Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-04-10

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been let by the city commissioners
The contracts call for great thoroughne>S
in this work, including the preliminary
lerading of the streets, rolling this with Il
ten-ton roller, then an application Of six
Inches Of gravel, a sprinkling and another
rolling. then an application of a heavy oil
and another rolling; making Il job when
complete second TO none IN the Valley.
All Of these civic improvements show
that there is in Donna a new spirit of GO
Operation which augurs well for its future.
Ii shows that the people have 4 new conf
dcnce in the progress of their town, and
are willing to get together to help it along.
The citizens and the land companies are
getting together to see if each cannot be
of help to the other, and this will mean
much.
IRRIGATION IMPROVEMENTS.
Coming to the more substantial part of
the recent progress of Donna, one natur-
ally turns to the water supply and asks
how that j.. And the answer to that j.
really the most optimistic phase of the
whole matter. There i no Disgusting the
fact, which the Donna people are the first
to admit, that for the past several years
the water question has III many ways been
a vexed one. Like many another town in
the Valley. it, system was built before the
problems of irrigation were a. we'll under
stood "a at present, and in addition its
builders were far more interested in sell
ing the lands included in il than they were
in building Il system which would really
ma, however, i far from being the only
town in this vicinity which has suffered
this fate.
A a consequence, there have been times
when crops have been planted, and the
water was not forthcoming when IL was
needed. 4 general feeling of dis>atisfac-
.tion resulted in the people getting togcth-
.er, n at IIarlingen and San Bcnito. to do
something about it, and the result was the
formation of IIidaleo County Irrigation
District No. /. under the 1913 act Of the
legislature. a bond issue of ST50.00o and
and canal system of the old company for
the sum of S325,000. This left a residue
of over four hundred thousand dollars.
Which. under the law. can he used only IN
improving and extending the system, which
j. now being done.
DREDGING OUT OLD CANALS.
At the present time, about scvcnty-fivc
thousand dollars j. being spent in drcdg
ing out old canals and in opening up new
ones. The system now contains twenty
five thousand acres Of land. and this new
work will open up fifteen thousand more,
thousand acres of land susceptible of cul-
tiyation. which j. enough 10 build M y
town of. pretty good proportions. If well
watcred and well cultivated.
In this new work. it J. being attempted
to deal with the question Of the choking
up of the canals by sediment. This is
now partially me, by Il reservoir at the
.rclift pumping plant, which protects the
.rclift canals. but does not help those land,
watered by the first lift annals. However.
the plans call for the erection Of a large
reservoir al the river also. which will act
as a settling basin. and will prevent the
choking of the canals such as has resulted
in the past. The plans also ultimately
call for new pumps. though perhaps not IN
the immediate future. The most pressing
need for some time has been an enlarge
ment of the present ~iplon~, which were
inadequate To carry the water. This has
already been done but the putting in of I'm
eight foot Siphon.
This work promises Ia mean biz things
|tu the growth of Dcuna. II the irrigation
district i properly and efficiently operat-
ed. IL has many advantages over private
ownership. n the people NIL feel an %intcrc~,
in it and try 10 make a success of it. II
j. thought that the large bond issue which
has been provided for will furnish suifi-
cient funds for the whole system to be
put in first elias condition. and also the
new large acreage added will he taken care
of. ID j. an undoubtcd fact hat the land
which j. included in this system has MOI
superior in the Valley: it i of great fer
.tility. and in addition j. lighter and more
sandy than some other sections. lending
itself readily To the growing of cotton and
corn. AZ well n To citrus and 10 truck.
There j. \ rumor. and in fact il j. learn
ed from a reliable source. that Il sugar
plantation will be put in about three miles
south of Donna. The proposition j still
in too indefinite 4 shape. however. To give
any Of the details. 4 matter Ia which
much consideration j. being given at the.
present time j. the installation of an ice.
plant and a preceding plant. which i an
almost indispensable adjunct Ia a truck
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