The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-08-16
LARAMIE, WYo.

NJ. H. Murphy is entertaining his
sister. who arrived from the west. She
will spend some time here before go
ing on east.
corpse of engineers are now at
work on a gigantic enterprise in the
western part of Albany county, which
will ultimately result in the reclama-
ton of thousands upon thousands of
acres of arid lands. Behind the pro-
ject are millions of money, represent
ed by eastern men in conjunction
with Colorado capitalists the interests
of whom are in the hands of ex-Con-
gresham LATE Pence of the latter
named state
The intention of the above named
parties is to build immense reservoirs.
! the ground for which has already been
located and filed upon in the federal
office at Washington, d. G.. The sites
thus acquired amount to over 1000
acres, impounding ten feet of water to
the acre. They practically take in the
high waters of all the streams in the
country mentioned and include the
Medicine Bow. Rock creek, Libby
creek, French creek, South and North
Brush creeks. and also the North Lar
annie. The volume of water flowing
through these streams during early
spring can scarcely be estimated
The scheme under way embraces a
series of reservoirs of more or less
magnitude, fully fifty in number.
| These, it is estimated, will be capable
of controlling all the surplus water
of the above named streams. and they
will afford a more equal flow than has
| been the case heretofore during the
| irrigating season. Millions upon mill
lions of gallons of water which have
| been wantonly allowed to go to waste
will thus be utilized for the fertiliza
ton of what has been known as a
! barren tract of meager value, even for
grazing purposes.
It is figured that these reservoirs will
water at the very least calculation
| 100000 acres, and it is the purpose of
| the company to COLOMBO the I1nds
with eastern farmers, who have made
a lifelong study of the value of irri-
| cation. In volume, the company will
have water supply that will greatly
! exceed that of the Carey reservoir, 10
| Gated some forty miles from Laramie.
and considered the biggest undertaking
of it's kind in Wyoming.
| A feature about the present under
! taking is the fact that capital has not
| interested itself before in the scheme
which is acknowledged by experts to
| be one of the grandst yntures ever at
tmpted in the intermountain region.
! Prominent engineers have for years
! called attention to the feasibility Of
! the project. and no less a parsonage
! than Mr.. Crittenden, photographic en-
| gineer for the United States govern
ment, and whose speciality is the
| building of reservoirs for Uncle Sam,
| has passed his opinion in favorable
! terms on the advantages of the enter
| prise.
The lands to be irrigated are capa-
| BILE of splendid results, situated as they
are is one of the finest spots in the
Laramie plains. The uplands can be
made to produce the very finest quail
ity of mountain grasses, as well as al
falfa, oats and barley. Experiments
have proved this. and good feature
! in connection with the enterprise is
the fact that as the reservoirs VIII be
! filed during the early spring fresh
cts the water supply of small ranch
! men will in no wise be affected.