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Correspondence Of Penrose Melvin Sauder: (LNID) Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District Planning And Development

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Material Type
Manuscript
Date Range
1922-1957
Accession No.
19736300000
Physical Description
238 items. Contained in 4 Files.
Scope and Content
Correspondence of P.M. Sauder: (L.N.I D).Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District File 1 dates 1922-29. Correspondence: .1. Dealing with employees and pay schedules. .2. Between Alberta Government Telephones (AGT) regarding telephone service. .3. Ordering of trees and shrubs. File 2 date 1930-34. …
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Material Type
Manuscript
Date Range
1922-1957
Physical Description
238 items. Contained in 4 Files.
Physical Condition
Good
History Biographical
Canadian - Albertan. P.M. Sauder, during his career, held the positions of Chief Hydrometric Engineer for Alberta and Saskatchewan (1906-1920), Assistant Engineer on Section B, (LNID) Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District (1920-1923), Assistant Manager, (LNID) Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District (1923), and then became its manager (1923-1940). Sauder then became involved with the St. Mary - Milk River Development as its Colonization Manager (1950). He also served as Alberta's Director of Water Resources (1940-1944), and Manager of the Western Irrigation District (1944-1950).
Acquisition Source
L N I D
Scope and Content
Correspondence of P.M. Sauder: (L.N.I D).Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District File 1 dates 1922-29. Correspondence: .1. Dealing with employees and pay schedules. .2. Between Alberta Government Telephones (AGT) regarding telephone service. .3. Ordering of trees and shrubs. File 2 date 1930-34. Correspondence: .1. Ordering and planting tress and shrubs .2. Routine repair and maintenacne of head gates, canals etc. File 3 date 1935-1939. Correspondence: .1. Routine repair and maintenacne on flumes, pipes etc. .2. Ordering of tress and shrubs .3. Employees, pay schedules and ditch ridgers. .4. Numerous quotes on materials needed in repairs and construction. .5. 197-206 deal with puchaing right of way over Peigan Indian Reserve for their main canal and earth enbankment. File 4 date 1940-1957. Correspondence: .1. Dealing with routine maintenance and repairs .2. Report to the Provincial Treasurer giving reasons why irrigation districts and corporations shoud get provincial grants. .3. Correspondence between P.M. Saunder and different Goverments officilas Re: Public Highways Act.
Access Restrictions
Public Access
Accession No.
19736300000
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