Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-03-03
LARGEST IN
THE WORLD
UNDER ONE CANAL Is WHAT
THE BRUNEAU TRACT
WILL BE.
Final Surveys Now Being Made Under
Direction of Chief Engineer Tusch
Tract Has 100000 Acres, 6OO,-
900, of Which VIII BE Irrigated.

AaAtA has OVVfOVO ahNANrf WV
600, of Which win BE Irrigated.
BULL, Feb Following the
announcement of the Bull interests
of their intention to water the Brun-
eau tract, comes word from Chicago
that financial interests have approved
the construction of the great dam at /
American Falls and have turned over f.
securities amounting to s5,O00,OO0 |
to bonding houses. Chief Engineer I
Tusch of the company with a party of /
engineers is now aiming final surveys /
on the tract proper
The Bruneau tract will be the larg-
est irrigated tract under one canal /
in the world The tract starts from
point eight miles west of Bull and
runs in a northwesterly direction 100
miles to the mouth of the Bruneau
river, and includes 100000 acres Of
land, 100000 of which will be COW
cred with water. 1t is given out by
responsible parties here that the
drawing of the first unit of this seq
regation will be held in Bull this
summer, and the balance to be opened
from time to time as the canal work
and construction warrants
The construction of this system in
wolves some peculiar and difficult
engineering feats. namely, the en-
larging of the reservoir at Jackson
Lake the construction of the great
reservoir at American Falls; the en-
larging of the Miner dam and widen
ing of the high line canal of the Twin
Falls tract from so to 100 feet the
construction of an inverted syphon
west of Bull under the Salmon River
Box canyon, at cost of something
over 100000 and a chain of reser-
voirs in the tract proper
The total estimated cost of this
project will approximate S3O,O0O.0O0
The actual construction of so large q
- project will stimulate business in al
towns from Pocatello to Buhl, NOR,
particularly Bull, as it will be the
/ headquarters for the company witt
the opening of the first segregation
the balance of the Bull townsite viii
= undoubtedly be opened as the sam
4 interests watering the Bruneau still
: own three-fourths of the presen
< tOwnsite of Bull
2 At present the Bruneau desert j.
: the wintering grounds of thousand
! Of sheep. The miracle Of turning
z the desert into fields Of gold' will
= thus end the days of the free rang
: in southern Idaho, and the big sheel
< men will of necessity be forced t.
9 purchase hay for winter feeding, a
: the winter is severe in the mountain
Z south of the tract
9 There will be three company town
: sites on the tract. The central town
: site will be the official town and vii
2 in all probability become the count
= seat of a new county, probably Buh
< county. named after Frank II. Buh
Z of Sharon. Pa, the pioneer "empir
: builder of southern Idaho. ami tn
Z president and financial hacker of tn
< Bruneau tract. The principal street
= will be paved and parked a big hot'
4 constructed, as well as schools. ser
= eral fine modern business ohuses,
2 water and sewer system, parks, etc
. before a lot is sold This system
= townsite opening is unique and il
g sures the future growth I'm a substaI
: tial and right direction
y Bull is a rapidly growing city {
.$ 1900 people. surrounded by 10000
~ acres of irrigated land, only on
* fourth of which is under cultivation
x This season will probably end II
e sale of cheap land in the origini
x Twin Falls tract. which is now ente
x ing upon its fifth year of unprec
y dented prosperity The renewal
: construction work on the Saline
y river and the West End tract, soui
= and west of Bull, together with II
: construction of the Bruneau probe
3 is accountable for the recent an
2 rapid progress Of Bull. Handson
= brick business houses are now und'
: course Of construction, besi1es mar
~ residences. Bull possesses an acti'
= commercial club Of 200 member
( which employs a paid secretary, an