El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-16
THEY WANT
The DAM
Members of irrigation Conn
mittee Have Taken Action
DALLAS LEGAL LIGHTS
Will Re Engaged to O. to Washing
ton and AID In Procuring the
passaue of the Bill lfor the Con-
struc t1on Of a Reservoir

FL Paso's chances to secure the IN
ternational dam seem better now thah
ever.
The question was taken up by the
irrigation committee OF the chanlpei
of commerce last night and the most
enthusiastic meeting held for months
was the result.
Chairman Moses Dillon presided over
the meeting Others present were re-
lix Martinez. w. S. McCutcheon and
George w Huffman of the committee
and A. p. Coles and U. S. Stewart Inc
first question raised was the lnterna-
tional dam and the committee discuss
ed it's every phase until the meeting
adjourned.
A. p. Coles was before the commit
tee to explain Senator Bates views
on the subject. He said that the Ten
nessee senator was in thorough accord
with the movementand was glad to see
the Ell Paso people withdraw their OBJ
jections to the dams in New Mexico
since that would undoubtedly destroy
all chances to get the dam here. The
senator advised the local committee 10
work only on the lines of paying Mex
leo for the damage done in taking all
the water out of the river above as any
irrigation scheme would surely fail to
pass the senate. He is hopeful that the
international dam bill will pass at this
session of congress but advised that
a committee be sent to Washington to
help explain the situation.
U. S. Stewart had several letters
from a firm of lawyers and politicians
at Dallas who have consented to take
I'D the question at Washington this
winter. They had gathered all neces-
sary information on the subject and
were willing to go if the people of Ell
Paso would pay their expenses The
matter was well received and Mr.. Stew
art was instructed to write the parties
that their services would likely be
needed.
The grounds of all former proceed
ings were carefully gone over and the
committee congratulated itself on the
fact that all objections to the Elephant
Butte dam had been withdrawn and
that Minister AspiroZ, the Mexican
representative at Washington. had ex-
pressed the Willingness of the Next
can government to withdraw all OBJ
jections to all schemes on the river
above Ell Paso.
Chairman Dillon Felix Martinez. U.
s. Stewart and others made lengthy
talks on the subject of sending rep
resentative to Washington and 1t was
unanimously decided that some one
must go. 1t was decided that Senator
Turney be asked to go and lend his
assistance to the Dallas gentlemen in
getting the bill through. The funds
necessary to carry on the case came
up for discussion. 1t was at once de-
cided that the county be asked to ap-
propriate $500 for this purpose. and Fee
liX Martinez. A p. Coles and w. S.
McCutcheon were appointed to make
the appeal TO the county commission
ers.
AS to the details in the procedure
the committee was at loss. Whether
to urge the passage of the present
Stephens bill with necessary amend
ments or to ask him to introduce an
other bill was the question. Secretary
Russell stated that Mr.. Stephens was
now in the Captain country and would
be here in a few days. With this he |
suggested that he be asked to meet
with the chamber of commerce and
fully explain the status of the situa- |
ton. On motion of Mr.. Hoffman Sec
rotary Russell was authorized to wire |
Mr.. Stephens at Captain to NEE the |
time.
II was stated that when General An
son Mills went to the City of Mexico |
last month that he went there to ask |
the secretary of state and President |
Diaz to continue their objections to the |
Elephant Butte and other dams in the |
river above here |
After discussing the objections that |
New Mexico and some local citizens |
had made to the bill the committee ad- |
1ourned to meet with Congressman |
stephens as soon as he could be |;
brought here.