The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-08-11

works should be kept up. This would
take another $4,000. say ten cents
an acre, which is trifling compared
to what was lost. even indirectly, by
this last overflow, small as it was.
There was a law and a referen
dunn on. it about year ago but the
law and voting were so defective that
the Attorney General has declared
both void. But the law has been
amended and improved and we can
have a vote and get the necessary
bonding right to provide for this pro-
lection. 1t is good business to do it.
1T is curious that we do not feel
the floods of the upper Rio Grande
at all. During the two floods at Ell
Paso, the water at our pumping plant
rose an inch or two. The same is
true of floods down as far as Laredo.
But our floods come from two Mex
lean tributaries to the Rio Grande.
The San Juan MAKES rise quickly
and fall quickly. 1t is a typical
mountain stream. But the worst
floods come from the Salada whose
basin is thirty times the size of the
San Juan"
After DR.. Chaplin's address, mo-
ton was made that the club heartily
endorse his idea of flood control sld
drainage 1t was unanimously pass
ed and committee was appointed
to draft a suitable resolution and pre-
sent it at the next meeting.
Superintendent Wood Talks.
NJ R. Wood, the mechanical engin-
eer of the Ladonna Company. was
second on the program. to talk of
what is proposed to be done at Dom
ma in the next six months. He said:
Commencing at the river, We al
ready have our plans made, contracts
let, blue prints ready and some of
the machinery is already on the
ground for new pumps and boilers,
which will double our capacity to
lift water from the river, We have
had trouble in getting water when
the river was at its lowest stage
This viii now be fully overcome and
we will be able to meet all demands
for water for six months at least,
even if the greatest claims for growth
here should be fulfilled. Then we
contemplate putting in another pump
and engines at the second lift which
viii increase our capacity there 200
per cent. The engine and pump are
already bought and they are to be
installed by October 18th.
1.-THE contracts have already been
let for water-works for the town of
Donna and these will include either
a stand-pipe or an elevated tank
They are to be installed and in opera
ton before the holidays. They will
furnish water for domestic purposes
and gardens.
''Our sugar mill has been in actual
operation 1t is a 6O-inch mill and
have seen $500 tons of cane go
through it in six days. You know,
our folks originally started in on a
sugar proposition and then we were
led into running an irrigating plant
and selling some land. Mr. Nc
Dowell has written me that he hopes
we will get through our other work,
so as to turn all our energies
to the sugar mill which is to be
in operation by Jan. 1, 1911"
Mr. Moritz, editor of the Mercedes
Enterprise. was called on for a few
words. He said he was working for
the whole valley, but as he was To-
Gated at Mercedes, that town natural
ly had his first attention
Then Mr. Shaw, the engineer of the
Mercedes plant, told something of
the operation of that enterprise.
They had a power plant in town and |
the electricity to the |
pumping plant at the river They |
were now putting in a steam plant at |
the river with two 36-inch pumps
which would just double their capac-
ity. The flood did them no damage |
at all They had a small break dur
ing the storm in small canal which |
was quickly repaired.
The matter of the school building !
for Donna was brought up by Vice
President Printz and committee of
three was appointed to solicit sub
and build temporary
school The meeting then adjourn
ed.
The program committee which was
appointed for six months, intends to |
have one out-of-Donna speaker and |
one home speaker at each meeting. |
The subjects for the fall will probab-
ly be, Truck Raising in September,