233. Arkansas Valley farm data for rehabilitation corporation and correspondence

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IOARD

OF

WATER

COMMISSIONERS

1 ..

D. GRBSS,

_

CHIEF ENGINEER

1509

.

Cleveland Plaoe

#!!!!!!~~

ado

Mr. Balph L.

Parshall

/

,..,.

As~oc

...

~rlgation

Engineer

u.

s. Department

of Agriaulture

Fort Collins, Colorado

(2)

~fEMORAliDW.;i~ COI~rO.{"/'NIJLG

r.rm~ ~~fmTEf

St1.P1;tLY

Off l!U;

CUC:i/)J\AS

IRP. ItlArf!I

0"~

C.O

m} ,

.. Y,

12~

01\D

J'

criES

RANCH,

1PU!~B!

0 CO"'J!-fl-ry,

COI.ORADO.

By R

.

L. Parshall,

SeniOI'

Irr1ge. ;ion

~!in.g1naer,

U.

• Dop~

· tmont of ·i.grioul ture

1 ·

urae.n

or

Agr1aultural

l::::r

gir.e ering

.

-Fort

Collin~,

··olorec.o,

Augllst

9. 1935

.

The a pro riatio

a cont'titutin'""

+he

te!.*

supply of

the

eucha

s Irrigation C

Inilrul'Y

are s

~ol

...

o,rs:

bitch deere""

,

.

rior1 ty 1\"o

.

359,, Orlando Canal

"'~o

.

· s.

Dat :.d

Oct

.

-19 • 1906

E4'1.d

issued

Oct.

o.,

~923,

is

for

e.

d.iversion

or

172 seoond-r

c.t

· fro"'t

the

Hue.,..ta.

o

River.

Of

th.it~

amount

67 seoond

• feet

, eva

been

det:~ded

to

the

Hcpe_sta

Dito~

and

Re

~rvo1

Compa!y

.

Co11ai

t1ont:JJ. di toh decree

,

ri r1 ty

No

.

3o9C, Or ·

ndo

Otan·l o

.

5, Date· 0

t

.

19• l90G, isa·1ad

Dao

.

28

1 1929

,

1s

for a

d1

versio(

o·

185 sooor:u.i

· feet.

4'!his

rign.t

has

not be n

adjudicate

• Lake

··a1r1a:m

Ditch

• :px~ioi~i

ty

!:o

.

Gl• dated

March

1,

1884,

_s

:for

a.

diversion of 20

aacond-taet.

This ditch

ia

a

feeder

c .

nal o 1 .

1-:e

Oehm.

t.And

.alt

1\.11

:riam

• rr.h~

SO \U:Ce

of uppljt·

is

J..

rot~

:the

uaoharas

Hi

er

.

(Note

on

filing

onrd n·t

State

.t~ngineor·•s

Of'f'io

~

1

_Provided

_ele.i.

_1~1

11 d.

v~ti

th

county

.tle:rk" .

)

Rc-;servair decroo

₁

,

La.t:e

t·r1am., priority No

.

(blrJXtk),

dnted

cTan

.

1, lSU4

,

1fl

for

~~0

,

000 000 ubic .Pee

(11 6

aoro

-

fe

t).

This is

~tn irttai~locutory

deoree

.•

· rr~he

sourco of s'tq':pl:v· ia . ror the

cuoh ras

iliv r.

Heser·voir decree laJce

Mir1

m,

Pl"~~iori

ty

r,.o

.

27 • da tea

April 14

1

ltiOl, it.

tor

so,ooo,OOO

cubi.o feet

(ll48 acre•

fe·~t)

• rha sour e. of s

pply is

· fl--om

the

...

ol:;. · ra

River

.

Reservoir

decree

I

La ..

e

Oehm,

priori

t

r

No.

(

blanl~)

J

d te

~Tan.

1, l8Sd, is ror

lOO,ooo

,

.ooo

oubi.c

f

o

(2296

acr~-

.

feet)

.

~11.1a

is

an

in

~erlocut~Dry deer

a

• ''he

soura ·

f

upply i.J

from the

cucharas

lt1ver

.

Re~1

rvoir

~aoree, 1~.1:~

Oer.m

prior.1ty

no.

W •

atod

.li};r11

so.

lt;lfJl,

is for .loo,ooo

.

oo

cubi} ...

feat

(229&

acre-feet)

The

souro

iB ro.

th~

Cuch

rtas

R

1 ver ..

R

..

nervojr decree,

Lal

.. e ..

AJhm•

priority

No

.

63 ₁

doted

,Jov

.

25 ,

1905,

is f;or

12,070,000 eubic :roet ( 2/!'7

aore

-

feet )

The ou

e~:

..

··:d!

sup, ly

is

from the

·uoh ras

Ri

--er

.

(3)

-a-eo:ervoir dec.t,G&

I.·J<:e

e.14,1.:.

En

~argem.;:-nt,

pri

rity

No.

30,

dated f.Jov. 25, 190

• s

f~o

74.470 ₁

000 c

c

~et

(8600

t.H.lre-

~

ffJQt)

Th1~

·uas a

·aondi tional. decree

e-1

r'

'm:~s

.

osncel ·

d .. :eb

10, 1925.

'

1

_{'he ource}

o ·

_aUpJ..tlY

_\Vas

_trom

th Cuohar s

""iver.

Reservoir d&cree,

Br!~tlf

· or

~

tl

Lako,

(Orlando

.

ne~u,rvoir

No

• l)

priority :no

.

• 54·:,

.

da

ed

1~,

v.

1 ~,

lvoe

1<;

..

ro

2ol

₁

Z

otooo

.

cubic

:f'~et

(6000

n

.

ore-tect), ·

The source of sttpply

is

th Hu .

reno

B 1v ..

• .e er ir

ores, Br iford Lake

-larg

ment,

priori

y

1 _0.,

₉₁₀

_r

_<Hrt

_d

_!-

_~arab

_1G

_t

_lglO,

_{is for 5,789}

1 724,000

cubic ect ( 7

.oor

acre-feet).

'Jlh .- .Jo roe

t w

)P

y

is t

h

e rrue:t'fano Hiver. This 1a a oonditiOruil decroe and

h.

S1

bt ..

on issued.

und ).

.J.

h ;;. :roll' 1n

r

d tea:

ct.

3, l92l

Clot. 6 1923

'l~'

_~sov

_•

1! l

_{~) .}_t _...n

_vc:,

':!!"

₁_.

Djc. 28, 1929

.

J

!

• 28 1932

~

aservoir

decree

1

Cuchat·as Valley Ro

~er·voir

• priority

11o.

65, dated

J~aroh

14,

19(J"',

·is

:~or

302 ₁

524,200

cu

· iC

e t (

945 ac ·

e-t

.a

)

•

· l

b ·

so roe

or

sup

pl..

is fro

tho

Cuahart~la

River.

1

:\ea ·'"r·vi..J 1r

decree, 0 .loharas

Valle

y

.Heserv:oir,J,-.riori

y

"'o. 66C

• d,.ita . :a ell 14

1

190',

1 ~

for 3

1

079

1

31,

00 ottbio.

f'

_

t1ot (

70,700 aore-ttuJt}

• .

(1U:te

sout~co

of

supply

1 n fro

th

~

C

ch, ,

·ns

~

l

v r.

• 1\h

is

d

eor ·

e

.

1 s

<~ou:l

1 t

ional

and.

s

oontinue.o.

until

nex adj

d1cat1on

c1ay.

rhe ··ec:ree

~

bA

n

is~;

e

1 nd r

t

,;r;

t

llo :t.ng date :

·at~

6,

192'

t

\C'f

• l

t

927 De

•

28

1

1929

~Jan" f:~B, 193~

Reservoir

docree,

Cuoharaa

Valley

.t:tesen.

voir,

tw1or1

ty

.

ro.

92C, dated July 10, 1910

1

>

for 2

₁

925 SS'7

,500

cubic

·~at

(

67 .•

aoo

aore-f'oet

• The

source

or

·aux)ply

1 rom

th

u cltt ras

.

R1

v-..

r.

Tlis dec ..

e

1a

cond t ·

nel

:and continue

mt1l

the

oxt

adju 1oa

lon

d

y..

tho

deer

e

~a t1

aJOGn

is au

.d

under tho

f

ollo

1111

,-$

date :

Oot., 3,

l.92l

Oc

• .,

19~~3

r~ov.

15, 1927

Dec. 29, 1929

Jan.

2' , 1932

(4)

Oon 1 tion

l

and

.

i

r

terloc'Utor

decl,.ee are

saia

to

b

!t

held in

abe.~

.nee

U"ltil

atlell

ti,,

e

s p:roor

oan

be

Jll'asant

.d

to

t

bt:)

court

to

at

.:r

ort

th

o1

1m

t11a

~·

"fllate

-1s a:vaila· la to satjs

y

the ppropriation.

.

De

ad.

orag·

ri-nta

. ke ..

.;1

rieun \

o • 2 7 )

1.148 acre- t

$

.Lnlte

Uehm

ll~o

.

30 ~:r

10 r4o.

6~)

Bradford lake

{I~o.

64:)

Cuoharna

Reservoir {Io.

66}

iCtal

2573

6000

5945

'!6665

1f'

n

ff fJ ft ff

Conditional storage righ s

Lal~o

·iriam {Jan

.

l.,

l884r

,

~

.'

1148

are-f

J...£1ko Oeh:m { a.n.

1 ₁

1004,

~o

.

83C)

.

Brad

.

tor

d J,a

~E. (

.uo.

9lC }

87000

l089G

67200

1

n

"

,.

rt

Ioo244

rt

.,..,...

Cuohe.ras

Reservoir

(1~o. !!f.~C)

Tot·l

1:

he d

i

vor

.

sion of tl

e Orlnndo

Canal

~To

•

5

₁

wh

1cl~.

is

tho

I:lain suppl cant l sor 1 g th

~

Broad

~u...cres

Ranch

-

is from the

I!uorfano River at

a point

bout

3:- miles

downstro~un

from

the

june ion

1 th

~he uu~

ras

Hi

or..

Recol*da

of 1

~e::rsion

frotn

the l

uerta.no

Rivor

tltrough this

ctUH.tl

are not

itt

uffici

t

d

i l

to

in

tile amoun:

of

er procured

fron-t

thi

1eorae

.

Bee

use

or

the

ll'Jltfineso

of this

Pl"~~i,or1ty

no

EV

t

oun ·

ot

t·r

c

n

b

obt ined on this

direot

right under

ordina:ry oond11i1<>us o

.

f flow

n

this

river

.

· hore re thr ,

P:e1

cipal sto ga reservoirs held b

thi ..

ootnpnny

11am~ll

y

t·

iriam

and Oehm · ..

e:

(e

knom

s

h

Col r 'te ·

ervo1r

· Bra

:roru

L k

and

he

t~uo

e.ra

Va

ley

.

f'lovli

He

ervo1r.

1radford

ke has

~

cap city or 43 000 acre-fee ,

the Guaha.raa

1

_1e

arvo1r 3

11

5 0 ere

-

feet e.nc the Coler

Reservoir located about 3 , las

west

of Jnlsenburg

,

7269

ao -teet

.

It is reported

th~t

Bradford Lake is not usa

no

b

oa:

se. the

tour

mila 1 ta

T:

o al.

is

praetio

lly

fi

le

w1

t

SELl •

The exte

t

or

the

deposit

in the

1 ke itself

(5)

1~

0 in

· ly

1.

0 n,

bu.t

1 1

v

t

b

0 conoid

bl

om

,

• Th

r-a

rvoir

1 ·n

of'

_-c

s·:tn

nd

· n

n

in

.b

0

t~e.

supply o

~

t

r

is

t

r.

ed

to

the

Hter

r, e

d

t l

!1]1:.

a!•

l

1v

rted

~nt

h

Or

so

e

6

11 Tbe Cucbar s

R

ervo~r,

th

y

aero s

th C

o

as comple ed ·n

11,

d

th

h

~ln

rt

r

dov.~~s

"t

r-ge,

Ri

rer

.

r

t

_•

orm. d

d

ae

e.-

.n

1ev tion o abou lOo

-

f

.t

bo

e the outl

t

t be ••

Reoen

t

rntin

tiona indio

·h.

t

d

()

it

s

n

aecumul1t

t,o

d

pth

of 55

tl·e

·0

of

th

d

m

and

n,

ltl

tub

s ha a

en

ovia.·d

t

he

rr

0

0 e

d-

0 it

.

Bee u

rf

t

e

p

...

rm

fill

hie. h

s

oecurrec

1 the

gor

or

r

ck

0 nyon

t

tl:,e

r~

···rvoir

_a

";,~~.,

,

t

e

d

c

p

city of th Cuoh

a

Roser

1r

h s

been

d ..

oea

i

o

30 percent

.

·h

a

al

y

of

t111s re . ., r "o1r

oes

not

d.

30,000

ere

1926 tho

.>ably

imum

to

n

h

rea .... rvoir

1,

· reoor

$

July 1928

.

Th C chars Irt

~

tion .o

p

y

h

a 20 000 shar·a o

sto

0 h ()

•

A. I

er

o

1 hold

9 ,

oo

.

Th

n·

r

1 ...

bO,lt

10 1n

div

al l

d

rn rs

c

tt

r

d

t

rv

d.

by

h., 0

o

Can

l

~o

.

5 .

Th

tor

n

r

ber

1 ..

•

0 rtioh 14

/1

c

roll

d

cue

Irri

on (lo

rre

do

·n

t

e

iver

i

to

ho

uchnr

g

• an

0 his

res

rvoir

01 do

n

· ho rivc'r

orne

16 m lea

to

tb point

0

1 rs1on of

t. (,

Orl3

o

Ca.

1 No.

5 .

(6)

t

o _

1 b-·

~xpeoted

th -t a

co.~.

sidero

)le

J..rJ~,;,

would

;res:~,l

:in

the :brernsfer

O

'

l

Vx"!ntEir

rrorn

tre

G

ler

Res

· rvoir

~o

th· eod of

th-

Orl

T"

j

1a

loss

wou.t

"1

ocour

oeoaur:e of

t~

li

nj,ted

cttpaa1

· ty "

!30

~u~oo

d-teet

or

t~~..

e

outle

~

_

u til

fro~~

· Jle

Coler Be ..

.

.. voir

;

th.

l0.11g

s retch

of

sa..na.

r

lleds

of

·tl:te CuolHaraa

and

Huerf~tno

Hivf>rs

.in

.'fih:t<~h ~his

reservoir

'tttOl"

\~ould

p!Uts;

and,

partieule:t!'ly •

it

t

e

ta

e ..

f

..

e

i

ve- s are

lOt".

-hen ,

l'

...

~,afE::r

is

ma.dEl,

n~

of th ,

Bi.U&ll

~

liehea

a.lo11

g

t

h~~ Ou~

:t1n.ras.

R ive:r

will

pro·

ably

u

,Q

:wate:r evon

thou~

1 denied

ll:Yr

their

deer d rightD

.

Physical

Con(·

1 t1on o

t . e

Sys

am

.

The inlet

canal

to

t

he

Color

Reservoir

is praotlcally

tilled.

with

sand

a.ntl

has

2.1 relati valy

srnaJ

1 Otlr.rry1Xl~

oapa _

~Y

The inlet o )

-

~1

to Bra ford

La' ..;:

has een

ao oom.pletaly

illed

"V

th

· :ep()Si

t

that

oletning th el:nnnel

will be

nect~&at:1r.t

to provtde

arnpl.o

oapaoi

t~t

for

pract;:toal

operation.

T

he

aoeum

u

la-ion o deposit in

the

Ouclmraa

Rasexvc :t.r has

l·-c~;ulted

in.

a

marlted

ret!uotion in

tll:l

origir

l

oapaui

ty, hoJever,

S'~lfJ. iciF>nt spo.c

~

a

.till

"emaiL~

to nccomraodata

stora.ga

or

·*:~fitor

to

meet

itnmediate

irrigatio

needs

.

'h~ Orl~ndo

ral

~ood-•tav

pipe line, ·hioh

7 feet in

<3.

iameter and

a

ben

t

3t

miles

long,

\iaa

constructed

in

l91J

.

At

present

thi 1

nels

in

a ra1r

~ttto

of

preaor~

ion.,

ho~·

.ver,

number of leaks

·~·ere

found

but

were not

consid red to .1e

or

a serious atur

• uring

(7)

-

s

-d:ry,

.nd

than

atcr

110n

put in a

ration

,

rutlCl'l

w

ter

\~7aS

lost on aooow ..

t

or

loakage

.

Arrant~,e!"J.ants

}U.\Ve

beexl

m

ttd.

no\.

40 hat

~

n

.

· ii,;i

!!'.£·_1nta:tned

oon~tantly 111

tl1e

P1I)O

'rhi.o

1

-prevents

ny

~;raat

loss

of

~·t1ter

from

leakage

tU'ld

also

add.v

to

~he

cr ioiency

ot

th~~

struc :uro

.

R pair

to this l:tn.e

tBtteh

atJ

nadine

net;

f..,

~.:a

vel'S

find

patohin.t~;

t:tte

t1ajor

let1~-.:a

ara

M.z;ltte~ l~aqui:rlt

nH~nts,

'b"1t

1 +:hin

e

aho1

1

t

t1r.J.e

..

anti a

piA;

)

line

will

h

to b

r~pl""

.

Jd.

:·'o

inslh} ,:ion

was

· .:~.acta

of

·t;h'l

u -per end

of

this

wood.

-

~tflVf~

pir>e

.

A

l ..

· 1·ga

eemi

-

o1roule.~..

flU:.te

orossin

.t

"'

an arro.,·o

,

on

the

:ma111

oanel

W

11 ti.;,

exa.mine<l

,

and

a:ppeart)\

1

to

b~

n

·~ood

cotldition

.

It

'tay co

naooss ry

tt'

rep1 oe the

~urved

lrie

tal

sl- $EJc1a1 of

this

flura~

vri

thi.n

tho

-nt:~xt

1

5 to

10 .

yecJ.rS

,

hov;e

v

e·

,

'l1e

t

1mb

r

structure

.11

not

need

ttan.t;ion

ro~

eo

e

· iraa

• The headgat

· ea tllo.ug

t

he

:nt,in

oa.n.el

.

ana

pr.$ ..

no.ip~l

later

J

f;

· re

g

.!1

rttl.ly

iT

taix

'-"hapa

• h

ese str

u

ct

u

r

e

s

ar

e

made o

.

oon~'

te

p

ro

vid

e

d

w

i

th metal ga

t

es

.

~rhe

s

ma

l l

di to

1 tl"'uotn

xes

lf

w

hic

h were

made

o

f

V-lO

Od,

w

ere

i

n

p

oor

'"oncii

·:t

'

~ a!!(~

.e

J

r

·ould

pro

bt,bly ::lt.tve

to

fJ

rop

~o

rl.

• frhe

Huas

nr1, thistJ.e.s

lodt:!l!lf~

in

the

d1

tohEHl

he

"ire

oausod

eonaicl

ra.bla

trouble,

end

in

El •

cnses

th bttrnin

of

· w

eda

t us

aec~

· u.la:t,

d

hna

da

.g

d these

coch:.:n

· 1~

• ture

,

Appended Ta.buluti ns

In

te.

·le

l i s slo;n

the

·eoord

of

re!Der

o1r

storage

in

ColeJ:-,

oh.aras ,..

nd Br

d!'o~

d.

1. eaervoir

~or

the

period

l92G

to

1954

.

Th

amotmt

ot

storage stein

u

~ ra

-

f~et

(8)

-7

has

boen

deter

1ned

by

th

·a

e- .. a

ght

raadi.ngs

s

t.o the o

a

paei

t;r

table

b

· n

se" on

tl

e

ot

... iginal

survey~

m

ttde

t!a

y

ysu;...,s ago.

There 1·"' ev·

t:'

re

~iOn

to

belitlVtl

that

· tb.e p

.

resont c

p

nci

ty

of

·tb()Se

reso:rvcrit·~ i~

not that

er na

:

nen.t

fil!:J.ng

· of sand, 1

t ia suspected that

tl1e

·tatiuln

t

· ed

a

:

m

u

unta of

stor

ge

1 ,~.

ao l>o-reet

are

in exc s of

tho

ct11al

I·t

l11ll

be

'"

l

O

"

·~ed

in

this table

that

i

.

orne

irurtanoes

the

· gase-he1

p

,ht

rea<"11nl~

ha.s 'been reduced

a sn.tlll amount

durin

g

t,e

mott

~os

.

111 storage

~

,

have

been

dtte

to se

,pt\JJ:O

e

n

ove.pora.ti.ont

hov

~

ovel'"

all

:rechlctions 111

~f,.

o he:l

~ht

have been oona"d ..

•ed

.r-ts

withdr

-·al-.

f.I

1

f

bla I! :to

oceantially

a transorfption of the

:t*tfHlt>rds

of' diversion

tr

.

m

th~ 41~1Gl"fano

R1 or thro

.ffh

tl e

Or

1 ndo

Oanal

No

.

5 which

are on :rile at

t;he

Sta+

;

e

Eng!

e<:rr's

oom..pJe

t~,

a

d

,as

a

' 1

hole

· he,, are

irJ~ui"ficif'nt

ttpon

'

\~~hich

to base flofini ta

oonolusions

• ..:'able III 1

~

t:

su.x.,

z·y

OJ

.

1

the data

t

;:t

van

in

tJ

·~

e

(9)

1. i'MORA D'O'tJ

core

t•

NI:tlG

TI

1A'l' ,_

oUP

LY

FOR TH

J

~XCEI

IOR

•.AR

• I

1

'l'HE .ARKANS

tf

RIV

VlLI

-:i

I EAR

PUJ:l~BLO,

COLORADO

.

By R

.

L

.

Parshall,

~

nior Irrig

tion m inee

,

U.

• Department of

A

riculture

,

Bureau o igiicul r 1

En

ineering

,

Fort Collins, uolor do,

June

25,

1935

.

This

f

rm 1- irr

pated

at

th

present

time fro

ree.

sources of

FV

ter supply,

namely

,

direct

flof rights

rom

the

ve

throuph the

.c;xcelsior

and

Booth-Orchard

Grove

Ditches

,

uroh se reservoir ater

~elivered

into the

Excelsior

Dttc;h

and

by

five net

,

.umpir1g

plants

located near

the

.est

side

of

"h

farm

.

Exc lsio

Di.tch

The

txcelsior

.ui

tc

1,

hich is

the principal

sourc

·-

of

supp

l

y,

diverts

later

from the Ar ns s River a

about six miles e

st

of

Pueblo

a.

d

... erve

a

tract

1 o•

~

o.s

the

.. ae

sior Fa

1oo ted o

tho

north

the

river

be

een

De

ine

and

:rorth

Avond

irri ated in

1930

totals bo t

2000

acre

three

i

terests s

ollo

Excelsior

La1d

and Iivestoc

Go

.

B. A

.

Shelton

Avondale Al alf Hill

&

Elev tor Co

.

1 _•

The

, divide

point

o·

land

de of

.

rea

among

850 acres

270 _"

900 _"

Total

2020

aor·s

Ori,inally the xcelsior

Ditch

w s

stpplied

by

priority

No

.

4 dated 1864:

for 50 second

-

feet of

water

.

J,a

ter this

ri~·ht

w

s tr nsferred o that the

Bessemer Ditch

obtained 20

second

-

feet and the

Rocky

Ford

Hi.~hlin ~.

Canal

4 second

-feet

.

n return the

;xcols

or

Ditch

secured 20 second

-feet from

the

Besse

er

Ditch undex

it

prio~i

ty

1~0

.

55 dat d'

(10)

-2-Canal under

it

priority

N

o

.

60 dated

Januax 6, 1890

.

These later decrees ,

1~0

not

suffj.OJ.ent

to furnish an

, dequate s

pply

of water for th pre .... ent 2000 acrc.s

irrigat-ad

.

Booth-Orchard Grove Ditch

.

i

1

_{he Excelsior}

_Lan""

1

_and

_Livestock

_uompany

_{hoJ.d 68}

_.58

shares of

i;he

Bo"'th

...

Qrohard

Grove Ditch

water

furnishing

;ater to part of the .es side

o~

the

farm

.

This ditch

compa.ny!s s1-ares are classified

eccord1n

g

t\...;

tl

e1r several

appropriations as follows:

April

1861.

7 second-feet, Orchard Grove, Class

A

April

1864, 8

tt ft

_Booth

"

A

pr

18?1.

l

sec6nd-'foot.

_"

tf

_l

April

1882.

2 second-feet,

_"

,,

11. Ma:'t

l8S8, 2

.

2

· second-feet,

Booth

tf

_B

April

1892,

3 _-~

'"'

Jf

"

n

,.,

c

April

1894,

7

ff

"

Orchard

Grove

f

c

Ther~

are 900

ol-as A, 105

c

lass Band 510

c

l

ss C

shares

issued

by

thin

oompany

.

une

share of a.Jl alas es is

equivalent to

1/50

second-foot

or

at.cr.

Cla~s

A

shE1res

are valued

at tout

100 to

;iJl25

a:nd

constitute

the depend ble

supply of

t

e

d.i

toh

•. Class

c

shares

rc

not

cons

idored to

be

o

special

importance,

and

m

any of theJe out

tanding

h ve

been

turne

r

l

bac .. to the

\JOmpt:illY.

At

tbe present time about

300 are

held

by

the

water users under

the

d.i tch

*l'he Exc

lsior

Land.

dd Livestoc

k

Company's

88 .

58 shares are

dirideo.

equ

lly

betwee ..

c

lass A

and

class

c

.

The deliver of Booth-Orahnrd

G-~.ove

Ditch water to the

E

xcelsior Fnrm is

throurh

the

extreme lo er

en

d

of ... he

a.is~r·bu.tion

systcn.

For

thi~

part · cular

d.i

tch

it

is assumed

tha.'t

1

he amo

1 t

or

.-a

ter

(11)

than

1 econd-feot

cont ·nuons

flo

1 .urin

t~

.

.1.e irr

g

tion

sea

on

.

Pumping

Pl

nt

• D

ring

· ·arch

19 5, fiv . tode n irriga on

ells

were

p

t

do~n

long

t

e

loler

aid

o

the

poelsior

v·tc

in

the

t~

of

~

ction

34 .

1ese wells re

400 feet

pa

t

nd

bo

t

one mil nor h r

.

t

1n

channel

of

·he

r

ns

s

River

nd

e

C

OS

nOUO>h

0 th

ditc

1

0 h

t

a.

hort

disc

~

ipe deli

r

th

re m

into

the

d1.tch

chann

1 .

hose

11 ..

ha

2

, ' 1

mpster met

1 c

i

'

24 inches

in

di

et r

,

nd

"'er

a.bou

37 f

et

ee

_•

11 os

•

1 ,

2,

3 and 4

r

equip. ed 7"th

0 e.on

t rb1 e

.p

'

a1

ect

conn

cted

·th

~lectrio

motors.

lell

o

.

5 1 46 feet

deep

.

It

is

equi

ped

ith

o ern turbine pump

nd o ·rP.d

·ith

a.

Conti ent 1

soline en ine

.

hese .ells h

ve

been

e

· ted or ca ac

y

o

y1e1d

fter

~ev

1 ho rs of continuos umpin

g

1th he o lo. n

reo

uJ.

t

ell

-l

2

3

4 On

bout

10

15

15 G

his

20 Po

H.P

.

ff

"

n

"'

_tt

"

cline

basi

cre

-

fe

Cos· d· t

was

r

·~lectric

IY

otor

f

"

n

tf

"

en

ina

the~

,

iva ell

t

of

ater

p

r

24 obt in

n

e.ls

continuous run

of

18 d

_•

•£h

·o

s

340 .

20,

d

en

ba

d

on

t

0 Di

charge

• p

.

m.

'Se'C'7-

t

•

650 l

.

A-5

1100

2 .

46 1000

2 .

22 llOO

2 .

48

900

2 .

00 Total

Io

.

S9

ould

be

c

:p

ble

of pro

uoi

g

hours

.

1,

2,

3 au

cover

in

r

CO·t

for this

period

(12)

or

H

tot

1 oi"

306 acre

-

1'ea

t

delivered

,

the unit cost er aore

-:toot \res

wl

.

l l

for

the

powor

alone

.

The

cost

ot

wollu

,

2 ,

3 and

, equipped,

w

'3

,4500,

nd the fou""' sheet metal shelters

\itere estimated

at

$50

ee.oh

.

'

rhe

oost

o

· r a \fJoll co plete on

this

basis would be 117-

• .Assumin

g

an

annual deprecJ.ation ana

maintenance charge of 15 percen·t or

~186

.

25 and

~50 f~or

taxes

a

.

nd

in

.

ci

1 .ntel

=

there

-:-ould be

a :fixed

charge of

236 .

25 per

l~ell

or a tot- 1 of$1181

.

25 for

the five

· wells.

For the purpose o

est1mating

uni . costs

tt is assumed. that

tho

oost of

\J

ell

No

.

5 'jnas

approxj.mately

that

of the other

four w·clls, namely

i)

J

175 .

o~

t

thifl

basis :for a total of 15

I

acre

-

feet per

day

from the five ells for a

1 eriod of 200

days the fixed charge

.

o·~..1ld

be a

p

proxima

1e1

··

>O

.

39 per acre

-foot.

t a reasonab ... e ·harg for orver tho total cost

would

be 71

.

50 pet

ac:x.,e

-

foot

of

water

delivered

.

It

is

to

be

pointed

out

· "that as

the

annu, 1 amoun-t Q1' water

ptttrP)Od

is

decreased the nit fixed charge

,iill

incroaso

.

A per· od

of

200 days or continuous pumping

i

)ht be c

nalder~d

es

maximum

.

General Comment

.

The

appended

tabulatton

shows the amount

of

W<:tter

in

:;_ere

-feet divert

eel

from the

A

rkansas

.Hi

ver under decrees

No

.

55 and No

.

60, t,ogether

uith

purchased reservoir ater .htcb

is

liat(:~d

at 10 percent les

s

· ·than

the

a.l~Ount

b

Yught

in

storage

.

'

1 b.is reser roir

water is delivered on

a

lO

-

yoar

contract V?it

n

the Columbine

Ditch

Com:pa~ry

at

two

aollars per

acre

-

foo"- measured

it

storage

.

'rhis

contract expires

Nove her

30 ,

1941

.

1

1'he

recognized official c

1arge in

transferrin€'

(13)

as

10 percent of tha

total acre-feet oved in

the

river

.

This

reservoir

water

is

distributed

between

tte Livestock

Com

any

end th

..

Mill-Shel·

on

a:rea

on

a

ratio equi\""nlent

to

the

d

i

tell.

shart~~

ov:rned

or

74 percent

a.nd

26 p.

ro

·.n.t

respect

-ively

.

'this division

of

\:ate

is

u

proximatod

b~r

running the

full

flow

of

'the

di

tcb to

the

nill

Uompnny a..nd

Shel

tOll

creage t.o

days

ou· of

~och

eight

days

.

Under

the

Excelsior

.u:t

tah

th~re

arc

tlO'

v~

issued

3333

.shares

of

water

at a

par

v lue

or

~en

dollars and are held

by

the

follow1n~

11tarestss

Excelsior Land

& Llvestoak co

.

Av-ondale

lilf.a.lfa

·!',::.:tll

~t.

!!:levator

Co

.

B

.

A

.

Shelton

Oa

los

M'.

De

is

J

,

E. Barlow

Total

Thes~

shares

re

'based

on

the

full

river

second-feet

.

2099

shares

878 u

352 tt

3 "

l

share

· 3333

sht

1~es

supply of 60

Tlle investigation of

tho

w

t

'

er

C!Up

ly

through

the Excelsior

Ditch

appears to

·7n:rrant

the

conclu

··ion that

this

supply

is

oJuple for

the

11res:ant

irriga:t<~d.

ares.

or

s:v ·

ro:timately

2000

acres

.

~ith

the addltional

suppleme"Jtal

supply

from

th

.

e

five

.vells, establishe<l in

.

.larch

1935,

v.rhich

is

assuned to

be about 4000 acre

-

feet

,

the

total supply

would

tlen

be

sufficient e.nd

adequa·te

without

doubt

.

Liberal estimates

of

coat for pumping appear to

give

a

figure

per acre

-

foot less

than

the

cho.rge

for

a similar

quantity of storage or reservoir water

.hich

tor this

proj~ct

is purchased under

contract

at

~2

.

00 per

acre-foot

or

~2

.

22 lvhen

doli

ered nt

he

headgate

of

he Excelsior

Ditch

.

It

is

ell to call

at·antion

to tho

matter of

pumping for

(14)

-

6 -durins the past couple

or

yearB

thero has

been

a large

number of

neVI

wells

put

dotm in 'favorable

locs.;

tiona,

no·t only

in

the Ar

ransaa

RiV.\

VaJ

ley

but

elsOt1he

,

:.e

in CoJ.o:r:ado for

the

purpose of furnishing

suppl ma tal

ter

maoh1nery with h1glcr

ef:fioieroy :promote ths ooonom.ie develop

-ment

or

undergroun(l ·water

supplies

.

No defini t0 statement can

be

made at

~

is time as

to the

limitation

of securing

suppl:e

entc.

l "'11ater

sup

.lias

~ither

from

a

physical standpoint

o:r le@al. restr:lct:i.ona..

t

1

_he

_.

_{e:x:pcirienca in other states ap ;:,ears}

to indicate that legal

re@u~ation

or

pumpino

has been found

neoes ...

y

i.

nrotectin

tl

is phas ·· of.

.

irr

i

:;a

· io a ri cul

tur

• At this time there are no legal restrictions in

Colorado

,

but 1

t

is not

unlikt,ly

tha·t

aome :regulatory

measures

r<tay

be

introduced. in

the

future to

govern

the amount or ertent

wa te

m

y

be

wi

c~hdra

.,.n

fron1

the underground

· lo

• Natural

snrings o

pure water

outcrop

a.

1on ...

ale

which

wotlld provide sufficient «mnestic

wat~1r

under

ordinery

yenra

to

supply

several

fam1 ies

.

Summary of

tater

Suppl~

and

· Costs

.

Average

river

water

(1924

-

1934)

Columb.ine D:ttch

Oo

.

(oontraot ending Uo

• 4544

acre

-

feet.

for

2000

aore

-

foet

· Booth

-

Oroha

1'\d

t11:·ovc

Di

toh, es

..,ima

ted

Five pumping

plants

es

imat\~d

to produce

ore

-

feet

per

day

for

200 days

Total

Area to be irrjgated

in 1935

30,1941)

20 Gross

duty

:p€~r

a ore

i

1c

1_ud1ng

puJnping

plants

Gros.s

duty

per

~1cre

• net

ineludin~

pumping

plants

~

~800

n

"

400 _"

tf

4000

ff

'

"

!0

7

44

I

ft

·-;r-2020

o.ci~es

5 .

3 acre--feet

3 .

3

rt ff

Avera,~e

annual

cost of \7ater sunply • l92il

~.~o

1934

,

nc

t

ncJ.udin

... n

w

e

1 w544B

.

oo

(15)

ACRI~-FEET

DIVT£RTED FROH

A'R¥JiN

3.A~

RIYEB

'J.l.FL1 0 J·'""H :!XCE!SIOH

DITCH

I~·.

G 1 UniNG PUR G

F:

AS

1<~D

Month

!9:!4

-~!§~

Jan

.

l''eb

..

320 J.~ar

.

_Apr

.

1050

40 t...ay

1220

220 J·une

1260

...

..-July

340 ?50

Aug

.

750 sept

.

--~:ii!lllf

100 Oct

.

~·

--..-rov

.

4'70

vee

.

240

180 Total

acre-ft

.

4110

2840

if"ea .l-ater

aore-ft

.

Hiver

water

acre-ft

.

411.0 2840

Days

98

102

~

2000

ltcres

River

Duty

2 .

06

1 .

42 Total

Dutl

2 .

08

1 .

42 Note:

RESERVOIP

;~.A:PB'R.

1

#24

to

l934t-

inclusive

.

I9m.f--y'g2ii'

!9'28"

I9~.;~~o·

!93!

19~2

..

!932;

680 740'

520

310 200"

-rwo

1050-~-

-

40

380

560

450 &10

480

80

480

190

320

10.0

280

530

100

250

540

520 4-'z.O

280

60

970

400 ?20

490

150

~"/20

₂₄₀

_5?0

1r150

1520

2090

1400

900 5BO

/l?:oO

2550

960 1230

1040

12SO

1120

780

880 1330

620

650

740 1320

1290

520

34.0 llOO

120

110

410

880

170

210 ~~00

190

400

420 '

990

400

410 ...

...

₅₂₀

₄₆₀

₇₉₀

960

310

620

420 1000

930

.-if~Bo..,._..,.

20 6~330

6020

'7700

8660

7790

5880

4780

6950

350 1080

1080

1350

2212

23~54

1814

1855

5970

4940

6620

7310

5578

3526

2966

5095

155

186 2~2

266

254

20 ?

156

130 2000

2000

2 .

98

2 .

4?

3 .

31

3 ..,

85

2 .

78

1 .

76

1 .

48

2 .

54

3 .

1'7

3 .

0l

3 .

85

4.3~)

3 .

90

2

• .

94

2 .

89

3 .

98 This

table

i~

?aaed

on

datct.

obtained

r

₁

om

_{t l1}

a

st--~

₀

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170

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380 4ZO

620

150 2950

1921

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156 2000

0 .

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l\1J!Th10RAN.DUM

CO.t~CER1

ING

TITR W.P

TE~R

SUPPLY

OJ?

~"PHE FRUI'I'lJ~ND

DITCH

~1

C NON

CI~Y,

COLO ADO.

By R

•.

L

.

Parshall

,

Senior

Irr1

r.;a

t

ion Engineer

,

u

.

s.

Department of

A.grlculture,

Bureau of Al2:ricultural

En§~ineerin.g

,

.Fort Collins, Colorado

• June 25,

1935.

The Fruitland Ditch derives

its

supply through the

extension of the pJ.:pe line

which

furnishes Canon City with

i

tn domest 1c v.4:1ter supply.

4

_l

_'

_his

_~0-inch

₁

_ine,

_principally

of wood-stave

construction, is about

?

miles

long

and at

present has a

capacity

of

1~

to 15

seoon~-feet

.

The concrete

diversion works consisting of

re8ulating

gates

and

sand

settling

basins are located on the south side of he

canyon

upstreo.m

from the Royal Gorge. Because of the

location

of

this line through the

narrot

river canyon,

maintera.noe

is

found to be

Ezomevvhat

above the average

for

similar

lines

located

under more favorable conditions

.

From the ruain

settlinp; tanks

of

the

city•.s

ria.terworlcs

~

located about one

mile west of the toJn, a 30-inoh steel and wdod-stave pipe line

extenlls eastward for

a. distance

oi'

about

1~

miles to a point

just

north

of

the city limits.

.A.t

this place

tl

e open channel

of the

.~

·rui

tland Ditch extends

northea.st nbout

t

;ao

miles

and

serves

approxin~tely

lOOOto

1100

acres of

land

.

lf'he Canon

City

domestic

~·ater

supply, diverted from the

Arkansas

River,

is

under priority

~o.

17 dated

Ma

30 ₁

1863

for 95 second-feet, and the balance or ?7 second-feet is tbe

right of the Canon C:lty

!Iydraulio and Irrigation Ditch

Cmpany.

Th9

present needs

of

the

city

are

ahout

3 second-feet

.

The Fruitland

Ditch

is furnished

~ater

by

the city on a

(17)

per second-foot

.

•rhis

contract

expires in 1936 but is

subjee·t to rt:1:newal on

this

same basis

.

1

_he

_J:ltrui

_tle.ud

Ditch

Ccnupany was orgqnized o.t;Ol1t 189::.>

.

At

this

time

t•ere are

about 40

,

000 shares

outstar ing of

uhic~

tl

.~

c1

ty o ns lO

,

000 £tnd

the remainder is held among

the

several \¥Jater users

.

'l'he present \Jnlue per share

is

qu.oted at

8 cents

.

It

1:.>

assumed thav 50 shares per

acre

ip taken as

t.:;he

bctsis

o'f distri.bution or is

equivalent

to

.!~4

.

oo

per acre as a water

· righ .

• *the

pipe line and open channel of

t

1e

.i.rrui tla11d Di toh

a.re in

goc"~d

condition

.

Headgate structures for

regulating

flO't'

to users are concrete equipped

,li

h metal gates

• Bea use of the

apparent

runple

vtater

supply no

acc~urate

measur

i

ng

devices are used in

propol"tioning

the water, to

the individual user

.

It

is

expected.

because of the heavy

soilo irrigated

by

this aitch that too much water is used

.

A high

water table prevails generally

·t.hr·oughout

this e.rea

.

~he

early priority to water from the

river~

the excess

capaoi

ty

of the pipe

line

supplying the c

i

ty·~

· .s

needs, the

v

ity

'

s

interest

in

tho ditch in funtishing

wator

for

irrigation of

town

lots a.ud the continuation of' contract

insurer.. an £tdequa. te supply of water foi.t the 1000 ac1tad of

(18)

Coloraao

StE.te

College

,

· o

:;

oll1w

~

qol..ox

.

do

, July

g.,

1935

.

lu~

""c;r•:!:'.i.i;>

t

Su~·c~in..,..ondtr

,t

~

.

B-'oa i

ores Rt:-t.

~.ch

,

Puab

o, Co

or

~a~

:'!""

Sir:

In ... rcpar:i.n

..

the l,...,I

ort

conaovni

· g

thu

Clrabho..x·£:iS

!rz~1~

'f'lt,

ion

0o1upnny

,

I round

~;h

.

t

1 t

l<JOUJ

d b

ot

..

~

!t

1 :tge.ted

aretfi

on

'"')

...

oa.

1926

· to

1934, inclu.siv

anti

if

it

I

L>-

o

t.~..l4:

lik

~

to

""'ttv

t

o

'li

1rr1gution

~ystem?

(19)

Colorado

t>tat0

Collegelt

Fort

Collins

1

no

lorado,

July

9

11

1935.

Mr

.

C.~

.

Beach

,

Division

Enginee

r.

Cham.ha:r of

Commerce

Bl~ilding

.

Pueblo, Coloxa

u

o

.

Dear F:I:r. Beach

:

I am enclosing a note to be forwarded to

:~r

.

Ferris,

Superintendent o_ the

Broad Aores

Bancl~.

I

nave mislaid

his

address~

end

1 should

appreciate

it

if

you.

uonld

address the

E:nclosed

envelope to

1~r

.

]"ferris

in

(.)-der

'

that

I

.

ay

reoa:tve

further

inforrttt:tt1on from him at an esrly

date

.

Hl.l?:ls

eno

• .

2 Yours

Vfn.~

y

truly,

R-

L

jiiJ

Parshall,

(20)

THE COMPANY WILL APPRECIATE SUGGESTIONS FROM ITS PATRONS CONCERNING ITS SERVICE _1201-S

CLAss OF SERVICE

This is a

full~rate

Telegram or

Cable.-gram unless its

de.-ferred character is

in.-dicated by a suitable

sign above or

preced.-ing the address.

WESTERN

UNION

R. B. WHITE NEWCOMB CARL TON J. C. WILLEVER

PRESIDENT CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT

SIGNS

bL = Day Letter NM =Night Message

NL =Night Letter LC = Deferred Cable NL T = Cable Night Letter

Ship Radiogram

The filing time shown in the date line on telegrams and day letters is Standard Time at point of origin. Time of receipt is Standard Time at point of destination.

Received at 168 North College Ave., Fort Collins, Colo. Phone 303

VU6

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GOVT~BERKELEY

CALIF

R

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PARSHALL~

COLO AGR EXP

STATIO~

J

UL

1

₉₃₅

JUL 2 AM 7

MINUTES IN TRANSIT FULL-RATE

I

D~Y LETTEit

RELEASE FRUITLAND DITCH ARTICLE AUTHORIZED BUT SUGGEST YOU

EMPHASIZE

.

REPORT COVERS WATER SUPPLY

O~L~

STOP NOTE ERROR

REGARDING ACREAGE LAST LINE FIRS1 PARAGRAPH PAGE 0 E=

~11

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WESTERN UNION MESSENGERS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE DELIVERY OF NOTES AND PACKAGES

(21)

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(22)

THE COMPANY WILL APPRECIATE SUGGESTIONS FROM ITS PATRONS CONCERNING ITS SERVICE _1201-S

CLAss

OF

SERVICE

This

is

a full,rate

Telegram or

Cable~

gram unless its

de~

ferred character is

in~

dicated by a suitable

sign above or

preced~

ing the address.

WESTERN

UNION(

4 S)

.

R. B. WHITE NEWCOMB CJI.RLTON J. C. WILLEVER

PRESIDENT CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD FIRST VICE•PRESIDENT

SIGNS

DL = Day Letter NM =Night Message

NL =Night Letter LC = Deferred Cable NL T = Cable Night Letter

Ship Radiogram The filing time shown in the date line on telegrams and day letters is Standard Time at point of origin. Time of receipt is Standard Time at point of destination.