Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-17
INTEREST LOCAL
PEOPLE URGED IN
GRAVITY CANAL
meeting Held at Federal Building is Ad-
iaHraCa 10 isext Saturday Afternoon
Wien Il Is Hoped TO Bring Out Farmers
from Surrounding Communities.
WOULD .RRlGATE 25OO.O00 ACRES
Al COST or = PER ACRE
Prominent Farmers Admit Utter Inability
Of Canal Companies 10 Profit by Opera
lion Of Pumping PIantS-LOok Forward
10 Federal Aid n Matter.

tAf ~uiGuANtlNG community tU NOT lHuf
Oughiy understand nor appreciate The
fact that This city and community stand
a. much ia ue-d OF the proposed gravity
canal ar HnN other section III the Valley.
Was thr runrcn>nS nT opinion uf sixteen
men Who attended The meeting held last
night At thr Federal building. Therefore
if Was decided after thr purposes NJ the
Gravity Irrigation Association were
placed before thr meeting. that adjourn
mrnt would hr taken untii next saturday
afternoon at = O'clock. 10 which time
mother Wr..ine win ho hrli ut thc fnl
.r1l building fnr thr purpose of um
.pletHg the organization of "a Brownsville
auxiliary
The meeting lust night WAS oIrne,i AN
DR.. IS +. liallam. i director in tho zen
.nrHl association . Who nI.rr u~n-ning thr
meeting ullrI iHr ihr naming ~ y tenn
roraTv secretary which place was filled
fnr thr nrUl-iHu ht II. MI. Stein. Follow
ing This y E. Scott. Y director in the
a>>oc.aiian occupied the chair and called
upon COL III. IN. Cav. Dr. llailnm ANA =.
N. Pipes. secretary ~ The Gravity lrri
CATION Association for explanations Of
the objects and purposes Of the aSSocia-
tiun.
The enthusiasm Of The people Of the
Lower Rio Grande Valley between IIar-
lingcn and Rio Grandc City. with refer
cncc to Tho proposed gravity canal. was
remarked TN Col. Cav. lie said that H.
had been with Mr.. Pipes in auxiliary or
eanizati0n work for two DAYS. during
which time his ewes were opened 10 the
fact that there H. a great demand for
The Improvement. especially in sections
where there has been dini ulty IN obtain
ing sufficient irrigation water. At IIar.
lin@cn ~ = result of one DAYS effort lI0
men attended the meeting for the organ.
@ization of IN auxiliary. and when the
move 90 organize was made that number
If votes went ~ in favor AT ID.
Col. Gay called attention 60 the fact
that one az The vital necessities in the
construction ~ The proposed system will
he the %ahr0gaiiun of the treaty with Mex.
leo which makes the Rio Grande \ nav.
iGahlc stream and arranging for the n~e
Of The waters of the river and the con
>crratinn ~ the flood waters He said
that Ne had been inormcd IN General
Mills of the American boundary commits
sion that this j. quite possible. hut he
cause AZ the unsettled conditions IA Mex.
leo ~ this time there i no similar com.
mission um that side with which the mat
Yep can W. taken M. Vi NilI have III
await peace.
lt ie generally rrgar,lri iu the Lower
I'in 'r'ndr Valley thlt pumping water
'n fNr Nr sent manner Is e failure. said
tll finr ff fhHt it FIN mot nt I'M nrnb.
lhlr IhHI uH' nuuihrr pumping nllnt
viii hr erected aiorg the river. lie r.
rill"i .hr m King nf ~ survey several
wears Hrn under ths direction III VI. II
'toro with 4 gravity cHurl in view. amt
NM NhIrh lfr >rm IA -.1nhN wa, rNpcnl
rl- lhr survey E1rtnr hrd IN view the
irrigation of HfHNlh 1rrf.~ Since that
timr ma project ht. hrnlirnri in where
" " has in view ihr irrigation Wy NJ
~pf"NtmaiclY 2lnH 0uu nrrr~ of land This
great trr i~ bound rn INV north rt
f1'tn0-' lir a"l uu thr west approx
'll'iri iF ifr /lnlfr 'nrutv lime. On
r''~' rNI i"" Hrr1 i- rn miles FROM
''"fih lH e'Hft. BARROW ipg a~ III nur> west
W ri until a' ibe /tpAfu county frrmin.
N> I'M i~ only from - IN -i miles Wide.
with tNc completion pf This great canal
t>ir'H. Got cav said. otrrfloWs along
lHt lower Vic trtulr arp w thing ur tlu
NiNi- '. ihr rr+ff cau0n~. natural wafer
ir~'f'nl in >inrf nni /Hrnfa counties.
mon H i~ rfnnn~ai tn r4n inr fhr -tar
a1r waters. wauli retain al rh. overflow
' 'H. IH" 'ffihir Nr ~Iti ihaf hr bad
N inIhi.f Nt bf N l Rockwell. fnr
I' 'H'i"l Niiir department ~ aeri
Nh" hl- 'H+-n mlkiHr iayc~tiga
N"'i'' ItF several tra r~. that
"tl' lN'>Ii'n nI Tine until this
't ih tnn wifh ihf necessity
Hi h #tHNNNN N.fNANI system
""'ii 'nid '"i- N1v that the
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