The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-05-21
GREAT ACTIVITY
At PRIEST RAPIDS

Company Builds New Steamer to
Handle Traffic to Tract on
Columbia.
SEATTLE, May 19.-E. G. Han
ford, manager of the Hanford Irri-
CATION and Power company, has just
returned from a trip to the $4,000
acres of his company now being
placed under irrigation between the
new town Of Hanford and the Priest
rapids Of the Columbia river. Mr..
Hanford stated that the low line
ditch, Is miles in length. is nearing
completion. with ESQ men and 100
teams at work. The canal is eight
feet wide at the bottom and about 2S
feet at the top, with depth OF six
feet. This canal was substantially
all built in the alluyial earth of the
country, being nearly all earth con-
struction, and it will water $4,000
acres, the larger portion of which is
owned by the Hanford Irrigation and
Power company.
The nighttime ditch. next to come
under construction, will water 5000
acres. The power machinery is
about done; the material for the
buildings to house the machinery
IS fast arriving on the ground, bnt
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construction will not begin on the
buildings until the coming autumn.
Upon the completion of the concrete
power house and pumping station
this fall the Waehinery will be in
stalled. The construction of the pow
rer canal at Pr1esss RhHids has been
under way for thaalast two months.
and material headwaysis being made
) in this work. The AeWesteamer Yak
ina has Just delivered, a: steam shovel
B and cars and track 2tbs bscarry on this
work, which will beEap1pleted some
time In October next. The Priest
Rapids transportation company has
arranged schedule on its line for
the steamer w. r. Todd, leaving
Kennewick Tuesday. Thursday and
Saturday mornings This boat Is
now successfully handling the heavy
transportation on the river, but the
transportation company, realizing the
increased traffic ahead of it, is build
ing large and commodious passen-
ger boat, to be launched July next.
Many people are purchasing To-
acre tracts In this district. which will
undoubtedly be one Of the largest
agricultural districts under irrigation
in.he northwest. The town Of Han
ford. Just starting, In the centre Of
the district. has q new hotel to be
opened June I. and number Of bus
iness establishments VIII be located
in the next few weeks.
lGr. Hanford saw the camp Of the
engineering crews for the North
rsilroad On the banks Of the Colum-
bia river near the town Of Hanford.
It. Is near the lower end OF the White
Bluffs and the construction OF tracks
on the east side will be In . draw
which comes down through the
bluffs for number of miles east
Of the Columbia river. The con-
struction west OF the river will be
over a level country toward Kiona
. and Yakima. A number of miles of
the road are already graded in the
vicinity of Kiona, construction
work is actually under way at var
ious points on the line OF the new
road. A bill was passed by congress
last winter. authorizing the road to
bridge the Columbia near Hanford.
On the small farms along the river
in this district farm work Is under
full headway and the promise Is
bright for q good crop OF the cele-
brated grapes raised In this vicinity,
as wen rs other varieties Of fruits.