Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-11-21

dustrV and business are shown III the
annual report TO the secretary Of the
interior 10y the governor Of New Mex
leo, William J Mills. The report Is
comparatively short this year, but
very compact and hristling with fig
ures, information ana facts II ~
thirty eight pages long. Lack OF space
makes IL of course impossible To re-
produce the entire report, but the fol-
lowing extracts are OF especial intcr-
est
Report OF the Governor OF New
Mexico.
Executive office.
Santa Zee. \. NJ, Sept 3, 1910.
sir have tho honor to submit
herewith my annual report on eondi-
t0ns in the territory of New MeNico
during the fiscal year ended June 80,
1910.
Conditions as a whole In the terri
tory have been about the same as
during the previous year.
No new railways were constructed
in tho territory during the past IL
months.
The work Of building dams for tho
lmpounding of flood waters and ir-
rigation canals for carrying the wa
tera so mpounded on lands to be cui-
tivatcd has been actively prosecuted IN
several parts of the territory. lrri-
cation systems are rapidly being ex-
tended enlarged and improved, and
much water Is being pumped from
wells near Deming and Portaies when
Is used for irrigation purposes AT
portales about 20 wells are being
pumped with power supplied by elec-
tricity generated hy central plant
Tho attempt is also being made 20
e,tpply water to the rich tastancia val
lev from weils the power with Whleh
INC ptimps are 20 be operated 90 be
sunplicd by a central electrical station
Tho last project hns not as yet sui
ftcientiy developed 20 determine
whether or not Il Will be success,
The project for the CONSTRUCTION Hl
the Elephant Butte dam, which y 70
he built hv the national government
n The lower Riwsflrandc valley hi's
mnde substantial progress during the
lnst vear. not IN actual worn on me
dam. bat in the preparatory work,
The owners OF certain lnnds whlch VIII
be Gnbmerged hy the waters impouhd
cd hv the dam declined 70 accept lht
offer made by the goVcrnmehl Tor H.
ma resorl had to be had To- the courts
when the necessary land was con
damned and about S200,000 was pnld
into court to meet the award lnaae by
thc appraisers. The necessary WORK
nrolininarv tn tile building OF thu
lame is now being actively prosecul-
~ and II is expected that everything
viii he In readiness to begin the con
struction Of the dam across the ttlo
Grande during the early part OF the
vear 1911, when no water IS lioWlnb
In the river. When completed thh pro
lect viii greatly increase the populu-
tion Of the territory
Large irrigation works are now un-
der construction In ColtaX, Sah MI
rucl san Juan and Guadalupe coun~
lies. while smnller enterprises are pe-
inr undertaken in nearly every eonn-
ty in the territory ooo
During the year only ahout -pvvVp
acres have been set aside Under 'he
eo-caIIed carey Act lndlNiduals "uu
have made applications |
~, lands under this act, but 49, yet !
these applications have not beeh |
.ranted by THE Carey Act land board |
Husiness In general in tho territory |
during The last year has been rAtler |
1ull. During July August ana SGD
tenbcr OF last year business was eA-
good. but in common win
most Of the country atter that tllil1 |
IL alIictcd down and pfobhby WIZ
not resume activity uutn business COM
iitione change in the country al large |
M hanks or large mercantile eStab-
have failed since the last /
renort nf the governor was made. NO |
hanks have discontinued business dur
M, tie year. while on the other mana
yix banks have been established
rhree small territorial banks are IN
process of liquidation.
Operations ia al of tho coal camps
nave been actively pushed during the
,enr. New Mexico has the largest
,oal measures Of any state or terri
orv In the union, ana our production
vim be expanded 20 an almost uniim-
ted extent as markets are found Tor
he product |,
The lumber business in the terri
ory has been prosperous during the
ast twelve months. There is "a gen.
raj demand for railroad ties. ana
he prices have gone up considerably.
The good roads commission con,
listing Of the governor, the territoriai
.ngineer ftho active memhcrl, ana
he commissioner Of public lands, mas
lone excellent work since the hsst
'eDort of the governor was mhdc 20
our office Several OF the counties IN
he territory have appropriated con
iderahle sums Of money 10 ne hpen'
inder the supervision OF the good-
.oadg commission in improving theiF
,iehNavs and numerous other count
IS have expressed the desire to DO so.
rhc most important work OF road
,uildlng done under our supervision
Turing the wear Is the Pacacho Hlii II
ned from Roswell IN Choves county
q Lincoln. the county seat of LIN Z
olu county. the In Bajnda liill road 4
,et wcon santa Fc and Alhuquerque; /
nd tho road between Silver city IN i
;raut county and the great mining ;
amps in The Moeolion mountains j
no first two Of these enterprises
ave been finished and are monu- i
nento 10 the ability of the engineers
.ho laid them ont and supervised The .
York. Tile silver city Mogollon road
b. estimated viii Joe completed about J
une J.. 1911. 7
since the creation Of the good ,
0ads commission TN l409 il has as.
mined over .oo0 miles of roaa and q
ae actually surveyed ana plated
yer 900 miles additional Ah az the
York done under the supervision ni ,
his commission is of substantial .
harartcr It b. our intention within =
very few days 20 again begin work