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Year Ending December

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The North

Poudre

Irrigation Company

DIRECTORS

W. Ed \Vright, Sr . . . Fot·t Collins, Colorado C. B. Orcutt . . . \V ellington, Colorado J. M. Fisher . . . Fort Collins, Colorado \Tan R. Kent , . . . Wellington, Coiora.do J. F. \T andewark . . . : . . . Fort Collins, Colorado

OFF'ICERS

.J. F. \Ta.ndewark . . . President C. B. Orcutt . . . Vice President S. M. Newell . . . Secretary

DEPOSITORIES

li'irst National Bank of Fort Collins First National Bank of \Vellington

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REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT ot

THE NOR.TH POUDRE IRRIGATION COMPANY FOR THE YEAR 1921

In submitting my report for 19 21, it will be interesting to the stockholders to know that we have been able to operate the system at considerable less expense than the previous three years, consid-ering the amount of new and permanent work done. This was pri-mari'ly on account of prices on material and labor being reduced, but somewhat on account of work that has been done on the sys. tem the last two years, which made it easier to operate the system and with better results. We believe the coming year will also demonstrate the big advanta.ge in this work.

T'he Board wishes to express due appreciation for the co-oper-ation that they received from the stockholders during the past year, which has helped to make the successful operation of the ditch the past year possible.

RESERVOIR NO. 15 AND HALLIGAN DAM

Reservo-ir No. 15 is now fully riprapped and in excellent op-erative condition, with sufficient drops placed in the Inlet to make it available for full service to the Oompany.

After careful study of the relations of No. 15 to Halli.gan Dam, your Board of Directors would recommend that the main canal be enlarged from the headgate to the Scurvin Ditch to 40 0 second feet, and that the Scurvin Ditch be enlarged to carry 150 second feet. We believe this might control the greater part of the overflow of Halligan until the Company could finance the raising of the dam, which at this time seems out of the question. This work could be c·ompleted for approximately fifteen to twenty thousand dollars, while the enlargement of Halligan would mean an expen-diture of from two to two hundred and fifty thousand. The Board had ho_ped to do this work 'On the enlargement of the ditch last fall, but financial conditions compelled us to abandon it until some later date. 163,000 cubic feet were delivered per share on stock this year, which is the lar.gest dividend delivered in a period of ten years, but we believe the enlargeme.nt of the ditch as above re-ferred to will make it possible to deliver 200,000 cubic feet per share in good years.

Mr. G. N. Houston, who was the en:gineer in charge of the building of Halligan Dam, was in Fort Collins in December, 1921, and on the 27th of the month, in company with the superintendent, F. J. Barnes, C. E., and myself, made an inspection -trip to Halligan.

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-Mr. Houston expressed himself as being well pleased v:rith ~he con-dition of the dam and said it showed no signs of detenoratwn, and ·pronounced the structure in perfectly safe condition.

TUNNEL

Two ravines intersect the tunnel and storms continually carry rocks and dirt in the tunnel from these ravines, decreasing its ca-pacity. On May 17, 1921, we had a cloudburst which centered on

the mountains above the tunnel, with the result that it washed out the retaining wall in the first gulch and filled the tunnel for about

200 feet practically full of rocks and wash. This break was repair-ed and the tunnel partially cleanrepair-ed with the l'Oss of eight days run in the main canal.

To ,guard against future conditions of this kind, structures are now bui1t over the top in these gulches to carry the floods across the ditch. The tunnel is thoroughly ·cleaned and the diversion dam has 'been repaired and rebuilt. This work should ,greatly increase

the capacity of the tunnel, besides eliminating a great deal of un-certainty.

MICIDGAN DITCH

The Board of Directors employed Mr. Marshall Moore as su-perintendent of this work last April. The camp has been

maintain-ed at a saving of $1300 over last year, and the work has been done V satisfactorily. On July 25, 26 and 27, 1921, your superintendent, k" --L F. J: Barnes, C. E., and myself inspected the ditch and found it in ,. U excellent condition. Mr. Moore reports a maximum flow of 63

second feet on June 28, 1921, and says in his judgment the ditch

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will safely ·carry 100 second feet. We were compelled to waste the \\'L.

water during the big run-off on acc·ount of flood conditions in the

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Poudre River, and so we·re not able to test the full capacity of the ditch when the water was available. It now seems certain that the

State Road will be completed to the top of Cameron Pass the com- • ing summer, which will help reduce the c•ost of maintaining this

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part of the Company's system.

CONCRETE STRUCTURE.S

Three years ago your Board of Directors decided to replace all

wooden structures with permanent concrete structures as rapidly as time and money would permit. At this time all the wooden structures on the system had failed ·or were ready to do so, and we found it difficult to control the water. It will no doubt interest You to know what has been accomplished alon,g this line in the past

three years. During this time we have put in 204 concrete st ruc-tures of all sizes. 3 0 of these were comparatively large structures,

including the following: Dam on the main river at Fo~su Cree Inlet; Diversion Dam at the head of the main canal; flood gates on main canal at Park reek; flood gates on Scurvin Ditch at Parle Creek; 13 drops in No. 15 Inlet; 4 structures ln No. 6 outlet; 2 structures in No. 2 Inlet; 2 structures in Fossil Creel{ outlet; 2 structures across gulches at tunnel; 1 siphon under Coal Creek on ,the Cheyenne Lateral; 1 steel flume across Fossil Creelt outlet; and one steel flume across Sloping Headgate dUch. The balance were structures of different sizes, and concrete weirs in the smaller laterals. While there is some of this work yet to be done, the Board feels that they have brought this work to a point where the water can be controlled to much better advantage than in the pa t.

TEAM SHOVEL

The shovel was used in loading rock for the riprapping of No. 15. Upon the completion of this work it was taken to the Scurvin Ditch and rebuilt about 1500 feet of ditch from Park Creek east. From here it was taken to the headgate of Box Elder Inlet. After completing this worlz.: it was taken to No. 2 and No. 5 Inlet, and this ditch was rebuilt the entire length to a capacity of 300 second feet. This will enable the Company to fill No. 6 and 6 through its own system whenever the water is available in the North Poudre, and result in considerable saving to the Company. On July 9th steam shovel work was discontinued for the year.

Respectfully submitted, Attest: S. M. NEWELL,

Secretary.

J. F. VA DE"\'\ ARK, President.

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-\VATEH APPROPRI TJO ...

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Appropriation per share of stock for the 1 st ten years has

been as follows: 1912 . . . .... . . 135,000 1913 . . . ... . . . .... 12S,O·i0 1914 . . . .. . . 150,01)0 1915 . . . 13:>,000 1916 . . . • . . . 100,000 1917 . . . 137,500 19J 8 . . . l 05,000 1919 . . . 50,000 1920 . . . 130,000 1921 . . . • . . . • . . . • . • • • . . . 163,000

A H RE EIPT To balance as per report of December 31,

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To 1920 Assessment . . . $ 833.89

To 1r121 Assessment. . . . 5~976. 9 To Special Assessment of Feb. 3, 1919... 8112.F To Reservoir No. 15 Assessment. . . . 5120.46 To ·pecial Tunnel Assm't of Nov. 2, 1912. . . . 2 ~ 0.00 To Fossil Creek Right Assessment... 6011.00

Total Assessments . . . . To Transfer ·ees . . . . To Interest . . . . To Real Estate . . . . To Lease Account . . . . To Bill::; Payahle ... . . ... . . . To Refund on Res. No. 15 . . . . To lleadgate . . . ... . To Water Rent .... . . . To Refund on Telephone . . . . To W ter Supply & Storage Co., Mich. D. Camp . . . .... . . . To Doard of ounty Com. Mich. Ditch ... . To 1iscellaneous . . . . 2.00 1522.16 75 .00 387.50 27800.00 60.60 2 !.5) 124.::i0 1.67 43.50 1 .'10 4.51 7{; 93.11₉ 3 794.44 $ 11] 264.69

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. . . $ 900.00

By 1 ttorney F'ees ... · · · · · · · · .... · · .... ·.. .. . .. . 737.09

Bv Automobile Account. · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 20,200.00

B)· Dills Payable .... · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 2 7 2.21

By Concrete Lateral Work.··· '346.15

By Diversion Dam ... · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 4 7 . o

By Ditch Assessments.··· 3,902.6'

By Ditchriders . . . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 404.00

By Directors per diem, 2 years· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1, 3 6 7. 2 g

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By Equipment . . . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 413.34

By Flood Gates House .. · · · 611.29

By Flood Expense ... · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 38,194.65 By Interest . . . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1,020.41 By Inlet to No. 15 .... · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 216.17 By Insurance . . . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 3,5 40.72 By Maintenance ... · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 5,090.04 Bv Michigan Ditch ... ···· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 1,200.00

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Roai Estate ... · · · 11,252.48

By Res. No. 15 RiprappinP'". · · · · · · · · · · · · ·

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By Scurvin Ditch ... · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 4,680.00 By Salaries . . . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 500.81 By Telephone . . . · . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 229.91

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By 'Vater Account . . . · · · -$106,481.67

By Balance, cash on hand- ct

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First National Bank, Wellingto.n · · · · · · · · ·"' ·

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First National Bank, Fort Collms. · · · · · · · 3•799 · $

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J. F. Vandewarl~,

President-From Dece11ber 1, 1920, to December 1, l921, at $ )0

per month . . . $ 6fJO.OO S M. ,. 1_ewell,

Secretary-From December l, 19~0. to December 1, 1921, at $90

per month . . . 1,080.00 F. J. B::trnes,

Superintendent-From December 1, 1920, to December 1, 1921, at $250

per mon b . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 3,00 0.00 Total . . . $4,680.00

BII.~J.~S RE EIV ABLE

To Balance- By Ball!.nce-Jan. 1, 1921 . . . $2,400.0 Jan. 1, 1922 ... $2,4.00.00 BILLS PAYABLE To notes paid .... $ 20,200.00 To balance, Jan. 1, 1922 . . . . . . 89,300.00 $109,500.00 Jan. l, 1921, by balance . . . $ 76,700.00 Box Elder note. . . 5,000.00 By notes issued... 27,800.00 $109,500.00 Increase . . . $12,600.00

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-A SET

To unpaid Assessments for 1921 . . . $ 13,779.15 To unpaid Assessments for 1920. . . . . . . . 92.00 To unpaid Assessments for Res. No. 15. . 777.9 To unpaid Special Assessment, 1919, $1

due each year for 6 years. . . . . . . . . . 32, 7'} :-." 6 To Bills Receivable . . . · · · · · ·

To 43 sec. ft. out of Priorities Nos. 2, 17, 19, 29, 52, 60 and 66 ... · · · To Priority No. 97 for 307 sec. ft ... . To Michigan Ditch. . . . . . . . . ... ·. · · · · To Reservoirs including lands in reser-voirs and storage rigb ts estimated .. . To Real Estate, estima.ted .' . . . . 'l'o Equipment, less 20% depreciation .. . To Cash in Banks . . . . LIABILITIES $ 47,:384.49 2,400.00 215,000.00 307,000.00 150,0UO.OU 3,000,000.00 1,500.00 13,157.37 4,783.02 $ 3,741,224.88

By net Capital Stock outstanding, 9990.02 shares .... $

By Bills Payable . . . . 499,501.00 By First Mortgage Bonds . . . · · · · · ·

By Second Mortgage Bonds . . . · · · By First Mortg·age Bonds of The Mountain Supply Ditch Company assumed by this company ... . By Balance, Surplus . . . . 89,300.00 130,000.00 200,000.00 208,000.00 2,614,423.8 $ 3, 7 41,224.88

RE APITl LATIO~ OF EXPENDITURES-YEAH 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921

Item. 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921

Salaries . . . $ 5,949.60 $ 6,790.95 $ 7,657.25 $ 7,119.43 $ 4,937.67 $ 4,6 0.00

Attorney Fees, Court

Costs, Etc.

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3,690.85 970.65 1,062.25 928.00 900.00 900.00

Taxes

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543.47 548.46 553.55 18.69 335.21 229.91

('anal Rider

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2,633.35 2,926.4 3,555. 7 4 2,784.96 4,576.20 3,902.66

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281.77 192.35 296.35 400.95 39 .42 499.14

Directors per diem ... 20 ti.OO 184.00 170.00 300.00 37.92 404.00

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2,49;.;.65 5,971.97 16,120.51 4,2 2.41 9,030.61 3,764.51 Expense

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4,291.4-5 6,637.48 5,9 60.63 4,835.89 2,670.08 1,516.94' Michigan Ditch,

in-eluding enlargement 3,356.79 2,775.79 ,315.19 6,867.26 6,340.11 5,03 .04

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37, 43.74 33,341.79 39,510.20 3 ,383.15 37,4 3.8 36,672.49 ...

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1,777.98 7,461.19 4,069.39 5,208.15

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Re ervoir No. 15 . . . . 1 23.79 11,191.8

Canal Enlargement .. 96.09 8,411.58 ,227.26 12,949.43 3,477.60

Auto and Truck ... 1,9. 4.77 45.09 1,172. 1 737.09

Water Tollage ... 1,151.43 1,217.65 205. 7 3,489.99 2,628.57

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Real Estate

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1,790.39 355.00 12,500.00 450.00 .ffiquipment, including maintenance .

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6,458.55 4,623.99 1,516.25 Bonds Retired

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17,000.00 Mi cellaneous . ... 1,626.93 130.00 148.62 131.51 Totals . . . $ $ 62,418.69 $ 94,190.21 $102,107.32 $ 95,6 1.39

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-A S~~ 81\IENT LEVIED AGAL T . TO { OF THE NOR'l'll POUDRE lHRIGATIO OMPAr""Y FROM 1012 TO 192lo 1912 Regular . . . . . . . . . . $5.00 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 191 1919 1920 1921 Regular . . . $4.00 Tunnel . . . 2. 0 Regular . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 Tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . 2.00 Regular . . . . . . . . . . . . 5. 0 Tunnel . . . 2.00 Regular . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 Tunnel . . . 2.00 Regular . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 Tunnel . . . 2.0\J Regular Regular . . . 1.00 Special . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.00 Regular . . . . . . . . . . 8.00 Special . . . . . . . . . . . 1.00 Res. No. 15. . . . . . . . . . 2.00 Regular . . . o 7.00 Special ... o • • • • • • • 1.00 6.00 7.00 7.00 7.0 7.00 7.00 .00 11.00 8.00

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The North Poudre

Irrigation Company

Year Ending December

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The North Poudre

Irrigation Company

DIRECTORS

Harris Akin---Fort Collins, Colorado C. B. Orcutt---lVelUngton, Colorado J. M. Fisher ________________________ Fort Collins, Colorado Van R. KenL---lVellington, Colorado

J. F. Vandewark ____________________ Fort Collins, Colorado

OFFICERS

J. F. Vandewark---President C. B. Orcutt---Vice President A. J. 1Vhistleman---Secretary

DEPOSITORIES

First N ationa:l Bank of Fort Collins First National Bank

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-REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT

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THE NORTH POUDRE IRlRIGATION COMPANY FOR THE YEAJR 1922

The year 19 2 2 goes down in history as one of the driest years

which this section has ever experienced with exceptfionally dry

weather during the growing season. We feel that the 80,000 cu. ft. delivered to the stockholders of the company was very satisfactory, considering that the river--conditions were so bad that the company received no water 'on its main decree. The precipitation for the year 1922 was 9.99, being 32% below normal, which is 14.80.

PERMANENT WOR-K

During the year we have enlarged the Flossil Creek inlet to its original capacity, this being ·the first time this ditch has been thor-oughly cleaned since its construction. The Box Elder inlet has also been enlarged to a ·capacity of 300 s. f. 103 concrete structures have been built during the-year. This makes a total of 307 con-crete ·structures •built during the past four years. This work has re-sulted 'in much saving of labor and water for the company.

GENERAL OONDITION OF CANALS AND RESERVOIRS

At the time of the last annual meeting we had just completed the covering of the ravines that intersect the tunnel to eliminate the continual deposit of sand and rock in the tunnel. A recent in-spection by Mr. Barnes showed that this tr.ouble was completely eliminated, and notwithstanding one very bad storm in this sec-tion during the summer the· tunnel was found to be in excellent condition. The wisd,!>m of the Board four years ago in adopting a definite program to improve the physical conditi-on of the system is now apparent, and we find the ditches and reservoirs in the best condition in the history of the company, with the result that we have been able to operate the .past year more efficiently and at less cost than any year since 1913.

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-assessment down as lo·w as possible with the result that $5.50 was levied. This, with a special of $1.00, made the total $6.50, and the Board planned to economize ·as much as possible without dam-age to the system or stockholders and we are glad to report that we have been able to operate within the assessment and d·o consid-erruble permanent work which ·is shown in this report, and have a small balance left to our ·credit. This, however, does not include an expenditure of $17,925.00 to purchase the F'ish Creek decrees of the P.ark Creek Irrigation District and to cancel a contract which they had with this company.

RESERVOIR N.O. 15

The expenditure la-st year on riprapping No. 15 made it possible· to store 150,000,000 feet of water which the company would have lost otherwise. This water at market value was WoQrth considera·ble more than the entire cost of the riprapping.

MIOHIGAN DITCH

The year 19 2 2 demonstrated the value of foreign water to this company. The Michigan d·itch delivered nearly its normal supply of water while the water available on the eastern slope was far be-low normal. The· peak load thru the Michigan ditch was 7 8 s. f. We hope on the present plan of impl'ovement to increase the ca-pacity of this ditch to 200- s. f.

TREES

Last year your ·Board of Directors distributed to the stock-holders free of charge about 5,000 trees at a cost to the company of $80.00. We believe this practice should 'be continued each

year, as it will be ·Of great value to the land under the system. If you agree with us we would appreciate some action authorizing the Board to continue this practice.

CONSERVATION OF WATER

I would like to call your attention to the possibilities that may be accompiished in conserving water by full co-operation of the stockholders. The average ditch company delivers to its stock-holders about 60% of the water taken into the system. I think it is safe to estimate that the stock.ho~der loses 30% of the water

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-livered to him, thru faulity ditches, not properly leveltng and culti-vating the land and lack of proper attention to water when It is be-ing applied. If this is true you w111 see that only about 42% of the water taken Into the system ls lbeneflcially applied t'() the land. WhUe we can never hope to conserve the whole of the 58 % loss I

believe with proper co-operation for a period of years we could reduce this loss so much that we would increase the value of our holdincs to re-pay us mal!l times !or the labor and money expended.

FINANOING AiND IMPROVEMENTS

Your ·Board has given, much time and thought the past year to this m·atter, and I think you are quite familiar with what bas been done and it Is hoped that thls meeting will decide on some plan that every stockholder will heartily support, that this work may go on without further delay.

Respectfully submitted,

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-WATER APPROPRIATIONS

Appropriation ·per share of stock for the last ten years ha been as follows: 1912 ____________________________________ 136,000 1913---125,000 _{1914 ____________________________________ 150,000} 1915---135,000 1916 ____________________________________ 100,000 1917 ____________________________________ 137,500 1918 ____________________________________ 105,000 1919 ____________________________________ 50,000 1920 ____________________________________ 130,000 1921---163,000 1922--- 80,000

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-CASH RECEIPTS

•ro balance as per report of December 31,

1921

---To 1920 Assessment_ __________________ _ To 1921

Assessment---To 1922 Assessment_ __________________ _ 'l'o Special Assessment of Feb. 3,

1919----To ReseTvolr No. 15 Assessment ________ _

To Fossil Creek Right A sessment _______ _

Total Assessments ---To Transfer

Fees---To Interest ---'fo Lease AccountTo Bills Payable ---To Water RenL---ro Mess Account---To Refund on Insurance _______________ _ To Refund on 'felephone _______________ _ To Bills Receivable ---To Miscellaneous ---92.00 13,120.51 39,629.12 11,941.16 565.08 588.00 $ 4,783.02 $ 65,935.87 47,00 1,942.60 612.00 18,600 329.79 303.00 14.96 28.05 2,400.00 22.13 24,299.53 $95,018.42

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nY Attorney Fees --- 756.78

By Automobile --- 24,700.00 By Bills Payable --- 1, 766.00 By Concrete Lateral Work--- 199.91 By Division Dam --- 611.55 By Ditch Assessments --- 2,846.93 By Ditch Rilders --- 215.35 By Ditch --- 1,085.01 By Expense --- 351.42 By Equipment --- 37.00 By Inlet No. 15---·--- 39,211.68 By Interest --- 255.98 By Insurance --- 3,356.03 By Maintenance --- 5,638.81 By Michigan Ditch ---.,.- 443.03 By Mess Account --- 150.00 By Res. No. 15 Rip Rapping_______________________ 4,626.98 By Steam Shovel Work--- 4,680.00 By Salaries --- 448.17 By Telephone --- 156.82 lly Taxes --- 1,150.79 By Tunnel --- 1,276.07 By VVater Account

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By Balance Cash on Hand in Firs 255.11

Fort Collins and 1st Natl. Bank

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SALARY ACCOUNT

J. F. Vandewark, President- 1

From December 1, 1921, to December 1, 1922, at $50

per month ---$ 600.00 A. J. Whistleman.

Secretary-From December 1, 1921, to December 1. 1922, at $90

per month --- 1,080.00 F. J. Barnes,

Superintendent-From December 1, 1921, to December 1, 1922, at

$250 per month --- 3,000.00 Total ---$4,680.00

lULLS PAYABLE

To notes paid ----$24,700.00 To balance Dec. 31· 1922 ---103,525.00 $128,255.00 January 1, 1922, by balance ---$89,300.00 By notes issued ___ 38,925.00 $128,225.00 Increase __________ $14,2 2 5. 0 0

We issued $17,925.00 in Bills Payable in full payment of stock purchased, and used in settlement of the Park Oreek district decrees.

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unpaid assessments for 1921--- 8.64

To unpaid assessments for 1922--- 15,368.24 T unpaid assessments for Res. No. 15---₀ 212.90

'Unpaid Special assessments 1919, $1.00

due each year for 6 years--- 20,800.45

T ₀ - - - -$ 36,390.23 4~ sec. ft. out of Priorities Nos. 2, 17,

'l'o p 9, 29, 52, 60 and 66--- 215,000.00 'l'o Mrlority No. 97 for 307 sec. ft._______ 307,000.00

'I' ₀ Rlchtgan Ditch --- 150,000.00 eservotrs including lands in reser

-To Rvoirs and storage rights, estimated__ 3,000,000.00 To eal Estate, estimated--- 1,500.00 To equipment, less 20o/o depreciation____ 10,807.19

Caab. tn Ba.nke --- 266.11

$3,720,952.53 LIABUJTIES

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net Capital stock outstanding, 9999 8-9 shares---$ 499,994.44 B; :ills Payable --- 103,525.00 By ₈ lrst Mortgage Bonds--- 130,000.00

Bv ~cond Mortgage Bonds--- 200,000.00 " ~'rat Mortgage Bonds of the Mountain Supply

By BDltch Company assumed by this companY--- 208,000.00

alance Surplus ---2,579,433.09

REOAPITULA'.l'ION OF EXPENDITURE8-YEARS 1916, 191'1, 1918, 1919, 1~, 1921, 1922

Item 1918 191.'1 1018 1919 1920 1921 1922

Salaries ---$ 6,9f9.60 $ 6,790.96 $ 7,667.25 $ 7,119.f3 $ 4,937.67 $ 4,680.00 $ 4,680.00 Attorney Fees, Court

Costs, Etc. --- 3,690.85 970.66 1,062.26 928.00 900.00 900.00 1,251.42 Taxes --- 6f3.47 648.f6 553.56 18.69 336.21 229.91 156.82 C&nal Riders --- 2,633.36 2,926.48 3,655.74 2,784.96 4,576.20 3,902.66 2,846.93 Telephone Acct. ---- 281.77 192.36 296.36 400.96 398.42 499.14 448.17 Directors per diem ___ 206.00 184.00 170.00 000.00 37.92 404.00

Maintenance

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2,493.65 6,971.97 16,120.51 4,282.f1 9,030.61 3, 764.51 3,356.03

~ense --- f,291.45 6,637.48 6,960.63 f,835.89 2,670.08 1,616.94 1,085.01 Michigan Ditch,

in-eluding enlargement 3,356. 79 2, 776.79 5,315.19 6,867.26 6,3f0.11 6,038.04 5,638.81

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Interest

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37,843.7 4 33,341.79 39,510.20 38,383.15 37,483.88 36,672.49 37,269.08 Ditch Assessments -- 217.50 572.81 516.56 340.00 710.38 f70.00 511.65 ... c Permanent Imp. ---- 1,777.98 7,461.19 4,069.39 5,208.15 3,459.66

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Reservoir No. 16 ____ 1,823. 79 11,191.88 150.00 Canal Enlargement-- 96.09 8,411.58 8,227.26 12,949.43 3,477.60 4,626.98 Auto and Truck _____ _{1,934. 77 845.09 1,172.81 737.09 756.78} Water Tollage --- 1,151.43 1,217.65 205.87 3,489.99 2,628.57 1,276.07 Water Eights and

Real Estate --- 1,790.39 355.00 12,500.00 450.00 Equipment, includin« maintenance

_---

6,458.55 4,623.99 1,516.25 351.42 Bonds Retired --- 17,000.00 Miscellaneous

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1,626.93 130.00 148.62 131.51 255.98 T()tals---$ 82,021.58 $ 62,418.69 $ 94,190.21 $102,107.32 $ 95,681.39 $ 83,287.23 68,120.71

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-ASSESSMEBTS LEVIED AGAINST STOCK OF THE BORTH

P01TDRE mRIGATION COMPABY FROM 1912 TO 1923.

1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921' 1922 Regular ---Regular ---$4.00 Tunnel --- 2.00 Regular --- 6.00 Tunnel --- 2.00 Regular --- 5.00 Tunnel --- 2.00 Regular --- 5.00 Tunnel --- 2.00 Regular --- 6.00 Tunnel --- 2.00 Regular RegUlar Special 7.00 1.00 Regular --- 8.00 Special --- 1.00 Res. No. 16--- 2.00 Regular --- 7.00 Special --- 1.00 Regular --- 5.60 Special --- 1.00 $6.00 6.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 8.00 11.00 8.00 6.60

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1923

Annual Report

The North Poudre

Irrigation Company

Year Ending December

31

1923

1923

The

North Poudre

Irrigation Company

DffiE ORS

•J • F. Vand wark . . . Fort ollin , olorado · B. Or utt . . . Wellington, Colorado H. A. Atherton . . . Fort CollJ~ olorado < • • Jones . . . Fort ollins, Co rado

"· 1 • Munro . . . Fort Collins, OoJorado

FFI RS

E. F. Munroe . . . Pre ident · B. Or utt ... . . . ... . . Vic Pr ident A. J.

Wih.i

tl man . . . ... Sec tary

p0 ITOBIE

irst ation 1 Bank of Fort Oollins Fi t ational Bank of Wellington

REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT

OF

THE NORTH POUDRE IRRIGATION COMPANY

FOR THE YEAR 1923

WATER SUPPLY

The water supply for the year 1923 was probably the best in the history of the company, and was in marked contrast to that of 1922. The total rainfall for 1923 was 23 inches, and a large

part of this felJ during the crop season. Heavy floods occurred

in June which increased the maintenance costs on the sy tern

greatly, and caused considerable damage. Failure of the river

headgates of the Boxelder Ditch Co. allowed flood water from the Poudre river to enter Fossil Creek Reservoir uncontrolled, caus-ing a great deal of uneasiness, and some real danger to Fossil

Creek Dam. In spite of all our efforts, water passed over the

dirt splllway of the dam for several days, a condition which has not occurred before and should not be allowed to occur again. Arrangements must be made so that money will be available to build a safe spillway for Fossil Creek Reservoir immediately.

During the peak of the flood season water 3. 7 feet deep passed over the 110 foot spillway of Halligan Dam, and sufficient water passed down the North Fork in three days to have filled

Halligan Reservoir to its maximum proposed depth.

Twenty-three floods occurred in Boxelder and Coal Creeks. Water

ser-vice to our stockholders was maintained, however, and the head-gates of the Main Canal were never closed from the beginning of the irrigation season until the close on Sept. 20th.

The total appropriation of water per share of stoclt was

188,000 cubic feet. Fifty per cent free water was delivered to

stockholders at the beginning of the season to encourage early use

of water and cleaning of ditches. .

On May lat. the company's storage was 350 million cubic

feet short, but at the close of the year its stored water was far above normal.

All reservoirs belonging to the company were filled at lea t

once during the past season with the exception of Portner Reser-voir, which has been out of repair for a number Of years, and Nos. 5 and 6, which are filled through another company's canal.

WORK ACCOMPLISHED

In addition to the regular maintenance work made necessary

by silty water, windstorms and floods, the following Items of permanent improvements were completed:

Raising of No. 3 Reservoir dyke 7 feet, cosL---$4,041.46

Raising of Smith lake dyke 6 feet, cosL--- 252.01

Raising of No. 2 Reservoir dyke 2 feet, cosL--- 449.56

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-The above were all steam shovel jobs, and the increased Rtorage made available on the first three was used immediately.

F~ighty-tlll' concrete tructures completed, cost $3,024.66 making a total of 3 90 concrete structures built in the past five

Y ars to r place temporary wooden construction.

In October th board rleemec it expedient to begin the en· largement of the main canal and tunnel in the Livermore division,

and work n that unit is in pro"Tess at this time with an expen-rlitnre to Jan. 1, 1924 of $2,596.57.

HALLIGAN DA:lvi ENLARGEMENT

Plans and PJ•ecifiC'~fjons for th enlargement of Halligan l am were iF: ned hy the to:nd nndcr the advice and direction of l\Tr. A. J. Wiley, c n nlting ngineer of Boise, Idaho. Bids for lonstrnction ·ere 1 c-cph co by the boarcl on June 20, 1923. The

o~e t bid received was that of M. A. 'Wog:m, of Denv r, Colo., for $190,867.50. Adding 1o this the e. tlmated r.ost of cement,

~te 1 and other it mR bro 1r·ht the> total to Rlightly more than ·P250,000 which exceed d the engineers' Pstimate by $25,000 and

~'-'Os de med an xce~siY cost b.· the hoard and all bids were re-Jected.

No progress was macle in. tl1e year toward financing the im-Provement program approverl by yon at your last annual meeting,

nnct inasmuch as the opinions of the tockholders seemed more or 1 ss divided a to the desirability of the program, the board was compelled to drop the matter.

Our plans for the Halligan Re~ervoir enlargement and en-g·tnePring ' ork in connection with ~fr. 'Wiley's work cost a total Of $1,814. 79.

EXPENSE

The floating indebt clnE>ss of the company has been increased

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• to Michig·an Ditrh nlargement. permanent improvements,

,Va11Jgan Dam enlargements, Main Canal and Tunnel enlargements, at r Tollag·e, Flood exp n e.

l\flCIDGAN DITCH

Extrer>1el unfavoralJlP '·e~ther and a short labor supply

rlP-~a1:yed_

Progress

greatl~·

on the .xt nsion and enlargement of the

1 1_{Ch1gan ditch. Rains fell almost daily thru the short workin!!}

~~~son and efficient labor was almost impossible to obtain for

IS work. How ver, some l,>rogress can be reported. About one-~talf of the cl aring on the extension has been completed; 35,000

r t or lumber was sa red and hauled to the work; a new perm a• ll<'nt camp, midway of th extem::ion, was built and a wagon road

:~nrt 1 elephone line constructed th reto. A con tract for the

ex-r-~n ation of the first one-third of the extension was awa1·d d, but 11.1

. contractor b came discouraged after about six weeks strug~l~

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th the mud and rain and default d on his contract after com·

11 ting about 700 fe t of ditch.

It is hoped that r..1or favorable conditions may obtain thru-0111t the coming eason and that the worlt can be reported com .. P ete n xt y ar.

The total amount of water delivered through the Michigan ditch the past season was 245 million cubic feet, not inchtdlnf'.

14 days n1n at the peak of the flood period when all the wat r ftom the Michigan was wasted. The maximum amount carried

any one day was 12 5 second feet.

OIL WELL

On Nov. 11, 1923, the Union Oil Co. of California drilling on Sec. 31-10-68 bronght in a large gas well, which with great diffi-culty and expense was finally capped about six weeks lat r. 'l'h

gas contained a considerable percentage of oil which was pr tty thoroughly sprayed on several square miles or land in he Ylcinity or the well. Plans are being made by the Union and other com-panies to explore the territory further, and determin the bound-aries of the field. The Union Co. holds leases on about 1900 acres of North Poudre land much of which is thought to be ve1·y favorably located, and it is believed that future developments of a very satisfactory nature are in store for stockholders of The North Poudre Irrigation Co.

RECOMMENDATIONS

The board desires to direct the attention of the stockholdPr~ tc. the following program, which the board beJl ves important anrl necessary:

Completion of Michigan Ditch unit as quickly as possibl , consistent with reasonable cost.

Completion of program of installing concrete structure , par-ticularly in reservoir inlets where destructive erosion is now tak-ing place.

Construction of works to stop the continual filling of

reser-voh·s and ditches with mud. This problem will get more erlou e'·ery year untU it Is solved.

A definite program looking toward a 1 ssening of the h avy interest burden carried by this company. Four dollars out of the $6.50 assessment the past year went to pay interest.

OIL AND GAS

COMPANY

Th~ board thought it advisable to organize a subsidiary co

11-pany to control the oil and gas interests and royalties of th company.

The directors therefore incorporated The North Poudre Oil and Gas Company under the Jaws of Colorado with a capital of $1,000,000.00 divided into one million shares, par value of $1.00 per share. The proceeds from the sale of stock to be 11sed in pay-ing the indebtedness of the North Poudre Irrigation Company.

The present directors of the North Poudre Irrigation Com· pany were named for directors of the North Poudre Oil and aR Company for the first year, and it is their int ntion that a con-trolling interest in the North Poudre Oil and Gas Company shall always be held by the North Poudr Irrigation Company, and that the board of directors of the two companies ha11 always be the same.

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-\VA'rEH APPHOPRIATJO_ ...

Appropriation p r . bare of ·tock for th Ja. t ten y ar ha be n

n · follows: J 012 . . . • . . . 135.000 19"1 :~ . . . 125,000 1914 . . . 150,000 1915 ... 135,000 1916 ... 100,000 1917 ... 137,500 191, ...•...•...•...•... 105,000 1919 . . . 50,000 192 ... 130,000 1921 . . . • . . . • . . . . 168,000 1922 . . . 80,000 1928 . • . • . . •.•.•.•.•••.•••••...•...•.... 1R~.ooo

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-ASH RECEIP'rs To hala.n ·e aH per n'port of Dec-ember "'1, 1!l:!~ ..

'l'o 1921 A s .. ·men t ... . To 1022 As s~ment ... .

To 1923 A sessment ... .. 'l'o Special A~o;~o;esHment of Feu. 3, 1010 ... .

'fo Re ervoir j. ro. 15 A , essm nt ... .

To .P · 'il rc k Hight .As· s ment ... . Total As e f-lm nt. ... . 'To •rrausfer Fee ... .

'1' Intere t ... .

To ~se Account ... .

To Bllls Payable ... .

'l'o R fund on Tel phone ... . To Bill· Receival>le ... . To Michigan Ditch Camp ... . To 1.\Iaintenance ... .

To Expen e ... . To ontractor's Deposit ... . To Concrete Lateral Work ... .

To Exten ion Michigan Dlt h ... . •ro Hteam Shovel Work ...•...•..

.64 14,686.69 3 ,901.75 9,346.2.> 37.00 556.00 34.50 1,511.25 538.00 87.275.00 11.00 50.00 2,250.72 75.00 16 .91 1 0.00 22.00 516.90 32.20 :!5:;.11 $63,:-: 7.:!1 $92,6;:)7.4,' $156,41!) .. 0

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B,r )d t Ol'lley l•'<•<·~ . . . . ... :;: I:.r Automouil and Tru ·k ... ·. ·. · · ·. ·

J,uw.u:-1,187.44 57,74 . ()

I ~Y Hills l'ayable ... . J:y <'on<·L'Pte Lllt<'l'al \\'ol'k ... . H.r Contra ·tor.· I> po.'it ... · · · By Dire ·tors P r Di m 1022-1!):!:~ ... ·. · .. By l>umng .· (. 'ettlt>m •nt) ... · ... · .. · .. H,r l )it<·h A.<.:o..:('~sm uL· ... .

l:y llifth Hi<lt•r!-; ... .

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nt .. :::::::::::::::::: :::: :::::::: :: : ::::::::::

It,\· Eulargement!i

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lain annl ... ·. · · · Hy l~uhtt·~emt•nt of Tunn 1 ... · · ·

ry

lluUigan l>nm Enlarg m nt ... .

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,~.v :\Iuintenune ... .

1 ;y :\Ii<·higan Dit<·h ... .

1 _{t~· Mi ·higan} ty 1\Iichi~an Ditch _{it h Equipm ut ... .} Ext n ion ... .

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• • IVOll 0. 5 ... .

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lt " rvoir • • . G ... · · .. · · · •

1•Y Nt _{~Y ~alari} am _{•s ... .} Hho\'el \Y rk ... . Ry • mith u'lkl' ... .

8Y ~el Phone ... .

RY ax · ... .

RY Wat r A· ·ount ... . R ~ Waverly HQu ... .

~ B lanee ash on Hand in Ji'ir t utional Bauk, I!'ort

llinR and First National Bank Wellin()"t n ... .

3,024. ,(j 16;:).00 717.-!0 !l25. 471-1.7~, :l,. 73.0:~ l,,'G,'.H~'~ 2,3,'! .7:.!. 1,43G.!-::; 1,]5!).74 1,X14.7!> 4,041.4(; 40,224-.:~fi 1 .JO 6,3~~. 6,007.70 9,4H .77 4 ':),!)() 44U.5<i 037.3a 1. :1 175. 4, '.5 2:>2.01 57 .20 14l.OS 3, 6.12 5. '1.::.~ 330.1k ~, nf\,44~ .• n

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rro unpuitl a:-;st>~sment.· for 1922 ... ' ... •

To uupnicl as · ~smcnts fol' 1923 ... . 'fo unpaid tU~S 'SID nt' 'for lt ~ ... ro. 15 ... .

'1' unpaid spe ·ial ass . ·-.m nts 1919, $1.00 due

each yea1· for 6 year ... . To 43 c. ft. out of Priorities No. 2, 17, 19, 29, 52, 60 and 66 'fo Priority No. 07· for 07 .· c. ft ... ..

'ro ~!ichigan Dlt .h ... . 'l'o R !:! rvoir including lnuds Jn re ervoir and

tor-age rights, e timated ... . 'l'o Real E tat , stimated ... .

'J'o .f;()nipment 1 . s 20% d<'PI' ci;ttion ...•...

To < ':lsh iJJ J1anl\s . . . .

J,JABILITm.

}{y U t ·apital tOd\ Outstanding !), ,)!) ,'.!) f;1lal' H •. , , ••••

ny

Bill. Payable ...••... I • • • • • • • • • • • •

H;\7 FirAt !ortgag Bonds ... .

Hy • 't•(· nd 1\Iot'tgage B nds ... .

Hy ·Fir. t Mortgag BoJHls ( f the :\tountnin Hupply Dit<:h

1.5!) 16,095.01 175.00 11,454.22 ~15,000.1)() 307,000.00 !) ,000.00 4. 0,904.H 133,060.00 13 1 • I 200,000.00 .., m any a ·sum d by this ompany . . . 2 ~·,O< .00

H} Balan('C Sn1'}Jll1R . . . • ... • .... · ... 2,542,111.76

;:1,71tl,160.10

BD.Jl.J PA YADLE

'l'o uotcs paid ... 57,7t0.00

To Bnl. T><'c . . ,1, l!l23 133,00 .OfJ

$100, 00.0.

.ran. 1, 1 2.1 by Bal .. '1 3/125.00 B. n t s is. ue l.... , '7,275.1 1

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-A 'SI(S8l\IENT .. L}1\"1Ei POUDRE ffiRJG,\ Tl

~TO 'J( ~' THE

·on.TH

i\IP XY {4 ROL\1 HH2 TO 1924 1911) 191G 1 !ll'j U)t.·

Hnn

Ul:!O ]!121

n

~ul<lr R gular ... '·UJO Tunnel . . . :!.00 Hegular . . . . . . . ..,, ' Tnnu 1 ... ~.on Regular ...

u.

l Tuun 1 ... 2.t ) R gular ... 5. rruun 1 • • • . • • • • . . . . • • • • • • . . 2.11(

n

rular . . .

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Tunn(>l . . . 2.li > R gul r ... . Re(llulnr . . . 7.00 Sp ·ial . . . 1.00 Rerul~ r . . . ~.00 f:.ipe<:iul . • . . . • . . . 1.00 R . . ~ . 15 ...•... 2. Regular . . . 7.00 • 'pe ·ial . . . 1.00 Regular . . . 5.50 peclal ... 1.00 Regular . . . 5.50 pecial ... 1. ;;.oo r.011 7.011 7.00 7. 111 7.00 7.00 .00 KOO 6.5fJ

RECAPI'l"LLA'riCN OF E~ ~l'E:SDITURES-YEAilS HHU, 1917, 1918. 1019, 1920, t• 21, 1922, 1023.

._'alaries . . . $ Attorneys Fee~. Cc:·urt t ••• t '· Taxe . . . .

'anal Hider . . . .

T Jer hon Acct . . . .

Directors p r diem ... . :\fain tenan(:e

Exp ns . . . . Michi~W.ll Ditch, including

nlar~cm nt . . . .

Inter ~· . . . . . . . .... . Ditch A:-: · :osments ... . P rmallf•nt Imp . . . ... .

R s rvoir No. 15 . . . . anal En:arg ment ... .

Auto and Truck . . . .

'Yater Tollage . . . .

\ at r Ri .... ht. and Real Estate .. Equipm ·nt . . . .. .

Bonds Retired . . . .. .

Miscellaneou

Hal1igan Dam Enlargement .... Total 5,949.60 $ 3.h!ltJ . .' ,, 543.47 2,633.3;) 281.77 206.00 2,493.65 4,291.45 3,356.79 37,843.74 217,50 96.09 1,790.39 17,000.00 1.626.93 6, 790. 5 970.65 548.46 2,926.4 192.:l5 184.00 5,971.97 6,637.48 2,775.79 33,341.79 57~. 1 1,151.4& 355.00 191 7,657 .:.::; l,062.:!:i [)53.:>5 3,555 71 296.35 170.00 16.120.51 5,960.G3 5,315.1!.1 39.510.:!(1 516.5~ 1, 771 .~J ,411.5 1,934.77 l,:Ht,G:i 130.00 1D1!1 7,119.13 !.12 .00 18.6~ 2, 7 4.96 400.95 300.00 4,2 2.41 4, 35. 9 6, 67.26 3 .3 3.15 340.00 7,461.19 ,227.26 45.09 205. 7 12,500.00 6,45 .55 148.62 19'20 -1,937.67 900.00 335.21 -1,576.20 39 .42 37.92 9,030.61 2,670.08 6,340.11 37.483.8 710.38 4,069.39 1,823. 79 12.!449.'13 1,172. 1 3,489.99 4,623.99 131.51 96,681.39

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·1.6 0. 0 ttl) .00 229.nt 3.90:!.G6 499.14 40!.00 3,764.:>1 1,516.'14 ;:.,038.0·1 36.672.49 470.0 5.20 .15 ] ] .191. 8 3,477.60 737.09 :!,62 .57 450.00 1.:>16.!:!5 3.! 7.~3

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4,6 0.0'.1 1,215.43 156. 2 2, 46.93 H .17 3,33 •.03 I. 33. 1 5,63 1 37,269.0 511.55 3.-159.66 1;;0.0 4,626.!1 7::6.78 1,276.07 351.42 255.98 1, . .f .:1 1.1n t.(i::» 1 t-1.fl 3, 73.6:! 5::i 9.2n 717.40 6,34 7.60 1.70S. 7 1:>.79-t.r

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38,713.11

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47 .75 1 9,016.19 2.739.' 7 1.1 7.H o, 46.12 150.00 :!.3 9. 7~ 169.19 1, 14,79 93,619.61

RUSSELL W. FLEMING

ATTORNEY

Died Christmas Day, December 25, 1923. Mr. Fleming was the attorney for our com-pany continuously from November, 1910, until his death. When he came to Colorado he was inexperienced in Irrigation Law,- his brain was a thing to marvel at; he quickly grasped the intricacies of Irrigation litigation, and his mas-ter mind safely guided our company through many legal difficulties and much of our success today is the result of his initiative, resourcefulness, loyalty and leadership. At the date of his death, he had no superior in Colorado as an Attorney in lrrigaton Law.

Our company has truly lost a wise c mnselor, a loyal leader, a consistent friend, and a tried and true servant.

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PLANTING

TREES IN

1924

The North Poudre

Irrigation Company

Year Ending December

31

1924

The North

Poudre

Irrigation

Company

HIRE TORS

J. F. \~nndewm·k . . . Fort ollins, olot'tl(lo C. B. Orcutt . . . Wellington, Colorado H • A. Atherton . . . Ji"m•t CoHins, Co'lorado 0. S. J01n~s ••...•••.••••••.••.•.•.. Fort ollins, Colorado

E. It\ 1\funrot> . . . l~"oa1 oUinl'l, ColOJ•ado

OFFI '}JR

E. F. Munro . . . P•·esirlent

C.

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Ot•cutt . . . • . . . \ ice Pr sJdent

A . •

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\Vhl tlPman . . . Secretary

DEPOSITORIJ~S

Fi.r t 'Xntlonal Bank of Fort olUns Fit·st Nattorull Bank of \Vt"Uington

2

-REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT

OF

THE NORTH POUDRE IRRIGATION COMPANY

FOR

THE

YEAR

1924

WATER SUPPLY

1_{1irru1tir <·otHlitionH u:.; fleeting wuter supply WPI'C rutb~:>r nnmmnl} during th y ar 19'2-t-. Hnow ttnd rain f.lll Wfltl' IH'Udi<:ully nonnul until tb lutt r purt of dn.r, when a PI'< dpitllticm of four intht•s w.ts follow ll

IJ;r a clrought "lli(·h t>XtPnd{'cl thronglwnt tiH• bnlnn '<' of tlw growing

S( :1son.

Little clnnutg<l re. ·ult('d from sprin~ floods, whi h w rp not sev r<• nt nny plneP. l~'or a verio<l of' GG <IUY"l in th(:> . prlng fl't.>P wntPr wns

dPiiv rf'<l to st-otkh Jd('rs to PI eom·n~l' •Hrly irrig-ation an<l Ienning of

<lit<:h H. 'l'ht> total water clc>Hv r cl durin,g tlw S<'nson I 1' shnr of :-;tof']{ WUH :,. ,000 ·ubic f ('t,

'l'b, :!3 uKtthl<' r€'l-lervoirs IJ •Ionginrr to tlw 'ompttny w rf' fill d to

c·npa<·ity at h•ust OU('(' durJn~ the yutr, with tlH ~.·<·eption of ros. G

and 6 whi h rf' usHI largPly for Px<·hnn~P water unci ln whi h a

smnll amount of ~o~pn ·e was unus1 l.

~\.t th do:l' of th • y u.r the 'ompnny htls morf' wn1 r in . tornge

thm u.·ucll, dn rrobably to tlw wnrm WNtthe1· in th !at fall. Thr rwak flow pa::-~ln~ on•r lhtlli~nn I>nm during th<' spring flood . · usou wn~ approximu tPl,\' !)00 s • ·on<l f •et, of whieh a!Jout 200 :;econcl fp •t Wtl" <livel't( (1 h<•low for dir·<·<·t irl'igntion and tlw balan ·e Wlll'l wnstNl dne to ln<·k 1rf HtorllgP C'l1lJil<'lty nnd irri!.(ntion (}('mnnd.

WORK ACCOMPLISHED

Among fh~' mor<' impol'tant itPms of work 1·omplet <1 ill 10-4 nr tiH' following:

.\. dykl' 11earlr u half mil~ in )(o'Jl~th nnd from four to {'igbt f < t in lwl,.,ht huilt alon~ th<j Houth bani< of the Pouclre riYer to ontrol flood

0\'<1 tt"•r of tlw riVPl' and 1m v nt its Pnt •ring tlw FO!>lsil 'r k R ' l'rvoir lnl<•t 'nnul hclow th< hradgntf's. Al.)()ut OIH third of this <.lylw wu: hnilt

uy

th Bo.·t•l<l•t· Dit<·h Co., \".\'hO also instull('d lH w diV( THion gates

of .·uh. tun iul <·onstrnction ut ttlP Jwud of th ir (lit<·h. It i.' b li v<'<l

that tbP proiJlt•m of mwontrollc>d eli\ ~~rHlon ut tllil'l point l.· well solved. Th · ·o. t to your c·ompany wnH hnt $1000.

IH' huu<lrPd nnd Hf>\'t•utN•n l'onc·rf'te :trnC'ture.· completed, co:t . ·:~. -1-l.: 0 ; mnl·ing 11 total of f)07 ·oncrptr . t ru ·turPH !Juilt in tlw pu t

A three-quart r mil th n e~ssary ·tru ·tur . , ~iv .

onne lion b twet>n tht> • • urvin tneut long ne •ded.

-3---Loo.· rock riprapplng f thf' dyke of .... ·o. 8 R rvoir, \Vhirh had

twver be n riprupped and c uld n t b fill d to capacity with . fety. Enlarg tnrnt f ... :lain an 1 and Tunn 1 in Llv rmor Divi ion: This work con ·ist d of raising ·anal bank , incr usinrt th bottom Width of th cnnal, making th grn , • uniform, incr asing tb~ width of Grayba k Tunn 1 fhn fe t, and in ·r u ing tb height of the Main 'J'unnels two fe t. About .·even mil ' of iatn anal work wa involved and 0.!) mil of tunnel~. Muc·h of th anal work wa in .·olid rock nud n · . sarily xp n:iv~. Th Main llDttl work i. 97% compl 1~. tunnt•l work 55% c<)lllJll t 'o:t of t\vo itt-•m: to dut , $1R,6n7.7:~.

OIL AND GAS

MICHIGAN DITCH CAMP

r

n

it~ very in thP D<'ar

. 'J'bi.· y nr th • long-look cJ f r h ppeu d. About llttch slid down th ' mountain . id for a i. tance of 5

diteh w: : llufl' uad into thf' mountain id . W~ now have tb two tnil txt nsiou to th • L11k Ague. wat r cl nr d fif y fe t wlcl . We

hltYP two g od log (·abtns furnish d compl t , a good mountain wagon

road from tbP :Iirhignn to the new amp. Wfl hav 24,000 f et of lumber at the toot of tb road r aclr for flume , spillway an<l hend-gut('~o;, w~ at'l now r ady for the <lirt work, wh tb r it u by coutrn t or <lu~· lahor. We will buv nouah mPn in th • old c·amp to do the llPc·c~snry ro 1· m d tlrnlJ r work. • ·ow with tb ·abinR at tb old camp l'l'lllodeled, plu: on new ·abin, and a · mbin fl black. mith bop and st l'P hous , th camp is in fir. t C'l c·onditi n, making it po ibl to tak~ car<.> of th udditi nal H")(), 0 ,0 fe f water which we xpect ~.11

g(-'t from th Lakf' .\gn~s ExtPnl-llon u soon n. tll fund. an b

111_{'ni.·h c1 for Its ('Ompl tion. R P<' tfully . uhmitted,}

' ATEH APPROPHIATIO.

·s

Appropriation p r share of stocl{ for the last ten years has

b en as follows: 1912 . . . 135,000 1913 . . . 125,000 1914 . . . 150,000 1915 . . . 135,000 1916 . . . 100,000 1917 . . . 137,500 1918 . . . 105,000 1919 . . . 50,00 1920 . . . 130,000 1921 . . . 163,000 1922 . . . 80,000 1923 . . . 188,000 19 24 . . . 200,000 A. H RE EIPTS To balance as per report of Decem bP.r

31, 1923 . . . .

To 1922 As essment . . . . To 1923 Assessment .... . . .

To 1924 Assessment . . . . To Special Asse sment of Feb. 3, 1919 .. To Fossil reek Right Assessment . . . Total Assessments . . . . To Transfer Fees . . . .

To Interest . . . . To Lease Account . . . . To Bills Payable . . . .

To Michigan Ditch amp . . . .

To Expen e . . . . To oncrete Lateral Work . . . .

To Water Account (Tollage) . . . . To' Dyke Fos il Creek Inlet . . . .

To Enlargement of Tunnel . . . .

To North Poudre Irrigation o. (special Acct.) . . . ·. · · To Rental (Union Oil o. of alHornla) To ale of Water . . . . 612.8 4 16,052.39 61.589.77 8, 771.47 648.00 30.00 2,580.90 9 21.60 133,888.70 233.20 10 . 0 3 .0 306.15 :>6.98 27.40 6,500.00 1,887.3 14,2 0.13 330.1 87,67 4.4 7 160,822.56 24 ,827.21

-:>-CA. H P ID 0 T

By Attorney Fees . . . · · · · · · By Automobile and Truck . . . . By Bills ayable . . . · · · · · By oncrete Lateral Work . . . . By ommission Extension 1st and 2nd Mtg. Bonds ... . By Ditch Riders . . . · ... · · · By Damages (Settlement) . . . . By Ditch Assessments . . . · By Directors Per Diem . . . . Dy Dyke Fossil Creek Inlet . . . . By • quipment . . . . By Expense . . . . By Enlargement of Main Canal . . . . Y Enlargement of Tunnel . . . . By Insurance . . . . By Interest . . . . By Maintenance . . . · . · · · By Michigan Ditch . . . · · · · · By Michigan Ditch Extension . . . . By North Poudre Oil and Gas Co . . . . By Real Estate (A. E. Ball) . . . . By Salaries . . . . By Steam Shovel Work . . . . By Tel phone . . . . Y Taxes . . . . By Water Acct. Tollage . . . .. · By Balance as-h on Hand in the First National Bank of Fort ollin and The First National ank Wellington . . . . 1,424.03 937.71 121,788.00 3,844.30 13,8 65.00 4,239. 71 1,250.00 522.50 482.36 921.70 1,858.51 1,0] 2.12 10,988.43 5,100.13 187.23 45,480.46 5,110.76 4,959.16 4,323.82 742.40 400.00 6, 720.00 59.50 527.44 164.83 6,943.31 6,973.80 $248,827.21

0

-ASSET.

To unpaid assessments for 1922 . . . . To unpaid assessments for 1923 . . . .

To unpaid assessments for 1924 . . . .

68.71

42.62

2.;,410.23 'ro unpaid special assessments 1919, $1.00 due each

year for 6 years . . . .

To 43 sec. ft. out of Priorities No. 2, 17, 19, 29, :"2,

60 and 66 . . . .

To Priority No. 97 for 307 sec. ft . . . . To Michigan Ditch . . . .

To Reservoirs including lands in reservoir and

storage rights, estimated . . . . To Real Estate, estimated . . . .

To Equipment less 20% d pre iation . . . . To ash in anks . . . .

},;IAJULITIE '

By net Capital Stock outstanding !J999 8-9 shares ..

By Bills Payable . . . . By First Mortgage Bonds . . . .

By Second Mortgage Bonds . . . ... . By First Mortgage B nds of the Mountain upply Ditch

Company assumed by this ompany . . . . By Balan e Surplus . . . .

DILJ-. PAYADLE

To notes paid . . . $121,788.00 Jan. 1, 1924 by

2,682.75 215,000.00 3 07,000.00 150,000.00 3,000,000.0 0 1,500.00 10,231.0 I 6,973.80 $3,716,909.11 199,994.44 145,160.70 130,000. 0 200,000.00 208,000.00 2,533, 7 53.97 $3,716,909.11

'l'o Bal. Dec. 31, Bal. .. . . $133,060.00 1924 ... ; .... 145,160.70 ,y uoteA i sued .... 133,888.70

7

-ASS!iJSS IF.~ TS LEVIED GAl ST TO K OF THE NORTH

1 0 URE JRRJGATIOX COMVA~: Y FROM 1912 TO 1925

1912 _Regular

..

$ 5.00 1913 _Regular

_..

_{. $4.00} Tunnel

..

2.00 6.00 1914 _Regular

_..

5.00 Tunnel 2.00 7.00 1915 _Regular

_..

5.00 Tunnel

..

2.00 7.00 1916 _Regular 5.00 r•unnel

..

2.0 7.00 1917 _Regular 5.00 Tunnel 2.00 7.00 1918 _Regular

_..

7.00 1919 _{Regular 7.00} Special 1.00 8.00 1920 _Regular .00 Special

.

.

..

1.00 Res. No. 15 2.00 11.00 1921 _Regular

_..

_7.00 Special 1.00 8.00 1922 _Regular 5.50 Special 1.00 1923 _{Regular 5.50} 6.50 Special

..

1.00 1924 _Regular

_.

_.

_.

_...

_8.50 6.50 Spe ial 1.00 9.50

RECAPITULATION OF EXPENDITURES-YEARS 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 192~, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924

1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 alaries •.•..•...•... $ 5,949.60 6,790.95 7,657.25 $ 7,119.43 $ 4,937.67 $ 4,680.00 $ 4.680.00 4,84 .5 $ 5,720.00 Attorneys Fee , ourt o ts 3,690. 5 970.65 1,0'62.25 928.00 900.00 900.00 1,215.42 1,191.65 1,424.03

'I' a e

...

...

543.47 54 .46 553.55 18.69 335.21 229.91 156. 2 144.08 164. 3

anal Riders • 6 . . . 2,633.35 2,926.4 3,555.74 2,7 4.96 4,576.20 3,902.66 2,846.9a 3, 73.63 4,239.71

Telephone Acct. ... 2 1.77 192.35 296.35 400.95 39 .42 499.14 44 .17 559.20 627.44 Dire tors per diem ... 206.00 184.00 170.00 300.00 37.92 404.00 717.40 4 2.36

Maintenance

_...

···.

2,493.65 5,971.97 16,120.51 4,2 2.41 9 030.61 3,764.51 3,356.03 6,247.60 5,110.16 Expen e

_···

_.

_.

_..

4,291.45 6,637.4 5,960.63 4,835.89 2,670.0 1,616.94 1,1} 5.01 1,708.07 912.12 :\Iichi an Ditch, including

nlargement

_···

_... 3,356.79 2,775.79 5,315.19 6,867.26 6 340.11 5,038.04 5,63 . 1 13,794.75 9,049. 7' Intere t ... 37,843.74 33,341.79 39,510.20 38,383.15 37,4 3.88 36.672.49 37,269.08 3 ,713.11 4~,899.56 Ditch A. essments

...

217.50. 572. 1 516.66 340.00 710.38 470.00 611.55 478.76 5~2.50

I

P rmanent Imp. ... 1,777.98 7,461.19 4,069.39 5,208.15 3,459.66 9,046.19 4,826.50 _z Reservoir No. 15

...

....

1, 23.79 11,191.88 150.00

_I

anal Enlargement and

Tunnel

...

96.09 ,411.68 8,227.26 12,949.43 3,477.60 4,626.9 2,739.37 16,061.16 Auto and Truck

...

..

1,934.77 845.09 1,172.81 737.09 756.7 1,187.44 937.i1 Water Tollage ... 1,151.43 1,217.65 206.87 3,489.99 2,628.57 1,2 6.07 3,846.12 5,637.16 Water Rtooht and Real

Estate

. . . .

.. ..

.

.

.

. .

.

.

.. ..

.

~

..

1,190.39 355.00 12,500.00 450.00 150.00 400.00

Equipment

...

6,458.55 4.623.99 1,516.26 351.42 2,389.72 1, 5 .51 Bond Retired

...

17,000.00

Miscellaneous

···

_... 1,626.93 130.00 14 .62 131.51 255.9 169.19 187.23 Halligan Dam Enlargement.. 1, 14.79

Extension 1st-2nd Mtg Bonds 13, 65.00 Damages (Settlement)

...

1,250.00

KEEP ON

PLANTING

Annual Report

The North Poudre

Irrigation Company

Year Ending December

31

1925

The North Poudre

Irrigation Company

nm, o

J. F. Vand w:uk . . . . . . . . . . . . . ort ollln , olorado • B. Or utt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \Vellington, ColOJ•ado H. A. Ath rton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ollin ,

0. S. ,Jon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ollin , E. F. Munt•o • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ollin ,

~. F. luni'O . . . Pre. id nt

. B. Orrutt . . . Vi(' P.t• ldent

J.i~t· n Simonson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • r1· tnJ'Y

I>EP ITO

m"

ational Bank o o11; ollin

2

-REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT

0F

THE

NORTH POUDRE IRRIGATION COMPANY

FOR THE YEAR 1925

\VATER J>PLY

A deficiency of nearly five inches of rainfall during the filst

half of 1925, together with light snow:fall and consequently

shrunken stream flow brought about what was probably the most di astrous year for crops in the history of The North .Poudre Ir-rigation Company.

While the normal rainfall for this locality is 15 inches per annum, the total rainfall from June 1924 to June 1925 was only 5.15 inches, making this the driest twelve-month period in t11e

last forty years, or, since records have been kept. On May lOth.,

the snow on our North Fork watershed was gone, and th North

Fork itself measured barely 7 5 second-feet when it should have

be n running 500 second-feet or more at this season.

From July 1st to the end of the year, rainfall and stream flow were above normal, but this relief came too late to Have the greater part of the grain and sugar beet crops, the seed of wlltch had been germinated by light showers which did not furnish suf-ficient moisture to sustain further growth.

For the third time in seven years, Halligan .Keservoir failed to fill on its own decree; and not one drop of water wa. received by

the Company on its Main Ditch decree No. 97. On May 20th.,

de-livery ·of water for irrigation was begun, with an appropriation or 50,0 0 0 cubic feet per share, which was increased June 7th, to

80,000 cubic fe t per share. Later rains made it possible to

in-crease the final amount to 110,000 cubic feet per share, which amount was deliver d to all stock ..

Due to the low water on the Poudre water hed in the Hpring flood season, and also to the more favorable conditions existing on the Michigan, it was possible to establish a new diversion record

for the Michig n Ditch of ::141 million cubic fe t; over twice tll

ave1'age amount diverted in past years.

\VORl{ A( CO:\lP1ASHI~D

Among the more important items or work completed in 19 2. , u re the following:

The raiHing of parts of the mbankment of No. 15 dam, and treatment of serious settlement cracks which had formed.

onstruction of concrete siphon for the Boxelder Ditch at tho

point where it crosses the outlet of Jfossil Creek Heservo1r; cost,