Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-28

| speaker. AS coming from the presi
| dent Of the Commercial club of Albu
! querque. Mr.. Carr's brief address wa
/ given something more than usual at
! tcntion. In II he declared that Albu
querque was now convinced and tina
| he felt he might speak his mind abou
/ the valley without being accused o.
working for his private interests. liz
said some very complimentary thing
| about the community and its members
and concluded by pledgng the sup
/ port of Albuquerque for the citizens
/ efforts TO secure an adequate dam
! either from the reclamation service
or other sources.
II. j. Mcneil, an old resident of tn,
! valley, followed Mr. Carr with state
ment that he believed the excursion
had already done much for both tn,
communities interested and that il
would do yet more. through drawinl
them more closely together and givine
the Albuquerqueans q better under
! standing Of the valley and It's pros
ptcts.
Announcement was made that the
| Santa Fe railway officials had writer
the boosters Of the excursion express
ing their regret that they had not beer
! otified OF the meeting sooner, so that
representatives OF the Industrial de-
partment might not have been pres
enc.
Later announcement was made that
Superintendent futile, of the Albu-
querque division of the coast lines OF
the same road, had authorized the
holding Of train No. s a few minutes
Tor the accommodation of the return
t..f & oh IA.
Sary.
Santa Fc Fayors Project.
II was also announced that the Santa
FEES courtesy made a distinct hit with
the members of the crowd, whether
they hailed from Bluewater or Albu-
Quernut
w. r. Walton. of this city. made a
series of photogra phs covering all inn
portant phases of the function. Incl
dentally he got some fine views of
odie Dyer of this city. wading the San
Jose and riding horse as though he
had been cowboy since extreme
youth albeit he was barefoot and
somewhat negligee at the time.
The summer resort possibilities of
the lake to be formed by any dam
that may be established were borne
down upon strenuousk, The lake
which "A maximum height dam (nine-
ty-two feet would establish would be
from nine to eleven miles in length
and something near that in breadth.
AS it Is high in the Zuni mountains the
region wotlld be cool and the lake
would offer fine opportunities for
boating and fishing. There are sew
eral good sites for golf links near.
Back in the mountains there are deer
and turkey, and sometimes a bear is
killed there.
From this region of potentialitles
for commercial and industrial devel-
opment and the pursuit of pleasure
the party started about 1870 for the
railroad, to take the train at Bluewa-
ter and return to its special car at
Toltec on the way down some of
the COW gentlemen "cut a bad one"
out of bunch of mavericks" and
there was some excellent broncho rid
ing done for the delectation of the
visitors. as well as a very good exhi-
bition of roping in catching the afore-
"bad one
Albuqucrqueans All Pleased.
President Clark NJ. Carr left the
party at Bluewater, but before he did
so made the following statement:
projects in the state. 1t will be a big
feeder for Albuquerque some day. but
the dam Is sorely needed to bring II
to fullest prosperity, That the Santa
Fe approves the development of the
project is great gain. Another and
most significant fact, is that on this
project the settlers are already settled, !
at work filling the ground, and no col |
aniZatiOn will he necessary
"This region was first settled in the |
eighties. the Mormons. who now form |
a large portion of the population hav-
ing come into it about thirty years /
ago. It receives the water from a |
irainage area OF about $50 square |
miles II Is unique in that the people
who live on il want it, and will not |
nave to be educated up to reclama-
ion service requirements"
A. Vohs, who is interested In the I
3ernalillo Mercantile company, which I
'ecently entered the valley, declared |
hat his form showed what it thought /
II the valleys future by coming into
{ as a business enterprise"
John Lee Clarke said: ut is re-
reshing to find a proposition which,
IN Inspection, is not only all that was
,laimed for II beforehand. but even
more. To get the dam these people
want appears to me to be but ques-
ion of clearing up the old tangle and
my child can see what 10000 acres
If cultivated land added to its tribu-
AIRY territory means to Albuquerque,
H. S. Picard. of the First National
,ank, said, ~ coincide with Mr..
'larke in my opinion. The stuff is
there and if the dam
vii n
.reat deal to Albuquerque in a COM
nercial way"
Trip and Project Both Fine"
w. r. Walton declared, when asked
ks opinion of the trip and the project
They are both fine, for Albuauer-
ne and for the valley The trip has
rought the two communities closer
nd | am glad the club had delega-
ion make il.
A. Fleischer declared the trip had
zen u success from start to finish.
he project is feasible and the dam
hould be built If it is not, Albuquer-
ne will lose a great opportunity.
George Neher Jr., Of the First Ma
Ional bank, declared he believed the
ropostion was a good one.
r S. Donnell said that the trip had
cen a fine one, that the hospitality
f the Bluewater people was great and
hat the Alhuquerqueans appreciated
greatly and that he believed the
rip TO the valley would be of benefit Z
9th to that section and to Alhuquer-
ne.
f. r Landolfi, of the FIRST National
ank. asserted that he believed the
rip out to the Biuewater section had
cen good thing for Bluewater and
nat by helping that community AL
would help herself.
+, w, Fee asserted that the trip