Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-06-16
MADE
BY COMPANY ON
THE PETITION
IRRIGATION COMPANY OBJECTS 10
PLAN TO LEAVE 5000 ACRES
OUT or PROPOSED DISTRICT
HEARING BEFORE COUNTY cOMMIS-
SI0NERS BEGINS IN INTEREST
or SAN BENITO HOLDERS

Men mirrc icd u thr hearing begun
before the board Wy county comm -i0urr
today IVA winch san Beuito land owner
petition the board 10 call au election tnr
the organization - an irrigation district
M the san BeuIto tract, are ol the opinion
that the hearing win continue at icn rur
week. ~ ,lde- The pIofc ni tle .nn r.
uItu Irrigation company tr thc pI, .ut
plan fer thr district. indications rr. There
viii hc many other detail to hr riiI,d IL.
fore thr board yIu authorize iI, rI,,fruu
The ultimate object. I'M thr event th, ur
eanIzatlon election i- u,ce iuf r,il hr fnr
calling ut au election WV t"fr boud i.t
thr purchase ut irrigation rtuiI
Hearing ~ argument. frl tnd against
the pr"pU~rd irrigation di tri.t tu pm.
brace 1000 acre ln fhr ~n Eruifn
tract land nov Witcrcj hr tb, SAN ~,
alto Land and Water COMPANY clr.
ais was begun TIN. morning after Inder
Carleton NV behalf ui thr petitioner hld
read the petition ri tin landowner in
the affected di Jri,t wv th, county conn
mi sionel court Judge H L iat..
presiding and comm -ioncrs Graham.
Bell. Chdudoin and Edwards present
Following the formal prt antltinn uf
the petition which was .ubmIttr, IVY
the court n month ago Jud-r samu.
Spears of san Benito. counsel inr thc
San Hcnitu Irrigation tu. rrt.r uuu
read protest signed hl fh. San E.HI
~ Irrigation Go. and ~ lIudhuldtI. uI
the 51.nnn acre tract alleging thut thr
project a. not feasible unlr.s Ihnnn
acres tract controlled Lr thr irrigation
company. iS included m th district
which would bring the 1sr.a1. Il t> unu
The court adjourned fr noon ra
cess ~ the conclusion nf Ir' ~un1r-
protest. At tVI o'clock Fud., 'lrlrtau
representing ths petitioner r,rl th.
floor
Officers ~ thr ~an Eruit" irrigation
COMPANY which should unf p. confused
with the San ErnItu Land ,uf water
60. operating the canal. ares sam Nm
Robertson. president. A T. Montgomery.
vice pr >drni Iud a--u,Iatr counsel. I
e.. Bowie. secretary and treasurer. -lm
url Spears. counsel. The corporation
controls = $1,000 arrr tract formerly
The property VI the Brown, estate. IhI
tract. now unWit,rrd. thN Jr. arrhiu.
e. have included iu the rrurn..I irrl-I.
tInn district
The petition. hT-t TlnIt-entnd llt
month slgncd 80 landowner. a,coId-
nE ~ Alba lIeyWoOd W urimr mower m
the attempt ~ have the dl ,Ii,t treatod.
Three hundred and thItt nt thc W check
M N bona fdr holder enjoying th.
right ~ petition after rtttl,r,r tu tfr
taA record ha. been mldt tu rtrr
hundred It ie tId. du not .r check ur
some WI th. SAN EruItu m,u pr, put
ai the opening ma th, hearing ll morn
Ing were Noah ~hatrr FrlCr Er,e
rlzier. II NJ Booth FILM FL TrwI..
John Eat'lin. Hathaway. a n Gibson.
IT. :. Dodge Collin w Env.un lud
Alfonso Hicks III I- DNr+tfrd that nn
the day WITT the clos. ut thy bclru- and
The handing down ul thr decision San
Benlto people vii crowd ihc county
court rrnm. Uhrr, thr b.fr,nc WV hyIu-
held. Z" capacity
Beside. The san BENT" Irrigation
Company hghtIn- tha pctttl0u i- nDv
presented. spears and Mont -rmeTr Trr
resent. Robert G Schmidt. Fred W
schmidt. ii. Il Battle. III III Henson.
q. " Henson. y ". Land. Tama. =.
Raurc. NJ nv kcllu1 T II EnttNh. ~
y. Cowgirl =. J.. Lewis. n Lewis. Il
A. Lewis Albert klpr>trin. Paul rirs,.
N n. Anderson 1nd VI Nh Frazier