Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-12-11
Te|egTaphic TidIings 6
THE COMING COUNTRY.
The Greatest Irrigation System in the
Southwest Rapidly Nearing
Completion
Up and Down the Eddy Canals in the
PeC0s VaiIey-A Gigantic
Enterprise.

From the Special Correspondent Of the D0il
New Mexican.
EDDY, N. NJ, Dec. 2.-The Daily NEy
MEXICAN, foremost in presenting all gen
une enterprises for the development o
New Mexico, has secured for this CORE
spondent the amplest opportunities fol
seeing and examining the Pecos valley
who has made personal investigation by
travelling on difficult roads over 100 miles
on the country Immediately fertilized by
the greatest system OF canals, not only in
the territory OF New Mexico, but in the
United States. Nearly as much more re-
mains of another inspection in the north
ern half of this newly irrigated region.
On the morning OF Thanksgiving day,
in comfortable conveyance with four
horses, started from Toyah, Texas, Tor
an overland journey Of ninety miles to
Eddy. n. NJ. The sun never measured
out anywhere in October a more perfect
day than this 2Sth day of November was
to the four passengers in that coach. The
exhilaration and comfort OF this ride was
proved by the fact that wide awake four
months old baby in its mothers arms in
our company did not for twelve hours on
that road claim its privilege of crying,
Our Thanksgiving dinner was taken in
the midst of plain which for forty-three
miles had not single habitation. Our
table was no narrow board, but as broad
and generous as the American continent.
Passing Screw Bean ranch fifteen miles
below,
DELAWARE FARM
opened its hospitable doors to us that
night. Here H. S. Church, well known
to hosts of friends in Santa Fe, has in
nine months changed a perfectly habit
less property, extending several miles
down both sides OF the stream to the
Pecos, to an improved district with farm
house, stable, wire fencing, substantial
dam and reservoir, five or six miles of ir-
rigating bitches, and 200 acres under cul- !
tivation to alfalfa, grains and fruit trees. |
The Delaware, which is small stream !
of transparent clearness, is the beginning
of the country over which the line of the
Pecos irrigation bitches extends and into |
which their overflow on tlsta west side OF |
the Pecos river will finally empty.
Delaware farm is the station where the
up valley mail from PEGS City meets the
mail coach from Eddy. This road has
been for eight months q thoroughfare sur
passing in the amount OF travel and trans
portation every other road in New Mex
leo. Three hundred freight wagons and
other teams have been constantly passing
and repassng from Pecos City to Eddy, Il
distance of ninety-fve miles, with the
enormous amount OF material and army
of laborers required by the Pecos Irfiga-
ton company's works. This immense
traffic is still at its height, and its increase
is assured by the demands OF the immi"
grafton now settling into the irrigated
districts and the building boom of the
town of Eddy.
A DAILY MAIL AND STAGE
line will on January be established
over the route from Toyah, Texas, on the
Texas & Pacific road, to Eddy, marking
new movement for the populating of this
valley.
Four Concord coaches with relays of
horses will traverse this road, covering q
distance of ninety miles in sixteen hours.
The contracts have already been let for
this route, which for months has taxed
private livery teams and the generosity of
Mr.. C. B. Eddy, the manager of the Pecos
The convenience, comfort and
rapid transit Of travellers thus promised
over one of the straightest and easiest
roads ever laid out, will greatly increase
the passenger traffic.
At Delaware farm our road draws near
to the Pecos river, which is five miles to
the east. We are also at the boundary
line of New Mexico and Texas. This re-
markable river and valley OF the Pecos
may be divided into three distinct sections
in its course through the eastern portion
of New Mexico.
THE PECos VALLEY.
The first division extends from the Del
aware to the canon, eight miles above Ed
dy, a distance OF forty-two miles. 1t is
bounded on the west by the sturdy range
of the Guadalupe mountains, and is
fully sixty miles wide. Here is unqes-
what will be the richest agri-
cultural region in the whole territory. 1t
is plain, covered with soil of fine, dark !
chocolate loan from sixteen to twenty
feet deep, From the Delaware to the
the Black river, both flowing from the
west, and the latter clear, powerful
stream, the soil has more of All adobe
character. with considerable gypsum. 1t
is now covered with low mesquite and
greasewood, but constitutes an unbroken
plain on the west of the river as suscepti-
BILE to irrigation as garden. On the east
aide of the Pecos the ground rises by n