Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1913-10-31
MINOR DETAILS SOON TO BE FIN
IShED AT PIERRE.
main bitches SURVEYED
THIS PROJECT SAID TO BE One OF
THE BEST In THE WEST..WILL
IRRICATE $4,000 ACRES.

The work of surveying the reservoir
site and the main ditch lines of the
Cheyenne River Irrigation Project is
practically finished. A small force of
men under Mr.. Snively, chief the field
work, are making the final surveys of
the north ditch line and expect to have
this completed some time this week.
He will then go to Pierre to complete
the Office work and make the blue
prints which with all the information
necessary will be forwarded to Con-
gressman Martin at Washington so
that he may present the matter to con.
gress at the earliest possible moment.
In view of the fact that the reclaima
ton and irrigation propositions are re-
ceiving special attention at this time,
this project may be taken up within
the next year instead of two or three
years rs was first expected.
Both the state engineer, Mr.. Derr,
and the chief of the field force, Mr..
Snively, are very enthusiastic about
this project and claim it to be one Of
the best in the west There is an ab-
solute certainty of water supply; a
minimum expense OF installing the
dam; large acreage which will insure
low assessment per acre; in fact it is
SO good that the ordinary layman can
see the advantages of this project over
many others at first glance.
However should the government fail
to promote this matter as fast as the
people of this section desire, they low
have the complete survey which can be
used to ascertain the estimated cost of
installing the system and private con-
Germs can be interested in the con.
struction of same. In Wyoming there
Is system known as the Laramie
Rivers Irrigation System which formed
the sections into districts, foated
bonds and did the work. 1t is private
concern and in that case the assess.
ment was only s275O per acre, praoti.
cally the same as it is estimated to cost
here. There are some advantages to
having private concern interested,
one of them being that man may
hold as much land as he wants to:
another one is that it forces everyone
in the district to sign up before the
work is commenced. The payments in
cases of private concerns doing the
work are collected the same as taxes
by the county and handled by the
county officials.
Since the work of surveying the
main ditches was started, Mr.. Snively
states that without doubt over sixty
thousand acres can be irrigated easily
The south ditch starts at { b 9
dam in section ten, township nine
range five, east. 1t crosses Horse Head
at Bingham's then follows the river tt
Dave Kimbsll's and works up alone
Sand Greek to Smithwick and out or
w. G. Flat to the head of Hay Canyon
This latter can be extended to include
over six thousand acres on the Suuav
Humpe Flat.
The north ditch line runs north -east
from the dam in section ten, TOWNSHIP
nine, range five, east, along the rive,
up to the Fall River Falls within fou,
miles of this city and from there tc
Buffalo Gap to the heads of Lame
Johnny and Cottonwood Creeks and
ends at the Bad Lands near the Wilson
Ranch. Even more land than was first
estimated will be covered by these
bitches.