Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-02-03
FARMERS HAVE
A PLAN AF00T
SAN BENITD LANDS MAY RE
FORMED INTO IRRIGATION DIS
TElCT AND CANAL LINES May
I;E TAKEN OVER.
MEETING SATURDAY
EHNHHDIDIES AND DIRECTORS
AnHIE 70 SELL CANALS. LATER
AIS AND JUMPING PLANT FOR
~I .nWu Hlu

n plan which has fur H. purpnse the
organization w thr biggest irrigation
district in The stale WI Texas max A. con
Sirrird at San Ern'tn saturday when
farmers m the Fan Ianitn tract. direct
or M the san Ernitn Land n Water
Company and representatives of the
bundhulhcrs vii meet fnr ihr plrpaSr "
considering N proposition whereby the
farmers will organize an irrigation
pumping plant M M company: IN fact
all it~ property with The exception of
the lands
\ meeting was held secretly in san
iieniiu Yesterday afternoon. which was
attended TN the directors nf the SAn
ieniIu Land N Water Company. which
W im hr hands w N receiver. representa-
fivcvS WI The bond sales nrunlr ana rep
rrScntatyS uf The bond trustees. also Nv
n committee NJ farmers. ai which mat
trr> Affecting the interests W. the farm
rr~ i'm San Rrnito district were discussed
The directors stated that they would sell
The holdings vi the company. including
canals litrral> pumping plant aud w.
iirr building in San Hcnilu. INV N prospect
iyr irrigation district for "A .On1DnD ani
would accept payment .n bonds which
would W. issued IN the irrigation dis
trirt tn pay for the properties
The water properties NJ the San Brn-
M" Land n Water Company consist Of
ihirit seven and N halt miles w main
canal unr hundred and fifty miles ~ big
lnicral~ III H. thr largest irrigation sy--
tenn in the state.
The canal system ~ now watering
twenty five thousand acres NJ land, and
there arc also seventy thousand acres
which have water rights. aud would be
included IN thr event the new irrigation
district II organized.
The pumping plant has "A capacity of
fonr hundred anl ten thousand gallons
per minute operated Om ~ccnnnmirr'
speed. VII tlir battery there are four A.
inch pumps two :ii-inch pumps aud one
"A inch pump. There are eight gravity
gates each having capacity ~ one
hundred anh eighty thousand gallons per
minute.
The price which has hrcn ~ ~ the
first figure announced and IN Nv under
>tanti that ai the meeting Saturday nm
attempt win M made to grt M an under
! standing concerning the final figure
that will ~ made for the transfer NJ the
property
The sale III run~ummntcd will not affect
The cnMranr'S lands. hrt IN " expected
hat if the transfer uf ihr canal lines "
madr that N VII nnt only serve ~ place
The rumnlny un it~ frri. lint will also
have the result WI decreasing at least
hy half the cost uf the water rentals "a
the farmers on Ihr San Iicnito tract.
These writer rentals. " IN Saih hive been
~ constant worry Tn Ihr farmers "a the
district. and thr formation nf nn irri-
cation district. IN wv claimed will prove
I'M great benefit Nv them.
The San Hcnitn canal lines began
building about seven vca-S ago. just
nriur tu the location ~ the irwn W Snn
I;cniIn. They have been constantly In
-rr A~rH and extended a. the section. grew
until now the San Hrnito canal lines are
The largest in the state not only in tLn
natter NJ power equipment bat also I'm
hc amount M land supplied and mile
nGr NJ canals and latcral~.