The Grit-advocate., 1904-03-04
JUMBO RESERVOIR TO Be BUILT
An Immense Water Storage Res
ervOir Will he Constructed in
Sedgwick County by Dem
yer and Greeley
Capitalists.
WORK ALREADY COMMENCED.

The construction of an immense
storage reservoir in Sedgwick county
will be commenced within the next
thirty days. The old Jumbo reservoir
site, located upon the range line be-
tween Sedgwick and Logan counties,
will be used, and the work OF building
the reservoir will be started as
soon as the engineers have completed
the survey and have perfected their
filings. The survey OF the reservoir
proper was finished last Saturday and
tie intake ditch is being surveyed this
week. When the entire survey is com
pleted and the filings perfected, the
work Of construction will be commenc
ed and pushed as rapidly as possible to
completion. 1t is proposed to have the
reservoir in condition to receive water
early next fall when the irrigation
season closes.
d. A. Camfield. OF Greeley, is pro-
noting this enterprise, and he has as
sociated with him various well known
capitalists of Denver and Greeley.
Mr.. Camteld has been engaged in
building reservoirs in Colorado for
several years. He built the Jackson
Lake, and the Bijou No. and reser-
voirs in Morgan county, and now has
under construction the Riverside res
ervoir 10 Weld county. His connec-
ti0n with the Jumbo enterprise TO-
sures its success. Besides controlling
considerable capital OF his own, Mr..
Camtield has the confidence and tinan-
cial backing Of men OF large property
interests In Denver, Greeley and Fort
Collins, and is perfectly able to 60
through with any enterprise he might
undertake.
Mr.. Camfield was in Julesburg last
Sunday afternoon, md was accompsn-
led by Judge Jacob Flllius, OF Denver.
In conversation with representa-
tive OF The Grit-Advocase he said IL
consider the Jumbo reservoir site a
good one and there is but little doubt
that the reservoir will be built. The
fact that l am now having the survey
made at cost OF about 81 10000. is
evidence that believe in the feasibil-
ity OF the undertaking. My engineers
have now been engaged in the field
work Of the survey for nearly three
weeks, and they expect to have the
work completed before the last of this
week. The record Of the Instruments
have so far shown no great obstacles,
and believe that none will appear.
In fact you may state to the public
that the reservoir is certain to be con-
structed, and that the work Of moving
dirt will be commenced as soon as the
survey is completed"
The reservoir site is situated one
mile north and six miles west Of Sedg-
wick; 1t covers an area Of LOO acres;
the greater part OF Wh ich is in Sedg-
wick county, the balance being in
Logan county. The reservoir will
have an average depth of twenty feet,
with u capacity nf l,200, 100000 cubic
feet Of water. In other words, it will
hold about 35 900 acre feet, or sufiic-
lent quantity TO put one foot OF water
over 50, 900 acres of land. Under the
irrigation. bitches now in existence in
Sedgwick county there are only about
&c, 900 acres of land. The Jumbo res
ervoir will furnish enough water to
irrigate every acre OF this land, and
5000 acres besides. The benefits which
will accru. to Sedgwick county people
by reason of the construction Of this
reservoir are hard to estimate. Here
tofore the farming industry has been
handicapped by the scarcity OF water
for irrigation, and as result the re-
turns from this industry were uncer-
taip. This condition will be complete
ly changed by the building OF the pro
posed reservoir; the water problem
will be solved, and the agricultural in
dustry will be revolutionized in Sedg
wick county. 1t will produce condi-
tion Of things in which the growing of
sugar beets, potatoes, cabbage and
other highly profitable crops can be
successfully followed. In fact, the
construction OF the Jumbo reservoir
means that every acre of land in the
county tributary to the reservoir will,
in very few years, be brought to
high state Of cultivation. There is no
better land anywhere than that in
Sedgwick county; with plenty Of wat
err for irrigation, this land will more
than double in value during the next
two years.
AS soon as the work Of building the
reservoir is commenced Mr.. Camfeld
will submit proposition to the farm
ers whereby they may lease water for