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<br />Superintendent's <br /> <br />Report <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />~ <br /> <br />'(-;...... .\'-:T~.:- ~.lUTU'\r. fi-tr..rGATIO:"J' CO\TPAX\1 <br /> <br />TO <br /> <br />The Amity Mutual Irrigation Company <br /> <br />TO THE DIRECTORS A~D STOCKHOLDERS: <br /> <br />Uentlemen: <br /> <br />Th~ following statements concerning the operation and illaill- <br />tenance of The Amil\' Mutual Irric:ation COllliHlIl\'. it~ CanOl]:,; ul1,1 re- <br />r'lLrvoir system, are ~ubmitted for ?!-~our cOll!'lideration. <br /> <br />A'\IITY CANAL <br /> <br />19G1 was a year oC abo\;e average wat2r supply f()r ?tlJd;:- <br />hol.aers of rhe Amit\' 5\'stem. The quantit" of wal~r -diverted bv the <br />Amit.... frolll the Ark:ansas IH\'2f was at rthout normal. hut sever,il in- <br />stanc'es or be,n-y rain on all sec:tions of the system created an a.hund- <br />2.nt supply or 1ll0igtur~ lhl'()uglll)Ut most of Uw :rrigation sea.son. The <br />benefits of the lllois:nl'e. howe\'er, \\'2re partially nullified by a frost on <br />September 25, on2 of tile earliest or record,. <br />Seven ('Uns or water were ehar!-;"ed to stockhold(m:; during the <br />8c'ilson, In additiori, 5S .:il'l.r.~ of sIH'alJe-1 "free" water ""'as run in the <br />Amity Can a\. Th'2',a':eril"_:e deli'o'er, '])21' share up to Oeto~l2!' 31 was ~.l!l <br />acre feet, compal':d with :,51 :l.~re fs~t in 1~60. <br />Deli\'ery of water \\,:1.:::; started on April 12. 011 this date 300 <br />seeond feel were released from John i\lartin Dam for Amity use, ThIS <br />amount was diverted from the Arkansas ,River until April 2~, when <br />JC'hn :Martin Res~noir rLln dry, From this -date until :\1ay 25 the <br />.--\m it \' -delh'ere-d o:d)" water from the Great Plains He,:en-oirs, On l\lay <br />25. di\"l:~rsilJns wer.e again hegun from the Arknnsas. During the after- <br />nOOIl aud evening of June 2, a partir_ularly severe rain and hail slrlrm <br />swept the entire length of the Amity Canal. This storm d~j gr::-at <i,1m- <br />age to erops and personal property. It was only through t11'2 {liJigellc~ <br />\If our equipment oPerators and ditehridHs that the Amil)" sUf\"l\'ed <br />with hut one ~mall hr~'ak northwest of Lamar. This iJreak 'was quick- <br />Iv repaired an<l tlle l'anal was back in sen'ice h\" the afternoon of ,Tune <br />3. Ther~ ,1)('ing'1ittle demand for water,' no call' was made for dh'er- <br />sions ngain until June ::lO, During this interim period, some storage <br />was aCI'urnul.1te.a in John :Unrtill DMn. This stora~e was exhausted 011 <br />June :?S. hut river flow held up until the latter part of July, There was <br />:l comparatively dry 'Period fro111 July ~3 until August 5, with ~'mall <br />di\'ersions from the Arkansas From this date on, the water supply <br />was adequate. antI in most instances. plentiful. This con-rtition of high <br />river f!(l\\' \l.~<IS ulused /)\ good moisture condition and earll' snow 011 <br />1112: Ar:':aI15US wtl'tershed' which melted rap'idly, . <br />CUf"es ;md bogs wef2 ('lenneiJ along the entire lengt.h of the <br />(~r:nal in the spring. This canal ~s 81 miles in length, so it can he read- <br />ily seen that it reQuif('s som~ tillle to a(~coll1plish sllch a cleaning job, <br />An extensive project of rip-mpPing was {lone on the water-way near <br />Prowers, and both alJo,'e an:1 kdow t:l: rating flume in the canal <br /> <br />-16~ <br />