East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-06-25
IRRIGATION WORK
is BEING PLANNED

Portland, Ore, June 25.-W B.
Hinkle, engineer in chief of the TeeE
Irrigation district, Umatilla county
Oregon. and Frank Sloan, member
of the board of directors, are in Port
land for the purpose of interviewing
the O.-W. r. G. n. Co. officials,
Twohy Brothers, Eschbach, Brubce &
Co, and other large contracting
firms with a view to starting con-
struction work on the district pro-
ject.
Bonds of the district in the sum Of
S1,20O,O00 were voted by the land
owners at a special election held
June IA. 1913, at which 80 votes were
cast for and none against the hond;-
ing proposition.
The directors at their regular meet
ing June II, decided that negotiations
for the sale of the bonds should be-
conducted directly between the board
and reliable contractors and bond
buyers. No bonds will be offered for
sale until the negotiations now pend
ing reach a point where the directors
are assured of the sale of a sufficient
amount to complete the system. II
such an arrangement cannot be made
| the district will proceed to build on
the assessment plan, each owner con-
tributing his proportionate share of
the cost as the work progresses.
I'VE. will build the system said
| Mr. Hinkle. "The 10000 acres en-
! braced in our project are now subdi-
vided into tracts of 40, so, 100 and
| 500 acres to the individual land own
/ ers. more than 100 owners being rep
resented. These owners for the most
part are Umatilla county people, al
| though Portland, Seattle and Spokane
are fairly represented on the owner
ship list. canvass of the individ-~
ual wealth of the owners outside of
their holdings in the district shows
an aggregate of 100000 or an aver
age of $4,000 to the owner. This will
insure the building of the project
whether the bonds are marketable or
not The home market in this par
ticular case is exceptionally good.
I'VE are assured of the hearty sup
port of the O.-W r & y. Co, from.
the standpoint of traffic development.
Within the past 10 years in the vicin--
ity of Echo, Stanfield and Hermiston
We have brought into a productive
state about 10000 new acres of irri-
gated land. Conservative estimates
place the O.-W. r. & y. traffic in
crease at So per acre annually, adding
the enormous sum of 100000 annual
ly to the traffic of this particular
road.
with the completed development
OF the lands now under irrigation and
the building of the Teel and Paradise
irrigation projects, approximately
10000 acres of non productive land
will be made productive, adding az
least s75OO00 per annum to the pres
ent traffic receipts of this road The
/ development of traffic territory is of
as much Importance to our railroads
/ at this time as the extension OF
/ new lines.
| I'VE shall expect the cooperation of
! the transportation lines as well as the
| general business interests of Portland
as erealize that our products musr
come to the seaport and our supplies
| for the most part must come back
to us from this point
I'VE will not permit our bonds to
be peddled around the country ON
any commission basis, We shall Of
fer them to legitimate concerns. II
they are not taken we will handle the
proposition ourselves although in the
latter event our progress in construc-
| tion viii be somewhat slower"