The daily sentinel., 1906-05-18
MAKING RAPID pRoGREss
The New Stub ditch of tbe No..
County Irrigation District sonn
Completed.-A Big
Undertaking

Palisade can be rightly termed
The Garden of Eden" and when tbc
new stub ditch is completed IL viii
/ ee the garden spot Of the valley ow-
ing TO the peculiar location of tho
iand and the favorable elements IN
which il is subject
Yesterday it was the pleasure OF
Y lhe writer TO visit the headworkinrs
OF the new ditch which is being con
! structed by Contractor J. }. Iums-
aen OF this city and in whom the
falisade people have the most i'm.
pllcit trust. that it will be built In
tue very best possible manner and
completed in the specified time which
is the latter part of June. At the in
'ske where the waters of the Grand
IlVer Will be diverted into the mann
Hholh canal, everything is in readI-
ness and If the pumps were in posi-
uoh ana the waste ways finished the
water OF the rushing river could al
moments notice be sent through
lne new ditch which will be one OF
the most valuable additions that
progressive section of the county has
ever had.
Yesterday Contractor Lumsden
where the big Sampson wheels viii
be placed which will elevate the water
TO the canal, where It will flow west
as far as the Indian school waste The
work OF preparing the foundation for
the plant has been retarded by the
high waters of the river, but by the
building of an immense Golfer dam
at great expense the water has been
kept from the excavation and now
that the river has receded several
feet II is thought that all danger is
past. The concrete machine is at
work and an army of men is using
every effort to rush the work to COM
pletlon. steam engine and pump
is kept busy draining the pit in order
10 allow the workmen every advant-
age. Mr.. Lumsden is on the scene
every day and is personally super
intending the work, though he has
several foremen looking after the
various departments.
superintendent w C. ChOate has
greatly assisted Mr.. Lumsden by
building temporary switch where
the cars OF material and machinery
can be easily unloaded, thus saving
haul of two miles from Palisade.
The construction of the ditch is
well under way, the west nine miles
being about completed. by Bert Case.
who was awarded the sub-contract by
Mr.. Lumsden. Work has commenced
on the ditch between the plant and
Palisade. and in very short time il
will be ready for the water.
Mr.. X. II. Bancroft. the secretary
of the Irrigation District is also a
very busy man and makes daily trips
to the scene of the workings. He is
loud In his praise of the excellent
work Mr. Lumsden is doing and is |
confident that the contract will be |
completed to the satisfaction of the |
Irrigation board. From the appear !
anoe Of the construction at the pres |
ent time. every portion OF the immen- |
Sc task seems to have been well done |
in the most thorough and permanent |
The headgntc is built very |
and there is not the
least danger in high water ever talS- |
ing il ont.
Preparations are being made along |
the line of the new ditch for the en-
larging Of orchards and the planting
Of new ones which will all he tribu-
utary to Palisade and Clifton. Sew
eral of the orchards now watered by
pumps will be irrigated from the
new ditch. thus making a great saw
ng in the expense of operating and
The new stub ditch is nineteen feet
higher than the old Smith G Stru
hers ditch and will water a much
greater area of land, Several large
lumes will be built over draws in
stead of following the hills and
hough of additional expense It Will
Ihorten the length of the canal and
make Il much safer from breaks and
,verflows caused by rains and storm
waters.
The people OF Palisade are elated
,ver the progress of the ditch and
he town Is in every way making
trides which, to the average citizen
# this city is unknown. A trip to
he prosperous little town would con
,ince the most skeptical that II Is
,ound 10 make thriving city.