The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-10-22
THE CANAL.
Description OF the Work Being
Done on the Government Canal
In she Western Part OF the
-. State.

In she Western Part OF the
-. State.
The government canal will head at
what Is called the sixth crossing on the
Truckee river, four miles beyond Clark
station. The dam will DO of sufficient
height to prevent the onward passage
OF water. It will be for divertirg and
not for retaiaing purposes. II will fol-
low the contour OF the bills on the
south side of the river to a point about
two miles beyond Wadsworth. where il
rescfeS tho elevated plateau that is the
water shed between the Truckee and
Carson rivers.
The ditch viii follow the canyon for
about ten miles and it presents some
dinaenlt engineering features. There
viii be three tunnels, one OF which VIII
all be cementsd for the entire length.
The canal is to be IA feet wide at the
bottom and SO feet at the top. 1t will
carry 10 feet of water in the center.
This stream viii flow at various points,
according to the nature of the ground,
o. Q velocity OF from two to three feet
per sscond.
IL 10 ~calculsted that it will take about
year 20 finish the canal. The water
will be carried TO q point on the Car
pon river and the two streams brought
togsther. where 3 reservoir will be
built &c q cost OF q million and a half
dollars.
From various points along the canal
lateral bitches will be run, following
the higher ground and putting nearly
silthe land capable under successful ir-
rigation for 3 distance OF forty miles.
The fret canal will be taken out a
few miles west of Wadsworth and will be
carried across the canyon by an invert.
cd 'syphon, which will run n%orthwsrd
nssriy eighteen miles to the Pyramid
reservation. comprising approximately
17,0eo acres. The larger portion OF this
is4aow ssge brush land, but is very ar
stle-when placed under water and is in
aSthsrmsl belt, where even citrus fruits
are possible.
These lateral bitches will cover every
portion OF ground that is capable OF Gull
tivations
While the work of the main canal
viii be completed In about a year, and
ssmall portion of the land that can be
Wsssred directly from the canal will
probably be ready for entry some time
shout May LIST mex The scheme con-
templates reaching far out into Chur-
chill county TO lands o far remote
from Eny water supply and it is prob
sble that the Govern mentw will continue
70 extend It's laterals for the * five
yssrs At least.
=. Many inquiries have been made as to
whom these lands will be open for entry
And Engineer Taylor is authority for
the statement that 1t will probably be
sometime next spring before entries can
b made.
: The reason why the lands are not
ready for entry o 10 because he they
have not yet been subdivided into the
smAler fractions and it would be i'm
possible TO tell where the entries would
fall. Most of the land has beer sur
:veyed into townships but only some IN
sections. The lines for the smaller sub
divisions have not yet beer established
end . man fling upon q piece of land
would stand little show at present Of
getting filngs upon the exact piece of
land he desires, which would cause an
amended fling and considerable an
noysnce to the prospective settlers and
TO the LAID Office.
: Mr.. Taylor has several parties OF sur
'ysyors In the field laying out lines. 10
Ill nearly one hundred men, divided
between the various camps. The work
will be prosecuted ali winter, for the
sesson 10 very mild there.
The government will only allow this
land to be taken up iu 80-acre tracts
aud only to bona fide settlers. The
water right Is inseparable from the
to88 o6h ~ (oSs u SCseict hpVhh VAsoO
Per acre per year. In five years the
laad will thus be paid for, but five years
more, paying 81 SO An acre per year
viii DO required to recompense tho gov
sspasut for Its outlay, at which time a
psrpetusl FREQ water right will also be
secured. This System will prevent lands
kainU an nm for sDeculation nd sOid
o. the,snd Of tive years. The land by
this time will have become SO valuable
that there wfil be no danger OF Its pas
sing fnto large holdings, thus being
reserved for homo home
Dites. 80
This systsm when fully carried out
VII mesn the addition of 20, 900 people
b Churchill county, all Of whom will
awsli beneath their fig and vine,
aye the Reno Journal.