Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-03-07
The New Mexico College Of
Agriculture r Mechanic
ArfS legislative Com
sy,iffees' Report.


ents in the college is very much great.
er than ever before in past years.
Work Of the Departments.
From n careful examination into the
daily work being done In the various
departments of the college yorr com
mittee was very much impressed with
its prac teal features. We found as
examples OF this the splendidly
equipped me 2hanical engineering de-
partment, in which upwards of forty
young men were doing actual practical
work In drawing, machine work, car
pentry, blacksmithing. and forging.
We found that the work OF the stenog-
raphy Gepa. tment of the institution In
training nOgraphers In both English
and Spanish was increasing rapidly In
scope. and the institution has recently
received communications from more
than $50 persons in this and other
countries who are inquiring about the
work OF this department. The college
has far more applications on file for
English-Spanish stenographers to go
out to positions than IL has qualified
persons ready TO go out.
Pumping for Irrigation.
Your committee was greatly i'm
pressed by the work being done for the
college at large by that department
known as the experiment station. The
various departments of the station APP
| pear to be doing their utmost to benefit
the farmers and the agricultural inter
ests OF our territory in the most prac-
teal manner. A number of important
lines OF work TO the territory are under
investigation hut one of these will II.
lustrate the importance of all. Your
committee spent some time examining
the work so much commented upon
which the institution is doing in dem
onstrating the possibility of irrigating
by pumping. In this connection we
can truly say that seeing Is believing
and without actually seeing the work
the college Is doing In this line II is
difficult to realize its success and i'm
portance. From six-inch well, sunk
As feet deep In the ground, the cost OF
which did not exceed $50, your com
mittee watched continuous flow OF
over 1000 gallons a minute being
thrown from n six-inch pipe. This
quantity of water is sufficient to fill a
good sized irrigating ditch and viii ir
rigate, every two weeks three in hes
found that the college has been care
fully recording extensive data II! con
netucu with the testing OF various
pumps on this well. and It has beer
demonstrated that the farmer car
probably irrigate his land at an e>
pense OF from 80 to co cents an acr,
for each irrigation; the results of II
: experiments conducted are published
: In bulletins which are Distributed 1,
the territory free of cost.
= Support OF the institution.
Most departments OF the college ar,
: well equipped with apparatus, and ma
: chlnery. due to the support the insti
tuition receives from the United State
government. The funds received fron
the government. however, are granite,
under very strict conditions and ma,
in no way be used for buildings. re
pairs, furniture. heating and lighting
: the teaching of Spanish, history. mu
sic. Latin, or various other subjects
the salaries of all administrative ON
GERS. bookkeepers, stenographers. o
clerks; the paying OF janitors; the cos
OF insurance, anu various other es
: penses without the payment Of whicl
the institution could not be continued
The support which the institution RI
: ceives from the United States govern
= ment is granted conditional upon tn
Q Territory of New Mexico giving TO tn
: institution ample and proper building
e and sufficient support for the paymen
OF those expenses which are necessar
but which may not be paid out OF go,
+ eminent funds.
Your committee was greatly SUI
prised to learn that the institution
. today receiving no more support fror
: the territory than when II was frs
! create. In the fourteen years, durin
3 which the college has been In exis
= ence, Il has made steady and rapi
I growth and this growth has natural
n demanded increased expenditure 10
I those things which can only be pal
} from territorial funds. When the II
J, stitution was first created II was a
J. tended by mere handful Of student
!. and was prosecuting very few lines {
q work. |. has grown from that day
d the present one until today its scop
and field OF work Is ten.fold create
thar In Its early days. In spite OF thi
+ fact We find that the institution
4 struggling along with the same insult
= cient territorial support that wa
e granted II when II was first create
s and which has never since been II
e creased.
,, Buildings In Need OF Repairs.
e AS a result, your committee foun
9 the older buildings OF the institutio
l. In serious need of repair The mai
r building OF the college, erected whe
s the institution was first created, Is
}, bad condition, the woodwork requirin
e to be painted. the plasterlng OF tn
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