Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-08-16
TALKS ON WATER.
Sale Of the Artesia1 Well Plant and
How the Buyer Proposes to
Utilize it.
VIII the Test Well in the Valley be
Ahantcned2 Water Development
and Its Result.

Another blessed shower last night. For
hese small fayors let us be thankful, not
forgetting in the meantime, however
hat water is practically the basis OF al
values in this country, These shower
IRE welcome, but at the same time there
y an element OF danger in them; they
will make the mayOrdomo cease lynn
Town by the stea! waters and may sery,
10 quiet the present agitation Of TINS sub
,ect-a most important one. The great
trouble here is that We have too much
water Just enough to quiet 4 pOpula
lamOr for more, and not enough to sup
ily our present needs, The people, after
An, are all ARKANSAS travellers" after
fashion; when it rains they can't ROOF
heir houses, and When it don ram thPy
ton't need roofs, So it is with our reSpr-
yoirs, someWh hat, for about the time the
uhect is well under discussion and We
.nlnk We actually lave our foundation
takes driven the lAln comes and damp
ms the ardor OF everybody,
However, this water question, as pre-
.iously remarked many times is very
prious one 1t is coming to lie realized
low that water, and not land, is the basis
i values in this country. Without w0te
and is vaIueess. One can not offer 10,
ale lands htreubouts that he is not met
Nth the query: what is YOUR Wate'
supply ?" Where lands are worthless ali
business stagnates, and thus it is that lhe
water problem i9 80 lar-reaChing, affect
ing every business enterprise III the COM
IIunitV. DO the business men Of Santa
Re take this view Of it, Would not the
business OF the butcher. the baker, the
zeal estate man, the bankeraudmerchunt,
ven the LAWYER, and, possibly, the doctor,
ne doubled within a year of The time that
he sp endd lands about Santa Fe arr
brought under cultivation? How can this
be done without first developing the sub.
erranean Water flows known to eXis
ere, or saving the vast quantities ol
water TINT now are allowed to flow past
our door-ways and 20 absolutely to waste .
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The arteSlan well pant WAS sold ycster
lay. The company got into trouble
through bad management, suits were
resslng on notes long overdue, and they
rad to sell it. In the hands OF competent
men this plant is worth at least IS, 900. L,
VAS sold for $500. This il about enough
TO pay the Old company entirely out OF
debt then, perhaps, new start vii! 1T
made. I. T. a; FISCHER, sol. SpleEeI'
T I, ~ o'' Tn,f, "; u 'T""' W
clancy, HERMAN Iindhejm, Gqorye
Draughon, Antonio Ortiz Y Sala2ar, L
" FTahZ-these are me men VINO laVor a
oI1i'l''it W. e. tia0 ~ sN 'Il " ~,
believe il can he made n success, me
-ame reasons that prompted this endeavor
prevail to-day. The test has
not been made, and the matter
should not be allowed TO rest
untl It is made. This is the view that q
-reat many people take Of il. 1t ought IT,
be an easy matter to lind 100 men in Santa
Ee who will subscribe $2j each to make
such test. Nobody would 70 broke on
it ut this rate, and, II it were successful
Why, boom" would he no name for the
apld growth OF Santa lie and all her bust
ness interests. Place $1,000 i'll bank and
then make Il contract With Mr. Franz
Alamosa friend to bling his machinery
here and make the test, ho to give bond
Tor faithful performance OF the contract
and not 10 receive cent till the job is
done. Nv
Teodoro Martinez is A county commits
sioror oooinst ,.ho,,, +I,o noo,,,o Lovo l,od
AWAY "7"''''' "''0N '''I f,'F'N law Law
a just cause o! com plant lof Years lie
OWNS large pond near the "a.equl~
uadre. " and it is CHARGED that he appro.
,.;,toa.hn natox. !, ,t,ot ,li,,L a,.,,
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Use AT any ana Oil umes "l'hout regard 10
the rights Of other people or the wishes of
The ma,ndonos, ele' ted 10y the people
to Justly distribute the waters. lie makes
GOOD use OF the waters to his own acc cunt.
He harvests ice in winter and trout in
sumner and when the supply is shortest
and every body clsmoring for his share,
Mr. Martinez ntilizea them to run his Crist
mill. Complaints have been long and
inrd IN thia arrOurt Savaral parjeuprs