Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1892-09-13

co for the purpose Of Building a
dam across the Rio Grande for the
purpose Of irrigation both in Mex
leo and the United States. VIII
liam Hamilton, of New York is az
the head Of the project, and the
company is Incorporated for a cap
ital S10,000,000. The dam will be
built about Eve miles above El
Paso in d mountain gateway. IL
will be $50 feet long, of solid ma
sohEy from cliff to cliff, resting on
a solid limestone foundation, and
will be seventy feet high. Col.
Anson Mills of the United States
corps of enineers estimates the
cost Of dam at SS00,OoO There
will be two doubts iron gates on
the Texas side of the canon and
two of precisely the same size and
pattern OH the Mexican side.
From these gates two canals will
be cut through the rock following
the bluff on the Texas and Mexi-
can sides, capable of carrying
volume of wataf twenty feet %ide
and ten feet deep. Col, Mills esti-
mated the full cost of the COM
pleted system, including the dam
canal, bitches, and lateral head
gates, drops, etc, S9,5OO,O0O. The
construction of this dam will create
an inland lake fifteen mlles long
and about five miles wide, with an
average depth of about twenty-five
feet. Storage reservoirs will be
constructed on both sides of the
canon above also SO as to replenish
the lake from time to time and
keep it up to high-wdter mark.
The amount allotted to New
Mexico for the survey of public
lands, for the coming year, is $2O,-
900, an increase of $4,000 over
the amount for 1892. The allot-
ment is divided into $4,000 for
public lands proper, and $1,000
for railroad grant lands. 1t looks
as though the Las Vegas grant
might get in under the increase of
appropriation, especially as many
of the allotments have already
been surveyed.
The first installment for the
speed ring of the fair arrived in
the city Saturday afternoon. Sew
en- of them under the care of G..
F. Emery, from Colorado Springs.
Mr.. George Aux is the owner; he
ls also present with his string,
which consists Of six trotters and
one PAGER as follows Julius, bay
stallion, nine years old; Hamble-
tonian King, bay stallion, four
years old; Frank and Jerry, a
double team, respectively four and
three years old; Major Downing, a
dark roam gelding, three years old
, Chevalier, a black gelding, SIX
years old. ChetalieF is owned by
Mr.. Emery also Gray Frank a
pacing gelding, eight years Old
the only PAGER in the string
Kingston also sent two representa-.
tive runners, one Blue Bonnets, q
roam gelding owned by John Moi.
fatt, and Maggie Garner, a chest.
nut sorrel, seven years old, owned
by James McLaughlihi-Albu.
querque Democrat.
w. d. Gassett, of the land de.
3 partment of the A.; T. & s. f
/ railway, at Topeka, Kahsasj and
i his son David, were looking ovei
: the Mesilla valley, in company
: with Messfs. w. E. Baker and j
Q K. livingston.
D The wool convehti6R to be helC
: in Albuquerque, the last two days
: Of the fair, should be attended BY
d all interested in this great Terri
: torial industry.
The fruit shibihents from La
Cruces, so far during the season
viii reach nearly 100000 pounds
This includes the shipments Of ap
!. plesi peaches and grapes.
n The new addition t5 the schOo
1 houss at Las Cruces will not b,
occupied at present, as the new
: furniture ordered by the boarC
d has not arrived:
J Judge McFio has apponite,
Prof. Wooton and Geo. ID. Bow
70 man members of the teachers ex
Q amining board for Dona An
/ county:
A Mexican girl about fohfteel
years old had q fit on the plaza, a
n Las Crtices, and ii took Ave me-
% to hold herr