Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-06-10
IRRIGATION COMMISSION
Negotiation to Reclaim $4,000
Acres of Arid Land.
IMPORTANT MEETING At SANTA re.

by the act OF congress of June 2t.
lS9S, there was donated 20 the terri.
tory of New Mexico. among other
lands as follows:
For the establishment Of pcrman-
Ont reservoirs for irrigating purposes.
500. GOA acres
By the act Of the legislative assem-
bly, Of the territory Of New Mexico,
| approved March 20. 1901. authority
was vested in the commission Of irri.
cation. to select sites for permanent
reservoirs, to advise the United states
commission for the selection of the
donated lands. as to the location of
tracts Of said lands to be located
which may be irrigated by means OF
such permanent reservoirs. and to APP
prove contracts to he made by the
commissioner Of public lands Tor the
establishment of such irrigation CT
tcrpriscs.
by the same act Of the legislature
Il was provided that contracts may be
made 10y the commissioner of public
lands. with the approval Of the com
mission of irrigation. by which there
shall be given TO the person or cor.
poratiun who shall construct a reser.
vOir for permanent water supply. a
portion Of the proceeds of sale Of the
land so located. and which may be re.
claimed To permanent irrigation by
means of such Construction-the guam.
tity Of land to be so selected not to
exceed 90 900 acres for any one enter.
prise.
The commission "a of the opinion
that the purpose intended to be sub
| served by the act of was to
promote the reclamation of arid lands
| by irrigation where there Is no sun.
| Client ilow OF water. and that the en-
terprisCs to be encouraged thereby are
not those that simply construct canals
from flowing streams to distribute
upon lands, but are those which have
for their object the conservation and
storage Of water from Good waters. or
from streams whose regular flow Is
insufficient for irrigating II consid.
cradle quantity Of lands. This com
mission will therefore only entertain
propositions for the location of rcser.
yolr sites OF the latter character.
IL Is the opinion OF the commission
that these enterprises shou,a not be
limited to those OF a large and cXpcn.
sive character, hut that the aid prom.
Used by the act Of the legislature
should also be extended to those en-
bracing moderate acres of land. and II
viii be the purpose Of the commission
10 consider. as Don as the means at
Is disposal will enable II to do so.
reservoir enterprises of the latter kind
from all parts Of the territory.
Persons desiring to avail themselves
Of the above laws, should forward to
the commissioner OF public lands. for
the commission Of irrigation, an appli.
cation for the selection of a reservoir
site and location of lands hereunder
such application TO be accompanied
by "A complete statement of the nature
Of the proposed enterprise, It's approx
mate cost. the exact location of the
reservoir, its size, the quantity OF wa.
ter II will store. the source of supply,
the water rights that have or can be
secured by the applicant, the charac.
ter and extent of the works TO be con.
struCtcd in connection Herewith, n
map showing the location OF the res.
ervoir and lands which can be lrri.
gated therefrom by government subdl.
visions. and where practicable. n re.
port of a civil engineer containing the
above details.
As the commission has. at present.
no funds at It's disposal applicable to
the payment of expenses OF any kind
the secretary is directed to furnish a
copy OF the above statement to the
press OF the territory, with the re-
quest that they publish the same for
the information of the public.
APPLICATIONS FOR LAND.
The irrigation commission approved
he contract Of the land commissioner
with A. II. Burkdoll, OF Haywood
Springs, for 10000 acres of land. for
the building of irrigation works and
reservoirs along the Mimbres river In
Grant and Luna counties. The CAPT.
talists represented by Mr.. Burkdoll
have already expended $l25,OO0 in the
preliminary work, and will eXpend al.
together 100000 In the work. They
Will receive 10 per tent of the pro.
cccds from the sale of the go 900 acres
ot land they will reclaim, at the min
imum price of Sl.25 per acre, tnus the
cost of the land will be to them a
little over thirty cents an acre outside
the sums they will expend for the ir.
rigation works. The works must be
approved by the irrigation commission
before title to the land is transferred.
The amount to be allowed projectors
Is not to exceed the cost of the irri-
cation works, nor is 1t to be more than
10 per cent of the proceeds from the
sale of 10000 acres.
John +. Hogue, of Chicago, for the
American Valley Storage company.
asked for $4,000 acres of land to he re
claimed by a storage reservoir which
is already half completed. Il is To-
Gated in the American valley In west |
ern SOcorro county. The secretary
was instructed To give Mr.. Hogue the
specific information he asked before
making the contract.
Applications for &c., 600 acres of land
in a Juan county We're received
from Bishop, Wilson a Co, and for
10000 acres of land In San Juan coun.
~ from the Western Ranch and Irri.
cation company. Thus li5,0 900 acres
OF land of 500, 900 acres granted the
territory by act of congress for the
purposes OF the irrigation commission
viii be reclaimed. Congress certainly |
should give 5000 900 acres more OF
the public domain for so praiseworthy
an object, The irrigation commission
will meet again July 10 at the capitol.
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