The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-31
TO-BRlNG SETTLERS INTO col LORADO|


ed the work OF practically reconstruct.
ing the dam. making 1t new. and, ac-
cording to the opinions Of the best en-
gineers. absolutely immovable. The
downstream face of the dam Is OF
solid masonry. massive squared blocks
OF stone, laid in cement, and sloping
slightly back to q height Of ninety feet.
Behind this 10 . mass of rock clossly
settled and compacted together. ninety
fest thick on the bottom and twelve
feet ON top This IL backed by another
iBapervious wall Df ssmsepnry, whose
face after ted yeeD eh0wt mot 3 crew
lee. Beyond tf&k 3s IAN '1pron" OF
earth, which Is $50 feet thick at the
base and tapers to twelve feet at the
top. This Is protected by 100, GOO tons
of rock laid on as riprapping. The
dam rests upon solid ,impervious base,
Its ends are locked into the solid hills
on either side The outlet is through
pipe embedded in masonry which
starts In the bottom of the lake $50
feet from the dam. Ample spillways
lined with masonry, at each side Of
the dam will carry the surplus water
far beyond where 1t can do any dam
age to the face OF the dam. No water
will ever now over It. The reservoir
basin beyond the dam IL IN ideal one
sIt.fs trimmed on every sidR~hy solid
rock. and the IKE will contain water
enough to cover 10000 acres Of land a
foot deep with water.
From the dam canal sixteen feet
wide on the bottom carries the water
to the company's lands. The canal is
model of engineering. Where 1t
crosses valleys, it is through pipe
lines, laid deep in the ground, not In
fumes which may wash out.
Experience has shown that the
foods In Cherry creek in the spring
and summer are far more than suffi-
cient to fill the Castlewood reservoir
several times over. and so series Of
subsidiary reservoirs close to the
lands to be watered, Is under construc-
tton Or already completed. These res
ervoirs occupy natural basins. and are
protected by high and, wide earthen
embankments. The Clark reservoir,
already completed. holds enough water
for 5000 acres of land The lower
catch basin, which will retain all the
refuse water remaining in the canal
after the farmers along Its upper
course have taken what they want,
will have capacity to water $500
acres. All these reservoirs can be filled
twice over in the dryest year. The
water. and storage rights are unim-
peachahle prioritiss
The Denver Offices Of the bureau will
be In rooms 614 to GIG in the newly
compfeted Majestic building at the
head Of Sixteenth street.
The Omaha ofices will be on the
ground hoorf OF the Bee sbuilding, 1702
FarnAm street.
The bureau starts out with contracts
with the Conejos County Land and In
vestment Company. owning the finest
tracts of land In the San Luis valley
under the best water rights obtainable
for the disposal Of Its farm lands
| which are offered at very attractive
prices to settlers; with the Denver Su-
gar Land and Irrigation Company
whose holdings have been described
above; with G. q. WantIand. agent
| for the Union Pacific Land Company
whose holdings cover a large part OF
the eastern part of the state and COM
prise grazing and ranch lands; and
with the Colorado Colony Company
with its fine irrigated lands in the val
ley of the South Platte. The present
scope of the bureau comprises prac-
tically every class of Colorado lands
and the cooperation of other land
companies will bring in all kinds that
may be desired.
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