Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-06-06

O1AN oNSOA0 AOSAs
July ...... S0,544 second feet.
August 49,. 26672 second feet.
September $4,000 second feet.
October ... 262,976 second feet.
November -. 1864 second feet.
December -. $4,000 second feet.
Total of -. 1,6OS,472 second feet.
Or an average flow of four thousand
five hundred second feet for each day
of the year.
One cubic foot per second equals
for one day 646,272 gallons Of
water. AS a matter of fact after
thirty irrigation companies in the
rear 1910 pumped all the water
wanted or fully ESQ 600 acre-feet OF
water above the Brownsville station,
be Brownsville station actually
discharged and was'ed in the Gulf
If Mexico the amount of one thous-
md twenty-niDe billions five hun
ired and sixteen thousand three hun
dred and eighty-four gallons of
vater-or three million acre feet of
water, equivalent and sufficient to ir-
'igate one billion acres of land Sc
inches.
The yearly flow of the Rio Grande
river for The last ten years was ap-
proximately the same. This, how
ever, is not the case with other Tex
as rivers.
will not make any reference of
those facts in this letter, but | en-
| close you a table for your own care
ful consideration.
In analysed reports to the U. S.
army engineers board ! strongly
brought to bear the connections Of
this great amount of water which
.ointly with the great fertility of this
Lower Rio Grande land (delta) will
secure millions of tons of basic pro-
suit than any land in the United
States. and it should be fully con-
Sidered that we produce some crop
in every month of the year. Major
Howell says in paragraph Al:
"Inasmuch as none of the flow is
conserved in reservoirs the minimum
flow is the available supply"
This assertion Is true, but Il does
not prove or support that this min
mum should control the available
supply. The following figures will
validate.
The lowest minimum August 81.
Sept 4. $40 second feet.
Sept. g., 1910. 19,075 second feet.
Separately ! send you table of
yearly discharge measurements of
the Rio Grande near Brownsville of
daily flow. | hope you will see the
injustice Of the above rendered opin-
ion.
There is at present two great ir-
rigation districts formed and capital
lied. One with $1,000 acres. the
other with 1880 acres. The first
with a storage capacity Of twenty
billiong gallons the second with s;or-
age capacity of thirteen billion gall
Ions capacity.
There are more facts which will
be presented for your future care
full consideration. Cameron. Hidal-
70. Starr and Willacy counties have
five million acres Of land and hun
dreds Of thousands of acres in addi-
tion lie in the artesian belt.
The folloging table will serve as
an Illustration and also will prove
that the water supply reaches the
Brownsville station from natural
unexplained methodist at tinesl.
Surface water. natural storage be-
tween Roma and Brownsville; sandy
bottom formations; lagoons; old
river beds which take from the river
water during flood periods and on
low river at Brownsville his water
naturally returns to the river pass
ing by the Brow nsville station or
being pumped by the irrigation
plants before reaching Brownsville. I
In conjunction with this table
necessarily to validate the plaus-
Utility of my statement OF which the
table al the Roma and Brownsville
stations support the veracity. aud
Furthermore ii should be possible to
prove the truth by a clear and
elaborate analysis OF the formation
of this delta Unfortunately | am
not sufficiently skilful TO scientific