The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1914-07-15
RESUME PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
The
Fairly Extensions Considered
Finale Is

lake to the extent of five or six feet
in height. and its ample capacity is
designed to draw the lake down fast
enough, in times of high water, to
prevent damage to property sur
rounding the lake.
Distribution System.
The Kemp-Winder lateral to sup
ply about 500 acres of land in the
Lone Tree" district south of the
Saltwater slough, and the III" lat
eral extending south into the Island
District to water some 1000 acres
were the principal features of ditch
construction. Both of these laterals
were built by small contracts with
the farmers. Other work on the
ditch system during the year con-
sisted of the building of small Sec
tions of ditch and the placing of
structures in various localities, many
of them in cooperation with the
farmers.
Roads.
Two short sections of road were
built, one about four miles long on
the bank of the Truckee canal from
Fernley to Derby. and the other
about three miles up stream from
! the Lahontan dam above the high
water line of the reservoir to pro-
vide a substitute for the same length
of road along the river bottom which
will be submerged The former was
built primarily for use in operating
the Truckee canal, and 1t passes
along portion of the canal which
was hitherto inaccessible to wagons.
The latter becomes a part of the
main road from Fallon to Carson
City.
Drainage.
The drainage problem is demand
ing more and more attention as the
cultivated area expands. One entire
unit of experimental tile drain, the
First East drain, comprising about
S40O feet of Is inch tile laid at an
average depth of about eight feet,
was completed and another unit, the
First Southeast drain. which will
be about two miles long and of tile
of 10, IL, and 15 inch diameter, was
finished for distance of about 1000
feet at the end of the year. The
former discharges into an open drain
about $4,000 feet long, while the lat
ter empties into a sump from which
the water is raised into the open
drain by an electrically driven pump.
About three miles of transmission
line were built to bring the current
from the Fallon sub-station to this
pump, and incidentally several
farmers are being supplied with
electricity from this line.
Features Completed.
According to present estimates
the completed project will cost in the
neighborhood of sS.400,000, which
will provide for the irrigation of
about 100000 acres of land To
June 30th the cost has been about
$5,5O0,000, from which it will be
seen that the project is about 65
per cent completed. On June 30th
the Lahontan dam was about 80 per
cent completed.
The following features have been
finished, and are in operation: Reg
ulating works at the outlet of Lake
Tahoe; Truckee River diversion
dam above Derby: Truckee canal 81
miles long, which carries the waters
of the Truckee river and discharges
them through the concrete chute in
to the Lahontan reservoir, and
which provides water to operate the
Lahontan power plant; Carson
river diversion dam about six miles
below the Lahontan dam, which di-
verts Carson and Truckee river
water into the distributing canals to
supply the lands in the country sur
rounding Fallon and Saltwater, to-
small bitches and drains for the ir-
rigation of about $4,000 acres, in
Guiding the laterals leading from the
Truckee canal in the vicinity of
Hazen and Fernley. The govern
ment is now operating about 800
miles of canals and laterals, and is
furnishing water this season to
about $4,000 acres of land divided
into about 500 farms.
Future Construction.
To complete the project as now
outlined the following features must
be built: Storage reservoir, or res
ervoirs, and ditch system for the ir-
rigation of lands above the Lahontan
dam in Churchill valley, or Upper
! Carson valley, canals and laterals to