Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-05-27

lFcN>u AN<sh5%eS uI IHC lOWCSL IOWy
which is in the winter time, is eighty.
three second-feet and In June, the
measurement shows a flow of 1,400
second-feet. These figures are authen.
tic and furnished to us by experts.
The capacity Of the main canal and
fumes are to be six hundred cubic feet
per second. There Is no doubt about
the ditch being able to furnish more
than sufficient water to irrigate ev-
cry tract of land In the valley. The sur
II plus water is to be turned back into
the Rio Grande, as all this territory
| Is tributary to the Rio Grande basin.
The source of the Red river Is in the
Sangre de Cristo range of mountains
where the snow and rainfall are very
heavy.
According to our contract with the
territory, the land is to be sold to set
tiers in tracts OF not more than 100
acres each and the water rights will
be sold by the corporation This land
which belongs to the territory, is to
bring not less than three dollars an
acre and the corporation cannot
charge more than forty dollars per
acre for water rights.
water rights may be secured for a
nominal cash payment and there will
be no further payment for a period of
five years after which the balance OF
the purchase price of the water rights
| is to be liquidated in ten annual pay
ments. The rate Of interest Is to be
lsix per cent. The territory reserves
the right to advertise and receive com.
|petitive bids for the land.
"At the present time the nearest
railroad shipping point to the Sun
shine valley is forty miles, which.
however is not used because of very
difficult mountain roads. Ute Park Is
the next nearest railway point but this
| town Is across the mountain range
and almost inaccessible from the
Sunshine valley Antonito, Colorado is
lforty-three miles from the Sunshine
valley, bnt bad roads place this town
out of the contest for the shipping
point. The logical distributing point
flor the Sunshine valley is Fort Gar
| land. a distance of Sc miles. This is
due to the fact that the roads are ex-
Icellent following the old government
road between Fort Garland and Santa
| Fe.
1T is the intention Of the Red Riv-
er Land and Water company to place
| in service a daily automobile line as
soon as work is commenced on the
ditch. The service will be between
Fort Garland and Questa, and we ex-
lpect to put into effect two and one
half hours service.
| viii Attract Railroads.
"The promoters of the enterprise
con1dently believe that by the time
the irrigation system is completed,
1.-TWO railways will be operating trains
Into the Sunshine valley. A branch OF
1.-The Denver and Rio Grande has long
been contemplated from Fort Garland.
This line will serve the entire valley
as we'll as the prosperous settlements
lon the Castillo and Culebra rivers
(which will be crossed between the
Sunshine valley and Fort Garland.
The other line anticipated will be an
Iextension of the st. Louis, Rocky
Mountain and Pacific railway from
Ute Park, the present terminus. This
lime will pass through Elizabethtown
land traverse the canon Of the Red
lriver, thereby opening up the vast
mineral resources of this famous dis
|trict that has long been known to con-
ltain enormous deposits of low grade
lore.
"The estimates contemplate the use
|of five millions Of cubic feet Of lumber
(which will be cut on the ground by
|permission from the government. Ade'
Iuuate Office quarters will be built near
lCerro at once to accommodate the ad
|ministration, engineering and imml-
Igration forces. A large hotel also Will
be built near Cerro.
The construction work will be un'
Ider the supervision Of Field, Fellows
land Hinderleiter, a prominent engl-
|neering firm of Denver. A. Lincoln
Fellows will have direct supervision
Iof the work. He is the engineer who
made the first survey for the Gunni.
son river tunnel in Colorado, going
through the Black canon when every
one thought that it meant certain
death to attempt it. He carried his
instruments through this canon on
pneumatic bags.
"This enterprise will be triumph
|for the present administration Of Gov
lernor George Curry and Delegate w
In. Andrews. 1t is the first project OF
this kind where Colorado capital has
lbeen interested. The present admin
listration has worked hard for the sue
cess Of this project and deserves much
credit.
From the very start we have been
confronted with almost fatal difficult
lies. All the water of the Rio Grande
land it's tributaries had been reserved
Iby the government for the Elephant
Butte irrigation project and we had