The daily tribune., 1909-02-24
BEAVER LAND Z IRRIGATION Co. ABOUT
TO START ON VERY LARGE UNDERTAKING
Thiry Miles of nct Concrete Pipe to be Laid Through
the Thousands Of Acres Of Irrigated Land in Beaver
Park. Several Bidders Are After the Work, Which
is to be Commenced Immediately

Land and Irrigation company Will
commence the manufacture and lay
ing of thirty -five miles Of twenty
four inch concrete water conduits
through the land that is to be wat
cred ON the park, and the present sys
tenn of running the water through
open bitches will be discontinued just
as soon as the new system is COM
pleted.
The contract for the work ia to be
| let in a day or two and there are sew
eral bidders wanting the work.
Among these are A. Bickel of the
Freborn Construction company of
Kansas City; Arthur Bent of Los
Angeles, Ritzman Bros of Canon
City; Fox and Smith of Florence and
N. II. Endsley of Pueblo. The bids
have not yot been opened. but will be
this week. The work is to run into
many thousands of dollars.
According to the terms upon
which the contract Is to be award
ed. the persons to whom the contract
is to be awarded agrees to manu-.
facture 900 feet of the pipe per
day and have the same placed in
position as rapidly as time and ex-
pense will permit. AS there are
thirty five miles to be manufactured.
the work of manufacture alone will
take 19l days al there are 1000
feet in the number Of miles re-
quired
This pipe is to be laid for the
purpose of conducting the water
from the main canal onto every ten
and twenty acre tract on the park
and the water will be carried to all
parts of the park in this manner, and
will prevent further loss and seepage
as the oonduits through which the
water will flow are water tight. will
be cemented at the joints so as to
prevent any leakage and will be
buried sufficiently deep to prevent
any freezing.
". A. Matlock, general sales agent
Of the company. who gives The Tri-
bune the information, says that this
is the biggest undertaking and the
only one Of this particular kind in
the West. The building in which
the pipe is to be manufactured is
already erected, and in fact some
smaller pipe was made there last
year by the Beaver company.
It is the intention and determine
the most perfect system of irrigation
that is known in this western coun.
try, and ever since they first began
drawing their plans over year ago
this accomplishment was in view at
all times
The work on the Schaeffer reser-
voir, as outlined In Mondays Trib-
une, is progressing rapidly, and a
very large sum of money is being ex-
pended there. The work on this res
ervoir is being prosecuted in the
main through the aid of a monster
hydraulic arrangement. and small
mountains are being washed out
from their place and carried down
sluice boxes In small quantities,
lodged against core, and the dam
is formed in this manner.
The pressure of the water finding
its way against the sides of the
mountains is tremendous. 1t win be
some little time before this work Is
complete The deeply packed snow
on the Beaver creek water shed in.
sures an ample supply Of water for
all purposes this year. and tine COM
pany Is working ns rapidly M posi-.
BILE to be prepared to catch and
hold as much of this aqun pura as
their facilities will permit.