Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-07-16
SANTA FE'S PROSPERITY.
Assured for All Time by the Inaugura-
ton of Big Irrigation
Enterprise
An important Step Taken Yesterday
Plans of the Project and the
Lands TO be Watered.

That water is king, the source OF all
permanent wealth, growth and prosperity |
in this country is an established fact long |
ago admitted by all practical men. On
this account the New MEXICAN has for
years been urging the business men OF
Santa Fe to organize and take some steps
toward storing at least portion OF the
valuable flow so long wasted in the Santa
Fe river during the spring season, feeling
that no undertaking could possibly bring
to Santa Fe such rapid and substantial
benefit as one Of this sort. To-day the
New MEXICAN is gratifed that such an
enterprise is in hand and will ere long be
an accomplished fact, success.
At the session yesterday afternoon the
county board of commissioners adopted
resolution which goes long way toward
meeting the demand of the times and the
people for more water. The resolution
reads:
PRIVILEGES AND RIGHT OF WAY.
"The Santa Fe Irrigation company Is
hereby granted and given the right to
take and use all the surplus waters in the
Santa Fe river, by surplus being meant
and intended an amount equal to all the
water in the bed of said river below the
heads of the present irrigation bitches, 1t
being intended and meant by this grant
to give only the surplus water, after sup
plying the present irrigating bitches to
their full capacity, 80 as not to Interfere
with present rights Hereunder. Also the
said company is granted the right-of way
for constructing bitches, canals, pipe
lines, reser voirs, ETC., under and along
any and all public grounds, roads and
highways of said county that said com
pany may require to construct their said
works; provided, that said company shall
restore said roads and highways to as
good and safe condition as they were
before they were so used, and shall hold
the county of Santa Fe harmless from any
damages that may accrue to any person by
reason of any careless or defective con-
struction on the part of said company,
this grant and concession being made
upon the express condition that active
work in good faith by the company shall
be commenced upon constructing Its res
ervoirs and bitches as set out in it's char
ter within one year from this date"
The company was chartered few days
since by filing it's articles Of incorporation
with the secretary of the territory and
from which it is learned that its title is
THE SANTA FEE IRRIGATION COMPANY.
The incorporators are L. A. Hug hes, J.
W. Akers, E. L. Bartlett, Francisco Cha
vez, Max. Frost and j. D. Hughes. The
capital stock is $4,000, divided into
II 500 shares representing as many acres
of land in the valley OF the Rio Santa Re
which it is proposed to irrigate by the
company's system Of canals and storage
reservoirs.
From voluminous report prepared
with great care by the we'll known civil
engineer, H. Hartmann, the following
notes on this important local enterprise
are cleaned:
THE COMPANY PROPOSES
to begin ct an early day the construction
of canal about eight miles in length,
which shall convey the surplus flood
waters, now annually going to waste down
south of the city, where they will be
caught and stored for use in two large
reservoirs located in the Arroyo Hondo.
This main canal or ditch has it's source
in the Santa Fe canon, about one and
three fourth miles above the present city
water works reservoir, and some two
, miles from its source it will run
THROUGH TUNNEL
in the saddle of the Santa Fe range of
mountains which divides the Rio Santa
Fe and the head of the Arroyo Chamiso.
This tunnel will be 300 feet in length.
From the Arroyo Chamiso the canal
takes winding course, skirting the base
of the foothills southeast of Santa Fe,
until it reaches the Arroyo Hondo. Here
about midway between the foothills on
the east and the A., T. & S. F. track on
the west, will be located the storage re-
servoirs The storage capacity of these
reservoirs is about 636, 100000 cubic feet,
or sufficient to hold water enough to
irrigate, according to the Colorado stan
dard of estimating ten inches of water
for the surface of every acre, an area OF
land
EQUAL TO 1887 ACRES.
Measurements made at various periods
during the spring months for several
years past show that the surplus food
waters now going to waste down the Rio
Santa Fe during the months of February,
March, April, May and up to June Is,
amount to 0O,000,0 900 cubic feet, or a con-
siderable quantity more than is required
to fill these reservoirs.
1t is not the intention Of the company
to interfere in the least
WITH ANY EXISTING RIGHTS
in fact, all it's calculations have been made
with view to protecting the people in
their present rights. Nor will it conflict
with the present water company, as that
corporations supply, as we'll as that now
going to the farmers, will not be, under
this charter, available to the uses of this
new company. Its object and sole pur-