Cañon City record., 1905-07-20
NOTICE
State Of Colorado.
(ss.

(ss.
County of Pueblo.
In the District Court OF the Tenth Ju-
dicial District OF the State of Colo
radc. within and for the said Coun-
ty of Pueblo
Right to the use of Water In Water
District No. II. State of Colorado.
The people OF the state Of Colorado
20 all persons. associations or corpora
tions interested as owners in any ditch.
canal. or reservoir. In Water Districts
Nos. Il. Is. 10 and IL. in the state Of
Colorado. greeting:
You and each Of you are hereby
notified that on the 14th day of July.
1905. an order was made and there
upon entered OF record In the above en-
titled matter. in the District Court of
being as follows. to-wit:
ORDER.
Now on this 14th day of July, 1905,
comes The Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company. a corpora and presents
to the court its verified petition here
tofore filed with the Clerk thereof.
praying for a decree changing the point
Of diversion OF the right TO the use of
the priority of two t2) cubic feet of
water per second of time. decreed TO
the Arkansas Valley Ditch in District
No. IA. of the State of Colorado. for
the benefit of the parties lawfully en-
titled thereto. as OF date July q. 1851.
and the further right TO the use of
forty-eight t4s) cubic feet of water per
second of time decreed to the said
ditch for the benefit Of said parties. as
of date 1868. and the further right to
the use of twenty t20) cubic feet of
water per second Of time decreed to
the said ditch for the benefit Of the said
parties. OF date 1854. = the said
DEGREES having heretofore issued from
Ia
of water rights in Water District No.
II State of Colorado. and the petitioner
herein praying for a change Of the
point of diversion as aforesaid. from
the headgate of the Arkansas Valley
Ditch. on the north bank of the Ar
kansas river in the southwest quarter
Of Section /. Township q south. Range
a. west Of the Sixth Principal Meridian.
in Pueblo County. Colorado. in the
aforesaid water district, to the head
gate of a new ditch TO be constructed
from the Arkansas river and having
its headgate a short distance west of
the line between Pueblo and Fremont
counties and upon the south bank of
the said river in Fremont county. Col
orado, in Water District No. Il. In said
State, at point north SO degrees 81
minutes west 2Se7.4 feet from the south
east corner of Section II. Township 10
south. Range So west of the Sixth
Principal Meridian-to the end that all
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which Is SO sought to be changed shall
be permitted to flow into the new ditch
aforesaid to be used through said ditch
and such pipe lines. reservoirs and
other structures as may De connected
herewith. for the purpose of supply
Ing the manufacturing plant OF the Pc
titioner. commonly called the Min
nequa Plant" located adjacent to the
City of Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colo
rado. as Is fully set forth in said peti-
tion which is on file with the Clerk of
this Court and to WHICH reference is
the matters and things therein con-
tained and the relief therein demand
ed. the said change 10 be effective upon
the completion of the new ditch herein
before mentioned. and the petitioner
alleging that large quantities of the
water 30 to be used win be returned to
the natural stream as part of the vol
ume thereof. s. =
And thereupon. IL Is ordered that the
said petition be and is hereby set for
hearing In this Court on the fsth day
of August. 1908. at 10 o'clock A. NJ. at
which time and place evidence in sup
port of or against said petition may
be presented to the Court
IL Is further ordered that any and ali
persons. associations. or corporations
objecting to the said proposed change.
IL any such there be shall file their
objections thereto with reasons there
for. in writing. with the Clerk of this
Court. on or before the 18th day of
August. 1905
And II appearing that the change de-
sired Is from one water district to an
other. IL Is ordered that notice of the
hearing and of the terms of this order
be given by publication in one of the
public newspapers published in Pue-
bio County. Colorado. once a week for
four successive weeks. the last pubii-
cation to be on a date previous to the
18th day of August 1905. and that =
similar publication be made in one of
The public newspapers published in
leach of the counties of Otero. El Paso.