Cañon City record., 1909-12-16

terprises in the west and / am abso-
lutely sure that Il is going to be car
ried out along the lines indicated In
the newspapers Of your city q week or
ten days ago. AS the contractor for
the construction work / Will say that
not less than 1900 men will be given
employment on the first day OF next
March In building the great diversion
canals and reservoirs necessary to the
installation of this magnificent under
taking. The very largest and most
powerful steam shoyels. dredges and
other machinery viii be used In the
creation OF this project. Our machin-
cry will be no less efficient than that
employed by the United States govern
ment In cutting the inter-oceanic ca
nal az Panama
We propose 10 give the people OF
Canon City and OF the Arkansas val
ley the preference when II comes to
the purchasing of supplies and ma
teriais 20 carry out our contract. We
will also favor the labor of this sec
ton Of the state in selecting men to
do the work"
Mr. Raschbacker addressed himself
10 the engineering features OF the pro-
position and TO the achievements of
his arm in the neld OF construction.
particularly in hydraulic underiak-
ings. He said that while much of the
engineering 20 be done was highly
picturesque there were no great din
cuities In the way and that skill and
money would enable the company TO
subdue all obstacles TO the realization
OF the proposition.
Charles l. Milton. also OF the engi-
neerinE corps. stated that he had been
working on the matter for Nr. De-
weese for four years and was conf
dent 9f the feasibility and the ulti-
mate success Of the contemplated ir-
riEation scheme.
1T is the intention" said Mr. Nit
ton. ito build a great diversion canal
on each side OF the river from the
entrance to the Royal Gorge eastward
nearly to Pueblo. and to reclaim all
uf the land lying between them and
the river. a territory computed at Ap-
proximately four hundred and nifty
thousand acres. These canals will be
cons rueted at the line of the pinions
and the pines. which will permit the
reclamation OF all of the illlable land
in the valley"
Mr. Candee spoke OF the legal aspect
~. Ia huF h.a
had been connected in a professional
way with the proposition since last
June and had gone pretty thoroughly
into the technlcalities of the matter.
Il am very confident. continued Mr.,
Candee. that everything is all right
from the standpoint OF the lawyer and
that the Canon City, Florence & Pu-
eblo Water Company will be able to
make good on all of It's PROMISES.
People who purchase water from Il
will get everything that II agrees TO
give. The contracts have been care
fully drawn and are equitable alike
so far as the company and its patrons
are concerned. promise you as an
attorney of the firm OF Trowbridge &
Niver that nothing will be done IA
legal way that has not received the
Endorsement OF Clyde C. Dawson OF
Canon City"
Mr.. Manson. as general secretary of
the bond buying firm of Trowbridge
a Nlver. which he said had supplied
the money TO complete seventy-three
Irrigation projects in the semi-arid
regions of the west. spoke of the a.
nanciai features of the proposition.
He expressed the opinion that there
was no section in all of the Rocky
Mountain region that offered as allur-
Ing prospects to the irrigationist as
the upper Arkansas valley The land
was naturally fertile and pre-emi-
ncntly adapted to horticulture and Its
allied Industries. He predicted the
time when all Of the country between
Canon City and Pueblo would be con-
verted into one vast orchard. produc-
ing annually millions OF dollars worth
OF the fnest fruit In the Temperate
zone. Mr.. Manson said that the rec
ords OF the state engineers once In
Denver showed that a volume OF flood
water flowed down the Arkansas river