, 1904-05-05
THURSDAY, MAY 5. 1904.
THE PATHFINDER.

In view of the fact that the score
tary of the interior had already set
aside $2.25O.O 0 for irrigation projects
in Wyoming. the success of Senator
Warren in persuading him to ado to
the amount the sun Of 81. 900. 900 for
the Pathfinder project on the Platte is
indeed phenomenal.
Those who were at the university
and heard Mr.. John e. Field will re
call his description of the great enter
prise. The storage dam will be in the
vicinity of Alcova, in Carbon county.
The site is one of the most favorable
for storage purposes in the entire
west. So level is the country that the
water will be backed up for about
twenty miles and the storage Will be
tremendous-enough to water all the
land that can be reclaimed between
that point and the Nebraska line, as
well as an immense quantity in Ne
braska. This latter fact probably
aided in securing the appropriation, as
the Nebraska influence was thrown in
its favor.
All the rich Goshen hole country. in
northern Laramie county. lies under
this reservoir, as well as a large tract
Of land between Alcova and Douglas.
1t will be necessary to build another
dam near Guernsey, but this will not
be a storage reservoir. 1t will be for
the purpose of diverting the water
from the stream at that point, it be-
ing necessary to raise to a consider
able height before it a be taken out
at an elevation sufficiently high to
permit Of its being conducted into the
Goshen Hole country.
In referring to the matter, the Lead
er says:
From yesterdays dispatches, it is
evident that Senator Warren's latest
effort on behalf Of his state, has re-
suited in one Of the greatest triumphs
Of his brilliant career. Through his
persistent labors. the secretary of the
interior has been prevailed upon to
appropriate one million dollars out OF
the irrigation fund for the construc-
ton OF the mammoth irrigation sys-
TEN commonly known a. the Path
finder project When me stops to
consider that Wyoming had already
been favored with an appropriation
Of two and one-quarter millions for
the Shoshone project, the magnitude
of Senator Warren's accomplishment
in securing the vast sum for the Path
finder system becomes apparent.
Not only to all OF central Wyoming
but to Laramie county especially is
this news of tremendous Importance
for 1t is safe to assume that with the
completion of the work that the gov
eminent has decided to undertake on
the North Platte, the population OF
this county will be easily doubled. 1t
is understood that one Of the princi-
pal canals under the Pathfinder dam
will be taken out below Guernsey and
will be used to irrigate that portion
of this county known as the Goshen
hole
"Other canals will be taken out at
other points along the North Platte,
the great dam being built a short dis
lance below the mouth Of the Sweet
water.
Outside the permanent good that
the Shoshone and the Pathfinder sys-
tens will do the state, the amount OF
money that the construction OF these
two great enterprises will bring into
Wyoming, must be considered. h
expenditure of three and one-Quarter
millions Of dollars in Wyoming is a
gigantic proposition in itself and
means much to the laboring class.
Wyoming has many things to be
thankful for and prominent among
these is the fact that she has such a
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