The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1903-07-22
GREAT BIG IRRIGATION
SCHEME IN The AIR
A Corporation Has Been Formed for
the Investigation of a Big IT.
rigatiOn Project.

II Articles OF Incorporation nave been
filed with the county auditor whereby
a company has been formed looking to
line canal. The present company is or
ganized for the purpose of ascertaining
by actual surveys and reports of water
measurements whether or not the scheme
will prove a feasible one. The chief in
vestigation will be to find out definitely
the water supply and whether a sufli
cient supply can be obtained to warrant
the construction of so immense an I'M
dertaking.
In the beginning of this description
of the company, its intended projects
and what has already been accomplished
it might be well to state that they have
secured all of the Northern Pacific lands
in Yakima and Kittitas counties total
ing some 900 acres together with the
Northern Pacific rights in the shore line
of the lakes, Gle Elum. Kichelos and
Kaches. The system of canals how
ever will cover approximately 100000
acres. Whether they are built or not
depends upon the verifcation of prelim
mary surveys and reports that have al
ready been made, and unless some UNI
forseen complication should arise with
relation to water rights and storage
privileges, it is almost an assured under
taking.
The organizing of the present COM
pany has not been accomplished with the
intent or idea of constructing this i'm
mense work alone, for upon its inves-
LEGATIONS as to the feasibility of such "A
project will depend the organizing and
incorporating of a much larger company
backed by unlimited capital that will
operate the machinery. Three corps of
engineers will be put in the field at once.
of which the first is to make a speciality
of investigating the ditch line, second
to estimate the water supply and stor-
age question: and the third looking into
the construction of siphons and fumes
L
unirrigated though rich section of coun
| try. 1t will follow along the foothills
/ in east Kittitas valley, having its intake
from one of the big lakes. 1t is to be
hoped that it can then be brought
through the Squaw creek district and
also Selah springs district. thence
/ Il Ia. ,.,b ha
Mckee valley on the north and east, fol
lowing that range of hills on in to the
Rattlesnake country and Columbia river.
1t is also the intention OF the present
organization to examine into the feast
bility of what is known as the Cowiche
1 line and develop the watershed of the
Il \aches.
4 Last Friday afternoon, two men of fl
nancial standing in the business world
visited this town and We're rendered a
reception at the commercial club rooms
of this city. They were met by the
most influential men in this city and a
general discussion of their intended line
men were l.. A. Mares of san Francisco.
head of the largest irrigation enterprise
in the San Joaquin valley. California,
and II. =. Iudson of st. Paul, Minnesota,
president of the Central Minnesota Land
Co. which operates extensively through
ont the Red River valley, in Manitoba,
both of the Dakota's and Montana.
| These men can command unlimited cap
ital and they are intensely enthusiastic
over the projected high line canal al
ready spoken of in this article. They
will spend considerable time between this
point and the Sound Engineers will be
put into the field at once and it will only
he question of a few months until a
definite step i taken toward the great
undertaking. The canal when completed
will carry at least $500 cubic feet of
water per second of time and prelimi-
| figures close to the three million dollar
mark
There are signs of action in the air.
Men are on the ground already. \ com
pany has been incorporated. Another
is to follow, and the basis of operations
has been decided upon.
One of Yakima's most prominent eli
zens has been made president of THIS