The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-02-16

JSCl, VIC give HeISWlll TIE SoihplStS
report of Engineer Pease, who is
in charge of the work. This report
was submitted to the meeting of
the Uncompahgre Water Users as
scciation, held in Olathe last week.
In 1906 an examination of the land
within the project was made and the
results of this examination were tab
ulated in a report to the department
as follows:
Acres
Total area irrigable land ...146, $50
Area in Montrose county -. 99.916
Area in Delta county ...... 46,470
Area east of Uncompahgre
river NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1886
4 rea west of Uncompahgre
river OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 69,93O
Area in public ownership LBS, 1856
Area in private ownership. los, 500
Area subscribed (private) ..92,O45
Area unsubscribed (privae) 16,455
In the making of reports and the
estimation of costs, the service has
deducted 6,SS6 acres from this area
of irrigable land and is using a lump
sum of 100000 acres
TOTAL COST TO DATE
A recent issue of the Denver Post
stated that up to date the expendi-
ture on this project had been s10O
per acre. If this statement We're
true, we would have expended to date
fourteen millions of dollars. The
project books show the actual ex-
penditures to have been as follows:
Total cost to January LIST, 1912
$4,741, 929.17.
From this amount should be de-
water rentals. mess house profits,
etc, amounting to $147, 322.10. This
would leave net cost of 81, 594,-
607.07. The service has as yet on
hand material and supplies which
have not gone into actual construc-
ton, such as lumber, cement, rein
forcement, hay, grain and general
store house supplies that inventory
$7O.956.56. For the purpose of this
paper we will assume that all of tn
material covered by this inventory
las been expended and add it to the
S4,594, 607.O7 net cost, which gives
us a net expenditure of $4.656, 3d.
60, or 1882 " per acre of irrigabl
land. This expenditure might be di
vided as follows:
EXPENSE SEGREGATED
Services .............. $685., 74S.33
or Sc per cent of the whole.
Supplies .............. $1,593,S7
or 35 per cent of the whole.
Railroad charges -. S 2S2,17S.67
or per cent of the total.
Purchase of canals, right
of-way, buildings, tel
ephone lines, etc. $ 153,761.35
or per cent of the total.
With this expenditure, the Gun
nison tunnel, together with its aux
Hilary works, including the diversion
dam across the Gunnison river and
the south canal, have been con-
lIt MOHlloSe anu DClto
and Loutsenheizer canals have been
purchased; a little over 40 miles of
new canal and laterals have been
built; eighteen miles of canal has
been enlarged to practically double
its former carrying capacity; new
headgates have been constructed at
the intake of both Montrose and De-
Ia and LoutsenheiZer canals; the dam
across the Uncompahgre river at the
loutZenheiZer intake has been prac-
tically rebuilt, and an earthen dixie
faced with brush constructed above
the Montrose and Delta intake to
control the Uncompahgre river.
WORK ALREADY DONE
In the execution of this work, 3d.
312 feet of tunnel has been driven,
19,424 feet of which has been lined
with concrete; ,491 900 cubic yard
of material has been excavated from
the canals and 1884 linear feet of
these channels have been lined with
concrete. In all 1873 cubic yards
OF concrete nave peeH put INTO tne
project. Twenty-eight fumes aggre-
eating 5.00l feet in length have been
built; ia drops, overcoming a fall
of something over 600 feet have
been installed, 359 tap boxes have
been placed and two metallic 81
phons have been constructed, one
across Dead Mans gulch and the
other across Dry Creek. The Dry
Creek siphon is constructed of steel
pipe, having SO inches interior di