Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-11-10
VOL. III.-No. 4S
LAKE TAHOE
THE WATERS WILL BE USED FOR
IRRIGATION
Many Men Needed to Work on Con-
structiOn and Completion
of Canal System

"The government will control the
outlet Of Lake Tahoe through the
Trnckee river, regardless Of the opposi-
ton of the San Francisco people who
are opposing this feature of the Truckee-
Carson project said l.. ii. Taylor, SUI
peryising engineer of the reclamation
service in Nevada, who was in Reno
this morning. Next year the govern
ment will construct the dam at the
headwaters of the Truckee, and il the
ouestion of damages in favor OF the
persons who own land at the outlet is
not settled by that time, construction
will proceed anyway.
"At first the persons who bought up
the land at the lakes outlet wanted
$lO0 900 damages. This was promptly
denied. Then they reduced their claims
to $4,000. Now they want $4,000.
"We are working now on the compile
ton of the Truckee-Carson project, the
government doing the work itself, the
contractors having refused 10 perform
it at what the service considered rea-
sonable price. After this is completed
we will turn our attention to the recla I
nation of about $4,000 acres OF land
above Wadsworth, along the Truckee
river, and in the vicinity of Pyramid
an Mud lakes.
1--WE are handicapped considerably
by our inability to obtain sufficient
workmen," continued Engineer Taylor
eve need go men at once at wages
varying from 1925 a day to much
higher The enormous demands of the
railroads and other large industrial com
panies that are extending their fields,
together with the activity of all lines Of
business, has created such a shortage in
the labor market that it is impossible
to obtain sufficient help to carry on
work as rapid as conditions demand.
The amount OF wages paid does not
seem to be the stumbling block, either,
as the men who are most literally paid
seem to remain at work the shortest
time.
"When the government begins the
reclamation of the three flats below
Wadsworth it will open up one OF the
finest agricultural sections in the whole
country. There are about 10000 acres
in the tract directly north of Wads-
worth, lying in an immense fiat on the
west side OF the river, which runs north
ward to Pyramid lake. At the northern
end OF this tract the canyon mar
rows, and beyond it are two more rich
flats on either side of the river, con-
tanning about 5000 and 1000 acres, re-
spectyely. The entire district, $4,000
acres in all, will be reclaimed by main
canal, which will take water from the
Truckee mile below the Derby dam.
The government continues to take
constant measurements OF the waters
OF the Carson, Humboldt and Walker
rivers, along which it will construct in
the future irrigation systems that will
add vast acreage OF tillable land to
the public domain.
"The HUMBOLDT project is the largest,
this being one of the greatest ever con-
sidered by the government, as it will
ii carried out, reclai N over two million
acres oil land, four times the area con-
-templated by the Truckee-Carson pro-
ject.
The government is continually tax
ing steps to hold and protect reservoir
sites on the Carson and the Walker
rivers"
In speaking of the charges credited to
Indian Agent Robert Loyegrove to the
effect that geolc gical surveyors had beer
working in the Walker River Indiar
reservation several months prior to the
opening, Engineer Taylor stated tina
not member of the geological survey
engaged in reclamation of photographic
work had been within the reservation
since December, 1905.
Engineer Taylor left this morning FOL
Carson, where he will look after mat
lers connected with the service. Rene
Gazette, Monday.