Amity company letters, 1898-1899, 1901 (folder 3 of 4)

T he Holly Ranch Irrigated Farming Land

iHS AMITY LAND eeMPANY.

HOLLY, PROWERS Co., COLO .,

t'h i c "":-o, Ill s . G (: " -· r,, ,C:. : -f' i (, l ( l ~ ! .l> O' ... U (.; GO :G (; '111 c_ 4 ..,I. ,... W. M. W IL EY, Ma11ager E. C. HAWK INS, Ct]ief E11gineer THOS. BE RRY, Erigineer in Charge ,Jn: -.:, . 1 9 , l 39~ . · !1 - , - • 1 :; , _ or r -t

The Holly Ranci, Irrigated Farming Land

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TH~ AMITY LAND eeMPANY.

HOLLY, PROWERS CO., COLO.,

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-W. M, WILEY, Mar1ager E. C. HAWKINS, Ct"[ief E11gineer THOS. BERRY, Er1gineer in Charge J •

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FELLOW OF THE AMERICAN ANO ILLINOIS ASSOCIATIONS OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS.

C§~o/kZI~

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907 ROYAL INSURANCE BUILDING.

NEW YORK OFFICE, ao BROAD STREET. CABLE ADDRESS, "CAREFUL," CHICAGO.

Holly, Colorado, December 12t:h, 1898. T'o the Direetors of

The For-·t Lyon Canal C ompan:r,,

Las Animas, Colorado.

G:en tlemen:

At

your

l""equest I have made an audit

or

the books

or

account and vouchers o. THE

:rrom the Dec embe:r

l~s-s·,

and

LYON CANAJ, COMPANY

or its i_;{corpora 1tiion, 2~th July 1897 to ls t: beg to _.5 repor-·t. as

follows;-'

After· tak~ng i1t.o ac c oun t all unpaid wa g As nnd

ex-\

penses, I find that, sinc r

the

incorporation of the Compan1r,, the

1 . _&

cost of ?'epait1ing , mainta,in-ing and opera t .ing the Fort Ly-on canal,

'i

and of aclmin:1.stering t.he Company-'·s business, including Interest on

borrowed capital, has amounted to the sum

or

$21,080.71. Of this

amount. The Great Plains Water Company contribute the sum of $799.60

with r·espec t to their proportion of maintaining and opera t.ing the

Western Division of t h e canal. This leaves $20,281.11, which

ex-ceeds the total Gr-oss Income by the sum of $6,052. 7&. This

repre-sents Loss to date.

in p:rrepari--ing the following statement of Income and Expen-diture Account, I have taken credit only for the assessments

actual-ly available, no account having been taken of the 1898 assessments, on all Water Rights now in litigation for cancellment.

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE Accom~T.

28 July 1897 to 1 December 1898.

INCOM~ .

2

-on 105,000 shares,----·

less Assessment on Water Rights in dispute

and therefore not available as

Income,--$15,750.00

2,152.19

Ne t Amount Av a i lab 1 e, - - - •- - •- -

::--;rs,

5 9 7 • Bl

1894 and 1895 Assessments (not brought onto

ti1e books when same were opened)

-Interest collected on deferred payments

or

Assessments,-- -- - -- - - - ---Sale of Lumbell"' out of old Horse Creek

214.00

232.51

Flume, less labor thereupon,- - -- - ---- - - 1&4.00 •

Total Gr·oss Income,-- - $14,228.32

EXPEND I TURB~ •

Repairs of Canal. (Western Division)

Break at Gageby Arroya- -- -- -- -- ----$3,243.11 ·

Break near Horse Creek,-

---Break Nor·th of Las Animas,

-Other br·eaks west of Gageby,- -

--General Repairs of Ca11al, .. . , _ . . 4 ~! Rreak at Horse Creek Flume,

( estimated), 585 .18 · 2?4.70 173.12 · 13'7 .9-t · 860.00 · Breaks at Horse Ck. and Adobe Ck.

Occuring before Feb. 1, '98. (old) AB0.55 .

$

6,lfi4.60

Repairs of Canal, {Eastern Division)

Labor of men and teams r·epairil)g t·he Canal at various points,;--~ Maintenance of Canal, {V/esteF'll' Division)

Wages of Ditch Riders up to Feb. 1,

1898,

Wages of Ditch Riders Feb. 1 to

573.60 ·

Dec. l,1A98,--- -- ---- - -- - -- - - 1,371.70 Wages of men guarding gates ,

-Pulling cattle out of

Canal,----Lumber, Hardware,&: Suppliest,, -Services & Expenses of

Engineer,Carried porward, -11?.95 34 .50 52 .09 . 74. 91 .

---$

1,090. 6-S · 2,224.75 9,470.00

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-Income and Expenditure Acc. (continued) Brought forward,- -- -$ Mair1tenance

or

Canal, {Eastern Division,

Wages of Ditch Rict•~rs

and Gateman,- - -- - - --

---] $

25.00

- --1, 282. 62

Wages of Men Guarding Gates--- - ---- 144.50

Lumber, Locks, Hardware & Supplies, 197.37

Opera t .ion of Canal,

Salary of Super-'intendent, ,--- - - -- 1,792.48 Salary & Exps. of RiveF" Patrol,- - - 682.92

Livery hire for Superintendent,--- 255.56

Portion of Guarding other

Ditch ridere, etc.,- - - - --- · --- ---

_-

----deduct;-pro-rata

share

of maintenance of the Western Division of Canal, borne b!' The Great Plains Wat er Co • ,

Enlargement of Canal fWestern Division)

Cost of enlarging part o:r Canal,-- -- - - - ---Expenses of Conducting the Co.'s business.

Secretary's salary, -- - --- ---- - -- --1,207.50

Director~ fees & Expenses,-- --- - -- 482.00

Attorney's Fees,--- --- - - 1,750.00

Legal Expenses, Court costs & fees 235.60

Printing and Stationery--- - --- 181.92

Telegrams & Telephone rent,- --- - 123.7'T Postage, orrice Exp. & Supplies,- -- 181.46

Old balance due W.C.Rurke, Recv, - -- 41.97

Adve~tising & Publishing notices- - - 32.90 '

1/2 Maintenance of Telephone line 191.43

Carried Forward, 9,470.00 2,781.28 l?,, 900. 77 799.60 · 13, 101.l 't 412.69 · 17, 942.41

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-Income and Expenditures Ac(',. (continued)

Brought Forward- - - -

$

l '7, 94!:2. 41

Interest on Mortgage Loan to date~-- - --- 1,740.70

Uncollectahle Assessments for 1896,

Jottti,;

I t'f

,t ~" ·

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(brought onto the books when same were opened, but not available now as the

Water Rights are in litieation),--- 598.00

20,281.11

Tl-U~ <lRF.A'J.1 PLAINS WA 'l'ER COMPANY TEL~:PH0NE LINI4~.

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-

-

. -

-Under- contract, dated second of :May, 1898,, the Fo:r-·11 Lyon Canal Company arranged to bear one-half cost of constructing a telephone line between La Junta and Las Animas ancl other points, to be buil,

by The Great Plains Water Company. The total cost of this line ; as

~W"a4

mentioned~ $14,514.12 up to 31st August 1898, and your Com-1'

pany•s half will he $7,257.06. It. will in my opinion be better to carry this expenditure as an investment, to be written off in

equal annual installments during the next ten years. RESULT· OF THE BUSINESS.

In rggard to the rgsult set forth on the foregoing pages, I must ask you to bear in mind that, while the Expenditures in-clude all the expenses of maintaining the propert,y and conducting the business from Jul1~ 28,1897, to December lsq.898, a period of' sixteen months, during which period the canal has suffered several unforeseen anrl costly breaks, and during which period more than

$2900 has been expended on litigation, ~he Income is derived from only one small assessment or fifteen cents a share.

I would remind you too, that in my repor·t of last Spring I stated that there was a Deficiency or $6,076.00 on 31st of Dec-ember lR!n; Thus there has been no . loss in the year 1898 per se.

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-THE GRRAT PLAINS WATER CO.' S SHARJ4~ OF NiAINTENANCE.

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This matter has been v·er1r carefully gone in to. The amount con tribnted by the Water Company for its propoti"·tion of the

re-pairs, maintenance and operation of the Western Division of the Canal, namely from La Junta headgate to Gageby Division Gate, has been based on an estimate. submitted by the Superintendent of the Canal Mr. Porter Jr. Pres ton, as follows;

-"The following are the amounts of water taken into the Fort Lyon Canal at the headgate and the Kicking Bird Canal at the Divi s ion gates, from Feb. 1st. to Dec. 1st 189&, given in acre fee ti.;

Fort Lyon Canal 206940

Kicking Bird Canal 208-50

(Signed) Porter J.Preston.

Supt. Fort LYon Canal.

The charge has been arrived at. as shown below and includes all expenses connected with the Western Division, from February,

1st {when the Supply Canal was completed) until December lst,1898. ACCOUNT.

Three quarters

or

Supe:rintAnrlent"s Salal"'J,---- -- --$ (and expenses Feb. 1st to Dec. 1st 1898)

Repairs

or

Western Divisiont,

Break at Gageb!r Arroya.,- ~ • - -- - - --- $3,,243.11

Break near Horse Creek.- - - - - --Break north of Las Ani1:nasT

Other· breaks west of Gageby,

-General repairs of Canal,-

--Break at Horse flreek Flume

( es titna ted)

Maintenance of Western Division,

585.18 274.70 173.12 1~~7. 94 860.00 Wages of Di t ch R 1 de rs , - - - --

-$

1 , 3 71 • 7 0 (Feb. 1 to Dec. 1,1898)

Wages of men guarding gates,-- -- -- 117.95

1,011.03

5,274.05

I/./. 8 CJ.

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Account (continued), -Pulling ca t tle out of canal,---- - --$ Lumber, Hardware & Supplies,-- -

----Services and expenses or Engineer

34.50 52.09 74.91 Total to be divided,---20850 2n6-;g-40 of $?,936.23 is $799.60

$

161.50

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---

-~---7,936.23

STATEMEiT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES.

The following is a statement of Assets and Liabili-ties of The Fort JJy-on Canal Company on 1st December 1898.

ASSETS.

Canal property {at book value),--- - ---- - -$ 545,112.16

Telephone line after writing off 10;!-- -

---Water assessments, good and

collectible,-- ---$ 291.11

Due from other Irrigation Companies 25 8 .12

Cash on deposit in Bent County Bank 551.30

6,531.36

Available Cash Assets 1,100.53

Total Assets

$

552,744.05

Deficiency balance of Income & Expenditure Ace. - - - ~,_778.49

$

559,522.54

LIABILITIES.

Capital Stock, 105000 shares fully paid--- - -$ 525,000.00

Mortga ge Loan, due 20 January 1902,-- - --- 21,000.00

Suspense Account for 1/2 Cost of Telephone

Line held in suspensP. pending settlement, 7,257.06

Acc,rued Interest on M:ortgage,---

$

455. 00 Sundry Credi tors,,

for Sala~ies & Wae es,

-for Labor on Canal,-- - - for Attorney's Fees, -for Materials & Sundrtes - -

--For Directors' Fees-- - ---DuA Sundry Parties (see note)

-2,059.57 1,911.15 1,2so.oo 142.36 57.45 389.95 Current Liabilities 6,265.4B Total Liabilities,

$

559,52?..54 NOTE. Th e amount of $389.95 due Sundry Parities, arises with

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-delinquency of assessments, less all charges against same. The

va-rious amounts

follow;-L. B. Weeks,--- ---$ 34.35 W.S.Hinman, Trustee,---

211.2'7

Boston Safe & Deposit Co.--- -- 86.27

R. F. Lyon,--- -- --- 58.06"

Total$ 389.95

AVAILABLE ASSRTS -- LIABILITIES.

From the for~going statement it will be seen that the available Cash Assets amount to$lJ_Oo,5;-s, while t,he current liabi-lities, exclusive of the debt for Telephone Line, ar:iount to

$6265.48, a shortage of $5,164.95.

Und·e:r- the terms of the contract with The Great Plains Water Company for Telephone Line, there fell due them on 1st July

1a-·9·8, the sum of $2250

.oo,

adding this sum to the above shortage, the CompanJJi is round to be $7,414.95 behind. This is equal to a

lit~le over A cents a share on the available outstanding shares. I

r·espect:fully recommend that the Assessment: for the year 1899 be made

30 cents a share, so as to place the Treasury of the Company in

good standing. In this connection I must remind the Directors of t-he natur·e of the curr-ent liabili1Ues, $389.9'5 Funds in Trust, $5,1733 .171 for Wages, Sala~'ies and Services, all of which i 1t is

highly desil""[1.ble should be paid without delaJr .

1898 YATER ASSE8SMENT. ACCOUNT.

In checking up this account, it was found that there was an appar·ent overpayment of $23 .42.

or

this, four small sums

amounting to

$2.fo

were locatAd, leaving a discrepancy of $21.32 over· cl'"·edit.

VOUCHERS .

I examined all the vouchers from the incorporation

of. the Company to 1st December 1898,, same werf! complete anrl

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-Secretar;, as provided in the By-Laws. Two vouchers were not r ·e-cei1)ted and were handed to the Secretary to secure proper· signatures these

were;-Jan. 31,1898, No.55 Jno. A.Murphy, $36.69

July 7,1A98 No. 243 Simcox & Carothers, 2.53

I found in the voucher book three vouchers signed in blank by the Treasurer and five by the President. The signing of

these vouchers in blank, places the funds of the Company solely in the care of the Secretary and this is, in my opinion, contrary to the spirit of the By-Laws.

BE\NK ACCOUH'J' •

The hank account having been checked up for the entire

period, was found to be correct subject to a petty discrepancy of two cents, which will be written off to Interest Account. The par1... ticulars of the Bank reconcilement

follows;-Balance as per Bank Pass Book,

less Outstanding Checks

ltenl

Balance as per Ledger Account,

Pett' difference, BOOKS OF ACCOUNT. $586.76 35.44 $551.32 551.30 .02

The Books or Account kept by the Secretary are "beat,

corr~ct and regularly balanced.

Respectfully, yours,

RESERVOIRS .

LOCATION 15 Ml LES NORTH OFLAMAR,COLO

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

AVAILABLE CAPACITY, 182,630 ACRE FEET.

17,955 . 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. HAW K I NS' CHIEF ENGINEER.

THO MAS BERRY, ENG INEERINCHARGE

A M IT Y CANAL . BUFFALO CA NAL . KICK IN G BIRD CANAL, S ATANTA CANAL . COMANC H E CAN A L. PAW NEE CA NAL .

, /(/:(J/., 1'J'l1t//l"t/ b1///1j//;,;f

Dec • 22, 1898.

Concerping Mr.8eward,~a~~ier. Mr.

c/o

Mercantile Trust Co.

New York Cit;/•

Dear

Sir:-In our conve a tion · in regard to Mr .Seward, while 1rou

ii G

were here, you asked me for ~ome specific eases showing his ineffi-ci~ncy, and I have

them to you when I came

ng these cases up intendifj.lg to show York,. but the matter is so bad that

it cannot wait coming to New York. I will just cite you a few casBs that are now pending.

Eve.?jr day therA comes to my desk, a request that we remit

money that has long since been due, in many cases for labor. How many such communications go to Mr.Reward•s desk, I don't know, be-cause he disobeyed my orders as to the signing of his letters and

makes every effort to have the corr·espondence come to him instead of to me.

I got a

letter from Mr.Berry this

mornine,

ureine

me to see that a bill to a laborer was paid, which should have been paid on the 15th of the month. The man is about to leave his present address.

There was aboht $700 due us from the Colo.Fue & Iron Co.

for hay, which we cotld not collect throueh t e

rA

ul eha.1nels. I got the bill from ~he Acco1nts Dept rt ent n rot a personal

RESERVOIRS.

LOCATION 15 MILES NORTH OFLAMAR,COLO .

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

AVAILABLE CAPACITY, 182,630 ACRE FEET

( 7,955. ~·19 ,428 CUBIC FEET.I

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

FROM IIRKANSAS RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES .

E .C . HAWKINS,CHIEF ENGINEER .

THOMAS BERRY , ENGINEER IN CHARGE

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AM !TY CANAL . BUFFALO CANAL . Kl CKI NG Bl RD CANAL . SATANTA CANAL . COMANCHE CANAL. PAWNEE CANAL.

letter to Mr.Kebbler, the General Manager of the Colo.Fuel & Iron

Co., asking him to see that this bill was promptly paid. The bill was paid by return mail, we received a check. Mr.Kebbler wrote me a

personal letter and asked me to . see that the v-ouchers were properly signed and ~eturned to him at once. I handed this stuff into the Accounts Department. yesterda!, morning and have heard nothing from

it since,

~~"""'~,

----A man named Sherlock bought hay in the pasture of the

Sand Creek ranch, which was to have been paid for on November 1st.

About thirty days thereafter, Mr.Seward reported to Pettee that

there was a mistake in the measure, but Mr.Seward was unable to find th charge slip upon which the bill was turned into the Ac-countC! Depnr-·tment. Another bill was immediately made out. This as near as I can gather, was ten days ago. The bill has not yet been

sent to the man, and he has r·eported over· the telephone, besides having tOld me ersonally- that he was ready to pay the bill when-ever- it was presented to him.

Thee ~re .cases that exist to-day, now. The

conse-quences of this method of doing business, 1s that while you have

plant; of mo1ey here to- pay your bills and while we should get the b,nefit of the credit which the prompt payment of bills calls for,., the bills are not paid and our credit suffers, and that by the

in-attention of the Accounts Depar·tment, bills that are pa~rable to us are not paid because we do not send the bills out.

RESERVOIRS.

LOCATION 15 MILES NORTH OF LAMAR COLO .

TOTAL CAPACITY 264,822 ACRE FEET.

( 11 ,525 ,702,94-8 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 ANDTRIBUTAPIES

E .C .HAWKI NS. CHIEF ENGINEER .

THOMAS BERRY, ENGINEER IN CHARGE

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A M ITY CANAL. BUFFALO CANAL . KICKING Bl RD CANAL. SATANTA CANAL COMANCHE CAN AL . PAWN EE CANAL . 12/22/98

whom we ship hay, that they do not receive bills for their stuff. I must beg that you will take some means to have this state of affairs remedied.

Mr.Seward spends so much of his time trying to convince people that he is not subject to my orders or instructions, that he has very little time left to attend to his business.

I am sorry to worry you with this information, but it is absolutely necessary that something be done to remedy the conduct

of the Accounts Department. The specific charges which I shall make against him covering some space of time, will be made when I come

to

New

York.

It ma? be possible that if !rou write him a letter, tell-ing him in plain english, that his tenure of office here, depends upon the satisfaction which I get from his work, some change for

the better may accrue. In event that you write such a letter, I hope that

you

will send me a copy of it.

When I am determined to get anything out of the office on a certain date, it is necessary for me to make 5 or 6 and sometimes 8 andlO trips, and each trip there is always some reason whjch ,··Mr.

Seward has to offer, why he cannot do 1 t then and why he can do it. to-morrow or the day after. His position here as I understand it, is to assist me to conduct the business, instead of which he is a great deal more of an obstacle to the proper conduct of the business than he is an assistant.

RESERVOIRS . LOCATION 15 Ml LES NORTH OFLAMAR,COLO

TOTAL CAPACITY 264,822 ACRE FEET.

I 11,525 ,702 ,948 CUBI C FEET.)

AVAILABLE CAPACITY, 182,630 ACRE FEET_

( 7,955,4 19 ,428 CUBIC FEET.}

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

FROM ARKA NSAS RIVER ANDTRIBUTARIES

E.C. HAW K IN S, CHIEF ENGINEER.

THO MAS BERRY, ENGINEER I N CHARGE

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A MI TY CANA L . BUF FA LO CAN AL . KICKING BIRD CANAL . S ATAN T A CANAL . COMANCH E CANAL . PAWN EE CANA L.

12/22/98.

Since writing the above, I have just come across a lease that has never been signed or acknowledged and also of a mortgage that is past due and which was never acknowledged before a notary.

If it had been the accountants business to have attended to these mortgages and leases, and he had failed to do it properly, it would be bad enough, but it is not his business to attend to any of these things • It is Mr.Montgomerytrs business and that fact is well known, but the desire of the accountant to keep things in his own hands, evidently prevented him from reporting the matter t,o Mr.Montgomenr or to me, and have either of us see that the papers

were in proper shape.

If I stated to you the cases that come up every few minutes at my desk, of the inef-ficiency of this department, I

would

be writine to you all day.

If

Mr.Seward's health is such, that he cannot attend to his business, I respectfully suggest that one, two, three or more

assistants be employed by him, so that our business can be properly

attended to.

RESERVOIRS . LOCATION 15 Ml LES NORTH OFLAMAR ,COLO

TOTAL CAPACITY 264,822 ACRE FEET. ( 11,525,702 ,91-8 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 ANDTRIBUT/\RIES .

Mr.Dear Mr.Wiley:

E .C.HA WKI NS, CHIEF ENGINEER

THO MA S BERRY, ENGINEER IN CHARGE

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Denver, Colorado, Dec. 2lst,1898.

PURCHASE OF STATE LAIIDS.

AMITY CANAL . BUFFALO CANAL . KICKING Bl RD CANAL. SATANTA CANAL . COMANCHE CANAL. PAWNEE CANAL.

The Governor and Attorney General being at the luncheon given to Mr .Hobson, a meeting of the Land Board could not be had this afternoon. I have howevt•r submitted for their considAration, re-solutions of which I enclose copies:

__ K_R_~v_ .. B_I_L_L_C_A_S_E __ (Mte~Case)

I told you in my letter yesterday that I had called Judge

Gabbert•s attention to his failu~e to dismiss the above case. To-day Judge Car.ripbell called my attention to the fact that a dismis sal

has sincP- been entered; Meeting Mr.Smith of Hughes office at the Capitol I told him that if they would abandon all the othe~ cases, I would agree that the Kreybill case might be reinstated. This may lead to a conference and I hope will result in getting rid of the purely obstruction cases.

Mr.Greene of Pueblo has just come in and I close this letter to talk to him.

Sincerely yours,

RESERVOIRS.

LOCATION 15 MILES NORTH OFLAMAR,COLO

TOTAL CAPACITY 264,822 ACRE FEET.

I 11,525 702,948 CUBIC FEET.)

AVAILABLE CAPACITY, 182,630 ACRE FEET.

17,955,419,428 CUBIC FEET.)

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

FROM ARKANSAS RIVER ANDTRIBUTARIES.

Outlook for lanct sales.

Mr. A.W.Krech,

E .C . HAWK INS' CHIEF ENGINEER .

THOMAS BERRY, ENGINEER IN CHARGE

AMITY CANAL . BUFFALO CANAL. KICKING BIRO CANAL . SATANTA CANAL . COMANCHE CANAL . PAWNEE CANAL .

Dec. 23,1896

c/o

Mercantile Trust

co.

New York City.

Dear

Sir;-Mr.Mohl is in town to-day with a few landseekers, and is more enthusiastic over the -~aspect of selling the land, than I

have ever seen him before.

I think I wrote yo sDme while since, that Mr.James A.

caeo Record. Great results a cr tc.ed fr-om this inter-view, and the business in the office of Mr.Davis was suspended for one or two

days while he answered questions.

Mr.Mohl says that he has gotten f.vom. 60 to 100 inquiries as the result of this interview, and a very large number of inqui-ries as the result of the Edi tor''s excursion, and has more people in prospect of bringing out at this time, than he had any reason to expect he would have.

tic before.

In fact I have never seen him so enthusias-This ma:r be comforting to the gentlemen in interest.

RESERVOIRS.

LOCATION 15 MILES NORTH OF LAMAR.COLO

TOTAL CAPACITY 264,822 ACRE FEET.

j 11,525,702,948 CUBIC FEET)

AVAILABLE CAPACITY, 182,630 ACRE FEET.

17,955,419,428 CUBIC FEET.)

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

FROM ARKANSAS RIVER ANDTRIBUTARIES .

Fort Lyon mat~_r_s_. __

Mr. A.W.Krech,

c/o

}1Iercantile Trtrnt Co. New York City.

Dear Sir:

E.C . HAWKINS,CHIEF ENGINEER.

THOMAS BERRY, ENGINEER 111 CHARGE

•

AMITY CANAL . BUFFALO CANAL . KICKING BIRD CANAL. SATANTA CANAL . COMANCHE CANAL . PAWN EE CANAL .

I have your favor of December 2nd. The maintenance

charges for the Fort L1ron Canal last year were approxima tel:r $20,000

)this point will be dealt with fully by Mr.Wilkinson in his report

to :rou at the end of this week.)~ This I have gotten over the

tel-ephone since receiving yo~r letter, and I cannot get it accurately. Our proportion of main ten ·nee for the past year, will be ver,.l small indeed and as you say, probably less than 25ft; I cannot however·

im-press upon your mind too s ongly the necessity that we must not deal with the Fort Lyon Canal Co. on a basis of our technical rie;hts. What I mean, is that we must ~_verythine; that we can to help them, up to the point of paying ~ke• or for them, actual cash.

The payment of this $1500 is expected by the Canal Co. now and has been for some time. The paying out of this money to them is not paying them what we do no~ or will not owe them, but is simply pa~ring it in advance and the payment of this money now will be of

thA greatest advantage to us ir our ability to cement the friend-ship between them and us, which is so absolutely important -1:o our interests.

The Fort Lyon Canal Co. needs this money for the purposd of payinB superintendents and ditch riders and for the purposA of

RESERVOIRS.

LOCATION 15 MILES NORTH OF LAMAR .COLO

TOTAL CAPACITY 264,822 ACRE FEET ( 11,525,702 ,94-8 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 rRIBUTARIES

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E,C , HAWKINS,CHIEF ENGINEER , THOMAS BERRY, ENGINEER IN CHARGE

AMITY CANAL . BUFFALO CANAL . KICKING BIRD CANAL. SATANTA CANAL . COMANCHE CANAL . PAWNEE CANAL.

continuing the operation of the property. If we do not pay this mone!r to them so that they can continue to pay superintendents and

ditch riders, we will have to pay it to superintendents and

ditch-riders ourselves or have the water stop running, and in addition to thislose thP. effect of holding out t,o them a helping hand.

This matter/ is of very pressin~, immediate importance

I

as the elAc~ion comes off on the 12th, next Monday, and I would be obliged if youi would tAlegraph me the author-·i ty to pay this money,

so that I can state the fact· generally, that we have helped them and use it for election purposes.

RESERVOIRS.

LOCATION 15 MILES NORTH OFLAMAR,COLO

TOTAL CAPACIT Y 264-,8 22 ACRE FEET.

111,525,702 ,948 CUBI C FEET.)

AVAILABLE CAPACITY. 182,630 ACRE FEET

( 7,9 55, 4-19 ,4-2 8 CUBIC FEET.)

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

FROM ARKANSAS RI VER ANDTRIBUTARIES .

Mr. A.W.Krech,

c/o

Mercantile Trust Co. New York City.

Dear Sir:

E .G. HAWKINS , C HIEF EN GINE ER .

THOMA S B ERRY, E NGINE ER I N CHA RGE

AMITY CANAL . BUFFALO CANAL . Kl CKI NG 81 RD CANA L . SATANTA CANAL . COMANCHE CANAL . PAWN EE CANAL .

I have just (5 o'clock this evening), received your t el e-gram of to-da~,, statine that ] await for your letter before malcing

advances to the Fort Lyon Canal Co. This is a great disappointmen ~ to me.

I have been to b

at the conditions of affai

Las Animas to-day, lookins

and seeing how we are ~oing to make out

at the election on the 12t, and we need all of the statements of

this sort to help us in our position.

When you were here ~rou made the remark that we must still continue to cater to these people,as though you were surprised that this had to be done. My correspondence since the conception of

the idea of the For-t Lyon Canal Co. has always been of the tenor, that we would always have to cater to them, but what I am trying ~o do now instead of controlling two members of the Board of Directors

is to control th~ whole five, and as this advance of mone:r costs us

practically nothing, b11t is money that we would have to pay

even-tna ll:.r at any ra te, I think we would be makinl a show at very smal 1 expense.

RESERVOI RS.

LOCATION 15 Ml LES NORTH OF LAMAR,COLO .

TOTAL CAPACITY 26 4 ,8 22 ACRE FEET.

( 11,525 ,702,9'1-8 CUBI C FEET)

AVAILABLE CAPACITY, 182,630 ACRE FEET.

( 7,955, 4 19 ,428 CU B IC FEET.)

AREA 14-,000 ACRES , MAX.DEPTH,90 FEET. DRAINAGE AREA 12,200 SQUARE Ml LES

FROM AR.KAN SAS RIVE R AN DTRIBUTARIES.

E .C. HAWK I NS, CHIEF E N GIN EE R THOMA S BERRY, ENGI N E E R I N CHARGE

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AMITY CANAL . BUFFALO CANAL.

KICKING BIRD CANAL .

SATANTA CANAL COMANCHE CANAL . PAWN EE CANAL .

12/2/93

There is another matter which had just as well bA taken up now as

at r1.ny time .

When there is a br·eak in the Fo:r·t Lyon Canal , such as exists to-day, if they have no money on hand with which to repair

the break, we must bear· all of the expense instead of a portion of

it as I suggested in this case, and that expense must be born spot cash. Your· telegram rather leads me to under-stand that this does not accord with your views, and if it does not and you will not

telegraph me to that effect, I will stop all work on the break at Horse Creek flume , until the For·t Lyon Canal Co .. maR:e an assessment

and collect enough money to repair it, which will be some timA next

May . Yon will understand of course, that because of the total lack of funds in the treasur!r of the Fort Lyon Canal Co ., we are bear int.; all of the expense in the present break at Horse Creek flume .

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This is an UNREPEATED Message and is delivered by request of the sender under the conditions named above

Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison. No employee of this Company is authorized to vary the foregoing,

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RESERVOIRS.

LOCATION 15 MILES NORTH OFLAMAR,COLO .

TOTAL CAPACITY 2 64,822 ACRE FEET. ( 11 ,525 ,702 ,948 CUBIC FEET.)

AVAILABLE CAPACITY, 182,630 ACRE FEET.

(7,955, 419 ,428 CUBI C FEET.)

AREA (4,000 ACRES , MAX.OEPTH ,90 FEET. DRAINAGE AREA 12,200 SQUARE MILES

FROM ARKANSAS RIVER ANDTRIBUTARIES .

Ad. in_ Holly_ Chieftain.

Mr. A.W.Krech,

c/o

:Mercan:ile Trust

New York Cit~,.

Dear Sir:

E.C .HAWKI NS , CHIEF EN G INEER .

THOMAS BERRY, ENGINEER IN CHARGE

AMITY CANAL . BUFFALO CANAL . KICKING BIRD CANAL . SATANTA CANAL . COMANCHE CANAL . PAWNEE CANAL .

I enclose you herewith a letter from Mr .H. VI .,Hlfrod,

edi-tor of thA Holly Chieftain. We need a paper here in my opition,

for several reaso s, but it is left to 1rou to decide whether or not

it is a proper expense at t-his stage of the proceedings.

Yours very truly,

RESERVOIRS .

LOCATION 15 MILES NORTH OFLAMAR,COLO .

TOTAL CAPACITY 2 64,8 22 ACRE FEET. (11,525,702 ,948 CUBI C FEET.)

AVAILABLE CAPACITY, 182,630 ACRE FEET.

i?,955, 4-19 ,4-28 CUBI C FE ET. )

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

FROM ARKANSAS RIVER AN D TRIBUTARIES.

Canning Factory. Mr. A.W.Krech,

c/o Merca nt ile T1rust Co.

New York City. Dear Sir:

E .C. HAWK\ NS, CHIEF ENGINEER .

THOMA S BERRY, E NGINEER IN CHARG E

A M ITY CANAL . BU FFA LO CA NAL . K I CK I NG BI RD CANAL . S ATANTA CAN AL . COMANC H E CANA L . PAWN EE CAN AL .

I enclose you a copy of a letter from Mr.James A.Davis of the Santa Fe, r ~ferring to a canning factory. I believe that a canning fact ory located at Holly, would he of immense value to the farmers, and what is a value to ~he farmers is

a

value to us, be-ca use it enables the farme to make his payments to us as the!r

come due. \

I earnestly beg will see that the owners

tho-roughly apprecia te the position, that the farmers and ourselves are partners i n this enterprise. If the farmer makes a success, we will

make a profit; i f the farmer fails, we can but fail.. This

proposi-tion is just as clear to me as it is possible for anythine to be. With these remarks I leave the canning factory entirely

to y OU.

Of coursA it is another burden on mJ shoulders and another respon s i b ili t y, but I have long since made up my mind, that it is useles s for me to try to shirk responsibilities. I can do no more

RESERVOIRS.

LOCATION 15 MI LES NORTH OFLAMAR,COLO .

TOTAL CAPAC ITY 264-,8 22 ACRE FEET. ( 11 ,525 ,702 ,9 4-8 CUBIC FEET)

AVAILAB LE CAPACITY, 182,630 ACRE FEET.

( 7,9 55, 4-19, 4-2 8 CUBIC FEET.)

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

FROM ARKANS AS RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES

1.lr. A. W .Vrech,

E .C HAWKIN S,CHI EF ENGINEER .

TH OMA S B ERRY, ENGINEER IN CHARGE

AMITY CANAL . BU FF ALO CAN AL . KICKING BIRD CANAL . SATANTA CANAL . COMANCHE CANAL . PAWNEE CANAL .

c/o

l,Iercantile Trust Co. New York City.

Dear Sir:

'

~r.Berry sug~ested to me the other day, the advisability~

my having an assistant manaeer to . look after the ·detail of the work. He said he had noticed for many ~onths, the need I had of such a man and that he would have snggested it earlier·, had he not been

he

afraid that

it

would appear ~s if" wanted the position. I agree {j

en t irel!' with Mr .Berry' .s views and I look at the matter in this way.

First: One of the most serious things to be looked after and

l ooked after carefully, is our grading operations. Mr~Berryts long

experience with irrigation work and his thorough knowledge of the

cost of moving di~t and running an outfit, will especially adapt him for this work.

Second. He is a Scotchman, with all of the canny Scoth

acqui-s"tiVene,

ability and inclin~tion to save money, and in this

par-t i cular he would be very valuable.

Third. An fmp;ineer· would be necessary in this enterprise in

any event. We would have to pay $125 to $150 a month to a good en-gineer to assist in the operation of our man!' water ways. By

con-tinuing Mr.Berry, we would only be paying $100 for an assistnnt manager, a nd would he securinr; the services and advice of an ane;i-nee r who can c ommand ~250 a month.

RESERVOIRS .

LOCATION 15 MILES NORTH OFLAM AR,COLO

TOTAL CAPACITY 264,822 ACRE FEET.

i I l,525 ,702 .S"IB CUBIC FEET.)

AVAILABLE CAPACITY, 182,630 ACRE FEET_

( 7,955,419 ,'l-28 CUBIC FEET.)

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

FROM ARKANSAS RIVER ANDTRIBUTARIES .

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AM !TY CAN A L. BUFFALO CA N AL. KI CKIN G B IRD CANA L . S AT ANT A CANAL . E .C.HAWKI NS, C l·HEF ENGINEER . CO M AN CH E CAN AL .

THO MAS BERRY, ENGINEER IN CHARGE PAWN EE CANAL .

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r/fr?-t;f/!/flYJtl'f!4d /j{l;tt~I~

(/lr1ff: 12/5/98.

The grea t problem which confronts us now, is the cutting down and keeping down of expfmses. An assistant manager- to be with the detail all the while and in more places than the Manager ca n possibly be, especiall~r when the Manager's time is called for as much as it is, will be invaluable in the matter· of cut tine; down

expenses, a nd the economies that can be put in force by this method will in my opinion, more than quadruple thA expenditure which the salary of an assistant will make.

Fifth. You will nndArstand that I am not sugge sting an

in-creasP. in t he pr-esent outlay of money, but that I am simply increas-ing Mr.Berry's responsibilities at the same money that he gets now.

I hope you will agree to my appointine him assistant

manager.

Mr.Berry is a gentleman of unquestionable integrity, of grea t practical experience and is in my opinion thoroughly relia ble i n every way.

RESERVOIRS . LOCATION 15 MILES NORTH OFLAM AR,COLO

TOTAL CAPACITY 264-,822 ACRE FEET.

f 11,525 ,702 .94-8 CUBIC FEET)

AVAILABLE CAPACITY. 182,630 ACRE FEET.

17,955 ,4 19 ,4-28 CUBI C FECT.)

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

FROM ARKANSAS RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES .

Expenses.

t:r. A.. W .Kr·ech,

c/o

Mercantile Trust Co.

New York City. Dear Sir:

E .C HAWKINS,CHtEF ENGINEER. THO M AS BERRY, EN GINEER IN CHARGE

AMI T Y CA NAL . BU FF A LO CANAL . K I CK ING BI RD CANA L. S ATANT A CANAL COMA N CH E CANA L . PAWN E E CANAL .

The r·eductions which I proposed to make in expenses, were those that I had thought out ~nd were given ~o you by myself as I

went over the sheets,,, and you maq.e a list of them.

f I am not sure

that I have an accurate list of just what you took down, and I

should be obliged if you will s ·.,nd me a copy of it. Not that I for

a moment expect to stop reducing when I finish the list you have, but in making reductions, I want to be sure that that list at an~ rate is fully covered.