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<br />000910 <br /> <br />3.11 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />0- <br /> <br />V~:..~ 4 little <br /> <br />help from Mother Nature, the need <br />brought back into focus on August <br /> <br />to do something about the <br /> <br />of <br /> <br />~~~~l~ proble~ was <br />;::~~ flooded for the second time that year. The City Attorney was instructed <br />~o ~~ocure right of way for the channels and to initiate condemnation pro- <br />if necessary. However, except for one or two properties, all were <br />c...d~"'i'I <br />..~~ to grant right of way without stipulation. <br />~e plans and specifications for the flumes were readied by the City <br />l~~L:eer on September 10, 1909, and the project was let for bid. Portland <br />Cr~ Flume was to be 2,450 feet long, ten f~et wide, ~d six feet deep. The <br />=..c.de Creek Flume was to be 2,300 feet long, eight feet wide and five feet <br />doep. Both flumes would follow their existing alignments and be made of <br /> <br />22, 1909, when Portland <br /> <br />j <br />\5 <br /> <br />cor-crete. 'l'he shape of the channels was to have a "rounding' on the bottom." <br /> <br />However, the City Engineer was still concerned about the political decision to <br /> <br /> <br />r~te the Cascade Creek flume along its present channel alignment because of <br /> <br />t'o problem of too shallow a slope at the lower end. The September 24, 1909, <br /> <br /> <br />~..ue of the Ouray Herald reported the following' <br /> <br />lat <br /> <br />...It develops that in order to build this flume to the river it <br />will have to be elevated some feet above the ground as the last 300 <br />feet of the proposed route contains no grade to speak of. It was <br />suggested that the concrete flume be built from the head of (Eighth) <br />Avenue to Third Street, and from Third Street on, a wooden flume be <br />constructed. The Engineer submitted two plans for this wooden <br />flume. One is a low line and the other is a high line. One would <br />stop short of the river and the wash which is carried down by the <br />creek would be allowed to fill in the low part below Third Street <br />and (al concrete flume (could be) continued at some later date... <br /> <br />oel <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />We are not sure what happened to this idea created to avoid a recog- <br /> <br /> <br />nizable potential problem except that when construction of the concrete flumes <br /> <br />was started, the concern was apparently forgotten. <br /> <br /> <br />By ordinance dated October 11, 1909, separate special improvement <br /> <br />districts plotted for each creek were officially formed and adopted by the <br /> <br /> <br />council. The Portland district included the area lying south of Sixth Avenue <br /> <br />extending to the river and to the hill, and contained 410 lots. The Cascade <br /> <br /> <br />district included all the property north of Sixth Avenue extending to the <br /> <br /> <br />river and to the hills, and contained 407 lots. Signatures were previously <br /> <br />ohtained in each district with a majority in favor of each respective project. <br /> <br /> <br />The matter of assessing property within each district had been a difficult <br /> <br />~..~,.,~ '.i,.-;r:r.- ..~,- ...:f.."....._I"""t'l!'..,.."...... <br /> <br />.r/'".~. <br /> <br />.~~ _._..~~ -~ <br /> <br />- <br />