The daily sentinel., 1907-10-31
WILL OPPOSE FEDERAL DITCH.
1t Is Discovered That n Crowd of
Men Will Interfere With Build
ing OF Our Big Canal by
the Government.

II the government should decide
to build the High Line canal this
day, 1t would not have an undisputed
right OF way over its survey, made
several years ago, as there Is a ca
bal Of individuals right now at work
to make such headway that when the
government does decide to build the
High Line canal its rights will be
disputed by private individuals.
A year or more ago T. @. Henry,
the promoter Of irrigation projects,
came into this valley and did such
work as he believed would give him
some title to the right of way over
which 1t was believed the intention
Of the government was to build. The
surveys at that time were made by
A. J. McCune and some considerable
work was done, which was soon
abandoned, however, when 1t was
found the government he'd no imr,cd-
late intention Of building.
Now 1t has been found out again
that the Chamber Of Commerce of
this city has been making desperate
efforts to have the government take
ton and thereby satisfy the hopes
and desires Of the people of this
whole valley, when another crowd
or perhaps the same crowd steps In
again and Is doing active work I'm
the canon, directly over the line sur
veyed by the government for the
proposed High Line canal.
Before the work was done on this
side of Plateau creek. Now the ac-
tive work is being done east of the
Plateau creek, or just about the place
where the government proposed to
locate Its headgates to take the wa
ters from the Grand river for the
immense canal which the govern
ment will build.
Certainly 1t looks as If there was
conspiracy here to hold up the
government and thwart the will of
the people.
prominent citizen of this city
went to the camp of the graders yes
terday and witnessed what was 60
ing on. He had talk with the men
at work and they said. so far as they
Knew, the outlineso their plans
called for ditch 100 feet wide al
the top and 10 feet wide at the bot
tom. There were four or five teams
at work on the ditch and the mer
said that 1t was generally understood
mat there was an order to hire al
the teams that could be secured fol
the work.
The engineering firm that has the
work in charge of running the lines
and grades, is Field. Fellows & Hin
derleider. The junior member of th'
nrm Is Hinderleider, a nephew OF A
d. McCune, well known in this city
mas the work in charge of the sur
Vey, and 1t Is also asserted that HI
is doing the management of the dig
ging Of the ditch.
The Mr.. Fellows named in thu
nrm is A. l.. Fellows, who was for
merry agent of the government ant
the gentleman whom David Mona
called down SO hard when he was
government employe on the matte
OF holding up the Gore canon. whicl
was needed by the Moffat railroad
Tor their line.
Mr.. Hinderleider and Mr.. Henr
nave worked together very frequent
iy and 1t is presumed that they ar
working together in this case in con
junction with Mr.. McCune, the for
mer engineer of the work and som
other men.
In conversation held with MI
Hinderleider he said that he kne'
mat the government was lot goin
70 build the ditch and that they wer
backed by private individuals VIII
would.
The very fact that there is now o
loot work to secure the building @
the High Line canal. such as ha
never been made before, and Q
which scheme to secure finally tn
cooperation Of the government, thes