Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1914-06-05
RELATIVE TO ANGoSTURA PROJECT

The Government and State Cooperating in
Taking Cheyenne Water Flow Measurements
State Engineer Deer has written J. A.
Stanley the following letter regarding
the present status of the Angostura
irrigation project, also enclosing let.
ter from the Government District En-.
gineer, sll Of which is self explanatory:
Pierre, 8. D., May 25, 1914,
Mr.. ia. Stanley.
Hot Springs, South Dakota.
Dear Mr.. Stanley
am enclosing you herewith Q copy
Of letter which have received from
the Denver branch of the U. 8. Geolo.
gtcal survey some time ago. l have
been In correspondence upon this mat
ter since then and have just completed
arrangements for carrying on these
discharge measurements both at Edge.
mont and at some point further down
the river, perhaps near Wasta.
This. to my mind, is the very best
move shat can be made at this time, as
the government no doubt wishes to
have thoroughly reliable measurements
over . long term Of years to be able to
judge quite accurately what the aver.
age water supply is likely to be. You
will also gain from this letter the opin.
ion Of Director Newell in regard to the
Angostura project, and for that reason,
more than any other, am sending you
q copy Of this letter in order that you
might see how he would expresss him
self to another branch of the govern
ment. Very truly yours,
Homer M. Derr.
Following Is the letter from the Gov.
ernment District Engineer, referred to
by Mr.. Derr:
Department of the Interior,
United States Geological Survey.
Denver. Colorado. May u, 1914.
Mr.. Homer NJ. Derf,
State Engineer,
Pierre, South Dakota.
Dear Sir
The q. 8. Geological Survey has been
informed by the Director Of the Recla.
nation Service that the State of South
Dakota is interested in having develop
ed irrigation from Cheyenne river near
Edgemont, known as the Angostura
project.
Records of discharge are available for
number Of years but it seems do not
cover long enough time to give the
necessary information regarding the
water supply, and although the Direc.
tor Of the reclamation service ia favor
ably impressed with the project, he
thinks that additional records should
be secured.
II your Office has any funds available
for securing the needed records the
Geological survey would be glad to
enter into arrangements With you
whereby the necessary station or eta
tions could be established, and records
Of flow complied. There are no federal
funds available for this work at the
present time, but l personally could
visit South Dakota, select and install
the stations. secure observers, and also
select q local engineer and give him
necessary instructions in making dis
charge measurements, and furnish him
q current meter outfit. The wor1
would be under the supervision Of the
Geological Survey and official tables Of
daily and monthly discharge would be
computed and furnished your Office al
the end Of the year.
II the above outlined work were done
it would be necessary for your Office Il
pay my expenses from Denver to Soutt
Dakota and return establishing th,
stations, and also the expense Of an.
additional trip or trips that might b,
deemed necessary to insure the accurs
cy of the records; also the pay of th'
local engineer, together with field OK
penses which would be ON Q per diem
basis when actually employed in max
ing the Measurements, and the pay o
the local observers.
should be glad to hear from you q
an early dats In regard to'the fsasibilit,
Of making the foregoing arrangement
a., II the work is carried out, 1t is highl,
q desirable that It be started thi
spring. Yours very truly,
Robert Follsnsbee,
District Engineer
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