The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-07-09

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= With capital stock of S4,- x
x 100000, the Rio Grande Irriga- x
x ton Company has been formal *
X ly organized. The construction x
x of a gigantic gravity canal, x
x which is planned to furnish wa *
x er to irrigate 10000 acres of x
x land in the county of Hidalgo, is X
* the object of this organization. *
x It's capital stock is divided into x
* 100000 shares valued at S25 X
x each, and owned by retrospective *
X land owners who compose the x
Z, company in proportion to their x
x respective land holdings. x
x
x * x x x x x x x x x x =. !;
In a nutshell, the story of one of
the greatest undertakings ever
launched in this valley of great I'M
dertakings is told in the foregoing.
This project has engaged the atten-
ton of the general public and more
particularly of the land and canal
owners of this valley for the past
year or more. The main details OF
the plan have been understood and
virtually agreed upon for some time,
though various features have been
undecided until the recent compltion
of the organization. The amount OF
capital stock was placed at $4,000
OOO, which is divided into $50, 200
shares valued at $25 each, owned by
the respective land owners included
in the membership of the company i'll
proportion to their land holdings.
The officers of the Rio Grande Irri-
CATION Company are as follows: Or.
4. w. Roth, president; John Closner,
1st vice president; John J. Conway
End vice president; John c. Kelly,
secretary; Claud Morten, treasur-
IT. The board of directors comprises
the same names. Duyal West of San
Antonio an DE- w Kibbe of Browns
vile are attorneys for the organiza-
ton.
According to the engineers plans
the headgate for this system will be
Olmas, miles east of Rio Grande
City. From there the canal will fol-
low along the river to a point neal
Sam Fordyee in Hidalgo county
thence along the line of the st.
Louis, Brownsville and Mexico rail-
road to a point east of Mamie station
where a river trunk canal is to be
taken off which will follow the river
front, the main canal continuing
along a line south of the railroad
passing Mission. McAllen and San
Juan TO point about three miles east
of Ebenezer.
From these main canals, laterals
will be taken off for the distribution
of the water. The plan contemplates
taking over the pumping plants and
canals now in operation on a number
of large bodies of land in this section,
whose owners will be Interested in
the new company.
1t is part of the plant to supply the
canals already in operations on the
lands to be irrigated with water from
the new gravity canal. These old ca
mails will be used as laterals, those be-
tween the river and the first bench,
or high land, being supplied by the
river trunk, and those beyond the
first bench by the main canal.
The work of locating the lines for
this great canal system has already
begun the engineers having taken
the field the early part of this week.
Upon Their report of the estimated
cost of the undertaking, steps will be
taken to get the project actively IN
der way.
The headquarters of the company
will be at San Juan, the new town at
the junction of the Hidalgo brancn
Of the St. Louis, Brownsville and
Mexico railroad and the San Antonio
and Rio Grande road. DR.. A. w. Roth
president of the company. went up to
San Juan the early part of the week.
He will direct the undertaking from
hat point