Amity company letters, 1899 (folder 3 of 7)

The Holly Ranch Irrigated Farming Land

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HOLLY, PROWERS Co., COLO.

T W. M. WILEY, Manager E. C. HAWKINS, Consulting Engineer THOS, BERRY, Chief Engineer

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HOLLY, PROWERS CO., COLO,

W. M. WILEY, Manager E. C. HAWKINS, Consulting Engineer THOS. BERRY, Chief Engineer

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iH~ AMliY ~AND C0MPANY

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HOLLY, PROWERS CO., COLO .

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HOLLY, PROWERS Co., COLO .

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The Holly Ranch Irrigated Farming Land

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HOLLY, PROWERS Co., COLO.

W. M. WILEY, Manager E. C. HAWKINS, Consulting Engineer THOS. BERRY, Chief Engineer

RESERVOIRS . LOCATION 15 MILES NORTHOFLAMAR,COLO.

fOTAL CAPACITY 26+,822 ACRE FEET.

( !1,525,7021948 CUBIC FECT) AVAILABLE CAPACITY, 182,630 ACRE FEET

(7,955 ,419,428 CUE31C FEET.) AREA 14,000 ACRES, MAX.DEPTH,.90 FEET.

DRAINAGE AREA 12 ,200 SQUARE Ml LES

FROM ARKANSAS RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES. THOMAS BERRY, ENGINEER IN CHARGE

AMITY CANAL. BU FTALO CANAL. KICKING BIRD CANAL. SATANTA CANAL .

CO MANCHE CANAL .

RESERVO IRS .

LOCATION 15 MILES NORTH Of LAMAR.COLO

TOTAL CAPACITY 264,822 ACRE FEET

(11,525,702,948 CUBIC FEET)

AVAILABLE CAPACITY, 182,630 ACRE FEET.

(7,955.419, 428 CUBIC FEET)

AREA 14,000 ACRES, MAX.DEPTH,90 FEH DRAINAGE AREA 12,200 SQUARE MILES

FROM ARKANSAS RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES. THOMAS BERRY, ENGINEER IN CHARGE.

AMITY CANAL. BU FTALO CANAL . KICKING BIRD CANAL . SATANTA CANAL . COMANCHE CANAL. PAWNEE: CANAi_.

RE5ERVOI RS. LOCATION 15 MILES NORTH OF LAMAR ,COLO

TOTAL CAPACITY 2 6 4 , 822 ACRE FEET. ( 11,525,702, 9 ';8 CUBI C f EEr.)

AVAILABLE CAPACITY, 182,630 ACRE FEET

(7, 955 ,419 , 428 CUBIC FETT.)

AREA 14,000 ACRES, MAX.DEPTH,'90 Ff.El DRAINAGE AREA 12,200 SQUARE MI LES

FROM ARKANSAS RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES.

E. C.HAWKI NS,CHIEF ENGINEER .

THOMAS BERRY, ENGINEER IN CHARGE .

AMITY CANAL . BU FF ALO CANAL. KlCKl'NG BIRD CANAL . SATANTA CANAL . COMANCHE CANAL . PAWNEE CANAL.

RESERVOIRS.

LOCATION 15 MILES NORTH Of LAMAR COLO.

TOTAL CAPACII Y 264,622 ACRf fEE:T ( II 525,702 ,948 CUBIC FEET.)

AVAILABLE CAPACITY. 182,630 ACRE FEET

( 7,955 ,419 428 CUBI C FEET)

AREA 14000 ACRES, MAX.DEPTH,90 FEET DRAINAGE AREA 12 ,200 SQUARE MILES

fR0'-1 ARKANSAS R1V[R AND TRIBUTARIES.

E. C .HAWKI NS ,CHIEF ENGINEE:R

THOMAS BERRY, ENGINEER IN CHARGE

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AMITY CANAL .

BUFFALO CANAL. KICKING BIRD CANAL SATANTA CANAL . COMANCHE CANAL PAWNEE CANA!_.

The Holly Ranch Irrigated Farming Land

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HOLLY, PROWERS Co., COLO.

W. M . WILEY, Manager E. C. HAWKINS, Consulting Engineer THOS. BERRY, Chief Engineer

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HOLLY, PROWERS Co., COLO .

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HOLLY, PROWERS Co., COLO.

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W. M. WILEY, Manager E. C. HAWKINS, Consulting Engineer THOS. BERRY, Chief Engineer

RESERVOIRS.

LOCATION 15 MILES NORTH OF LAMAR , COLO.

TOTAL CAPACITY 264,822 ACRE FEET. ( 11 525 ,702, 948 CUBIC FffT.)

AVAILABLE CAPACITY 182 ,630 ACRE FEET

(7,9 5 5, 419 , 428 CUB IC FEET.)

AREA 14,000 ACRES, MAX.DEPTH,90 FEET. DRAINAGE AREA 12 .200 SQUARE MILES

FROM A RKANSAS RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES. THOMAS BERRY,

ENGINEER IN CHARGE

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AMITY CANAL. BUFFALO CANAL. KICKING BIRD CANAL. SATANTA CANAL .

COMANCHE CANAL . PAWNEE CANAi_.

RESERVOIRS .

LOCATION 15 MILES NORTH OF LAMAR ,COLO.

TOTAL CAPACITY 264,822 ACRE FEE:T.

( !l,525,702,948 CUBIC FEET.)

AVAILABLE CAPACITY. 182,630 ACRE FEET.

(7,955, 419 , 428 CUtl\C FEET.)

AREA 14.000 ACRES, MAX DEPTH,90 FEET. DRAINAGE AREA 12,200 SQUARE MILES

FROM .ARKANSAS RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES.

-E. C.HAWKI NS,CHIEF E NGINEER

THOMAS BERRY, ENGINEER IN CHARGE .

AMITY CANAL. BUFFALO CANAL. KICKING B IRD CANAL. SATANTA CANAL . COMANCHE CANAL. PAWNEE CANAL.

RESERVOIRS . LOCATION 15 MILES NORTH OFLAMAR,COLO,

TOTAL CAPACITY 264,822 ACRE FEET

( !1 ,525,702, 948 CUBIC FEET.)

AVAILABLE CAPACITY, 182 ,630 ACRE FEET.

(7,955,419 , 428 CUBIC FEET.)

AREA 14,000 ACRES, MAX.DEPTH,90 FEET DRAINAGE AREA 12 ,200 SQUARE MILES

FROM ARKANSAS RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES.

E. C.HAWKI NS, CHIEF ENGINEER

THOMAS BERRY, ENGINEER IN CHARGE ,

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AMITY CANAL. BUFFALO CANAL. KICKING BIRD CANAL SATANTA CANAL. CO MAN CHE CANAL. PAWNEE CANAL.

RESERVOIRS .

LOCATION 15 MILESNORTHOFLAMAR,COLO.

TOTAL CAPACITY 264,822 ACRE FEET. (11 ,525, 702 ,948 CUBIC FtE:T,)

AVAILABLE CAPACITY, 182 ,630 ACRE FEET.

( 7,955 419 , 428 CUB IC FEET.)

AREA 14,000 ACRES, MAX.DEPTH,90 FEET DRAINAGE AREA 12,200 SQUARE MILE.S

FROM AR'<ANSAS RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES

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The Holly Ranch Irrigated Farming Land

'fH~ AMITY GANO eeMPANY

HOLLY, PROWERS Co., COLO.

' .. W. M. WILEY, Manager E. C. HAWKINS, Consulting Engineer THOS. BERRY, Chief Engineer

RE5ERVOI RS .

LOCATION 15 MILES NORTliOFLAMAR,COLO.

TOTAL CAPACITY 264,822 ACRE FEET.

(11,525,702,948 CUBIC FEET.)

AVAi LAB LE CAPACITY, 182,630 ACRE FEET

(7,955,419,428 CUBIC FEET)

AREA 14,000 ACRES, MAX.DEPTH,90 FEET. DRAINAGE AREA 12,200 SQUARE MILES

FROM ARKANSAS RIVER ANDTRIBUTARI ES. THOMAS BERRY, ENGINEER IN CHARGE

AMITY CANAL. BU FTALO CANAL. K ICK ! NG BIRD CAN.AL. SATANTA CANAL. CO MANCHE CANAL. PAWNEE CANAL.

RESERVOIRS . LOCATION 15 MILES NORTH OFLAMAR ,COLO.

TOTAL CAPACITY 264,822 ACRE FEET

( 11 525,702,9 48 CUBIC FEET.)

AVAILABLE CAPACITY 182,630 ACRE FEET

(7,955 419, 428 CUBIC FEET.)

AREA 14.000 ACRES, MAX.DEPTt;i,90 FEET DRAINAGE AREA 12 .200 SQUARE MI LES

FROM ARKANSAS RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES

E. C .HAWK I NS, CHIEF ENGINEER .

THOMAS BERRY, ENGINEER IN CHARGE .

AMITY CANAL . BUFFALO CANAL . KICKING BIRD CANAL . SATAI\JTA CANAL . CO MANCHE CANAL . PAWNEE: CANAL .

RE5ERVOI RS. LOCATION 15 MILES NORTH OF LAMAR,COLO.

TOTAL CAPACITY 264,822 ACRE rEET.

(11,525,702,948 CUBIC FE'ET.)

AVAILABLE CAPACITY, 182,630 ACRE FEET.

(7,955 419,428 CUBIC FEE::T.)

AREA 14.000 ACRES, MAX.OEPTH ,90 FEET DRAINAGE AREA 12 ,200 SQUARE MILES

FROM ARKANSAS RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES . THOMAS BERRY, ENGINEER IN CHARGE.

AMITY CANAL. BU FF ALO CANAL . KICK! NG BIRD CANAL. SATANTA CANAL.

COMANCHE CANAL .

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RESERVOIRS.

LOCATION IS MILES NORTH OF LAMAR, COLO.

TOTAL CAPACITY 264,822 ACRE: FEET.

(11,525,702 , 948 CUBIC FEET.)

AVAILABLE CAPACITY. 182,630 ACRE FEET

(7,955,419,428 CUBIC FEET.)

AREA 14,000 ACRES, MAX.DEPTH,90 FEET. DRAINAGE AREA 12,200 SQUARE MILES

FROM ARKANSAS RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES.

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AMITY CANAL. BU FTALO CANAL. KICKING BIRD CANAL. SATANTA CANAL. COMANCHE CANAL. PAWNEE CANAL.

A. W. Krech, Esq. ,

The Mercantile Trust Co . , New York City .

Dear

Sir:-We enclose herewith, for your information, ·copy of letter

which we have to-day written to Judge Rogers With reference to a new

reservoir water deed.

t«>urs truly,

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May 4th, 1899, I A. '~! . Krech, Esq.,

The

Mercantile

Truat Co., New York.

Dear

Sir:-Enclosed

Water

Kindly have the

officers

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beg to h~nd you water deed The Great Plains

rights

to sundry

old water

rights

recent11, surrend.ered.

Land Company

execute

and

acknowledge

t 111s

instru.r.~ent as purchaser, and return the

sarne

to us at your earliest

pousible

convenience, and

oblige

truly,

A. W. Krech, Esq.,

The Mercantile Trust Company, Hew York City.

Dear nr .

Krech :-

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Enclosed

you this on the train but neglected to do so and take the earliest opportunity of nailing it to you .

Yours faithfully ,

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AoW.Krech,

The Mercta.ntile -Trust Co

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POSTAL 1ELECRAPH·CABLE COMPANY.

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1 This Company transmits and deUve~s the within Night Messag·e subject to the following _{TERMS AND CONDITIONS.}

The Postal Telegraph-Cable Company will rPceive meHsagPS, to b() si nt <'rn~ing the night for deliverr,.not

earlier than tho morning of the next ensuing business d,ty, at reduced rates. lmt h1 no case for less than twenty cents tolls for a single lllOssage. · _

To ~uapl aga inst mistakes or dt lays, the Render of a message should order it _!lEPEA:TED: thnt is, telegraphed oa.ck to t110 vrig·inating office for comparison. For thi;::, 'one half the regular rnte is charged in addition. It is agreed between t!Je sender of the message written on tlJc face hereof and the Postal '.l\•leri:raph-Oal>le Cornpany, that s:till Company shall not be lialile for mistakes or delays in tjrn transmission or d0livPrY, o_r for non-delivny,

of any UNREPEATED message. beyond the amount reccivPtl for St>ntling the sar;ne: n0r l'or rn istu kPs or de1a Yh in the transmission or tlelivery, or for non-delivery, of any REPEATED message heyf ncl ten times tlw sum rPf'eived for sending the sa,me. unless spPcialJy insured. nor in any cn.se for .delays aris ing from unavoidable intnruption in the working of its lines. or f_or nr'ors in i•iplwr or o11scure rhessages. And this Company is hPr~J ;y made the agent

o! the ~ nrler, without liability, t.) forward :my message· over ·the lines of any other Company when necessary to

.reach4i.ts dest·inatio~ .

Correcln-ess in the transmission of messageR to any point on the lines of the Company can be INSURE.D by <'vn-tract rn writing, sta,tiBg a,greed amount of risk, arn.l payment of premium thereon at the following rates, in audition tq the" usuafcharge for repPatotl mes~ages, viz: one per cen~. for any distance not exceeding 1,000 miles,

a.nd'hvo per cent. for an,y greater distance. t

~· responsibility regarding lltPSsages attaches to this Company until the samA are presentecl and accepted at

on~ of its transmitting offices: ancl if a. message is sent to such office l>y one of this Company's messengers, he·acts for that purpose as the agent of the sender. , ·

1\l-essages will he delivere<1 frE><;I within the established free d01iv~ry limJts of tlie terminal offlc0. For delivery

at a greater distance a spe-ciul charge will l>e made to cowr tl10 cost of such dE.11ive1·y.

This Company will not be lin,ble for d~magcs o_r stntpt_<)rY.P_enalties in any case-where the -l'laim is not -pre-l'IAnteu. in wnting within thirty tlays after tho I?t~s~~;;e js fllM )Vith the ~om~an.r _for tpnsmission. .

Tl:ci_g is an UNREPEATED ~i::.:-ht :U:essn.~e .anrl i::; deli,C're<l l y·re(!uest Qf the 1:>enp.er ,unde~ thl"' ~onditions named abov<.';'- Err·ors (•an I 1" guarded against only by reije(l,ting a ,~es~ge back to the 'sending station 1fN·-comparison.

N,> employno of tllis-Compt.1.nY is i=u WILLIAM H. BAKER/

V. P. and Cen'I Manae-e,- ALBERT

B. CHANDLER,

President.

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Eorm No. 2.

THE llV'ESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY.

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INCORPORATED---21,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA.. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD.

THOS. T. ECKERT, President and General Manager. Receiv e r's No. T ime Filed

SE; ND

the following message subject to the terms l.

on back hereof, which are hereby agreed to.

Check

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!.LL MESSAGES 11'AKE:S BY THIS COM.PA.NY ARE S"CilJECT

~ro

THE FOLLOWING TERM~.

To guard against mistakes or delays, the sender cf a message sht:,1..1ld order i REPEATED ; rhat 1~

te~egraphed Dack to the originating office for com pariso:1. For this~ one-half the regular rate is

c::harget-in addition '.t 1::r agreed between the sender of the following message and this Company, that said Company shall not be liable ~r mistakes or delays m the transmis'3xvn or delivery~ o:r for non-delivery o~ · any UNREPEATED message, beyond the amount received for sending the 6ame; nor iot mistakes or delay~

in the transmission or delivery1 or for non-delivery of any REPEA nm, ir.rH"ssage, beyond fifty times the surn re eived for sending the same, ,1nless specially insured, nor in any ca..,.r for delays adsing from unavoidable infe:rruption in the working d ~ts lines, or for errors in cipher or oh:$Cme messages And this Company k

heru,y made the agent of the sender, without liability, to forward any .message o-.vex foe lines of any othel

Co;,:ipany whPn necessary to reach its destination. .

Correctnes_ in the transmission of a message to any point on l:ti.(e lu:t<f:S. of this Company can be 1N::-UREll

bv «.ontract in 1.vriting, stating dgreed amount of risk, and payment of :.~•:':"ic:mium thereon, at the following rates, m addition to the usual charge for repeated messages, viz, on,e: peir c:ent. for any distance not exceed• ing .r,ooo miles, and two per cent. for any greater distance. No employee of the Company is authonzed t

valiy the foregoirig.

No responsibility reg'a~ding message~ attaches to this Company :tnt.i.l the same are presented nc accepted at one of its transmitting offices; and if a message is sent to such office by one of the Company'~ messengers, he acts for that purpose as the agent of the sender.

Messages w1U be deii\:ered fre'e ·\\-·ithin the established free dehvery limits ot the terminal office. For j~hvery at a greater distance, a special charge will be made to cover the cost of such delivery.

The Company will not be liable for damages or statutory penalties in auy case where the claim ~; :r.ot presented in ntingc within sixty davs after the message is fileo. with the Compan ' for transmission fHOS J' t:.CKER"I. President and Ceneral Manag.,;

POSTAL TELEGRAPH-CABLE

COMPANY

lN co:~;cHCTION

THE

COMMERCIAL CABLE COMPANY.

ALCERT B. CHANDLER, Pres ident, JOHN W. MACKAY, President,

1• 0. STEVENS, S0c'y. WM, H1 BAKER, V. P, & G. M. ALSERT BECK, Sec'_y. GEO. G. WARD, V. P. & G. M.

Received at Commercial Cable Buildin~, 20 Broad Street.

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Chicago June lo -99

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Mer cantile Trust Co

Your letter of eighth will start with you for Colorado on santefe

train _ leaving here

Tuesday

evenir\_&s if you can make

it

answer

S .~

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POSTAL TELECRAPH•CABLE COMPANY.

This Company transmits and delivers the within message subject to the following

TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

'.l'o guard. against mistakes or uelays, the sender of a message should order it REPEATED: that is. telegraphed I ,ack to the originating office for comparison. For this, one half the regular rate is charged in addition. It b

;tgreed between the sender of the message written on the face hereof anJ the Postal Telegraph-CaLle Company,

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that said Company shall not be liable for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for non-Jelivery, of any UNREPEATED message. beyond the amount received for sending- the sitme: nor for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for non-deliver,, of any REPEATED message beyond flfty times the sum recein,tl fpr

qending the same. unless specially insured. nor in any case for df'lays arising from unavoidable interruption in the working of its 1 inesl. or for errors in cipher or obscure messages. And this Company is hereby made the ageut

l)f the sender. without liability, to forward any message over the lines of any other Company when necessary to

I reach its destination.

I Correctness in the transmissiorr of messages to any point on the lines of the Company can l.Je INSUllED hr ,•ontract in writing. stating agreed amount of risk. and payment of premium thereon. at the following rates. ill ,uldition to the usual charge for i;epeated messages, viz: one per cent. for any distance not exceeding 1.000 miles.

;md two per cent. for any greater distance.

No responsibility regarding messages attaches to this Comvany until the same are presented and aceevted at ,me of its transmitting offices: and if a message is sent to such office by one of this Company's messengers. he

tds for that purpose as the agent of the sender.

Messages will be delivered free within the established free delivery limits of the terminal office. For delivery at a greater tlistance a special charge will be made to cover the cost of such delivery.

This Company will not be liable for damages or statutory penalties in any case where the claim is not pre-senteJ in writing within sixty tlays after the message is fileJ with the company for transmission.

This is an UNREPEATED Messag-e and is delivered by request of the sender under the con<litions nametl above. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a messag-e hack to the sending station for comparison.

~o employee of this Company is authorized to vary thu foregoing.

WILLI AM H. BAK ER, V. P. ~:,-1 C;'):,'I M::,n:1.6"r,

JOHN 0. STEVENS,

Secretary.

ALBERT 8. CHANDLER,

A. S.

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Krech, Eeq.,

The Mercantile Trust

c0.,

New York.

We have your favor

of the 19th,

inst. enclosing memoranda o:f

agreement,

which retains a

lien

of

~~6.

oo

:per acre against

th _,

Kansas Lands

in :favor of William Austin, et

al,

and

is

known as

the

"Kansas lien°.

We

return

this

instrument

herewith,

:for your

files

as

it is

not

tho :.,.fu"laging

agr~ement

left

with

yo,1

by

JudgP,

Rog~rs

-_pP;~eonally a.!ld referr""d

to in

the

/

second paragraph of our letter

o:f !.1ay

l6tJi,

This

agreement was originally

:$

made

betrrnen The Amity Land

&

Irrigatio/

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Co_., The

Amity Land

co.of Kansas and

\Villiar.1 Auntin, et al, and recite' the/ telivory to The North American Loan

and

Trust Co.

the $600,

ooo. oo

pure.·

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money bonds and also

49~G

o:f

The

Amity

Land &

Irrigation co.

William Austin,

et

al,

and provides

for the management and sale of the Kansas lands and the disposition of

pro-c eds of sale

of

"these lands wit11 or without reservoir \'later. This

in-strument was signed by The Amity

Land co. and The Amity Land-& Irrigation

co. subsequent to the date on which these Companies transferred their

in-t resin-ts in-to The Amiin-ty Land Com9anr o:f Colorado and The Greain-t Plains Wain-ter Company.

In

consequence of the execution

Of

this instru111ont being subsequent to the

c nveyance of The Amity Land -Company of Kansas and The Amity Land

&

Irri-gation

co.

properties, it becomes necessary to have The Ar1dty Land com.pany

of

Colorado

and

The Great Plsins Water conrpany ratify the contract made by

their vendorn, and for that purpose,we forwa:rdei the instrunrent to Judge

Rogern of

Denver for signature o:f

The

Great Pla1ns Water Company and requeated

t11at

he :forward

the

same to you :for

execution by

The

Amity

Land

Company of

Colorado, and we understood :from

the

,Judge verball1r, when he returned from

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by the officers of The Amity Land Company of Colorado.

We trust the -above description will enable you to identify the

i nstrumr-mt, and we trust you will kindly have

the

officers of The Amity Land

Company· of

Colorado

exec J.tA

this instrument

and

forward

the

same to

us as

early as possible.

Yours

truly,

fl

A.

w.

Krech, Esq.,

The Mercantile Trust Co., New York City.

Dear

Sir:-We enclose h~rewith copies of two letters received this

morning from Mr. Mohl enclosing copies of letters to him from Mr.

Chenoweth and from Mr. Challin, who are Prowers County settlers.

We

forwarded you yesterday copy of a letter from Mr. Chenoweth to ourselves.

Mr . Challin is a recent settler and has worked very hard, but you will

see how he feels about the

way

j.n which he has been treated by the

Company.

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We also enclose letter from.Mr. P. M. Flinn, one of Mr. Mohl 's

sub-agents, who has got some men ,._ready to take out, but we are doing our

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best to prevent them going for the pn:,sent as it would be hopeless to

eA"l)ect to sell them land while things remain in their present condition

in Prowers County.

Yours faithfully,

(Enc.)

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Acl:rai:n, Minn., May 1st, 1899 . r,1o se Bros . & ~o . ,

Chic ci.eo, ]llinois . C'rentleri1en:

Your f;Nor of th P 28th ult . received enclosing check for $1 . 30

for express cLarees on pr:,ckage of "}\.-.._r1t1ers Story" '.rhic> vras sent to Adr5.a:,1 Hich ., by _·d.st [Le an(l v1hich I paid . Th e freight cbarees o-,n

prickage of "Fr~rmer·s Sto~~s" nent hy frei r;ht ·was $1 . 44 which I h ave

paid us per expense bill enclosed .

] note t h ::tt transr,o:rtRtlon hFis beenl sent to var:i nus aeents ,ts

state (i. in your letter.

l also note that the new pht-:.mrihlet or snpplerr1e11 t to the "}',10.rmers

Story" is now i n the >rmcls

o·r

the printer ancl that same will he out

j_n about tvro o:r thvee weeks .

] note t h nt Ae;reene1: t nu:,~de with a D.

o.

Vvilson, snb-ar:;ent

for Rxli:ne r~t Guth:rte, Ok . , h r•.-S 1ieen cc=mce·lled. I mailed hfuru Ar~ency Acreer,1en t ('))Il :March 16th, hn t r:ever h eard frorn. him. since. l'n .,ronr

let t er ynn }:;tate · t h at ;/OU are todey w:d.ting Wilson Fi.S per enclosed

duplicate. This dupli~at9 was n ot enclosed in your letter.

1 also note what you say -e- Et you Lre in receipt of E letter

from Hr . Wiley enc1osine copy of lett:er from Mr . Thos . Berry ner.;ardjne

promir;·e made to so:11e la:ndseeker of lateral CR]•ry,·ing, water to the •

land owned by

w.

n . noats . You stnte ~ , 2t you enclose duplicates of

110th }'.ir . W'iley·'s ;_ncl Hr . Rerry''s lette11s End wo11ld be :pleased to

l»~e ne advise y ou as to t h e facts in the case . Neither of these let tP.rs vrere enclosed; r,.nrl answering furth er will say th at ] could

ci ve /OU no inforna tion on thin sub._i ect as I' hHve never had e.ny of the

n. B. Co . --2 .

,warte rs ·1 rr~s solrl_ to o:ne of our men, He!rerB from Havelock , Iowa .

11e of co 1rse got tl:. e land cheape1~ th · .. n 011r land sold c-:.t ·b, l t none of

onr ae;ents nor rr1~rself hncl an~rthinc to do vd. th tl1e sale .

I note what you say tnat yon regret t h e conditions as ree;ards.

-,.rRter sur)ply under the .fl.mi ty F~re so 1·, ad nt the prese.ti~ time .

er:.c: 7. o:rn }u~ rewi th letter from, J',Ir . .. T.

s .

Chenoweth for :·011:r perusal,

-t' r.om wh ich yoi.1. ·.rill Ree t L.P..t t h ines a re simply, 3oi nc from h ad to

worr;e . ThA report from Holly jnBt received this morning, dated April 28tl1 , re :.( s Hs follows : "Thermoriieter 78 . weather is clenr,

windy . irater in canal, . 5; v:ater in r:.ver, •. 5" . With a I-ia.lf a

h alf a foot of water in 1n. e r.P.nal at the head-r;: te, E..:~ ~1ou are aware ,

1,1ecrr~r; P. d_ry ditch near our settlen,en • ?·Tr. Chenoweth of course is

correct w:1en hr; states that t he r,tain l P.terals s hould h2.ve heen bnil t .

le.st ftdl. rvli en there was no vater j_ n the ccnal, but nothine; ras done until about the time it becct.n to freeze u11 . As he states had these

lRterals been done tl1en all the old settlers could h hve been irrigating

this spring when thAr? was water h1 the cnnal ; but an it is it begins to look nov,; n.s j_f t hey were not ~oi:ne; to erow much of r~ crop in Prowers

r.ounty this season. They raised a eood crop tl ere· last year simply

;)ec atrne it rained e.ncl the .. , BOt c.lone wi thont water from the P.r1i tJ

r.anal .

You will notice Mr . Chenoweth intended to go· east last. week so

as to work up a pe.rty, in time for our t.r:iip., Hay 16t,h, but states tha .... ' he did not :receive rlis transporte.tion . ] presume, of course, th Et he· appli Ad to .,rou direct for it.. ]f you can please try and ob,tain for him · a trip pRss from Lar1ar, Colcwado;, to ?t . J:~adi ;:.;on, Iowa, m d return o

Lmr1ar. Have this }H3.ss r11nde good for sixty days so that if something

c.

B. 0o . --3

should turn up tLFJ.t he does not start-., j_ t will give him time to wa±.t

until he iB r.mre wLter will. 11e in th8 dj_tch. I an writing Mr.

Cheno-weth toda.,: .

I enclose 11erevvi th cr.ncelled Ac;ency l~reement of H. H. Haeen oi~

Guthrie, Oklahoma, one of Exlinets ar;ents .

:r

just received his copy

-of the aer-ee1s1ent this 1norning . I have vrritte11 to Mr. Fxlj:ne in ree;ard

to tl'e matter.

Yo1-rs truly,,.

(SienedJJ Fred Mohl .

Since writing the above ] ~-ave recej_vecl copies of letters fr0m

Nr . Berry ::md Mr . VHley before referred to~ and in answer ~ron are

informe<l as l;efore sta~ed that t1e

s.v,.

15-22-43 has never been offered

for sale to anJrone

br

m~r self or £-.n:r of our aeents to my, knowlede.;e, ,~H

this la1<l fs not on our list for sale, nei t;her 1u"s there been F:ny prorri.ines EB to 1v~1ere tl1e laterels should le, lnt the purchaser hFi.s

always ' ,een inforrr1ecl 'thrt the laterals will l',e construct.ed so as

to-pvt t:1e water to the hir;h point of the lP.nd antl

u,a

t this work_ jjs

vnder t1tA supervisio·n of a:n e:ngfnee·r. 1f· Mr. :se:rry hP.s .·been informed

otheI"\7ise. he h2s simply, he.en told a falsehood by someone, and you•

CCopy)

L0t1is Challin, .Rsq . ,

Holl~,, (;olo .

Dear Sir:

I run in rec·eipt of ~rour lett-.er of the 27th ult .• and am son1ewhat

surprised to 1 ece±ve such fl~ let te:r :from yon . You stnte that

tre

gate for your l&terals is still locked UtJ>i m d tha t if something jjs

not done soon JOU will niee·t me when J1 have o. partyr comi:ne; on t every

tine mr1 ir11.'orm theri thEt :1ot~ ;_,_re tired . l presume that you 1~:0e.n

that yon are discouraged on account of not receivfnc water when .

wanted • .Ansvrnr.ing:, ·will say thr-,. I cE.n assure :lOU' , :Mr . Chall.in, tbat,

np one ·would like to see you eet the vrater when wanted and in abt1nc

-ft.nee Y'lOre than l do, a.YJ.d 1' feel SHY'e tl'! Lt tl7P Company· ,·rnuld like t.o

fnrni sh it if th e;J could do so·. I am inforr1ed -t;ha t they are lo·clt:ling:

sorr1e ~ates on account of gi

vj_ne

water to thc-·se who a:re p~mtine trees .

] note from the report of April 28th that t >ere ·:.rr:.s only' ,, 5, f't . of

water at the >.ead r.:ate, whj_ch of cot!rse neans alr10st a dry ditch at

Amityville.. The snow water seems to be late in comine down this spri~

V.Then .:.. t; unce co!1es there will ba n:n aln.md[-~nce of ·water for everybody

any more

e.:ncl after· this sprine t!·ie:re will he no occasion for /\shortag·e as the

snow in the mor.rntLins will certainl~l fill at least one reservoir thf.s

summer ·which can be drawn upon rhen th ere is none in the river . ]_

· feel sure that tl1e company is doine· all they can under the

circum-stances b.nd w2·1at I do not understand is thF\,t you seem to blarne rne, fo):r

it who have no thine; whatever to do vd th the distr:tbution of water

and 1 cannot see wherein you would benefit. 1rourself ±n talkine ae;ainst

tle coun tr.r to set tl:ers 'horn ] rr1n.y brine; in. Yon certainl~r cannot.

Page 2.

vElue of your land. 7he time vril1 come wLen all will be well and

when there wil]. be '\,.fate:r for all.. ~:he system of reservoirs and

laterals :lis 1Htrel.,., completed this spring, anI that of c -,,u:rs 1H1s b ee n

some drawl:.ack in not get tinr:

t>

e vrater.

l arn sor·r-y to know that you have suffered loss b~r reason of not r;e~, tine the water ~ ~rou needed it., but the co·ndi tions 11 ave

beer such thHt it could not

r,e

helped.

Yours .truly,

Freel 1Tohl,

Aclruin , Jt.Unn.

Dear Sir :

~<;opy)

J-loll:l , Colo . , 4/27/99,.

'.!.:'h e c;ate of :my, lc:1.teral is still locked trp) . If j_ t is not done

solflethine; soon will meet your party ever~r time and tell how ] am

treated . I have r..dv c·rtised this country in tle pape.r s three different times . l }1 ave to go '-,acl< on 'f ou f>,n<l the Corri.y)any . If yotr don '·t want,

trouble hetter clo somethine .

E r. :Fred Mohl,

Adrai.n, Minn.

Dear Sir:

Granada, r.010., Apr. 26th, 1899.

Close Bta s. ditl not send me transportation. I r;o east this week

ancl I a..vrr glad of it. 1 wonld not want anyone hert- e now, tf1erP is to OJ

much diss[-:1.tisf, .ctj_on. rphere h as l)een very· poor management somevV:here. Th e l aterals or feeders s11011.Ld h ave b een fixe rl l ast fall wh en there

vras no water in t he cr.na.l. McDovrel wanted to fix t l~ er.a and be read ,

as h e said t h ere would he trouble this spring if t he~r was not fixed,,

but t :1~.f let h:iim go and pu fl7t-,,...1ome:ry ir:.. hi.s place. 1rl₁en the water

co11. lcl h ave turned in t h e canal. one mont 1 soomer than 1 t was, s01 those

that could use it mi gh t _·1 ave been through b~, t h e time the new corners

vrere ready to use it. ·re 11ave sold more land now t hem tL e Co·:mpany can t Eke care of wi t h t h e fi)•esent manaeement. The worst t h ing of all..

is some

ge_:c:es

a.re locked an<i. no wa ter to use onl~r fo _r trees. Vn1i le

Mr. Hagerdorn, Hd.nso'n an d others }1ave 1:- een ir:rjj.eating . Hagerdorns [~ate

h Ls not t, een closed th is season as we ~an learn. How this is not

fe.ir. As Mr. H. Parrish.said, v.re cov1.d stand a loss of part of our

crops if others done the same. There is Dcrhe r &· r.o. h ve $ 60 acres of

land and t h e:r can"t eet an~,- ·water. The thj]_ng is dame tv.p, unless the

r.ompany· make eood what we lose on account of t h is difference and vre

can tr .. ke Hr. Hc .. e;erdorn for L S[•mp4-e of crops. 8orry the thing is :i!n

such , ad condition, we had it worJred up in good shape, but if we can.

only depend upon water when it rains we can take a hmnestee.d and do

better save lots of money. ~1he s~;stem is all right., soil fine but

baclly- ruanagea. Ilope it will turn out ·1etter t h an we expect.

Yon rs tr11 ly,

(:Copy)

Bigel ow, Mo ., Apr . 29 , --99

]Hr . :Pred Mohl ,

.Adrain, Minn . DeRr Sir :

1 have .Jnst r::.enrd from th ee ff:. rties in l!JY' terri to,ry stat.ing

tha they vrnnld l)e on hand T'nesddy, Hay 2n d, for Col oirado . l wil].

go out with th e.m. Fope the canal Las lots of water in it by this time . Jf 1rou have v.ny instructions for me Jrou mic;l1t send here if

sent by :return ma:i}l or at 'K . c . "Savoy, " Hotel End I will get :ft .•

J-iope my transpo:rtc ,tinn will reach me :fn due ti'me for the tr:i]l_)1.

Yo irs for bnsiness,

•

r ,

-Messrs . Close Bros . & Co .,

Chj_cago, Ill.

Gentlemen:

I run ven,r c;lad yon did not send me pr.ns n.s requested to go t o·

Illinois . There is lots of trpuble here, no 'J \,ter to speak of and

what there is in tJe ~anal is not apportioned fairly . Some cates.

( or one gf\ te in particular}; has not been locked this seas<>>ll as we kno·w O)f, and his crops loo)k fine because he lw.s had all. the water hj_s crops nee·cled . The s..rstem is all right, soil fine, but 1v-r< ter is

lacking. 1 hope it will turn nnt better than present indications

··,ar rant . J1 expect to stay here if' 1. can , but tLere is quite a

number that will throw up if they a t·e not satisfied :iJn some wA.y ...

We have sold land faster t han yoin,. peoi1le hftve r;ot it ready for the

settlers. Then ue think t here he.s been a great mistc1.ke in not

get-tine; the 1nt•,in le..terals or feeders ready- last ?all when there war. no' .. wnter in the cana].. Then the land h r1.s been sold

,vi

th t1te

unde:r-stand-inc; tLat each man wo11ld share alike as to the water privileges, which is not the case. Some h-:.tve plenty;, others very lit1tle or none . · Then

if the water }1ad been t1trned in the canal O·ne non th soo·ner it would

have helped. }}ow 1'. an willine for mr· ~,..rater to be meas l:red to me . I cM make it do if ] cet it day and nfc;ht or double if ] only nse

~it in t h e day time. This thine will have to come to that. Well, a

fellow can see after a mistake hc..s een nade hovr it conld have been

re1neclied so easy you know I don't want to find fault . l have talked:

-2-and

r

still like it if I could o.nly eet the water when I wan:& :E.t,

but if I hEi.ve to take it whether 1 am ready or not or do ·without it,

] don" t like it so wel].. Hope it will rain or something corr1e to

help us out.

Yonrs truly,

J. '1. Chenoweth.

n1ose Bros . & ro.,

(;hrun. of Oom. , (;hicar;o, Ill . qentlemen:

J._pri l 27't h , 99

] was ex~1ectine; to return to 'tis . before t his, b11 t h, .ve been t ,@

Greeley for 15 days soon a fter I c r,me h ere until my_ son could get c.w s1r.1.t.-=tll honse that wonld 11e comftor table to stt-y in. I returned here

the 15th . It was qu1 te cool moBt of t} .e t:i:me with cold n Gh ts until

about u rn · le .ago . }!OV we hfi,ve hot days wi tI Ligh ¥incls anc1 t he dust

blowine abon t equal to Iowa .

1 Lrve my 8'0i all broken fi d it is now 'fu,einc see:decl to oats mostly

with a li tt,le spring wheat, (3 l.J ,,gs so ·red).! , the gee:d broue;h t from

owa by my son who j_ s to wcrk my 80 t }L _ s t ea1 • TLe ··].:f'alfa, the Co. ,

chareed me

$:5.

per acre for 25 e..cres, 1.:1 a e;reat disappointment to me,

as j_ t is badly killed 01:1t, or never was a eood s tan • T'I' e Co. sold it to me for 2[, acres of H eood stand of Al falfa: E..nd J! shall expect

them to make :ii t good, o:r a rebate sufficient f o:t· the darnage. I hiJ.d

111nch rather it were a good stand , fer if snch clr;t we a ther continnes a s

at prese nt and

be a better crop than e;rai:rn ·] shm_ld think.

:r

arn very glad to come out h er _ 1) efore try inc; to do muc?l! more

to .'.nduce

mr

to come h e re, for ] find a Bre~t c1eal . _~1"

d:iis

-~i~fnct:ii.on ·· arn.onc; set~,~c~s a bout not :·:avinr.; wa ter to i "·rie;ate v1ith .

,ry

son has. not h ad one dt:rop 1et. P~ ncl ncr, pro1s:p,ect cf any as we can learn

very soc1Jl,., He has over

j-

of his 80 broken f u d about 2G) acres re ad~r to

-2-Bllrden md fill his cistern

now

ready fO J." t he :_ater a11<l

paint

his

honse, but nmst wet the land first or t he dnst

soon

spoil t h e

riaint.

What are we to· do?' Or trh.P.t j_ t r. e com:pa .. :iy eoing

to

do abo·1 t ft 7·

TLe conpani s old he land with the 'vater rj_eht, encl without water· t h e

land is o:f no1 val le to me. nhere }l e.LS 'b een H few (is j_ t a pr:iiv!lee l

few?}l thc..t have hA.d water for four o:r five days a~ a time. l hav e

nsed it o·n :my

m)

j n st o:ne Sunday Rs Jh e o·nly day we could get i an <l

so little of it as to cover only about 5 or 6 acres, the rest of t h e Alfalfa han had no ne yet. c;-:1.nd not like to very- soon, Lti report s rws

th ere is but 1 it t.le :iin U .e canaJl..

Jow 1 can tel]. you the huy.e:rs are kick2.l16 fur:ilCJusl.y ru1.d mo e· _{_ _ _ .,._llfntr-""l'l'W"'r'i'l>" ,.,...._$'.O"' ·i'\l'f•~f !ii.,,_}

so as they hear tl:.e cor1pan~r is abov. t to) bu~1r mo .re land of t h e Sta te an ;

of indiv:1'.cluals when th 0!' cannot sup1)1ly water for what th ~r ha ve al:re[~ ly

sold. Is it trt1:etp'

:r

suppoised when Ji accepted t h e agency th at l was

work.'..ne in e;ood faith for a concern t r.at was able LiJl wil]:iine to

carry out all they agreed to do,, but unless ] a.mi greatly mis taken

or t h o company s?io:w 111:pJ different from the p r esent, ] could not

consc:te,ntiously try to :iinduce my friends to) cone here,;.: we were

induced b~r the company and the.:tr agent, ~r. ]fohl,_ to buy lane of

the companlr on account of the reservo:.t . snpp,iy. 1s there no; supJlJly

on hand now?> Jlf so: v:hy can it noJ_, be used.. I ask these QJl!l€St5.oins as a buyer of th cor1r>anyt!s limd a.1 l as an age11 1: of tle companr for tle

sale of their lands. ] hope end trust that ft will come OlL~t al]. r:ilgh~

but ] cannot elp tell±ne J,ou ahotl t the dissatfsfact i ©ltl ,among Ue

lHt1d buyers about here.

] hs ve not heard ~ret from my a tt.orn.ey-, Ur. Cass,, whet:'ne r the

title to the land was all riert·:, but ] wrote to yov P., few clays after

coming here the latt.er part of .'larch tI1at ] had co:ncluded to· t.ake the

-3-corning:, and hnct wri t ten to t h e Fi r s t na tional . b,ank: in VI'ni tewater to) t hat effect ta not pay any money un t il orders :i'rom me, e s I int.ended

to have the papers changed.

:rs then · e any, truth in t h e report we · .hea1 .. thD.t t he:

no.

wll]_

soon raise the price of the land t o· $35 or $401 per acre~? ~opi ne t01 hear someth:ii.ne from yon satisfactory, ] am

Yours, etc.,

1 •

/j • • •

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,,.r . V. • ¥iley,

:folly, Colorado.

Dear

Sir:-enclose you co~iee

crops. :f" ct:ion , :ch .nd crf courso ... _(J

to

r t.

e·

Uo 01_

t

{Enc.)

:r~a.y

2, 1899.

f / / / / ,,//J //.) ./ /·

Iii//; V/1 ,0/t/1_{/1.I' / . (_/f /,l,lt//10'('(''} 1/_)1,r/,r/,l:1,

'C/4icrt71,.

May 211899. I

A. W. Krech, Esq.,

The Mercantj_le Trust Co., NewYo

k

City.

Dear

Sir:-We enclose duplicate copies of letters received from two of

our settlers in Prowers County, one of them - Chenoweth - an . old

settler and the other one - Dean - a recent purchaser.

Both these

men were so pleased with Prowers County tbat they undertook to work up

other sales in the districts from which they came.

Chenoweth has been

successful and sold a good deal of land to his friends last season. Dean

of course has not yet had a chance to try what he can do.

Both

these men are above the average in intelligence and are fair minded,

hon-est men who started out with a

prepossession

in favor of Prowers County.

You will see for yourself the tone in which they write, and it is evident

to us that things must be radically wrong in the local management out

there before men of this clas~ would write as they do.

It is

per-fectly obvious tmt Chenoweth hits the nail square on the head when he

says that we have been selling land faster than the Company's

representa-tives in Prowers County have been able to prepare it for settlement.

The truth is that while the local management has been attending to a

great many other matters of importance it appears that little or no

attention has been paid to getting the lands ready for the settlers who

had bought, and it is evident that in the matter of getting laterals,

measuring boxes, etc., ready opportunities were neglected last fall which

if properly utilized would have removed most if not all of the complaints

with which we are now being deluged.

The mistake is likely to prove

an expensive one, as it appears to us self evident that in order to stem

the tide of dissatisfaction which has arisen amongst our settlers it

will be necessary for the Company to pretty largely

rebate interest and

water assessments this year to those settlers who have sustained damage

by reason of their requirements not having been properly and

intelligent-ly attended to by the local management.

We enclose copy of letter

which we are writing to Mr. Wiley in t his connection, for your

informa-tion, which explains itself.

We may

qay

tbat when we refer to the

local management at Holly we do not wish it to be understood that we

are ma.king any complaint against Mr. Wiley personally.

We are aware

that he devotes his whole time and energies to the interests, as he

understands them, of the Company, and tbat it is impossible for any

man to do more than his best, which we are satisfied Mr. Wiley is doing.

The trouble really lies in the fact that the people at Holly are totally

unfarniliar with the whole business of land colonization and do not

appreciate the relative importance of matters which in themselves appear

trifling.

In illustration of this, v.e have received a letter from Mr.

Wiley in connection with the complaint made by Thos. Gardner to which we

called your attention a short time ago.

In Mr. Wiley's letter he

acknowledges receipt of our letter to him on the subject and explains

that he is attending to Mr. Gardner as fast as possible and would have

attended to it sooner but for the fact that Mr. Paul Morton of the Santa

Fe R'y and some of hie friends had been at Holly.

Now we are aware

that nine out of eve-ry ten men would consider that Mr. Paul Morton was

more important to attend to than Mr. Thos. Gardne½and yet the exact

A. W. K.

-2-It is of infinitely more importance to the success of the Amity Co. that Mr. Thos. Gardner and his lateral shouldbe attended to

tban

that Mr. Paul Morton and his friends should be driven over the country, and tbis is where, in our opinion, the local management at Holly make a mistake. It is not necessary that Mr. Wiley should spend his time in personally attending to details as to measuring boxes, etc., of the settlers, but

it is very necessary that he should see that this work is done by proper people and that he should keep sufficiently close track of such matters to be sure that no causes for complaint arise, and when causes of com-P+a,in~ which he himself admits are well founde~ have arisen it should be understood that there is nothing that can possibly arise at Holly of equal importance with the remedyin~ of the complaint. It is totally useless for us to attempt to continue the work of colonization unless these matters can be remedie~ and remedied so that they will stay

remedied. We have now been trying to colonize these lands for the past four years and our work and trouble has largely been wasted by reason of causes which might have been prevented by proper appreciation and understanding of the requirements and necessities of the land

coloni-zation business on the part of those who were responsible for the local management in Prowers County. Of course we do not mean to say that the various people in charge out there during the past four years were

responsible fo~ such misfortunes as drouth and hail storms, but there has never been a time since we have commenced the colonization work when

the requirements of our settlers and the importance of the proper atten-tion to land seekers and to the preparaatten-tion of the land for the

efficient delivery of water to the purchasers has been appreciated. We are aware that a great deal has_ been done for settlers, and in some cases

they have been, in our opinion, over petted and over coddled; but not-withstanding all this when fresh lands have been sold, even as late as last fall, to new settlers they have been allowed to move on to their land and endeavor to raise a crop, while the Company has neglected the opportunities of placing itself in a position to fulfil its obligations to deliver them water.

We ought perhaps to have spoken thus plainly sooner, but we were not ourselves aware until recently what just cause for complaint our settlers had nor how serious was the handicap under which we were laboring in

endeavoring to colonize these lands. It looks now as if the best part of this season would be lost and as if many of our best agents

would become disgusted and quit. It is perfectly certain

thatit

would be nothing short of ridiculous to attempt at present to either raise

the price of the land or the water assessments,as -was recently suggested by the local management. The very fact of such a suggestion having been made at such a time simply shows that the Colorado advisers of the Company

were slumbering over a volcano which they apparently were unaware was in active operation at that very time. We fear that not only will coloniza-tion be greatly checked and that it will be impossible to raise the price of the land or of the water assessments but that in addition to all this the enterprise will have to stand the loss of the rebates which in our opinion must be made to settlers who have suffered by reason of the

negligence of the Company in carrying out its obligations to deliver water under its contracts. We regret such a state of affairs extremely, but

A. W. K.

-3-it is better for us to lay these facts before you gentlemen in New York

as they actually exist rather than to encourage you to continue looking

through rose colored spectacles at this enterprise.

Yours faithfully,

(Enc.)

RESERVOIRS.

LOCATION 15 MILES NORTH OF LAMAR ,COLO.

TOTAL CAPACITY 26+,822 ACRE FEET.

( 11,525.702 , 9'1-8 CUBIC FEET.)

AVAILABLE CAPA.CITY 182,630 ACRE FEET

i7,955 ,419. 428 CUBIC FEET)

AREA 14,000 ACRES, MAX.DEPTH 90 FEET. DRAINAGE AREA 12 .200 SQUARE MILES

FROM ARKANSAS RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES.

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E. C.HAWKI NS, CHIEF ENGINEER

THOMAS BERRY, ENGINEER IN CHARGE.

AMITY CANAL. BUFFALO CANAL. KICKING BIRD CANAL. SATANTA CANAL .

COMANCHE: CANAL . .

PAWNEE CANAL .

RESERVOIRS.

LOCATION 15 MILES NORTH OFLAMAR,COLO.

TOTAL CAPACITY 264,822 ACRE FEET.

(11,525,702,948 CUBIC FEET)

AVAILABLE CAPACITY, 182 ,630 ACRE FEET

(7,955,419,428 CUBIC FE:ET)

AREA 14,000 ACRES, MAX DEPTH.90 FEET. DRAINAGE AREA 12 ,200 SQUARE MILES

FROM ARKANSAS RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES.

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RESERVOIRS.

LOCATION 15 MILES NORTH Of LAMAR, COLO.

TOTAL CAPACITY 264,822 ACRE FEET (11,525,702,948 CUBIC fEET.)

AVAILABLE CAPACITY, 182,630 ACRE FEET

(7,955.419, 428 CUBIC FEET)

AREA 14,000 ACRES, MAX.DEPTH,90 FEET. DRAINAGE AREA 12,200 SQUARE MILES

FROM ARKANSAS RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES.

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Denver, May 19, 1899. Close Bros. & Company,

Chamber of Commerce,

chi ca go, Illinois. Gentlemen:- ·

Yours of May 16th enclosinG draft of deed of supplemental water from reservoirs received; the amendments made by you are all approved and I have redrafted the deed and inserted the same. Upon looking it over again, however, it has occurred to me tbat we might remove some of the uncertainty inciden to saying "as t~J.e saue may be needed" by inserting the words "to be delivered in accordance with the rules and regula t:i_ ons of the Company." If t:1is meets your ai)proval have the same inserted before preparing he deed. I hu~ry this off

so that you may issue the requisite the same.

to the partles now demanding

As to the balance of your letter and the proposed fonn of deed to be issued in other cases, I will need to - give the matter further consideration.

Yours very sire e rely,

A.

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Krech, Esq.,

The Mercantile Trust Company, New York City.

Dear

Sir:-We enclose herewith copy of ietter just received from Judge

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Rogers, together with copy of our re~ y, both of which will explain themselves.

y _truly,

A.

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Krech, Esq.,

The Mercantile Trust Company, New York City. Dear

Sir:-We

enclose herewith copy of letter received this morning from Mr. Fred Mohl, our chief traveling agent, giving particulars of his last

trip to Prowers County which, you will see, was, considering everything, fairly successful. We wish to draw your particular attention to what he says about Mr. P . K. Hanson and the settlers at Amityville being so disturbed over the deley on the part of the legal department in preparing t he necessary documents to fix their legal status in connection with

their supplementary supply of water from the reservoir . We sent you yesterday copy of our letter to Judge Rogers upon thi~ ~ubj ect. · This

matter has now been hanging fire ever since last falI,nalthough we have repeatedly explained to the Colorado advisers of the Company the necessity for prompt action we s~em to utterly fail in securing any action, and so far as we can judge we are not much nearer now than we were six months ago to any definite settlement of thls matter which, in our opinion, can just as well be settled one tim~es nether. It is true that on Monday we received from Judge Rogers ad ft of a deed which could be used in the case of Mr. F.anson, but at same time he expressly withheld his

approval of a supplementary contract in similar terro~ to be issued to our other settlers and we felt that it would simply aggravate matters to issue a deed to Hanson and then perhaps subsequently attempt to issue deals or contracts to other settlers on a different basis.

The entire want of appreciation of the necessities and requirements of a successful colonization business on the part of the legal advisers of the Company in Colorado, and also of its local management in Colorado, is most discouraging to us in our attempts to work up colonization . We feel that we are handicapped by quite sufficient inherent and unavoidable difficulties without having our troubles increased unnecessarily by

the ac~ion of the Colorado advisers of t h is enterprise . Yours fai thful1y,

COPY .

Adrian, Minn . ; Y..ay 22 , 1899 . Close Bros . & Co .,

Ch i cago, Ill . Gentlemen

:-Th e following parties were out with me to Colorado: E . E . Blatchley,

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W. Merwin, Frank Hiney ,

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P . Haywood, A . W. Chunning, J. . E . McDovvel l ,

Andrew Neuhous er, H. Tollevth J . H • Harvey , C . W. McHenry ,

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Bowlin, J . F . Bowlin , C . E. Smi t h , Newton , Kansas . Carthage , S •

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do . Halstead, Kans . Bigelow , Mo . Bea tri ce , Neb .

do . do . Pickering , 110 . Albany , l :o . Grant City, Mo . do . Armstrong , Iowa .

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Babcock , agent at Es the rville , Iowa . McHenry or' Alban.,r Mo . t)rought t~ e two Bo lins . McDowell of Beatrice brought Neuhauser a nd Tollevth . E . E .' Blatchley was sent out by Jos . Hebert of Newton . Merwin, Hiner and Harvey I got out myself .

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5-23-42 . He is a carpenter by trade a,nd wi ll rerr1ain ou t t here . He has a partner at 1Tewton Kansas and he was goinc to

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him to take half interest in the land wlth him and sta ted that he th ought he would take it inside of a week .

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P . Haywood , a gent at Halstead Kansas, went out to look the country over to see whether it wo.uld be safe to take landseekers out .

A. W. Chunning of Bigelow Mo . went out to get hi s iand improved fo r hi1nSelf and Dr . Davis of Bigelow . They have already got conside rable of

their land broken up . It is being ,vorked by a party out · there . He will have it fenced and probably some buildings put up shortly . I think he heard bad reports and wanted to go out and look it over a Gain .

This ti~e we took all of the parties both to the headgate and res-ervoirs which I t hink was a good help . Of cour se tbe stage of t he wate r in the Amity Canal was low but i t gave t hem some water with which to

irrjgate and of course it is now on t he increase . The recent rains have also helped out so t he country is beginning to look better . They all apprecia tecl the mae;ni tude of t he re servoj_rs and canals and know that once we get them filled we will be a ll r ight for water . It is rea l l y a

risky piece of business , however, to take landseekers out in the s ettle -ment a t the present time as a great many of t he farmers a re diss atisfi ed and it is ha r d to get t hem to keep quie t or to say anything good for the country when they are questioned by landseekers . However , I think that

everything will be · all right again once they get plenty of vrater . Of course -they •rill sustain loss in their wheat crop thi s yea r no matter how much wate r they get f rom t:J.is on . We had quite a rain on !hursday and Fr~day , the 18th a nd 19~h, in t he Valley and also in the upland . These