El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-08
HOT WORDS PASSED
(Consihued from let psge)

suit.
Are you to presume to the extent
that you must dictate TO the attorney
general? Is this the seas of legal
iearnine?-and are you going to move
the capital of the United States to FL
Paso? Gentlemen, this step borders
closely on the ridiculous.
He believed that If the resolutions
which 1t was proposed to pass were
sent TO Washington, the memcers OF
the chamber of commerce here would
be very probably in receipt OF letter
saying that they were presumiug in q
matter which was no concern OF theirs.
The objections to the Eiephant Butte
dam, he said, had come from Juarez.
The Mexican people empl Dyed attor-
neys to investigate their rights, and
the result was She suits which were
brought against the Elephant Butte
proposition. The United States WAS
brought to realize that there were
certain treaty rights which the Mex
lean people had under the treaties OF
1853 and 1888, and being honest Off
the matter honestly and thoroughly.
AS Ell Paso had not instigated the
suitlor had uything to do with press
ing It. be could notsee where thecham-
Der of com merce had any right or any
excuse to meddle in the matter.
The fret right to the waters OF the
Rio GrAnde belongs TO the people OF
the lower valley" he continued. "Ys-
leta was the firss settlement ever made
on the river. The people then had the
free right to all the water they desired.
Now the residents of that section OF the
country are Obliged to work on she
railroad and to take any other work
which they can get in order to clothe
and feed their families. They are no
longer able to work their farms"
he concluded with bitter denuncia-
ton of the projected interference on
the part OF the chamber of the CON-
MERGE, in the matter.
DIR. BOYD REPLIES
DR.. Boyd, at the conclusion OF Capt.
Hsrt's remarks, addressed the board,
and confined his statements TO refut
ing those made by Capt. Hart. he
stated that the people of the valley
above Ell lPaso had the same right
to the water as did the people living
below the city, and that they had been
living there as long as had the people
OF Ysleta.
at was our Intention" said DR..
Boyd, " to supply the valley below FL
Paso with all the water required, and
If we found we had enough, after she
loss from use, evaporation, and othe-
causes, We intended to supply the
mesa. We believe that we can supply
the valley down to fort . altman. 1t Was
q "wilful misrepresentation referring
to the remarks OF Capt. Hart, to cay
that the lower valley would be discri-
minated asainst.
"a certain part of the psople OF Ell
Paso seem to think that we are trying
to cut of the supply of water In this
section. That would be against our
own interests. Ell Psso will undoubs-
eddy be the metropolis of the Rio Gran
de. This IL the place for commercial
reasons where indus RES wiilsgroxsup,
and l expect to see IL become a great
city. L expect to own property here
myself, and 1 expect great advantages
from the Elephant Butte dam. There
10 water enough in shs Rio Grande to
supply the valleys with wafer twice
over and we will have good deal
more water than We can possibly use.
Il beg TO differ with Capt. Hart. The
opposition to the Elephant Butte dam
project did originate in this city" He
then referred to the fact that the citi-
zens of Ell Paso had given $500 to fight
the Elephant Butte dam. This money
be said had been given by the county
com missioners OF Ell Paso at the insti-
CATION of outside parties.
The citiZens OF Dona Ana valley had
the same right to the water that the
people of Ysleta had. he then ex-
planned the methods of the English
company back of the Elephant Butte
dam. There were elk members OF the
board of directors, he said, who were
million atres. They.were entering upon
the project upon business methods.
They had investigated she situation
thoroughly, and prepared maps, and
had seen that there wac no flaw in the
legal part of the matter. The
under the English common law are
responsible to the tockholders for any
loss incurred IL it could be showed that
they did not exercise the ordinary
precautions. For this reason the
In vestiRation bad been most thorough
The internatio ,al dam he said would
cost between Eve and six millions of
dollars. The work in reaching bad
rock would be enormous, and the un-
would require yesre.
He then spoke OF the fact that the
dam would mean q lake of stsgnaut
water at the very doors of Ell Psso,
twenty miles long, which could not
help but breed disease. He then made
this remark, With emphasis:
DR.. BOYD THREATENS.
I'VE do not desire TO fight the ir-
that we will fight the international
dam II the agitation against the dam
above Ell Paso Is not stopped"
Mr.. MsrtineZ: would your COM |
psny construct the dam at once?'
DR.. Boyd replied tina, his company |
would have begun the work last Feb |
uary IL the suits had not been brought, |
and that by this time the foundation |
work would have been completed. he |
was confident that his company would |
construct the dam Immediately.
The resolutions which he hoped the |
CT ham Der of commerce would pass,