Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-15
GREAT WATER SYSTEM
 Is OWNED BY R. R.
Huge Reservoir of E, P, and s, w, in the
 Nogal


 CORONA, N M., Oct. 12.--The greatest water system owned by any railroad in the world is that of the El Paso & Southwestern in the No gal With ninety-two miles of pipe line, some of it 1s-inch, and a 'reser- Voir with a capacity of 450, 900 GOO gallons, the system has no rival on any other railroad line. The system was installed solely for the purpose Of providing water for the locomo- uves of the Fl Paso & Southwest ern railroad. The alkali water m this part of New Mexico ate up the boilers so fast that the expense was terrific. The decision came to build a mammoth reservoir in the mountains, where the melted SHOWS could be gathered, and pipe it along the line for railroad use.
 The preparations entailcd fiiN the purchase of the water rights on the south fork of the Bonito creek. which necessitated purchases >as far as Fort Stanton. This done, the company owned the waters, and then it began the construction of a reservoir to impound the waters and hold them. The reservoir com pleted, 1t was necessary to pipe tho water to the railroad, which is just thirty-fiye miles from the reservoir site.
 Plant Cost s2,ooo,ooo
 The water is brought down to within five miles of Coyote in a l6- inch pipe. by gravity. and the pres. sure at certain places is as high as 125 pounds. Five miles west of Coyote the pipe forks, one going to Carrizozo and 12-inch pipe bring ing the water on 10 that point. At Coyote a s4O,O00 pumping plant lifts the water into a gigantic tank for engine use and sends it on twenty miles to Luna. where similar plant gives it another lift up over the hin 70 Corona, another supply station. From here the water flows by gray ity northward down the hill to Pas tura. The entire length of the pipe line is ninety-two miles, and the entire system cost S2.000, 900. The Iiaes are made Of white pine Cast pipes were considered too expensive and no other sort but a wooden pipe would have had strength enough to resist the pressure and hold up under it
 Corona claims the name of The Crown City" and few will dispute it. Sitting upon the crowH of a com manding hill, the highest elevation on the El Paso & Southwestern rail road, 6,666 feet above sea ieyel, this ten-year-Old town. founded when the railroad was built, is one of the largest wool shipping oenters of New Mexico. Twenty million pounds of wool have been produced in the territory tributary to Corona in the past twontv-fiye years according to estimates of conservative people.
 Big Business Done.
 The trade of the sheepmen and cattlemen has amounted 10 great deal since the establishment of the town. Robert Owen, one of these old-;imc shecpmen, once made the reputation of being the largest wool producer in the territory; Joe Simpson annually markets close to SO,eO0 pounds; Zep Owens. 10000 pounds. 0. R. Ingram, Thomas Du- bois and W. R. Lovelace are among the men who are credited with pro- ducing 100000 pounds a year each.
 Joe and Alfred Holzman conduct the Holtzman Mercantile company here, tDelr tdiueF hdFiuS bCth lHS pioneer merchant of the place. He died two years ago. respected by his acuuaintances all over Eastern New Mexico. Gross. Kelly x Company have big house here, and Nj. C, Porter is manager The place has three hotels that look well after the travelling public and Benjamin r. Adams. the postmaster, is war veteran with history who numbers his friends only by the limit of his acquaintances. Mir. Adams is a per sonal friend of TheO. Roosevelt and democrat. but the republicans say ..he is good enugh for one of us, so he is inot going io have much oppo- sition. it is declared. in his ambition 10 go to the legislature.
 X sl0.O00 school house is proof that the children Of the community have been well provided for and the many nice homes in and around the town demonstrate the progressive ness of ehe place and the prosperity of the people.