Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-05-12
TEXAS WANTS TO
GET WATERS Of
UPPER RIVER
Farmers OH Lower Rio Grande
Object to Elephant Butte
Project; Do Not Get All the
Moisture They Want.

Sullivan has addrrssct-. nndur date %
Mns o. % '"iri 10 senator Joseph "
ilall.t 600 the subject of rcsiralnin.
The tahlnr OF Nator from Inc RI
Grantp for irrigation Of Texas soil
and asrlu. him go intervene 10 obtain
Tor Texan. some par 81 he flow ~
the ryof The letter follows:
u hay read with much interest the
open letter addressed io Won by Hon
Don \ BLISS of this city. as published
April 90 last. concerning the ufdcr 0i
the War "a .partm"It, through Naios
Howell a. Galveston. Ia restraint IT
the present ass ~oil ne 'nturo use ~
the water of the Rio Graudc fot the
irrigation OF Texas soil NJ Bliss
SAYS IN part
II Is well Known thar the Mcv.
leans are not using The water at 81,
or, ~ least 10 any appreciate extent.
There T. abundance NJ water ia me
river iOr the actual use thereof AT
present made hy the people oi bOtn
sides, and there will be- abundance n.
the present rate of development ior
years TO come Are the MpNlCnns
actually using he water on their side
complaining that they are not gcttin,
enough water 10 iUigate their lands
by reason OF the fact that the Amer.
leans are gctting more than their lust
share? or are the MoXicana acting
the dog IN the manager. and Ia IL the
desire OF GU government To- aid them
in 10 acting
TO my knowledge three concoa-
sions have been PROMULGATED in The
Official organ Of the Mexican federal
government lor the use. by Mexican
citizens and corporations. of yates
now tributary To the Rio Grande o
irrigato al least 100000 acres This
water has been flowing into the sui
of Mexico b, way of he Rio Grants
for centuries past The first conces.
sion IL for lh" Ms" of the waters ai
the COncho river for the irrigation oi
3O0.0o0 ol more acres IN the state at
chihuahua The dam necessary b. Ia
prevent The flow o' this water nf the
Concho river into the Rio GrHudc. tor
which money has been provided by
Canadians. T. described as:
It's capacity will he twice that ol
the next IN size. the Assuam ola tho
Nile river IN Egypt This reservoir
VIII De thirty miles long aud from
five 10 ak miles wide, and will have
= storage capacity OF 90 000. o00.oUo
cubic feet of water
Tho Concho river Is the chief at
fluent of the Rio Grandc ia the
stretch between r. paso and Fagl,
Pass
The second next nifmcnt OF i'm
poriancc is the SAL Diego river. nj
IA. - III.
sourc" 10000 acres Of Mexican soil
are already under irrigation. and win
the financial aid of the Mexican gov
eminent an additional amount OF e..
ouO acres Is now hotug pat undri
irrigation
The third principal affluen, OF ia,
Rio Grandc, in the stretch between
Laredo and brownsville. IT, The San
Juan river ana "a concession has been
granted 10 the famous Sautena syndi
cate of the CITY or Mexico For the us,
%. sufficient water thcrefrom 20 irri
gate between 3jo,nU0 and ln0.GOl
acres.
The success OF the Mexican GOV
ernment In the notorious Elcphar
Butte dam dispute, wherein they %
tanned the free gift of onc-half of IN.
stored flow from the watersheds q
/ Colorado and New Mexico through
The ins'rumcnlality of the so.calle,
| international dam. To be consl ructe.
and paid for hy our government nnde
, the pretext that water had been low
ing down the Rio Grandc for ccnturie.
and ha,. been tapped by som. sinai
! bitches belonging TO Mcxicans lOCat
ed Ia front oi III Paso. witch the con
struction OF the Elephant Butte dan
would completely destroy the yalu'
OF. has manifestly encouraged IN
| Mexican government To appropriate
as herein shown all the waters whici
/ have been flowing for ccnturiel
/ through the af'lucnts on THEN sid,
of the Rio Grande 10 the Gull Of Mex
| leo and Ia insiigatc our state dopar
ment 10 restrain the use hy Texan.
OF the remainder. so that later on
when treaty is agreed upon the,
may endeayor to obtain some par 1
| the remaining flow
IN Is 10 be assumed. senator. thal
unless someone calls the formal At
tcntion of the department of state ~
/ The situation on the Mexican side Oi
the Rio Grando nothing will he done
20 restrain On prevent the establish
m5nt OF claims by Mexican irri2ators
ar enterprises pending an equitable
distribution OF the waters of the Rio
Grandc between the two countries.
AS II is now a question between the
rights ~ Texans and Mesicaifs, will
YOU not come TO our rescue in you