Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-11
PLAN ADJUSTMENT
OF WATER RIGHTS
ALONG THEPECCS
CONTESTANTS GETTING
TOGETHER ON MATTEF
Big Party Of Land Owners and
Experts in albuquerque After
Three Hundred Mile Tnp in
Eastern New Mexico.

Plans for ine sd1-sfmrut Of safer
rights along the P~eos river are
under eSuzld fraf.oa - 3 party of
Land oEneEs. territorial officials .
irrigation experts wno were IN -Atou-
qaeTqus yesxerdaY t0r several hours
on tine w44 FROM a thr~e hundred
mile automobile grip alnuE The Peets
river from las vegas ~ Fort sum
ners % santa re serious conflict as
no appropriass0n 81 water For irrf-
cation from the Eaeos river mas arisen
hetlfen the Las Vegas nnd grant. i
a Jones i D. IT. al. tae government
through tbe reclamation ~rvice in the
matter u the Trcn Lake project, and
thm Fort Summer irrigation project
Contests resulting from the conflict
u interests have already neen heard
before The territorial irrigation en-
gineer and have asen appealed 10 tine
board et water commissioners and tie
purpose ~ Eha lrp along the az
vas 10 make 4 thoroagh fnvestIca-
ton ~ thr conflicting interests and. *
posHiDie- 20 arrive 81 au am4cable So
iatlOn. ~ which there now seeEls d
strong probability
In the party here yesterday were.
n r. Van BusEirE. ~ b Colonial
Trust company * Caiaago. Horace :
.pakleg. OF Wood and Oakley n
chicago NEH*t% tstANA" ~ hAt- AWl tAAAhNNA
firm o. irrigation bond experts N The
country. \. a. jones ~ Las Vegas
J. h.. Hand OF los Afsmcs Land
Commissioner Il T. Ervieu. Territor-
iaI Engineer Vernon l. sullivan. l.
NJ Disney. general manager Of the
Fort Sumner Irrigation project. y. T.
henderson. z well kuoan engineer H
" Parsons. attorney Tor the Fort
Sumner project. aud Seth Brown. i
HmrMnHnnam nAwaa~amLA AaErHaHH-.arH
Of Chicago.
the party left Las Vegas in auto
mobiles five da.s ago and Travelled
the entire length Of the Fecos rty. r
10 the site 81 the Triton Lake project
and Fort Sumner. Returning they
spent q day in Fort Sumner and left
here yesterday morning FOR santa f..
where details OF the water appropr.1-
slons along the Pecos river all be
taken up IN the office OF ~ territor-
ial engineer.
There is every prospect" said a
member OF the party, that we VIII be
able 10 COME to an amicaole adjust
rzent OK the water rights along the
Pecos river. The trip has Satisfied ne
that there IL water enough Tor every
body and for all the land and all we
have 70 do IS TO arrive at an equita-
bic distribution This We noW believe
~
The members Df tine party ex-
pressed themselves as astonished at
the possibilities for irrigation In New
Mexico and as a result ~ the trip Ar.
Brown propsees To 20 into the matter
Of starting an agricultural and devel-
opmsenf magazine in Sew Mexico. He
prit return to Albuquerque tonight for
further Investigation IT the matter
The Fort Summer project Is NOV
frr zturR Enry afuRrfNN. said Nj.
Disney yesterday " have Il 81
the nnest tracts Of irrigated land in
the world ana our water rights are.
fortunately quite secure. Il is q de-
sire. however 90 see an agnlcable adj
ilstmeut OF the pending contests for
appropriations from the Peeos and we
believe such a settlement wilI follow
the present trip"
The party Will break up Al Santa
Fe. the eastern men icaFins tonight
for Chisago.