Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-04-18

Before l leave Las Vegas | shall
be able to make definite announce
ment as to whether my company Will
complete the big irrigation project
upon the Las Vegas land grant.
This was the statement made this
morning by Lloyd Sigler, second vice
president and general manager of
the National Savings and Trust COM
pany Of Salt Lake City, Utah, who ar
rived here yesterday for conference
with members of the Las Vegas grant
board and Judge David ]. Leahy in
regard to the option which his corpo-
ration holds upon the contract for the
building Of the irrigation system upon
the land grant north Of this city. Mr..
SigIer expects to be here several days
Whatever his decision may be, Las
Vegas viii not have much longer to
await it, as Mr.. Sigler is a busy man
and viii not be able to spend a long
time here.
According to Mr.. Sigler, his engin-
eers have completed the work Of ex-
amining the project. They have gone
over the whole system with care, in
vestigatfng the work already done,
examining the watershed. determin-
ing the character Of the work vet to
be accomplished and its probable cost,
ana estimating the number of acres
that can be irrigated by such a sys-
TEN when ready for operation.
Mr.. Sigler says his engineers have
reported that the cost of the system
viii be about s5OO.OOO. This is the
complete cost Of the dam, including
the expenditures Of the Camfield De
veIopment company for such constue-
ton work as can be used in complet-
ing the project. The estimate of State
engineer ]. E. French was $225, 900.
Mr.. Sigler accounts for the greater
cost estimated by his engineers by
the fact that the Camfield company is
said to have sublet the work to mex
.perienced contractors. who we're will
ing to undertake it at a figure far
below that which would be demanded
BY experienced men. This accounts,
It is intimated, in some measure for
the failure of the project to be com
pleted by the Greeley concern. Mr..
Sigler says, too. that the character of
the soil encountered is different from
what had been supposed when Mr..
French made his estimates. The en-
gineers for the Salt Lake company
have discovered the presence Of con-
siderable solid rock that will have 10
be handled. This, of course. will re
ouire additional expense,
Mr.. sigler SAYS his engineers have
informed him that the maximum
amount Of water that appears to them
to be available for the project win ir-
rieate 10000 acres Of land regularly
year after year with little likelihood
Of a scarcity. but that they are Of the
belief that $4,000 acres, which is the
figure proposed, would be too heavy
a drain upon the reservoir, especially
II several dry seasons should come
III succession. FOR this reason the
National Savings and Trust company
would greatly prefer 70 make its
plans for irrigating 1900 acres as
il belieyes II would be able 70 SUP
DIr plenty OF water every season. II
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