The Glenwood post., 1910-08-06
Rights Of Western Colorado RanChmen
Must Be Protected Against Eastern
SIopers... Time For Action Short
GARFIELD COMMISSIONERS ACT

mitted. l beg leave to make the fol-
lowing report as the result of the in
vestigation:
We will first consider the appro-
prlatlons of water from streams on
the Western Slope threatened to be
made for the benefit of lands on the
Eastern Slope in the state of Colorado
l think the matter will be better un-
derstood if We made the references as
brief as possible leaving the details to
other papers and documents:
l. The Inter mountain Water COM
pany on August II, 1906, obtained an
absolute decree for 700 cubic feet of
water, and on the l1th of August, 1908,
had this modified to a conditional de-
cree. and the order was entered nunc
pro tune as of August 11th, 1906.
This adjudication appears from the
North Fork of the Grand river. No
actual work of construction has been
done under this fling or adjudication.
1t is based on a survey and fling with
Il promise OF construction.
One attempt has been made to dis
pose of this water to the Golden and
Littleton district, and another at.
tempt has been made to let contract
with Mr.. Camfeld, of Greeley, to drive
a tunnel through the Continental Di-
vide for the purpose of supplying the
Irrin wi
ter to the amount of 700 second feet.
:. The Water Supply & Storage COM
pany of Laramie county have a decree
for 524.6 second feet for the purpose
of watering 10000 acres of land with
this water. The date of this decree
is August IL, 1906, priority dated Sep
tember l, 1890. evidence having been
introduced that the filing was made
as early as that year and work COM
menced and faithfully prosecuted since
then.
This company has not appropriated
this number of second feet to any
beneficial use, nor has it prosecuted
its construction work in any system
attic manner-practically done nothing.
3. The Consolidated Community II
Canal Reservoir company is convey
ing about 12 second feet across the
range in pipe line and applying the
same to the irrigation of lands. The
pipe is said to have capacity of 4s
second feet. This water l am in
formed, is part of the decree obtained
by the Water Supply & Storage com
pany, and to that extent does consti-
tute some work done, but it is done
by the latter company and not by the
one mentioned in division 2 of this
report.
4. The Farmers Reservoir & Irri-
CATION company have filed statement
with the referee now adiudicating
water appropriations in District No.
81, Grand county, Colorado, for 2 652
second feet. This company bought al
old fling of George Church in 1889,
for 652 second feet. This latter com
pany is the most serious attempt to
appropriate waters from the Western
Slope to the Eastern Slope.
Thursday Messrs. Delaplain, Wallace
and Logan of Mesa county appeared
before the Garfield county commission
ers and argued the matter to some ex-
tent, but as our commissioners realized
the Importance to this whole western
slope country of protecting the present
c,,t e IL: he
the preservation of these waters for
use on this slope they agreed to appro-
pirate an equitable amount of money
to institute proceedings and prosecute
whatever action may be necessary to
that end.