Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-04-16
RIO GRANDC HGURtS
.CNsUs BUREAU REPORTS on iR
BioArloN POSSIBILITIES.

u q recent report fhD .Unaus 600
a. at Washington mro 8n rshauH
|te description 1l Irrigation n N.v
z.C1. ana tbe uH1aI1F treatment
f ho Wio gmudo from an irrigation
standpoint BE- 1f con 1nmU'e local r
.orost
THD NJo GnHdo rHrH Boo che anglo
m. .Y thr fBn Juan m0nnnlaa 20
.HIlH..sfUu Colorado. 90. source q.
600 f.Dt above Che Sea- After anu
uf f1r atn miles lU thc ease aui south
nntnu Nov NwIDo. through which
@ .zlends io. $50 miles of iu enurr
n.u.ur ihh. portion Uf tUD territory
rfNrHu thU Rocky mountain HnI
Terra WairD mnros
Tbe UIo gHGIr Boo NOH N.,ru ..
.H.. iU iH, UmD-ul. .'H. Uf ir..N
r.Bws NH|.H have uo surface 1uN
u certain .co .Ha 0f tho yoas. and rs
..t during nTHf pD.0dF Wrry to fbo
anger Hver Hr .0 iho soa ltuo 10
fUr UutUr 10 UUfrl GOO territory
b.0Irb Icop canyons from which t
m.r. 1t EmHHIo. whore .hu nIIUy
rHru BuI irrigation Ia nuri.rDl
Nalr fhr .oufnr uf 'hc territory the
I.,r pHNu uuI.r canyons and ltNr
Hr u0 irrigation H poo Il.o untII with
% 200 milo. lf thr .0I'beTn boundary
rho lower valley a wider bul here
Zoo river spread. uut over the bottom
tuls and o much uf M. waters arc
n.t eIfhor hy evaporation 0r diversion
nf1 bitches tNst thD stream channel r
'hia portion nI Doc course Is frequently
Try.
Water stun-p H absolutely sDu.
i1l t0 tho further .ytou. ION NJ agTI
Wturo foo ihIH nllHF The pro1Cui
rultv between Nps'co and thla Coun
o. lt regarded as a more lusumluut
iuIe obstacle .lBn problems OF pure
W engineering character lut for
b. treaty thIrh prohibits ibc lm.
sounding of thr waters of the rio
fuudo. thr reclamation 0f an ozton.
1854. lreB Uf land now dessert would hc
#II.I 10 o. 0.t.ml.u1 chat lOaa than
ul nDr cent 1f ihD Htrc-m'H Tow In
Wrsuo comics from Doe sources north
q the New Moxico line This very
,uall amount tns no effect up0u the
lavigamlIiy of thC river
Tho objections which MvAico haa
made t0 tho United states govern
ugnt undertaking gront storage
work ON tho RIO Graudo have arisen
apparently from a miEnpprohcnHi0n ri
fbn facts concerning the stream ~
H believed ihht che storage Jf The
Hoods would result ultimately Iu Civ
Ius "a more permanent character to
the strou.1 In Mekico Tho nu0i
waters being spread over tho valleys
would return boo phfi Goo th, stream ly
HoDpago aud lu i1tuir years W1ul
materially increase ita Gov
lu 1908 Nater from 400 1nIrr .n
The Rio Grando drainage basin was
wl'yof through 5ti systems to Hu
cato gCs3G acres 0n 5uG3 farms af aD
average cosf per acre of 5000 TbC
f1tnl construction outlay Cor ali irri
cation appliances. including iiGi
miles OF main canals and bitches. was
s59gg3G Tho $50 systcms heading
directly ln the main stream cost f295-
sos and irrigated iq $50 acres belong
.ug 90 2fi2 farms. nt an average cor'
peg acre uf SOS There were $50
miles N main canal ana lltohgs
Fifteen fystpma received water
from sprlnrs and irrigated ill acres
uH g8 farm Tho total cost uf C0H
atrurfion for the ~ miles ~ main
bitches and other irrigation works for
mo spring systems was tf6oi 90 az.
efaFr cost pof acre ~ tit78 Eleven
farms with an Irrigated area m go
acres received whter from wells
through ~ systoms that cost t25it9.
an average cost per Irrigated acre m
ti5at This hIgh average cost per
acre for the springs and wells Is Dz
plaincd by the fact that some % these
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