, 1923-08-16

" inter- n wife spent threo uo'n
in the Platte Valley section wnere
our congressman thoroughly famli-
iarizef himself whit the irrigation
needs of that section.
Before going to the Platte Vaiiey
Winter secured from
the Reclamation department ano
f.s.l tie State Engineer all maps
data. etc, covering the three pro
jects in the Platte Valley n after
thoroughly studying this data he
was anxious to inspect the projects
personally.
Piloted by H. A. Hunter, Fred II.
Healy and others. Congressman
Winter was enabled to make a
thorough inspection OF each project.
The Republican requested Con-
e,assnar Winter tc submit, il pc's-
ible, a short report regarding his
visit and we are pleased to publish
the following letter which shows
that Carbon county will have a good
friend in Washington whenever
these reclamation projects are taken
up:
Casper .Wyo.
August 4. 1923.
r. II. Alcorn,
Editor Rawlins Republican,
Rawlins. Wyoming.
Nv dear Alcorn:
The group OF three reclamation
projects known generally as the
Upper North Platte extend from the
Uionn Pacific railroad at Walcott to
the Colorado line. The reservoir
site of the highest and most south
ern OF these projects, named the En-
campment, IL reached by road thru
Pearl, Colorado. On inspection. l
found 1t a splendid site; a small dam
but ninety feet in height, storing
$4,000 acre feet Of water, which is
sufficient to owe Is 1000 acres ly
ing in a compact body between the
Beaver Ridge of hills and Encamp-
ment. Owing to the necessity for
a storage reservoir and also a 5000
loot tunnel throug the Beaver hills.
the total cost on this project ia es-
timated by the Reclamation EnEin-
GERS at about 3l,S0O.000, which
means$1Ol.0O per acre. This. At
present is almost prohibitive owing
to distance to market and other
causes. Private capital will doubt
less be hard to interest In this enter
prise and II Is therefore peculiarly .
matter to be put thrugh under Gov.
vernment Reclamation. The esti-
mates are very high to make allow
ance for all contingencies. II 10
hoped that actual construction will
show lesser ooe and . lower price
to the settler.
The middle project Il known -
the Sierra Madre and extends south
west from Saratoga. nj Is to be
supplied with water from two stor
Z reservoirs, n on Jack creek.
known as the Mathewson. and the
other on Spring Creek, known as
the Canyon Reservoir. II covers
approximately 5000 acres at about
the same figures per acre as the En-
campment project. This also Will
doubtless be put in by the Govern
mont rather than by private capital.
though there is lower total cost.
The lower lying. northernmost.
project Is that known as the Sara
toga. and covers $500 acres, the
canal and the land running from
the Platte river nea the CONFESS
ranch to the Union Pacific railroad
at Walcott. Owing to the fact tina,
no storage reservoir is necessary,
and only an eleven fot high di.
version dam Is needed. the estimates
"hA'' "AA'" WI 'Ntit 'oltlilk'u'N
including 100000 for drainage
give the total cost ut ~s2.560.0J
n the cost per acre at $67. 90
1t is generally believed that the es,
Inmates liz unnecessarily high. an
informed from reliable sources tina,
this project has attracted the atten
ton OF private capital and that seg.
regation has been applied for by re
~sponsible people who cvince every
indication OF prosecuting the enter
prise without delay. II this II no
done the Reclamation Service vii
be urged by me TO undertake IL
construction.
These three projects compris.n,
the total Of about $1,000 acres o.
the very best ~saxcbrush soil. which
means there is no better: all bein,
situated In Carbon coanty, and ira
Vorsed by n feeder railroad. endin,
nj the Union Pacific at walcott bul
20 milcs from RIA wins, mean muc,
Ia the prosperity OF the county seat
and to The livestock interests, of III,
county. Plenty OF good mod.rat,
priced winter feed. with
uon cos eliminated. viii suppor,
and stimulate tho livestock indus,r,
and provide cheaper produce OF All
Kinds 10 your rapidly growing cit,
which In turn win provide . marke,
Tor all the products, dairy, hay
grain. meats. vegetables and fruit,
of these reclamation 4,