The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1914-12-23
ABOUT PROJECT DRAINAGE
Project Manager y. w. Cole Ex-
plains Matters Relating To Land
Drainage Here.

The project Office is receiving an
increasing number of inquiries and
REQUESTS for drainage of seeped
lands. 1t is fully recognized at the
Office that there is 4 growing neces-
sity for drainage in nearly all por-
tions of the project around Fallon.
A number of surveys have been
made and considerable study has
been given to the matter, as well as
large amount of actual drainage
work done in the last year.
Possibly we might have gone
ahead faster had there been unlimit-
ed money available and had the
problem and the remedy been fully
developed
Something over a year ago au-
thority was given TO build two tile
drains east and southeast of Fallon
in localities where drainage was
most needed and these drains were
understood to be somewhat in the
nature of an experiment which
might point the way to more extern
siye work of the same sort.
These tile drains are doing good
work and there being an unceasing
stream of water from each of them
showing that they operate to a Ger
tain extent in drawing off the sub
surface water which does the dam
age to land and crops
II is found however, that tile
drains are quite expensive and there
remains a question of how far en-
each side they are effective to IN
water the land.
The exoayating machine is now
cleaning and deepening some Of tne
old surface drains south of Fallon
and apparently this is going to he
very beneficial. A portion of this
work can be charged to maintenance
of the project and the balance viii
be charged to the general construc-
tion account, but the project man
agement is closely limited II its au-
thority to proceed with tbs work.
1t should be generally understood
throughout the project that eXten-
sion of the drainage system depenas
upon securing funds to do the york.
The Project Manager has no power
to go out and dig drain every time
that somebody asks him for one al
though he would be very glad TO
give this prompt relief if it could be
known exactly what ought to be
done and if somebody would ad-
vance the money to meet the ex-
pense.
The project is just now putting
a small party into the field to out
line some possible future work
which the drainage engineer thinks
should be undertaken. When the
survey has been completed it is pro-
posed to lay out one or more "drafa-
age districts" to include all lands
which may be benefited by a given
ditch or system of bitches and after
this the land owners will be invited
to vote on the question OF bonding
their lands to meet the expense of
the work.
Water users on the project who
are suffering damage from seepage
should give thought to this matter
and be prepared to meet the ques-
ton of cost when it is presented.
For the information OF everybody
the following resolution of the Rec
lamation Commission is quoted from
recent circular letter to all Super
vising Engineers, Project Managers,
/ District Counsel. and Secretaries OF
Water Users Associations:
"(e) Resolved, that all future ex-
penditures for drainage or other
supplementary construction shall be
contingent upon Cd the accept
ance of the Reclamation Extension
Act as prescribed by law, CD the
agreement of a majority of the per
sons whose land will be affected by
any consequent increase of con
struction cost that such increased
cost shall be added to the conssruc
ton charges as provided by law
ID. w. COLE.