The daily sentinel., 1903-08-10
GOLDEN OPPOR-
TUNITY.
T. c. Henry and Party View
Grand Valley Lands. Money
Now Available. Building
BY Government Improba-
Bile. DR.. Ely With Party.

Il. G. Henry, of Denver. the we'll
known irrigation expert AMI canal
builder, whose name has been identl-
fed with the building of almost every
irrigation enterprise of consequence in
the state. accompanied by George ID.
Henry and Richard T. Ely of the Wis
consin university, and A. j. McCune.
ex-state engineer were distinguished
party of gentlemen. who arrived IN
this city last evening at dusk. having
driven here from Palisades by wagon.
1t was intended. had not the Rio
Grande train No. 3 been five hours
late yesterday afternoon. for this dis
tinguished party to have covered all
the territory which is comprised in
the High Line project AS it WIS
they drove over the line from Palis'
AIDES here.
From here this morning, the party
drove to the lower valley and will
look over the lands which it is pro-
posed to reclaim by the building of
the High Line project and tonight
Mr.. Henry at the Court house Will
adross the people who are interested,
upon the feasibility of the construc-
tion of the canal. through the means
of the Wright Irrigation law.
Before departing for the lower val
ley this morning Mr.. Henry accorded
The Sentinel an interview upon the
matter of the building of the great
canal system. He said in part as fol-
lows:
II want to say right at the begin
ing that am not here to combat any
opposition to this scheme, if such de-
velopes to any great extent shall not
attempt to placate it or overcome II
in any manner whatsoever l have
this to say. that too many people and
schemes are knocking at the doors OF
capital to be taken up and pushed for
ward. under this law. to delay for one
instant to secure the building of any
proposition, where there is any seri-
ous opposition. We are overrun at
present with people throughout this
and other states, with the backing of
the entire people, asking us to push
forward some project of theirs. The
time is ripe for securing money foI
these schemes and we have no time to
bother with propositions. where the
people are not unit on the matter
So that desire to be understood that
l shall not oppose any opposition 10
this scheme, but shall just go on to
the many others who desire to have
their work pushed.
Speaking of the possibility of the
government taking up this work. Mr..
Henry said:
II do not know what the govern
ment's intentions are. l know that
it will take two millions of dollars
and four years of time at the lowest
calculation to complete the Gunnison
tunnel project. l feel, as any bust
ness man feels who knows anything
about the manner in which the gov
e-nmnte works, that they will not un-
dertake two projects at the same time
in the same locality, which almost
abut each other. Again l hardly
think that the government will spend
another million or more for the Grand
valley project, which would make
three millions of the seven millions
available. to be spent in one section
of Colorado. when there are hundreds
of other schemes equally available
knocking at the doors of the govern-
ment to build.
Mr.. Henry stated that on Saturday
he closed contract in the Arkansas
valley for another ditch under the ir-
rigation law of this state and that