Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-08-09
WATER IN
ABUNDANCE
At Willard In Estancia Valley.
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Life Giving Fluid Found In Large Qusn-
titles and Of First Class Quality
New Town Growing.

Special Correspondence New Mexican
Willard, n NJ, Aug. 9.-Drilling on
the artesian well by the Eastern Rail.
way of New Mexico at this point,
which has been going on for some
| time, has been stopped, 1t is pre-
sumed on account of the fact that the
| well is now 1862 feet deep with 112 feet
of water in the drill hole. For several
days a pump has been at work with
the result of pumping LOG gallons per
minute, but the water in the well
could not be lowered by this pump.
This indicated that the flow of water
was SO great and SO strong that fur
ther drilling would be useless, and
that it would be cheaper to pump the
available supply of water which is
very great to height of 80 to 40 feet,
than to proceed with the drilling. In
addition to this we'll, the Santa Fe
Railway at Willard has two other sup
ply wells, one of them being 20 feet In
diameter and As feet deep, with an
ample supply of water. The second
well is IS feet deep and 10 feet in
diameter, also with a good supply of
water, which, of late, is being pumped
out constantly to supply stock in the
vicinity. The water is of the best,
both for domestic and engine use.
From the well described as being 35
feet deep and about 10 feet in diam
eter, the entire water supply for the
growing camp at Willard has been
pumped, and the water has not been
lowered an inch. This well supplies
about one hundred men and eighty-five
two horse teams.
The Eastern Railway of New Mexi-
co has already erected an up-to-date,
strong and fine water tank, which |
has been pumped full and now con-
tains between forty-five and fifty
thousand gallons. Rail laying for the
switches at Willard commenced today
A switch engine has arrived, via the
Santa Fe Central, and is now being
used for the unloading of rails and
material in the yards of the Eastern
Railway.
The latest information is that along
the line of the Eastern Railway of
New Mexico and its terminal at Text
co, and in the Abo Pass, there are
now within four hundred and eighty
and five hundred two horse teams ac-
tually in use, and within five and six
hundred men employed. This num-
ber is being added to constantly as
fast as laborers and teams can be OBJ
tanned by the contractors.
For the past week, rains have oc-
CURED in the Estancia Valley daily
and the range looks like solid carpet |
of green Cattle and sheep are roll |
ing in fat and the entire valley |
which the Santa Fe Central
runs for seventy miles presents a
appearance. The Man.
zano Mountains on the west and the |
ranges to the east are all |
of the darkest green and conditions |
in that section of New Mexico were |
never better The difference between |
the aspect in the Estancia Valley at
this time and at the same time last |
year is simply amazing to those who
know it. Settlers and homesteaders |
are coming in daily, and everywhere
from Moriarty to Willard there are
seen the adobe buildings, tents and
the frame shacks of homesteaders, in
terspersed quite frequently with SUBJ
stantial, well-built and comfortable
frame houses. Many fences are being
placed about the homesteads, which
indicates clearly that the settlers pro-
pose to make permanent locations.
Numbers of wells are being dug and
the water is raised by gasoline en-
gines or by windmills.