Cañon City record., 1909-12-23

err matters OF importance were in
s<rmally discussed for the edifica-
= tion Of its members.
A proposition that brought out con-
siderable debate. was the report OF
.has L. Milton. as special represen-
Ave OF the Irrigation committee In
relStion to The shade trees along the
public streets Of the city, together with
the amount Of water necessary for
their irrigation. Mr. Milton computes
that the area OF the streets existing
within the corporate limits Of the city
rs three hundred and twelve acres.
but that a large per centage OF 1t Is
not in need OF water a. the present
time for the reason that there are no
trees 10 be irrigated. He assumes that
there are two hundred acres or more
OF land lying west OF Fifteenth street
and south of Oak avenue. all of which
viii ultimately be sub-divided and
laid of into city lots with the propog-
don of street area as the remainder
of the city. According 20 his estimates
IN this. subdivision OF land would be
thlrty-nine acres Of street area. max
ing a total OF three hundred and 1f'y-
nine acres OF streets to be provided
for. As the land between the curb
lines and the street lines on each side
of the roadway amounts 10 forty per
cent OF the total the area TO be lrri-
gated. be says. would be reduced to
one hundred and forty-two acres and
Tho city owns one and seven hun
Ydred and eIghiy-slK hundredihs cubic
feet OF water per second In the now
OF the Frul,lands Ditch company
.hich. he suggests. be used for the re-
| Ayrd irrigation This amount. fow-
inc tvyenty-four hours a day for eight
months in the year. is equivalent 10
eight hundred and nfty acre feet 81
water. or. nve and ninety-slN hun
drcdihs acre feet for each of the one
hundred nnd f-riy-two md half
acrcr 20 be irrigated; an amount am
pie 20 meet nh OF the requirements Of
The rituatinn. The report which was
a most exhaustive one. was read by
Alderman W. r. Wallace. chairman Of
the irrigation committee.
Another matter hat evoked general
discussion was the amount Of water
owned by the city TO be diverted from
the hcadgate Of The hydraulic ditch.
near the Hot Springs hotel. to the In
take OF the waterworks pipe line in
the Royal Gorge. The question OF the
volume OF water to be diverted at the
Intake of the pipe line is one that has
riven the council a lot OF trouble and
could not be decided on hand. In
view OF the fact that petition Will
soon be presented TO Judge Champion.
OF the district court. by Waldo, Daw-
son & Stump. the city's attorneys In
the matter, asking for a decree per
Knitting the proposed diversion. 1t was
esZntiai that some conclusion In the
wremises be reached with as little de-
law as possible. on motion OF Alder
man Wallace. a resolution was adopt
ed that petition be made TO the dis
Nct court for authority 10 divert all
" nineteen cubic feet OF water the
ms for from the river. be d.
nj the Intake Of the pipe line
vote being taken on the propo-
IN IT was found that all members
q the council had favored the
measure. except Alderman ID. N.
Coopcr. The motion was declared
adopted and Il was so entered on me
records. 1t was contended that II was
necessary to have the pipe line tuii
of water at all times to prevent its
deterlatIon from atmospheric tnhu-
ences and ON that account there was
no serious opposition TO the diversion
of practically all of the water owned
nv tho CITY, from the hydraulic ditch
10 the pipe line intake. BY reason OF
the general desire of the members OF
the council to subserve the public IN
terests by maintaining enough wafer
In the hydraulic ditch for the irriga-
tion on tho shade trees, Alderman
Craig made the following motion,
which was unanimously adopted;
"ResoIved, that It is the sense OF
this council that II Is necessary 10 III
verx practically all of Canon Guys
y<fer right In the hydraulic ditch in
rder to MI the waterworks pipe line
and prevent deterioration. but does not
mean that all OF the water SO diverted
shall he used for other than city use
but such an amount as Is necessary
may be returned to the hydraulic ditch