Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-12-05
'FNGLE DAM WILL
| FURNISH POWER
|. FOR PUMPING
ma Also Supply Light and Lo-
W. 'oor,otive Power According to
announcement Made in E

c..rosnondence to Morning Jon-nnil
spse'" 1,cxas. Dec 3.--1'he Ele-
p paffe dam win not only supply
aH" 'fa giging waters Of the Rio
w "a The chain Of valleys along
ul'1 ,,rse but it will also supply
y far operating machinery, ier
g .s,tae and transportation in these
valleys .ha
li's ~ commerce mass meeting
olais,y evening. r.. +. Burges, as
l1uaa,, for the Water Users associa-
allo' stated chat the association has
uqn en, steps to have the power genef-
5ASh fhe big dam, developed ana
assegasa as the common property oI
qllleaa,le of the valleys in connection
las P the water rights. He said that
WY a measures are now being taken
aeu ~ Initiation of this power, SAYS
Ss Ti Paso Herald
llg M oet-together meeting was the
agt 10 mat has been held in the
4sdss,bpr of commerce building The
ola,p nv, nom was crowded with business
I'M n ranchers and out-of-toWn Yisl-
ar are and the crowd remained untll
va gar thq last speaker had finished,
,aideh was midnight
enf' Pumping in Valley.
Il Fuller, engineer III charge o.
~ government pumping lnYestlga-
tnne Al Phoenix, Ariz., for more thah
u hour gave q pracncai, business
r,s INK on the possibilities OF
nampng plants ia the Rio Gfahde VAL
-. haeinq hts estimates on the re-
ls1 aI,s obfained in other valleys Of a
sa.' MIR nature. BY means of charts
sad statistics Engineer Turner esti-
.aatod a the cost Of operation of pump
~ ,,iants In the valley to supply water
r7 y the land until the supply from
~ dam was available and to act as
anviliarv pumping plants in case q
rseeeeitv even after the dam Is quit
"a declared that such q system o.
INNING plants was entirely practical
for this valley.
~ Ideal Arrangement.
4a said the ideal arrangement was
!. bava one pump for each l6O acres
~ " faTners owning smaller tracts tf
aa.onrrate in establishing the pumplns
mi Electric transmission from I
aantrai plant, he said, was the pes
nethod OF pumping water When !
,"ss nossible to obtain this klnd O
noyer He advocated the use OF pro
5ncer gas engines for pumping Wher'
Metric current is not avallable' r. n
said that pumping against u ~ or ~,
fat head was not lmpractlcal WIZ
nredueer 9as engines are uSeu, y
s1pnitted table of figures Iof lile 4
paso valley showing Wilat eouia -
done with such a system OF p.liiipiiir ~
plants With a plant Dig enoush ~ ~, =
i9i" a initial cost De
afra would be S2S. where a produce
~ ,,,,,,r,. yvas-,ised, rho power 70 p
sriainally generated from coal on
s.st basis Of $40. The head agalhs
..3fob ne nlant would have to pun
s.s,. fised 1T 80 feet. The cost pc
sera foot at the well was estlmalea Z
ii al ana the cost Of water on th
land nor acre per year, baslhs the 81
innate on three-acre feet WAS 30 =
riis coet the engineer said, Woul
,,arv directly with the head. lncfeaN
ino &c thn head increased ana lhNeIS
iss 40 ;+ decreased With alfalfa seil
ine AZ sis a ton and with the land api
X rrow five tons 10 the acre. IN
rancher could make money on IN
basis Of water cost, he SAID.
Engineer w. E. Anderson folloWe
the government expert with uraN
ing of pump showing Just hom
could be Installed and how the Wate
could be handled He estimated -
COS. of a competed power plant (
furnishing power to drive these pnml
IN thc yaliey a. s926,O0o or an averags
o. S27 per acre, his estimate cnecl
inc with those of Engineer Fullel
as to the initial costs and amount
water TO be secured.
Martinez Talks Business.
Felix Martinez followed the eNpe
speakers and gave characterlst
"ggt-together talk" He urged co-ope
alton among the people OF the ei
and valleys and said that such
plant could be built without dilficni
for putting water on the lahu uli'
the dam was completed. He SAID q
Water Users association would qua
antee one-half of the money for co
structing such a plant If the farme
would guarantee one-fourth ana u
merchants one-fourth
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