Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-01-23
IRRIGATION RESERVOIRS
Proposed Government Dan on Rive
HOndo.
OPINION Of RESIDENT ENGINEER

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The report ct W 81 Reed resident
engineer a. th reclamation service 20
/ Nov Mexico. 1 0r particular interest
l Hy reason OF the f8ct that iJ d. proba
bic the royor-mput wil begin 40 an
/ early date the construction of an irrI
CATION work at once OF the sites reC
/ lmmendcd by him Apparently III
l mo1 feasible project discovered by
Mr Reed ls on the Uon3o at "a pom
aaArly on thc dividing line OF the wa
] iorshcds OF uOndo river and the Black
Water arroyo Toe reservoir site De-.
/ Boz large ndtura. depression common
by called a dry lake. and has an aro1
Jf 1913 acrDg aud with mo- cmbank
mont would bold liAs0 acre feet The
/ uHt.um 90 the lHlp Dr. heavy uIluyA|
/ deposit and boruEs were satisfactory
I ls 90 its water holding properties. IN.
..r.metor is nearly AN limo stone. ana
Ua. the appearance of being aH solid
ana froy IRON cavities as any limr
/ COM. formal bon. except at iho place.
rH.r. dIs BrU required Tho side.
1901. much h.rHnr than tae proposed
water line and have rock on or noa.
.ho surface
Wr Rsed plan for dIyortng tbr
water .a tU make IW0 canals ~ sum
.aur izc ,o carry 900 the Gov OF on.
. Iyar to prrgd, a apIiIway un tb,
.aul at rr.t ponl 5000 feet from
. .bu liver TUy rypr az thp point of l'
. version Boz boz earth. and tu provide iu.
rI spUINar hero would ho expensive
b 5000 would Ur always "a source of am
uoyanCp 70 NOT danger Two sriIIway
p 1r flushing gates are placed on The
D. anal zach In solid rock with heI
grade two feet below the grade ot m.
Z ANAL nt that point These subway.
d are provided with Eatos not uutomai
lc. f0r these gatrs are 90 be- used
only WEpu the reservoir a uII DO
4 shoa DO is desired to flush the silt.nl
basins The top OF tho gates viii De
"a below the emhnnkmout grade. uul
a win act 1s safety apiiways Ia th'
}. case ~ unexpected and unusua
IL hoods
Tho canal will have q seventy foo
% road bed aud an smb0nkmont will b
placed az the lower side. The cana
"A VII enter tho reservoir from a rocI
M cut thus preventing any erosion. Tn
outlet canal viii connect the loves
"a point in the reservoir site win th
,r original bed OF the river Tho eloyl
ton az these points being the sam
%. the canal is level
M The bed of the Hondo VIII bc use
,n FOR carrying the irrigating water TO
a distance OF about one milo. Al obi
"A point ID will be- turned ln a small gol
,e areto diversion dam into diHtrlhuuu
le canals ON one side OF the river TIL
point OF diversion B not the mo,
A. suitable from an engineering atauD
a point. but Nd Ca the present time Ou
,s of the owners of the food wutor right
.a. having a ditch just below q has rciu
We ga 90 mako any sadBnctOry propoa
rs zion toward a settlement with the go
.1. erumUnt .u case the reservoir HhOu'
tu bu constructed and Il was deem,
host to locate the canals from %
bs above point to date mine wha' lane
pt would come under Irrigation. and
nl ascertain the cost of the works q
nl version from a point lower down q
,n river would lessen the cost and wou
is BRING the same lands under Guilty.
ul. ron
at During Hoods the Houdo carries
Is large amount of sliC Engineer Re-
roe proposes the following plan to prove
@ danger OF the reservoir hliug iru
this source The velocity OF tho can
ma Is 30 be- governed 90 such an eXte
bo. that the heavier silt viii be- doposir
Ms. in basins which are provided by ma
are Ing the alignment OF the anal 60 Gro
MD three auoyoa near their mouth wh0
rly ne surface nattona out Two OF the
uroyus have a length 90 i've or .
.bo miles and drain considerable Ter
sFp tory 40 the end OF the basins az {
chit down stream side a spIllwny win
lr, placed the bank OF the canal with
.tD bottom rnIo below that of tho can
.rd At times af heavy rainfall when v
has Ger w.hes down the arroyos. Che SO
1r 1u.I gates VIII h0 opened aud
ap 700 removed from Tho basins 4
us Ralc. passing through these au
oi gatoa viii spread out over the hoit
eId land aud ultimately reach the old .
rhe % tho ryor ana can be slniced do
iei thg river u the same manner that
i4r turD has been doing Tor ages. Exc
during the hood ue the Hondo wa
NAN carries worry little silt and thorot
me during the uouirrigatIng season VII
for
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