Cañon City record., 1903-10-29
A BIC ENTERPRISE.
The Park Center Land & Ditch
Company to Spend Large
Sum of Money In I'm
prOVen1cntS


As result of negotiations which
have been in progress for sometime
between the officers of the Park Cen
ter Land and Ditch Company and New
York capitalists the Broadway Trust
Company has fioated bonds Of the form
er to the amount of $75 900, which will
be used for the Improvement of its
property.
The Park Center Land and Ditch
company with u view Of conserving its
supply of water as much as possible
has long been desirous of substituting
a wooden pipe for an open conduct, as
much water is lost by evaporation and
in other ways by the present means of
bringing it down from The headgate. A
pipe line was regarded as the only
manner in which this could be accom-
plished, and in spite of its cost, it was
deemed to be an economical step on
the part of the company, as once in
position ii would be practically inde-
structible.
Mr. Atwater as on of the stockhold-
ers of the company was an especial ad-
vocate of the pipe line and to him was
delegated the task of interesting capi-
talisis in the enterprise. Alter max
ing IN exhaustive study of the subject
in order 10 be able to present the mat
ter in nm i"telligen, manner 10 finan-
ciers, Mr.. Atwater went to New York
City and explained his scheme to the
various trust companies which make n
business OF loaning money to indus
trial enterprises.
He was given hearing and presented
his case so clearly that the Broadway
Trust Company sent an engineer he. e
to investigate the matter, and upon the
favorableness of his report it deciued
to undertake the foa ing of the bonds
for the amount asked Tor. A soon as
the necessary preliminaries can be ar
ran, ed the Park Center Land and
Ditch Compan, will begin the work of
installing the pipe line, which will LIE
some eight or zen miles in ength
The pipe w i'll be OF wood aud will be
three feet III diameter. aud, in charsc-
ter. wi not ne unlike the sip lon laid
under sand reek by The Canon City
Hydraulic and lrr'gating Ditch Co.,
last year. 1t will be maJ- OF Caiifor-
mia redwood slaves, some eighteen feet
in length, which ~iss be bound togeth-
er with heavy iron bands, six inches
apart. 10 build the pipe line as indi
sal 4 h..
OF from 500 900 u 800 900 Or approx
ima,ely $lu,OOU per mile
Wooden pipe lines are extensively
us. d IN Gal ornia and other 1t ties for
conveying water for irrigation purposes
and are reput-d to be far better and
more durable tn.n iro ones, their
lasting qualities being of indefin te
dura 10 +. The bonds OF the Park Cen
ter Land and Ditch Company have
been dispused o by the Broadway
Trust Company TO French Syndicate,
and the interest will Ur payable at
Paris.
The inauguration Of this enterprise
here will be of material benefit to the
community, as much of the outlay for
labor and supplies will be spent among
the people of this city. The establish
ment of the pi e line will enable the
company to flood It's lands in the win
ter season, otherwise impossible, which
will insure crop without much, if any
subsequent irrigation. 1t will also
permit it to take advantage Of the
freshets and high waters caused by the
heavy rainfalls that frequently occur
in the Pixies Peak and Mt. Pisgah re-
gion, which rush down Oil creek with
out doing any good.
As he is said to be a benefactor that
makes two blades Of grass grow 1where
only one grew before, SO, in larger
measure, is the company that by its
enterprise is able to irrigate two acres
Of land where only one was productive
before. The Park Center Land and
Ditch Company is to be congratulated
upon the scope Of its undertaking and
the hope 10 expressed that 1t will be
successful In its venture.