Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-06-07


be very great. The members of the COM
pany are men Of experience and among
the most enterDrising business men OF the
west. They have ample capital with
which to back their undertaking, and the
thorough system with which they conduct
business is evidence that they are bound
to succeed, and that in few months the
Pecos valley will boast OF the greatest reser-
voir for the storage OF water on the con-
tinent. The work Of construction is to
be commenced about the first of August.
Some 200 men will be employed, and it Is
though: that at least eight months will be
required to finish it. One thing to be
said in favor of this company is that it is
going ahead making Improvements and
getting the country in which 1t operates
in thorough condition for tho settler be-
fore 1t asks the latter to locate in this Sec
ton. The present officers OF the compa-
ny are ?. ]. Pauley, sr., president, st.
Louis G. H. Sparks, vice president, Ros
we'll; W. S. Prayer, secretary, Roswell /;
Leslie NJ. Long, chief engineer, Roswell
The officers and directors OF the company
are now in St. Louis for the purpose OF
holding the second annual meeting.
rECos IRRIGATION INVESTMENT COMPANY.
Beginning at point near Roswell,
this company has taken out mammoth
canal, which extends forty-fve miles
south along the Pecos. This ditch is thlr-
ty feet wide in the bottom, carries SIX
feet OF water and will reclaim
more than $4,000 acres of valuable
land. Another, termed the Flower
ditch" is taken out of the Pecos in
Chaves county and extends south into
Eddy county, near the town OF Eddy.
This ditch is forty-five feet at the bottom
and will reclaim something over l25, 900
acres OF fine agricultural land. Hon. q.
B. Eddy, who is very appropriately called
the Gather Of the valley" is vice presl-
dent and general manager of the z. l. 4
| |. Company, and has accomplished Won
derful results in his efforts:t to bring the Pc
cos valley to the front.
PRIVATE DITCH SYSTEMS.
In that part of the Pecos valley contiguous
TO Roswell, there are number OF never
failing streams, and the entire county O
Chaves, except in its extreme eastern
part, may be said to have an abundan
water supply. A number of private ditcl
systems exist, covering many thohsanc
acres named as follows, together with the
source Of supply: Pioneer, North Sprine
river; Cunningham Pierce, Billiard
North Spring river Roswell, Nortl
Spring river; Lea, Cunningham, Nortl
Spring river Milne, Berendo river
Boone, Berendo river Barrett, Berendt
river; Grow. Berendo river; Robert
South Spring river; Poe, Miller, South
Spring river; Corn, South Spring river
Lea, South Spring river; Penasco, on Pc
nasco river. Your correspondent visitet
number of ranches in the vicinity 0
Roswell and is prepared to say something
of Pecos valley farming and stock raising
from personal observation.
THE MILNE RANCH.
Col. Henry Milne, chairman OF the pres
ent board OF commissioners.of Chaves cou1
ty, owns perhaps the largest tract Of LAM
in one body in the vicinity of Roswell
He has 1880 acres just north of tn
town, mostly under fence, and about ,OO
acres under ditch. Three large rivers, fe
by springs--the North, Middle and Sout
Berendo-traverse this body of land fror
! west to east, atfording it bountiful SUI
. ply of water, and the fact that each {
these rivers finds its source OH the Ian
d in question gives the proprietor exclusiy
d right to the water. Work has been con
9 menced on large ditch, two and on
@ half miles long, which will irrigate 5(
It acres of land; and it is the intention
Q the owner to place the entire tract und
Q ditch as rapidly as practicable. Go
d Mi ne has about 100 acres in alfalfa, ar
/, next year will plant large acreage
l. Italian rye, which is extensively raise
" under the ditch system in California. t
l. has a fine orchard and raises an album
r. ance of fruit. He is among the leadir
Is cattle raisers of the Pecos country, no
|. having on his ranch over 10000 head, al
If expects to market 1000 head OF twos al
If up this summer. Col. Milne came to Re
v well about ten years ago and seeing
}, great future before the country, began a
Ii curing lands. He bought the most
% his land from the government, havi
,r been fortunate in getting into an "otft
a ed" district. He is man of progressi
ideas, gentleman in every sense of t
word, an excellent business man and
identified with the best interests of t
q country.
20 THE LEA CATTLE COMPANY.
= Capt. John G. Lea, president and &c
:. eral manager, owns large tracts OF la
IS around Roswell, one of them contalni
=. 5000 acres adjoining the town, and W
re improved. Another trsct of 1000 acl
is lies between the Pecos and South Spri
Mt rivers, about ten miles southeast, and
nearly all under fence, and the great
portion of it is planted in alfalfa. TT
J.. company owns the celebrated Dale far
" three miles east of Roswell, which b
~ 400 acres, on which are 1000 fruit tire
10, of almost every variety known to t!
te climate. Here may be seen in profusc
>. apples, pears, peaches, aprlcots, meet
y ines, almonds, strawberries and crap
ar as fine as can be grown in any COUNT
us The lands owned by this company {
d. being improved, put under fence a
he ditch, and are now covered by systt
" of bitches that will reach over 100 mill
o. The land and cattle interests of the
or Cattle company are more valuable, p
H. haps, than those of any firm or compa
or in the territory. The company expe
a. to ship 5000 head of steers, twos and
ne this summer. Capt. Lea is one OF
to earliest settlers in the Pecos valley, hs
a ing come to this place thirteen years al
ds lie is one of the most progressive and
b. ergetic citizens of the territory and We
ss- successful in all of his undertaking
ly He says that he is anxious to see
To- valley settled up and converted IL
homes. He formerly owned the land
which Roswell now stands, and is tod
one of the city's nost prosperous and
tn terprising citizens.
I'M OTHER RANCHES.
49, Ono nj tho oldest ranches in the val