noon of October
first
In the end , after many interviews and much investigation and discussion , Crawford made Gray see the matter the way he saw it . The P. C. & . W. contracted to begin work on a line from Crawfordsville to Valley City and on across the desert to the main transcontinental railroad at Indian Creek the day that sufficient water to irrigate fifty square miles of land had been brought into this part of the ` valley . ' It was agreed by both contracting parties that the water was to be brought to this spot by noon of October first , or all contracts became null and void . `` The day that Gray agreed for the P. C. & W . Mr. Crawford put men to work on the first preliminary survey . He had already the necessary water concessions .