The Ordway new era., 1909-05-21
NEW COMPANY COMPLETES DEAL
FOR HIGH LINE CANAL
NEAR DENVER.
HAS HUGE RESERVOIRS
iNAUouRATEs ONE OF THE LARo-
EST IRRIGATION ENTER
PRisEs IN COLORADO.

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morning says: Contracts were signed
yesterday whereby the Antero Land
& Irrigation Company. new corpor-
alton formed OF owners OF land lying
Immediately east and northeast OF
Denver, along the line of the English
High Line canal, purchased tho An
tero reservoir and the High Line ca
nal for $4,000 making one of the
largest transfers of suburban irrlga-
tion property that has been made in
this city In number OF years.
Added to this will be the cost OF en-
largIng and extending the canal and
constructing the main latcrals, which
will amount. according to engineers
estimate, to S5OO,OOO more. The pres.
cnt deal Is one Of vast Importance to
Denver from an irrigation standpoint.
and represents the outcome of a trans
action whCroby 80 Denver and Greeley
business men organized n close cor
pOrutlOu known rs the "Antero & Lost
Park Reservoir Company" for the
purpose OF building reservoirs near
years ago.
Two sites were purchased at that
time. the Antero and tho Lost Park.
The Antcro reservoir. located near
Hartsel, about 100 miles from Denver.
IL nearly finished and is an ideal site
for an irrigation dam. II is II miles
In circumference, covers 1000 acres
and has n storage capacity Of s3,50O,-
100000 cubic feet, equivalent to about
10000 acre feet. or sufficient water
to irrlgate 10000 acres.
The Antcro e. Lost Park Reservoir
Company on Feb. 6 Of this year. pur-
chased the holdings of the English
High Line Ditch Company for 100000.
The English company owned the High
Line ditch. which extends from tho
mouth of the Platte canyon to n point
about 10 miles northeast of Denver.
a distance OF 20 miles.
Inasmuch as some of the most val
liable farm lands in Colorado. for the
most part close to Denver. are under
the High Line, the purchase of this
canal furnishes the Antcro and Lost
Park Company with an outlet for its
water. The English company had no
reservoirs and always experienced diff
ficulty in securing enough water from
the Platte to irrigatc the lands under
the ditch. AS n consequence the land
had lain idle and unproductive in
large portion. since the construction
OF the ditch as it had prior to that
time.
But the combination of reservoirs
and ditch was great spur to the
owners of land along the High Line.
They saw their land greatly enhanced
in value, and Immediately began to
devise ways and means to secure wa
ter rights. They finally agreed to or
ganiZe an irrigation district under the
district irrigation law of Colorado, to
be known as the Denver Suburban IT.
rigation district. so called because it
adioins the city limits TO the north
and east.
The next step was to finance the
enterprise and to issue bonds to carry
on the work. To do this the Antero
Land e Irrigation company was or
ganizcd. and 1t was this company that
yesterday purchased the Antcro reser-
voir and the High Line canal for ST.
100000. The company has purchased
three additional reservoir sites along
the line of the canal for storage pur-
poses. These sub-reservoirs will have
an additional capacity of $1,000 acre
feet. making a total storage capacity
of $4,000 acre feet for the district.
The irrigation district contains but
10000 acres. making it apparent that
there will be ample water at hand, as
the United States government esti-
mates that only one acre foot of water
is necessary to irrigate an acre OF
ground for one season.
The officers of the Land Owners
Association of the Denver Suburban
Irrigation district, and of the Antero
Land e Irrigation company are: R. A.
Morrison, president; A. d. Annis, vice
president, and A. d. Wall, secretary
treasurer.