The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-10-11
TWO MOUNTAIN STREAMS
Water in Them Appropriated-Docu-
ments Filed-WoodsN Greek, and
Greasy,

Greasy.
| Legal documents, purportlng to
appropriate the water in Woods
and Greasy Creeks, was filed in the
recorders office yesterday. The
papers were filed by J H Wilson.
The acquiring of the water in
Woods Greek is sought to be at
Itained by the Corvallis Water Com
pany, and that in Greasy Greek by
the Benton County Lumber Com
pany. The Corvallis Water Com
pany sets forth that its appropria-
ton is for the purpose of supplying
water for domestic use, irrigation,
watering livestock, and furnishing
ielectric power. The Benton Coun-
ty Lumber Company in its docu-
ment, alleges that its acquisition
of the water in Greasy is for opera
ting a fume from the mill to the
Corvallis & Eastern for transport
ing lumber, and for other purposes.
Both documents are accompanied
| by maps Of the streams whose wat
ers are sought to be acquired.
The Corvallis Water Company
in its filing says: ''Notice is here
by given that the Corvallis Water
Company, having head Office and
place of business in Corvallis, has
appropriated for the purpose of ir-
rigation and supplying water for
household consumption. and water
ing livestock and furnishing electric
power for all purposes, and for sup
plying reservoirs, fumes, dams,
bitches, canals, and pipe lines with
water, all the wafer of the certain
running stream, known as Woods
Creek, flowing through sections II
and IS, township II, range 7 and
through sections seven, eight,
nine, ten, three and four, town l.
south range six west; that the
point of division and at which its
head gate is proposed to be con-
structed has been selected and 10
Gated upon the north half of the
northeast quarter of section II,
town II, S R 7, W, Benton county.
The said ditch. canal, fume, or
pipe line shall be 80 inches wide,
IS deep Or less, and the number of
cubic inches in water, by miners
measurement under six inch pres
sure] intended to be appropriated
lis 1000 inches: the number Of
reservoirs three. The said ditch,
canal, Rume, Or pipe line will be
called the Corvallis Mountain Ac-
queduct Company, and the general
course of same will be following
near said Woods Greek down
stream to its mouth, thence follow
ing down and near Mary's river,
passing through or near Philomath
and thence in general easterly
direction to Corvallis, Oregon"
The Benton County Lumber Co.
likewise gives notice thatit has zap
propriated water of Marys River or
Greasy from point at our sawni1l,
and all the water of said stream a.
bove and running by said sawmill
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will be constructed, and for the
purpose of irrigation and supplying
water for household use and water
ing livestock, and to furnish cleo
trical power for all purposes and to
Rume or float lumber from Our
sawn1il1 to the track of the Corvallis
& Eastern Railroad near Philomath,
the water to be conveyed from said
head gate by ditch, canal, fume or
pipe line. to the said railroad track,
the course Of said stream mainta in
ing uniform down grade, sufficient
for the purpose mentioned, to carry
not less than 1000 cubic inches of
water, to be 80 inches wide and IS
inches deep, and to be known as the
Benton County Lumber Flume or
Pipe Line"