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<br />A.-. a~rangeme~t for ay-oassirg and suicing out the <br />bottom sa'1d wOl;!d be a ....ecessary adjunc: to avo:d <br />scow _n tre s~phon. <br /> <br />DIVISION GATES AT GAGEBY. <br /> <br />The presert structure where the Kicking Bi~d Ca'lal <br />leaves the Fort Lvcn Canal consists of a series cf <br />J <br /> <br />woace'"'. ver:ical-lif: gates acrcss eacr canal. form'lg <br />one continuoLis strL..ctwe, 'JY !Tears of \vhich the flow!"": <br />eac'1 ca:'l be ~eg.Jlatec. The s:ruc:u~e consis:s of 17 <br />gates. of when. 0 a~e for :re passage of \vater i'ltc the <br />Kicki1g Bird C2na ana 7 for t'"'e Fc~t Lyon Canal. T'l8 <br />r2tive Coloraco :imaer in th's s~n..cture. \vnicr is noVi <br />abou: 12 years old. S'10V1S ev:dences cf decay, anc is ., <br />reed cf repair or reconstruction if it is to be ma,rtaineCL <br /> <br />The Superintendent of the Cara- Company, Mr. C. \lV. <br />Burke, has s~ggested t'1at these gates be e1tirely re- <br />moved and SLbstit...ted by one or two racia" gates to be <br />located two mi:es davm :he K'cking Bird Cana. througn <br />vihic'1 tl:e Fort Lyo'l Canal water C2n be drawn off. at <br />the side, leaving :he Kic-<:ing Bird L:nobs:ructed oy a....y <br />check gate across its cran'lel. The sJggestion s doubt- <br />less a good ene, 2nd manifestly an improvement over <br />present cordito:1s. appearing to be free from objectior. <br />and ,n every way e'1tireiy feasibe, if t~e fall avaPabie is <br />suffcient. This 'Tiatter requires a ',ttle furtf1er investiga- <br />ticr befo~e tne pian is matured. but :f it vlorks o;..,! favor- <br />2bly i wcul:) be specia1iy adva!'1tageous in permitt:ng <br />ce a'1d driftwood :0 oass or dewr tf-:e SIra;ont storaoe <br />,- ..,,,, <br /> <br />ca'1ai, wh;!e the fa!! betvveen the t\VO canals may suffice <br />to c~eate all the draft ~eeded to f'11 the Fort Lyon CanR <br />when it alone IS entitled ~o tne en~ire amou1t fiow;ng. <br /> <br />3-l <br />