The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-07-19
DRAINAGE QUESTION is
DISCUSSED WITH ENGINEER
Engineer +. n. Cronholm Meets
With Central Board and Makes
Recommendation on Subject.


son project, and by those who are
conversant with conditions here it
is becoming more and more appar-
ent that sooner or later compre-
hensive system must be installed,
in default of which much of the
most valuable land lying in the
over reaches will become unfit for
cultivation.
Meanwhile temporary relief is be-
ing sought through the medium. of
shallow bitches that are constantly
filling in and becoming encumbered
with growing weeds, necessitating
laborious and constant cleaning to
permit them to perform even par
TALLY the function for which they
are designed
Recently the Construction depart
ment at Denver has been consider
ing the problem and in an attempt
TO arrive at a solution have detailed
Mr. F. n Cronholm an experienced
drainage engineer and the in
ventor of a number of ditch-cleaning
machines, dredgers. gate-locking de-
vices and other mechanical improve
ments necessitated by experience in
reclamation work. to visit the Truck
ee-Carson project to determine the
needs of this district.
Mr.. Gronholm had charge of the
deep drainage system recently com
pleted On the Minadoka project and
arrived in Fallon last week to enter
upon the work of his detail. with
view to designing a machine that
would be adapted to the work of
cleaning the shallow drain bitches
of this locality and which could be
operated at a moderate cost. After
looking over the conditions that pre-
vail here Mr.. Cronholm is convinced
that any machine constructed for
this work would prove unfit for sim
iiar work on the deep bitches which
all are agreed are necessary and
must eventually be constructed.
Last Thursday meeting of the
Central Board of Water Users was
held at the project Office by invita-
ton of Project Manager Hough and
Mr.. Cronholm to discuss the ques-
ton of the purchase of a drain
cleaning ma inc, which has been
urged by tse South Side Water
Users Association After thorough
discussion of the different phases of
the situation. the following resolu-
tions were adopted by the Central
Board:
Resolved that the Gen raj Board
believes that it would be inadvisable
at the present time to purchase
drain maintenance machine for clean
ing the present surface drains, it ap-
pearing that the expense involved
would not be justified by the benefits
derived, besides in view of possible
deep-drain construction any work of
deepening the present shallow drains
would be more or less waste. We
further recommend that the matter
of purchasing equipment for build
ing deep drains be looked into and
purchased well in advance so as to
enable such construction to start as
soon as authorized by vote of the
water users.
Resolved that a committee of
three be appointed to confer with
Mr.. Cronh olm and the Project Mana
ger for he purpose of devising i
/ drag or plow device to be drawn by
] horses or a donkey engine suitable
i for cleaning or clearing the present
shallow drains at a moderate cost
such as is justified in view of the
benefits that will result from keep
+ ing the shallow drains clear and
open from weeds and moss"
In accordance with the above res
olution the following committee was
appointed: Mr. F. NJ. Murchison,
Mr.. A. L. Baker and Mr.. II. G.
Taylor.
The above mentioned committee
met with Mr. Cronholm and Superin-
tendent of Maintenance F. e. Gibbs
Friday morning and after duly con-
sidering the matter of device for
cleaning the drains. adopted the fol-
i lowing resolutions:
We as a committee of three ap-
pointed at a regular meeting July
/ 9Th to consult with Mr. Cronholm
and the Project Manager. find after
careful investigation that the best
policy to employ will be not to con-
strnct the drag or plow device refer
+ red to in minutes of July 18th. We
i believe that a better policy would be
to delay work as much as possible
on the present system of shallow
drains and do that most necessary
this fall or winter when the ground
water is low, said work to be per-
formed by whatever machinery or
device found most suitable at such
time"
Labor Needed For Hay Crop