition that it supplied the 0ld Verde ditch which form only had it's head gate at the post, but to the great sur prise and almost complete financial ruin Of most of the share holders an ! alkali hill in which the ditch was con structed when saturated with water,
 had so much soluble matter that it so
 collapsed or settled below ditch grade
 that it was necessary to Hume it for
 about one thousand fe5t. This was about the last straw necessary to 1 break the o3mel's back. When the lumber fums became wet 1t swelled
 and was all right, but at times C. i breaks in the canal CT dam it shrank
 sc es to leak badly, which caused the treacherous ground and all the posts and other timbers to settle below
 grade. After trying this fer thrse
 years John Wood bought a twenty inch fourteen gauge steel pipe, which is now in use on a grade Of half an inch to the rod with 8 iCur f-ot drop or pen-stcck. This pipe is a complete success and carries sufficient water for the five largest farms that were for
 
 At the end of the pipe there is a per
 pzndicular drop CT fall of about fifty feet The late c. B. Foster surveyed the new canal, and when opposite the headgate in the old Verde d .tch he took level and it was f1fty-eight feet above the grade of the old ditch.
 When completed for a distance Of about five miles more the new Verde canal in Verde valley, Yavap2i county, Arizona, will cover 5000 acres of good land and under that portion nine and seven-tenths miles already completed with the pipe supply for the five lower ranches there is about 0ne-half that amount already in cultivation. 1 ask that space be allowed for this particu- lar description of the pres7nt canal which is now and has been in use for over ten years. Sc it will in no way or manner be ccnfound5d with the Verde canal, a concern which is n3W in it's embryo state in Maricopa county and generally spoken Of and known as the Verde ditch or canal, a concern which I understand expects to obtain it's water supply from system Cf wa ter storage. As already stated l am not doing this writs-rp fer pay. My sole object is to better our situation by getting some individual company or COrpCIaJOQ. ana dlu I6duE LOi .HS cClcr if 1t will do any good toward the building of a railroad to this valley and the great mining town and sur rounding mining camps at Jerome IS a good investment. And taking this advantage. Of the situation, and again referring to the real Verde ditch or ca nal, that it was mostly built by cash, by the Bank Of Arizona, and through all the many drawbacks and h2E dest times they showed thsir faith in the enterprise and were ever ready to lend helping hand and to their faith in John Wood and his associates, honesty and judgment they based this st1ck-to-itiveness and today the con ceTn is on a gci3d financial and paying basis. and those/who own shares in the canal can find purchasers at more than one hundred cents c1 the dollar.
 There is also one other ditch talk n ! from the Verde river on the east side | opposite the old post. This ditch was built by the Hayward Cattle company, i Of which c. B. Eaman was the Tesid5nt | and general manager for several | years The company sold water to sav- era1 ether nlnch owners, and did all | they could to help along in the ad- | of the people of the valley. |