Cañon City record., 1905-08-03
NOTICE
State Of Colorado. }
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County of Pueblo.
In the District Court Of the Tenth Ju-
dicial District of the State of Colo
rado. within and for the said Coun-
ty of Pueblo.
Right to the use OF Water In Water
District No. IA, State of Colorado.
The people of the state of Colorado
to all persons, associations or corpora
tions interested as owners in any ditch
canal, or reservoir, in Water Districts
Nos. IA. 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
Pueblo County. Colorado, said order
being as follows, to-wit:
ORDER.
Now on this 14th day of July. 1905.
comes The Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company, a corporation, 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 (2) cubic feet of
water per second of time, decreed to
the Arkansas Valley Ditch in District
No. Il, of the State Of Colorado, for
the dement, OF the parties 4dHIUlly cIl-
titled thereto. as of date July q, 1861.
and the further right TO the use of
forty-eight (4s) cubic feet of water per
second of time decreed to the said
ditch for the benefit of said parties, as
of date 1853. and the further right to
the use of twenty GOD cubic feet of
water per second of time decreed to
the said ditch for the benefit of the said
parties, as of date 1854, = the said
DEGREES having heretofore issued from
this court in the statutory adjudication
of water rights in Water District No
Il, 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 1. Township 81 south, Range
s2 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 80 degrees 81
minutes west 2Se7.f feet from the south
east corner of Section 13. Township 10
south, Range So west of the Sixth
Principal Meridian-to the end that all
OF the waters the point OF diversion of
which Is so sought to be changed shall
be permitted 10 flow into the new ditch
aforesaid to be used through said ditch
and such pipe lines. reservoirs and
other structures as may be 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 petit
tion which is on file with the Clerk of
this Court and to which reference is
hereby made for a full statement of
the matters and things therein con-
tanned and the relief therein demand
ed. the said change to be effective upon
the completion of the new ditch herein
before mentioned, and the petitioner
alleging that large quantities OF the
water so to be used will be returned to
the natural stream as part of the vol
une thereof.
And thereupon. IT is ordered that the
said petition be and Is hereby set for
hearing in this Court on the asth day
of August. 1908. at 10 o'clock A NJ, at
port OF or against said petition may
be presented to the Court
II Is further ordered that any and all
persons. associations. or Corporations
objecting to the said proposed change.
II 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 l4th day of
August. 1905.
And 1t 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 publi-
cation TO be on a date previous to the
1tth day OF August 1905. and that a
similar publication be made in one of
the public newspapers published in
each Of the counties OF otero. E1 Paso.