The Holly chieftain., 1908-08-21
COL. wILBl AT GARDEN CITY
Talks Freely on the Kansas Colorado
Electric Project

company, got through looking
over the reclamation plant yes
terday afternoon and was asked
what he thought OF it and OF the
kansas-Colorado road and powe.
project, he said very einphatlcal-
ly:
Il didn't know much about the
reclamation project and didn
think much OF the kansas-Colo-
RADIO proposition when | came
down here, but after seeing what
| have, will say that II you don't
pump this basin out, which is
doubtful, the electric road and
power matter is a good thing, and
I'm for it.
This statement is significant
because Mr.. Wiley is an intiuer-
tial man in the valley, and be-
cause he has SO far failed to iden-
tify himself actively with the
proposition.
Mr.. Wiley and his party OF as
sociates from Holly together with
Mr.. ]. A. Barclay, business man
ager of the Pueblo Chieftain, and
his assistant, Mr.. Sproul, who
have been in Garden City for sey-
eral days, were shown thoroughly
over the irrigated field and the
reclamation project yesterday by
c. A. Schneider and Superintend-
ent Hogle. MIR. Wiley was de-
lighted with the government pro
ject and said so repeatedly. lie
was particularly struck with the
pumping plants, and examined
one OF these in detail. He had
with him two OF his engineers,
one an authority on hydraulics,
and one on electric power. They
also examined with care the ce-
ment sluices and declared them
excellent. They are the only
ones this side the Rocky noun
tains, Mr.. Wiley said, and he fur
ther declared that in his county
they would have to install them
soon.
The power plant with all its
fine machinery, its simplicity and
strength, appealed highly to MIR.
Wiley. He carefully went over
all the ground and looked at ev-
erything there was to be seen.
The dam across the river op-
posite north side station No. 8,
and just above the head and waste
gates, was OF the keenest interest
to Mr.. Wiley. 1t is such a sim
pie thing, devised by the old Far
mers ditch company before the
days OF the government project,
and worked out largely by c. A.
Schneider, and SO effective, that
Mr.. Wiley was amazed. This
dam, being nothing in the world
but sheet-piling rooted over with
plank at the then low water lev
ell, stretching across the full
width of the river, 75o feet, and
being of just enough strength and
height to hold and divert the
proper supply OF water into a
channel on the rivers left bank
and throw it into the head gates,
as may be necessary, cost but
$4,000 and doesn't look very i'm
portant. ct does the work, how
ever" explained Secretary schnel-
der to the Wiley party. That's
all that is necessary" said MIR.
Wiley. "We have spent $125,ooo
on our dam and it does not do the
work"
Mr.. Wiley says it is the great
est problem that ever confronted
them on the Amity ditch to get
the proper kind OF dam. They
have tried cement, steel, all sorts
of piling, and yet their dam went
out-was shot high in the air once
though they are OF opinion that
sthey have one now that will
stand. Two troubles not present
at the Garden City project con-
front the Wiley people at Amity:
The high banks and rather re-
stricted channel, and the rock SO
close to the bed of the stream
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