, 1904-02-15
Proof Of Appropriation Of Water.

Proof Of Appropriation Of Water.
From the Laramie city spring. Di-
vision No. !.
State your name-The city Of Lar
annie. a municipal corporation. and the
Union Pacific Railroad company. a Dr.
poration.
/. Q. Postoffice.
A. Laramie. Wyo.
.. Q. State the use to which the
water has been applied.
A. For manufacturing and trans
portation. municipal and domestic
Uses.
3. Q. State the means of diversion
employed.
A. BY means of a ditch and a pipe
line.
A. Q. If through a ditch, state its
name.
A. The city ditch.
>. Q. Ia State date of survey Of
the ditch or other distributing works
through which the water claimed is
diverted. 90 The date when the con-
struction of such ditch vas begun and
when completed.
A. Ia In 1868 the ditch was sur
N'sth III W. NolSll uCIeu.
&. q. II any engagements were
made. state the date when begun and
the date when completed.
A. The pipe line was subsequently
constructed in 1874.
I. Q. State dimensions of the
ditch as originally constructed, and as
enlarged. and if measured by the IL
ty surveyor under the provisions of the
act nf 1885. pivn tho rnc,,ltc nf c,,ph
measurement.
A. The ditch is five feet on top,
four feet on bottom. is two feet in
depth; fall thirty feet to the mile. The
pipe line is twelve inches in diameter,
fall 124 feet. length 1926 feet.
8. Q. State the name of person,
association of persons or corporation
who built the ditch or canal, and the
name or names of its present owners
A. The Union Pacific Railroad
company constructed the pipe line
and, with the city of Laramie, is ben.
eficially interested in the water flow
ing therein. The original ditch was
constructed by Colonel Wanless. sub
sequently operated by Spicer and as
sociates. n by them abandoned to
the city.
9. Q. II water is claimed for irri-
CATION. give the legal subdivisions of
land owned or controlled by you for
which an appropriation is claimed.
A. The water Is not claimed for
other than manufacturing and munic-
ipal purposes. By municipal purpose
1t is intended to include the protection
of property from destruction by fire,
the identifying of public parks and
grounds, the watering of trees, shrubs
and lawns and the maintenance of the
city sewer system. as well as supply
ing the residents of Laramie with wa
ter for domestic use.
10. @. State the nature of your
title to the above described land, and
If not owned by you, give the name of
the owner and the nature of the pos
sessory right which you exercise.
A. The streets and alleys and pub
lie parks are dedicated to the city for
public use. The rolling mills, machine
shops and other manufacturing plants
OF the Union Pacific Railroad company
are operated and owned by said com
pany.
II. Q. State the year when water
was first used for irrigation or other
beneficial purposes, and by whom.
A. In 1868 by the citizens of Lar
annie.
~. Q. If for irrigation. give the
number of acres watered the first year,
giving the legal subdivisions on which
the water was used, and. as near may
be, the acres irrigated in each legal
subdivision.
A. See answer to question 2.
10. Q. State the number of acres
watered each subsequent year, and
give the legal subdivisions on which
the water was used. and as near as
may be the acres irrigated in each
legal subdivision.
A. Same as above. The corporate
limits Of the city of Laramie are fixed
by public statute. The volume of said
springs is approximately 1900, 900 gal
Ions per diem during period of great
est flow in May and June, and 1,OOO,-
900 gallons per diem during period OF
least flow during the other months of
the ear.
IA. @. state the NUMBER OF acres
irrigated from said ditch in L., and
give the legal subdivisions on which
water was used, and as a as may
be the acres irrigated in each subdi-
vision.
A. See answers to foregoing aues-
tons.
10. Q. State the acreage said
ditch is capable OF watering, give the
legal subdivisions of land which it can
be made to irrigate. and state who
owns said land.
A. See answer to question 10.
16. Q. State your proportionate in
terest in said ditch.
A. The rights of the city of Lar
annie n the Union Pacific Railroad
company are defined respectively in
the contracts, copies of which are at
tached.
(16.) The plat prepared by the state
engineer is hereby accepted as show
ing correctly the location of the ditch
and the land which can be irrigated
A. No plat prepared by state en-
Public map attached.
II. Q. When does your irrigation
season begin and when does it end?
A. Use continuous during entire
year.
IS. Q. If water is used for other
purposes than irrigation. state the ma
ture Of such use and the time when |
such use began.
A. See answer to question 2.
10. @. How much water Is required
or such purpose?
A.. All the water flowing from said