Semi-weekly herald., 1909-12-16
Be watered in
lime For Crops

i ire river NdHey Is no longer Il dream
but is a positive realization, just as
The Herald announced two weeks ago
The Standard Construction company
which was recently organized and con.
sisting of practically the same per.
sons as did the Lotus Construction
company. has the contract and the
Henderson Engineering company have
had their engineers at work Tor the
past two weeks on the permanent To-
cation of the ditch. T. / LOTUS. who
As general manager of The -Censtruc.
tion company has been in Denver sew
eral days purchasing Two steam shov-
els which will be run night and day
all winter On the ditch. It is abso.
lutely necessary under the terms of
the construction contract for them to
secure this machinery in order.io work
all through the winter months, and 1t
would be an impossibllity to complete
the ditch work with teams, to supply
water for the coming irrigation sea.
son. These two steam shovels work.
ing all winter will do the amount OF
york equal to about $40 teams. The
shovels have been purchased in Den
yer and viii be shipped to Tgnacio at
the earliest possible time that the
railroad can get them there.
The construction company is to com
pleie the entire water system, ipclud
Ing the reservoir and The laterais to
The different sections in the Carey
aeE lands for which the water com
pany gives as the consideration OF
building such wator system 100000
in first mortgage gold bonds. The
Durango Trust company is agreed
upon as trustee, and the trust Com
Papy hat geeegtel tpe frpst-so with
ihis' combination OF responsible com
Panies connected with The Ignacio
deal, II means positive and speedy
success.
The building of this water system
means more 10 Durango and the sur
rounding country than anybody pan
keailze, u lneans the bringing into
La Plata county OF about 200 families
who have filed on the Carey act land
nt ignaclo, and who are from among
the most sturdy and thrifty eastern
farmers and business people, who have
made a success of business in their
former country and who will. no doubt
transform the sage brush desert Into
valley which viii bloom as the
rose.
The Southern Pacific railroad build.
ing through This SECTION OF the eoun.
try VIII assist In giving u market -ipr
al! 1'ha products grown, which equals
any other part of the state of Colo
RADIO. II means an additional eastern
outlet for. these products that WIZ place
Ia Plata county on an equality with
other favored sections OF the state.
Durango and this southwest section
is famous for its beautiful climate
and thousands of settlers have located
in the past few years with the result
that they have made money. built
homes and attracted the eyes of the
world. With splendid fruit belt and
farming country on all sides, there is
no question but what Durango within
very few years will be modern
city OF 5000 to 10000 inhabitants.
Land values at the present time are
much less than they win be in few
months, as the building of the South
ern Pacific railroad and the building
OF this immense irrigation system at
Ignacio, which has as its source of
water supply storage capacity in the
900 acres of land. The Colorado Land
& Water Supply company purchased
the Emerald lakes from Us former
pyners, and with the erection of an
additional dam, II will make one OF
the finest reservoirs in the world. as
its banks are of solid rock and 1t is
located al an elevation Of II 900 feet,
where evaporation will be very light,
so that the most pronounced feature
of the whole Carey act project VIII
be the excellent water right which
goes with this land,
There are about 5000 acres yet TO
eolonize which viii be in charge of
the American Colonist company under
the supervision of Rod Mcdonald 1t
will be remembered that this com.
pany was extremely successful In get.
ting people into this section last sum.
mer AT the time of the drawing The
colonist company will have complete
charge OF the lgnacio townsite, and
building operations will begin soon.
Mr.. Mcdonald says 1t Is The intention
to build a sapitorium there In the
spring. and also reports the organiza-
ton Of bank under way, with news
paper in the near future. so thai with
In a very few months. Ignacio City viii
be on the map In good shape.
TELEGRAPH NEWS.
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DENVER, Dec. 13.-Robert W. Mag