El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-24

, reservoir. This ditch is built for the
purpose of catching additional water
! during flood periods and is calculated
! to supply the entire system when the
river is high, thus enabling the main
canal to discharge all of its water into
the reservoir to be held for the dryer
period This is a feature which very
| few if any other irrigation projects
embrace 1t virtually gives two sys-
TENS of irrigation-the muddy water"
system, which catches the water direct
from the river when it is flowing and
discharges it on the land, and the ditch
which catches the water and dis
charges 1t into the reservoir for use
when needed later.
New Towns. ..
Imperial and Palisade are new
towns, which already have store each
and a school and postoffice, for the
accommodation of the settlers, while
Buena Vista, in the center of the tract,
has these things and a hotel that gives
accommodations much better than most
small towns. Wells are being sunk in
several places to afford water for stock
or home use and in the townsites ar
rangements are being made to put in
waterworks systems for the inhabi-
tants. s
To Be Cooperative.
A feature Of the project is that the
company will cease to have any own
ership in the enterprise as soon as all
the land and water rights are sold
With each acre of land the company
gives a water right or share OF stock
in the land This water right carries
a claim for about 70 inches of water
per year, much more than is neces-
sary, but this much is guaranteed If
1t is necessary. The company. however,
reserves the right to sell what water
is not actually needed No extra wa
ter will be sold until all the land is IN
der cultivation and actual needs have
been demonstrated Then the company
reserves the right to sell what avail
able water it has left-the big reser-
voir is always to be kept full or as
near full as possible-to owners OF
school and other adjoining lands.
When this is done, the canals, reser-
voir and everything relating to the sys-
tenn, will be turned over to the owners
of the land and they will operate the
enterprise on the community
plan, after the plan of the United States
reclamation service.
During the time the company retains
the water rights, only maintenance fees
will be charged to land owners. At
present this is being fixed at 81 an
acre, II II amounts 10 less, the COM
pany will not make that much Of a
charge. Books are to be kept and
these will be open to the inspection
of the land owners. The total cost of
keeping the canals in operation will
be pro rated each year against the
land owners. The bitches viii be
operated by the company in fact in ex-
actly the same manner as the COM
munities will operate them when they
gain control. Four years is fixed as
the limit to expire before the entire |
system is to be turned over to the land |
owners
Water Rights Absolute.
The land which is now being sold By I
the company was purchased outright !
from the Houston & Texas Central. |
Water rights were acquired years ago |
~ the company filing on the flow Of /
the Pecos at that point and. while |
school lands are being sold by the state /
adjoining those of the Palisades COM
1any, they can get no irrigation water /
lnless there is enough left after the |
present company's land is all irrigated.
Priority of rights claims have been rec
,gnized in all courts and the company ;
guarantees perpetual water rights TO
he peoP1e who buy the lands.
The lands are selling at SIS an acre /