The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-05-21

CARLSBAD PROJECT.
Black River Work Completed and
Water Turned in-Doubie Sank
Canal Below Avalon.

Not much has been written or said
lately about the progress made with
| the work on the Carlsbad project, ow-
| ing to the fact that the reclamation
service people nave been busy in or
| ganizing their forces for the %trenous
work to follow. But even with all
these details to master, the reclama-
ton service has been doing an i'm
mense amount of actual construction
work. An Argus representative this
week secured the following informa-
tionas to what has already been ac-
complished in h way of construction
Avalon.
At Black River, 1000 feet of ce-
ment lined canal has been made, be-
sides the excavation of a material
from the bottom of the canal and re-
filling with better material for more
thoh " ~ W. DSSlL1o
just below the old D. Harkey place.
on Black river, as stated over 1900
feet. This cement work passes down
by the o bluff and through mater
ial that has already e 1eaky. IN
der the DID system. from so to IS
per cent of the water for irrigation
vas lost in the first mile of canal:
but under the cement ditch, all this
water will be saved to the farmer,
thus allowing water for more lane
than was formerly irrigated by the
Black river canal. This piece of work
has the distinction of being the first
and only piece of cemented canal IN
New Mexico. Water was turned in
yesterday, and a sufficient supply is
thus assured for this years crop. and
at a much earlier date than was ex
pected. The outfit that has been
working at this point has moved to
a point on the canal near Carlsbad.
A trip to Avalon dam disclosed the
surprise, for a vast amount of work
has been done of which the public
has not been informed. Thirty-fve
teams with equipment are at work
on the canal between Avalon and the
1ume building banks on both sides.
Already more b two miles of the
canal have been double banked, and
by the first of June it is expected
to have the work completed as far
as the ~terreplein at the fume. This
work was made necessary to prevent
canal. According to reports, 54 per
cent. of the water for irrigation was
lost by seepage and evaporation after
it entered the canal. but the evapora
ton was small when to
the seepage The plan now is to re-
duce the cross-sectioning. and there
by reduce the area exposed to see
page and evaporation. The bottom of
the canal is being regarded and the
holes that are below grade are being
filed with silt, thus doing away with
the chief breeding places of the moss
which sometimes grows on the bottom
of the canal.
In addition to the work being done
IN the canal at Avalon, an immense
corrugated iron warehouse. 22x117
feet, is being built for the storage of
cement and small TOOLS.
This week a huge rock crusher was
received md hauled out to the dam.
This piece of machinery weighs r.,
500 pounds, and will be operated by
a 25-horse power Odds gasoline en-
CINE. which is also on the ground.
The crusher will not only break rock
for construction of the DAM, but crush
rock for sand for the making of con
crete. thus giving a splendid mater
ial not to be found in the valley for
the making of concrete. AS soon as
betting is received for this machinery
work of rock crushing will commence.
A portable o crusher, weighing
1900 pounds, has also been received.
This machine will be SET at places