Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-03-21
FINISHED AND FULL.
The Great Reservoir OVERLOOKING
Local Land Values Enhanced by
the Success of the Stor-
age System.

Water forms the basis of land values
In this country. Santa Fe can to-day, for
the first time in history, justly lay claim
the possession storage system that per
manently fixes the value of her city and
suburban lands. The big reservoir at
the mouth of the canon, two miles east of
town, that has been in process of con-
struction for two years is at last finished
and full, and more
BEAUTIFUL BODY OF WATER
doesn't lay out of doors in the west. Yes,
terday for the first time, the water began
flowing over the great dams spill
way. To the citizen who appreciates the
true value of water and the productive
ness of this soil when provided with
ample irrigation facilities, the sight is an
inspiring one; 1t can not fail to impress
the observer with confidence in the fu-
ture of the capital city and the surround
ing stretch of valley country. A New
MEXICAN scribe spent part of the day
looking over
THE BIG DAM
yesterday, and from the mouth of the
canon looking westward, down the valley
and over the city, the view is such as to
be worth taking in. Every man who OK
poets to make his home in the arid west
must take an interest in the achievement
of such successes as this. The construc-
ton of the dam is perfect; it is as solid
as the rock of Gibralter.
THE SUPPLY PIPES
are so arranged that water may be fed
into them from eight different points. In
the main reservoir stand pipe has five
different openings regulated by wind
lass so that any particular one of the
gates can be opened at will. Then there
is an arrangement whereby, should the
water supply in the main reservoir be
muddy, it can be cut off and water
taken for the city from the upper reser-
voir, and in case both are muddy the
supply can be taken into the city mains
directly from
THE FLOWING STREAM
at the mouth of the canon, where the
water, flowing over gravelly bed, is
nearly always clear. By this plan, and
by using the aerating pipe below the
main reservoir, it is expected to have nj
ways available an abundant quantity OF
PURE, CLEAR WATER.
From the mouth of the canon the view
is an attractive one. The water forms 6
lake half mile in length, quarter of 8
mile wide and seventy feet deep at the
deepest point. The fact that the prec
ious fluid began yesterday to roll ovel
the spillway marks an epoch in the his
tory of Santa Fe that is we'll worthy O.
note. For Two years the farmers dowr
the valley have felt that the water com
pany was infringing upon some of thei
VESTED RIGHTS,
in endeavoring to hold back and store ,
share of the flow rather than turn it al
lose to 60 to waste, but however this ma.
be no further complaints of tho kind arr
likely to arise in future. Over the water
shed back of the reservoir snow is nov
banked in places twenty feet in depth ant
a great volume of water ia to come dow
during the summer to keep the river ant
the bitches filed for irrigation purposes
1t is computed that enough water flow
through the Santa Fe canon yearly tt
supply this reservoir system
AT LEAST THREE TIMES,
and such being the case, now that thu
reservoirs are at last full to overlooking
the water company feels that it can 60 or
with its improvements, and provide addi
tional storage capacity, while at the SAM
time adhering strictly to the proposition
of holding only the Surplus storm
waters