Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1901-06-22
IRRIGATION ENTERPRISE.
Grant and Luna County to be Greatly
Beue6ted.--.%
DESERT 70 st MADE 10 BLOSSOM.


Special Correspondence
Silver city N NJ. Juno rs The
large irrigation schontc which has
been in prugrvas in this and Luna
counties Cor sometime past has finally
come to b. definite business enter.
Prise, The territorial irrigation com.
miaslon has approved the contract OF
the land commissioner with 4 a
Burkdull uf Haywood Springs fud 80
ouD acres uf land fof the building uf ir.
riEatiun works and reservoirs along
tae Mimhros rlyor sn Grant and lmna
counties, The silver CITY independent
Ia itR issue ~ to-day. SAYS that ths
.' irsrgaiion company will receive Cd per
Cgut of the proceeds from the Hi,c uf
the ti.unu aCrys of land they will ru
claim. at the minimum price uf 81 gs|
an acre. the cost ~ the lnud win bel
! ia 90 them a little over thirty cents an
aVrc outside the sums they win eN
pend foi irrigation works. The works.
must hc approved by the irrigation
commission before title to the land ii
transferred The amount t0 be- ul
loWcd projectors ga not % exceed th,
."est Of the irrigation works nor is b.
to b" muto than a. per cent of the
.. pTutseds from The sal" of 30 uuu urrcs
III" preliminary work mas brCn uU
t. dee way for some weeks iu the virlu
ity of Faywood SPRINGS and Allison
..t iloputy surveyor George A. Brown
has. been In charge but has been uu
Willing Go give out information for
publication.
The point whore the principal dam
md reservoirs viii hp iOtated is lH
the extreme northwest corner Of Luna
county which was Waited hy the eds
tor of The Independent who states
that "A considerable portion OF IA,
# land to hr reedymed hy thc COMPANY
lies in Oraut cuuuty. aud that thr plan
f OF the irrigation company when car
.H ried out WiH put u cultivation lauds
li'inr about tuyvood springs The
tract extends southtas' on both sid,i
81 the railroad 10 a point about sCvcu
.r yoiles northwest of pcmiur % OIL
well known thut thuso lands in most
parts arr extremely fertile The sam,
people have RirHns. ~ lease and pur
chase be- OoO acres additional lands.
standing ~ thc credit of the variou
territorial institutions They ue iu
tho Mmhrcs valley Immediately south
Of the body covered hy the contract
with the irrigation commission.
II is proposed. and tie preliminary
surveys have located The bitches e.
direct the water from on The MimbrU-
from the principal reservoirs tO sc
Tiea Of Etotage rcecrynirs located uu
both sisles of the river In thc valley
lying among She luWrr hlhs The
capacity of the Fesviyuifs located viii
he approximately zH.bnN onW, ,eNu gal
Ions. Tho water shed Whlon VIII SEM
the ilon0s through thc canyon which
viii hc damned contributes nrnriy T.
oou square miles The weather hurcau
STATISTICS Tor q rnnsdriHhie term of
years show Shnt the average annual
rainfall ON this mountain district De-
practically twelve inches. and ~ N not
nNerr'iltnhlihf tho Nuihhlr lo SAY ihnl
ertW''u N""oN'"""'o ana l'''oo"'''
uoo ehlionh pass through ihis can''u
every ear Last year " la hrloN''
doubic thnt Voium" found if way in
thr lower country through TINS Eap
u may be- lnt"restinE 2" Know ihal
Sonho nouNn" cations ~ water VIII
COVER iVN"o' acros n'arN 'hifN 100
chrs dccp,
20 property ana s1i"iF tior' lhi
tt'mculnnH lO'N ui Wni't VIII rfqhiI'