The Greeley tribune., 1908-10-07
THE LARAMIE-POUDRE ENTER.
PRISE INSPECTED BY PARTY.
WONDERFUL BIT OF WoM
ID. A. Camfaeld and Eleven Others O.
Over Two Proposed bitches
That Will Reclaim a Vast
Area in Northern Part
OF Weld County.

d. A. Camfield and Charles F.
Tew, with party of ten. have just
completed an inspection of MIR. Cam
fields latest and biggest irrigation
project, the Laramie-Poudre.
The trip was made in the Cam
field and Tew autos, carrying twelve
persons, including Messrs. Camfield
and Tew, the engineers, photos-
rapher. representative of the Trib-
une, and Messrs. G. E. Russell and
F. d. Larimore OF Mum. C. C. Bran
son of Cheyenne. and c. E. Latham
of this city.
Most of the party left Greeley
Wednesday evening for Fort Col
Inns, where they were joined Thurs
day morning by the others, and the
start made from there about
o'clock, going by way of La Porte
and Bellvue, where the big Poudre
! Valley ditch was encountered. From
that point they went direct to Tie
Siding, Wyo., via the Forks hotel.
After lunch at Tie Siding. the Boul-
which the ditch will run in case the
upon. At Glendevey postoftice, on
the Laramie river, about sixty miles
northwest of Fort Collins, the party
stopped for the night. About mile
south of Glendevey is the site Sc
lected for the big reservoir. This is
a natural basin between two noun
tains. almost closed at the lower end
, by nature herself. Here a dam will
: be built across the Laramie river.
: ninety feet high, which will make a
} lake about three miles long and
: three-quarters of a mile wide The
, Laramie at this place carries more
, water at all seasons than the Poudre
does at Greeley
From the dam site. trip was
made Friday morning to the pro-
posed tunnel site, nine miles higher
up the canyon. which will be used
in case the lower or southern route
is selected.
Returning to Glendevey for early
lunch, the return trip was made
down the Laramie river to Laramie
City. thence Saturday morning to
Cheyenne and down to Greeley.
During the trip over the most
mountainous portion some roads
were encountered that would make
the Estes park road look like boul-
evard, and over which no loaded
wagon could pass. Yet no accident
to cars or occupants happened, more
serious than punctured tires.
| 1t is a great big, monster under
taking, this Laramie-Poudre irriga-
tion project, comparable in many
ways to building of hundred-mfle
section of the Moffat road Two
routes are under consideration. each
having decided advantages. The
source of supply is practically the
same for both, being from the Lara
mie and Mcintyre rivers and tribu-
taries. taken near the headwaters-
The lower and shorter. the south
ern route, is little more than
eighty miles long, and will water all
the Crow Creek country and pass
directly through the town of Num-.
This will entail the building Of .
tunnel nearly three miles long. but
will not require the reservoir at
Glendevey. The northern. or high
line, route will start at the big res
eryoir before mentioned and hug
the mountains along the right of the
river. then follow the rim of Boul-
der Ridge up into Wyoming, then
back into Colorado again. and Will
furnish ample water for all that part
of Weld county as FAR north as carr
station. 1t will be nearly 115 miles
long and will cost more in proper
tion. If this route ia taken, another
tunnel, two miles long. may be built,
which will cut of twenty miles OF
ditch.
Some additional surveys will be
made in the next few days. and the
route finally decided upon.
Mr.. Camfield expects to commence
actual construction inside of sixty
days and the work will be kept un-
der way all winter in the heavier
The construction will be