Cañon City record., 1908-02-27

east we can see the smoke from tht
great Pueblo steel works proclaiminf
the Arkansas valley a center of in
dustrial activity. Beaver Park in the
very center of these wonders, with al
these resources at her very door, Ii
certainly favored by nature as few
other spots on the surface of the
globe.
The dam and intake for the irriga-
tion system which is soon to make
Beaver Park blossom as the rose, Ii
situated four miles above the postof-
fee of Glendale and, eight miles above
the point where the Beaver empties
into the Arkansas The dam is 80
feet high and 20 feet thick and rests
on horizontal layer Of Dakota sand
stone. 1t Is constructed of solid ma
sonry covered with a layer OF con-
crete all made from materials on the
ground The stone for the dam is a
fine quality OF fine grained quartzite
weighing 200k pounds per cubic foot,
while ordinary granite weighs 164
pounds per cubic foot. Here the wat
er drops through steel weirs into an
intake chamber 80 feet long. feet
deep and feet wide from which 1t
enters the great pipe line.
The flow of water in Beaver creek
Is about 60 second feet, which repre-
sents enough water per annum to
cover 14,6OO acres OF land three feet
in depth. The flow in this stream has
long been known to be the most con-
slant OF any stream on the north side
of the Arkansas river and during the
summer months when other streams
were dry and Pixies peak was bare of
snow, the flow OF water In Beaver
creek was not diminished but In some
seasons actually accelerated. This
can only be explained by
the fact of the sub-storage OF water In
the upper valley where are found a
series OF detritus beds covering an
area OF not less than SO square miles
and OF unknown depth. The melting
SHOWS of early spring on the slopes of
Pixies peak range are absorbed by
these beds and the moisture retained
until the warm weather produces the
natural flow just at the time the wat
er is needed. During the winter
owing to the altitude OF the
upper valley. the surface OF these de-
tritus beds Is frozen and the how OF
the storage waters retarded and there
by conserved for the dry season.
Here the great pipe line. $4,000 feet
In length begins. II is said to be one
OF the longest and most substantially
built of any in the west built for ir-
rigation purposes. The tube 10 built
Of Douglas fr. is 3h feet in diameter
and capable OF conveying so cubic
feet OF water per second of time. The
pipe is constructed bottle tight and is
bound with steel bands. each having a
tensile strength OF $4,000 pounds per
square inch. These bands are spaced
from inches to liz inches apart.
according to the pressure to be resist
ed, which varies from Sc pounds to
% pounds per square inch.
This great serpentine tube which
winds its devious way through the
gulches, along mountain side, through
and across ravines. is brok-
en- into three equal sections by two
open relief basins, where the accumu-
lated air may escape and which would
retard the flow OF water. At
one point In the line a distance of
four miles Is gained by projecting 4
tunnel 1000 feet in length through a
low saddle In the mountain. This tun-
mel, which is 8 feet by feet in dimen-
sions was constructed in 80 days
which is said to be record for speed
and progress In tunnel work. inso-
much as the tunnel is lined with con-
crete, top and bottom and arched in.
This great siphon when covered
with earth and the water turned In
will be practically indestructible and
no better or more thorough method ri
conserving water is known. The loss
from seepage In an ordinary open ir-
rigating ditch is said to be from 30
to SO per cent. while in this method
the loss Is not more than l per cent.
The main irrigating canal into
which the pipe line empties is now
practically completed and work will
begin Immediately on the $4,000 feet
OF laterals. The perfection of the
system OF irrigation used here Is de-
monstrated by the fact that the wat
er in these nearly fifteen miles OF lat
erals will be carried through concrete
pipes 10 inches In diameter manufact-
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