Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1901-06-15
IRRIGATION COMMISSION,
Negotiation 10 Reclaim $4,000
Acres Of Arid Land.
IMPORTANT MEETING At SANTA ft.

| tory ut New Mexico. among other
lands az follows.
For the establishment of pcrman.
ent reservoirs for irrigatlng purposes.
/ 500 600 acres
By the act Of the Legislative assem-.
bly, Of the territory OF New Mexico.
approved March 90. 1901. authority
was vested In the commission of ir-i.
cation, 10 select sites Tor permanent
reservoirs. To- advise the United states
commission Tor the selection Of the
donated lands, az to the location NJ
tracts Of said lands a. bc located
which may be- irrigated by means OF
such permanent reservoirs. and 20 ap.
prove contracts o. be- made hy the
commissioner Of public lands tor the
establishment of such irrigation en-.
torprises
by the same ACT Of the legislature
10 was provided that contracts may be
made by the commissioner Of public
lands with the approval Of the com
mission OF irrigation by which there
hall be given 20 the person or cor.
p0ratiun who shall construct reser
,oir for permanent water supply.
portion Of the proceeds at sale OF the
land 500 located and which may be- re-.
claimed Co permanent irrigation by
means VI such construction the quan.
flty of land to be- $50 selected not to
exceed 10000 acres for any one enter.
prise
The commission is IT the opinion
that the purpose intended 10 be- sub.
rrycd by the act Of congress was 20
promote the reclamation of arid lands
by irrigation whore there Us no sum
'ient How of water. and that the On.
tciprisea 60 nc encouraged thereby are
not those that simply construct canals
from flowing streams 90 distribute
upon lands but are those which have
for their object the conservation and
storage Of water from flood waters, or
from streams whose regular How is
insufficient Tor irfiratlng any consid.
cradle quantity OF lands This com
mission viii therefore only entertain
propositions for the location of rescr.
yoir sites % the latter character
II Is the opinion Of the commission
that these enterprises shou,u not be-
limited To- those of large and Cxpen.
slyc character. but that the aid prom
Used hy the act OF the Legislature
huuld also bu extended so those en-
bracing moderate acres OF land. and II
win be the purpose OF the commission
iu consider. as soon as the means AZ
ts disposal will enable Il to do $50.
reservoir enterprises of the latter Kind
rom all parts OF the territory.
Persons desiring To avail themselves
NJ the above laws should forward to
bee commissioner OF public lands for
the commission OF irrigation, an appli
alton for the selection Of reservoir
tie aud location Of lands hereunder
such application to be- accompanied
ly q complete statement uf the nature
" the proposed enterprise It's approx
mate cost. the exact location of the
escrvolr It's size the quantity Of wa
rr " viii store, the source Of supply
be- water rights that have or can be
cCurod by the applicant the charac
ter al extent OF the works TO be con
tructod la connection herewith, a.
nap showing the location OF the res
Hryuir aud lands which can be lrri
,atcd thcrofrom by government subdi
.isiuns. and whore practicable, q re-
port OF a civil engineer containing the
hoyc details.
As the commission has, az present
no funds at It's disposal applicable to
The payment Of expenses OF any Kind
he secretary Is directed 10 furnish a
'opy of the above statement 10 the
press OF the territory with the rc
quest that they publish the same Tor
be- information of the public.
APPLICATIONS FOR LAND.
The irrigation commission approved
be- contract Of the land commissioner
with A r. Burkdoll of Haywood
Springs for $4,000 acres OF land, for
che building 81 irrigation works and
reservoirs along the Mimbrcs river Ia
Grant and Luna counties The CAPT
alats represented by Mr. Rurkdull
have already expended $4,000 In the
preliminary work ana viii cXpcnd al
together $500 .uuu in the work They
will receive e. per cent ~ the pro
pccds from the sale Of the 10000 acres
OF land they will reclaim al the min
imum price OF $l25 per acre. anus the
cost OF the land will be ~ them q
little oven thirty cents an acre outside
the sums they viii cXppnd for the b.
rigation works The works must hC
approved hy the irrigation commission
before title 60 the land Is transferred
rho amount 90 be- allowed projectors
ls not 70 exceed the cost Of the irri
cation works, nor Us II 20 bee more than
10 per cent of the proceeds from the
ialc Of 10000 acres
John T. Hogue Of Chicago. for the
American Valley storage company
asked for $4,000 acres of land TO be re-
claimed uy storage reservoir which
Is already half completed. Il is 10
Gated IN the American valley In west
sfu Sucurro county Tho secretary
was instructed 60 give Mr. hogue the
specific Information he asked before
mailing tho contract
Applications for 10000 acres Of land
Ia san Juan county we're received
from bishop, Wilson e Co. and fog
90 600 acres uf land la san Juan coun
ty from tho Western Ranch and lrri
cation company Thus 10000 acres
lf land Of 100000 acres granted the
territory by act 90 cuugrc Is for the
purposes Of the irrigation commission
win be- reclaimed Congress rtainly
should give 5000 600 acres more Of
the public domain for al prg.HHw1rthy
an object The irrigation commission
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