The Holly chieftain., 1909-02-12
hE OLDEST AND lARG.
sANALs IN COLORADO
siANeEs HANDS.
new RESERVOIR
AS DUG BY PLATTE LAND
ANY, KNOWN AS THE
AoLIsH COMPANY.

Expectations of years for
1Give cultivation of arid land
nver and in the immediate
\ the city which led to the
On Of the High Line ditch,
etically realized yesterday
RepuDiican of Sunday morn
= ke sale of that canal by the
nd Company to the Antero &
X Reservoir Company. Since
aetion twenty-five years ago,
had not been supplied with
II water to meet the demands
\ Hners of land along its course.
8result of yesterdays transac-
reservoirs of the purchasing
will supply all the long
> water to the farmers in its
annals of Denver the ditch has
historic because of the hopes
many men held for the benefit
lid bring to the city, for the i'm
llty of the task at the early date
~ Aeginning in the completion of its
14y-4ive miles length, and for the
mOversies which have since arisen
riding it.
hat the supplying of the ditch with
&0f will meet the wants of many
1ners by the agitation, which farm
Nast and south of Denver have
Mp44 concerning their lack of ade-
le irrigation facilities. And with
6Awo large reservoirs of the pur-
eefs as source Of canal will cas-
atnish the necessary water for the
la1eyAtion Of $4,000 acres of land. All
tais property is but few miles
the city and is owned in both
r. and small tracts. Receiving the
benefits of the ditch, the farmers
nndoubtedly be enabled to raise
j od crops Of their kind as are pro-
! in the state In other words the
diate territory about Denver will
(34 probability be transformed into
3ch an agriculture region as that
Funding Greeley and other north
L Colorado towns at present, verit-
ClSgarden spot.
1 3tesident Fl. G. Clark of the Antero
7 Cost Park Reservoir Company, esti-
les that within three years pota-
ID and beets will be grown under
ditch as profitably as under any
|lehes in northern Colorado.
Since last May the Antero & Lost
irk Reservoir Company has been con-
quoting the Antero reservoir in South
6rk Work on the dam of this reser-
lar has been temporarily delayed be-
4use of the cold weather, but will be
sumed as soon as possible in order
bat the entire labor may be finished
1 the first of June. During the com
BE, 1t is said, to store in this reser-
Dir over 1,OOO,O00,O0O cubic feet of
hter. At extreme high water line the
kpacity will be about $4,000 acre
let
The company also owns the Lost
ark site on Goose creek, tributary
the South Platte, and 1t is their in
,ntion to begin the construction of the
ltlet of this natural reservoir during
lie coming season after the Lake An
,ro reservoir has been completed. The
ost Park reservoir has a capacity of
etween $4,000 and $4,000 acre feet
nd requires only the building of a
ischarge gate to its natural outlet
lpnel.
The transaction yesterday was COM
leted by S. J. Gilmore for the Platte
and Company and the officers of the
company who were author
ed by the directors to make the pur-
hase. The officials of the Antero &
ost Park Reservoir Company follow:
I. G. Clark, president; d. c. Wyatt,
Ice president; William Mayher. vice
resident: P. w. Allen, treasurer: Ar
lur D. Wall secretary, and George A.
engineer. Others who are
onnected with the company as men,
ers of the board of directors or in
ther capacities are: E. J. Reithman.
c. Mosher of Greeley, C. F. Tew and
j. Peary. Those who form the COM
any are all Colorado people, live prin-
pally in Denver and Greeley and have
cen interested widely in other SIM
ar projects. P. w. Allen, the treas
rer, is treasurer of Weld county.
The late Abner B. Mckinley, up to
lie time of his death, was working to
ring about the purchase of the Antero
Lost Park reservoir sites by the
Ugh Line Company. but the reverse
as now taken place