Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1897-04-17
LAND REC AMAZON rROJ CT.
The M. Held Notes. ttc Of the blue
wJ.,l Lana L iIgal TO. APPROX 4.
AHisnIrsI ispiG AXIOM ENTERPRISE.

The I niird states laul ofiirs IN santa
" has brrn uutlhri that uu March -
the mrfrtAf, II the iutrtiut approved the
survey, maps, hrld notes, etc. relating
~ the pf"p"ft, II the Hue Water LAud
n Irrigation company, located on the line
VI the Atlantic n Pacific rAilwA, aud
about lUO ullrs west NJ this city.
The New Mexican IN commenting on
the project says Next to the p-cos val.
ley irrigation project, this II one Oi the
largest single irrigation aud land ~.
clauiation schemps IN New Mexico, and
Ia development IL u great import To the
section directly affected. and a. the terri,
tory IN general In hrirt. this project
cuhtrnplAte- the reclamation ~ from
2j.I1 10 BUD acres II desert land To-
cat,si near the line u the Vt antic n la
ellie railroad, about lIU miles west uf Al.
buqdeiqur. III, reservoir site II near
Hue Water, n station On the Atlantic n
Pacific, exactly lUj miles west oi Albu.
quefque. The company has ALREADY 2.
~ ~ acres under cultivation. which pro.
lucrs alfalfa aud all kinds NJ grain
thus Ear the pruiucr has found market
at Font Ningatr. IL which ppiut ~ car
iual- II alfalfa we're shipped during the
past sea-on. At the present time the
couIIAIN i using u tu.toOt dam. which u
~ hr tal-,Sl H. a. trrt during the coming
summer, thus giving n natural overflow
uNrf solid t,ck al - feet. III" reservoir
~hrn competed will store IS,hn acre
feet VI water, sufficient Tor all PURPOSES
al the present time IN contemplation
the company II heavily capitalized, and
Ia" -ucrr~- ALREADY attained l. -uh~tAI,
tai encouragement Tor th,rc interested
tu cArfN the prrJ-ct IT, IT, fullest cUIsuni
nation The thlug II un longer att ~
p"timrIIt, but l. III actual up"fation III
all H. drtdil- IA" proposition now l.
tu extend IL" -cup" ~ IL" -ch"inr along
already demonstrated sIircraz tn,
neat step viii /" H. increase the raparit,
II tn T-~,tNuit iu order IT, furnish water
iur u greater art"Agr. \ few hundred
acres viii be- adj, each year until III,
whole tract II under cultivation John
Nurtr,I. 0f lH4 Angeles, II president NJ
the company engaged ~ the work ahOV,
outlined. and among the Stockholders AZ,
such we'll known capitalists ~ ", y Me
IAug ',iiI Font Miugatr. aud J Var
lrrrii. III 49, Angeles the last name,
b = Tie active uIanagrr
hr land Included IN Ia" tract Witch l.
being Reclaimed. ~ Ia the tim" that thi'
r"niI,an, tupk hnli ~ II WA not woril
~ cents nh acre Tor any puTpve ',
more Worthless ~ barren tract could b,
imagined. AMI the Transformation nov
going On l. indr" ~ n l., magic. RuI
~h,l" absolutely worthless, AMI it"iuc
ing nuthlng at all ~ IN" SHAPE. IL 'rgrta
ton under the oil order VI things. Thu
hand l. just the sHrnr. ~ rich ~ any tu l.,
fnuud ~ IL" wntld The Sll i made ~
priu,IraIN al luam. wa-hrd dawn from
the mnunralns, AMI under irrigation VII
prHlucr ANYTHING under the sun. II II
particularly we'll adapIri Ia the ptUiuc
tinn ~ grain AMI Alfalfa Fruit ais
,lWS well ~ certain rali,ir- nn this ex
ttnsl,- tract. which viii develop int
one Of the richest agr 'cultur"l SECTIONS II
New MpNir,. within "A few wears