The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-01-25

INn IuINuIn ~ Irana valley. tne
suhitri 81 he rtndy. stretches from
An sandovai ee0ab q an afarilai
Eocofro county. the head % the
Elcuhanf fulif rcarrruir 6cfwe~n
tntne two terminals u extends
thr1uNh Hernatllo and Valencia coun-
ties The principal towns are uorna-
uisa Albuquerque. Loo innaa. nelen.
eocorla. san Antonio and san Mar
ciai The fanty also Includes me In
dlan towns u Ccchlsl eanfo oomln-
40 san Frlfse fanua Ana sac Dia
md lalffa- TIE total population 81
The valley ~ so.ooe.
~trrlrafl,a Dl~lrirf u oid.
Although the irrigation district 4
Que Of the oIdo1i IN ne United sIafea.
D present methods are very crude.
The same old dItchea gse1 hundreds
q Years Asp SIN suffice. feiiins %
acreage fhcY servo. II ~ CERTAIN. how
escr. they uss too much Hater for
\ beef results. The valley itself h
local Tor lffifauon. ranging In elevn-
tlon from k4t5 feet so f.f14 feet. pos
rtnslur an arid climate. and varying
from s,vs handrcd rect % five miles
me rro~. area Of the middle valley
totat 1o4.uil acres. divided a. fol
lows class enc cultivated landn. 90
ees acres. claus fro cultivated lands.
t.1t1 acres. alEaN ana ALT Traax. AL
81 acrcai swamp. afi1t fimher. ~
tftt river ann rlrrr uash 2lft1s.
other valley lands including towns,
The value Of class one cultivated lands.
which are ekcelleut Tor arlsiur.
ranats from $50 70 si1g an ocre. while
that % class tno lands. ldenfi.Al en-
cept that mfr use toe much water.
runs from $50 % SEQ. Illustrating h
los 70 tho Individual owner and h
"a. Tho other lands from 80
n n evident mat IN. presents Of
too much water IA clant two lands ~
ckuHnd b = aatef table that n higher
than a should be- This could be re-
ducfd By lowering the river through
slr4lEhtsninF u. connnine a 70 n
and on~1trucfIcus. also BY eliminating
an possible canals. ~prcvsnting waste
o. water and rcnfricung ~ use n
hat which u necessary for h best
RESULT. and third. BY raanotlng tho
nround water b q system II open and
closcd drains erd ~ pumping. The
report does not Recommend a made
co1t 81 evacuation uioas Il prohibit
claima are beine made that the riv-
eri A. gradually increasing - elevation
and they are nppal emily true. yet this
could b. counfer balanced through he
elimination Of divided channels, thus
increasing the velocity ana sediment
carrying capacity % the river.
Plan Definite Channel
There are set rral steps In the de-
vslopmenf Of plans for thr drainage
work. Tho river ahould be assigned
20 \ certain channel and means pro-
ylded 20 keep h there. A permanent
river control program should be-
adopted. Outlet drains shoulc be con
atructed AZ well a. lntcrceptinr drains
parallel 20 the river 10 catch h
fround water flowing through the per-
vlous nub.etrata with lnterals 70 EAR
" the water back 20 the main drains.
For the laterBin. free drains would
suffice. owing to the p%rohibiiive cost
Of closed tile.
vast amount u water. tn. total
loss IN sncpaga alone 4 given NJ 2fe.t
necord feet Or two second feet per
mile Of valley. Aiso. the establish
msnt Df a single canal would reduce
the evaporation loss. Plant rcspira-
ton would Ia largely confined 20 VA
tsr supplied By irrigation Tor that puf
pose. thus cutting out the present ioss
through respiration In swamp regions
II n estimated that $4,000 additional
acre feet would be Developed.
projcct T. Tcasibic.
To show the feasibility Of the pro-
isct. Il report selects eleven districts
aud estimates the cost Of drainage.
the total number Of acres. the cot.
mated number Of acres receitinG full
benefit the coa; per acre of total area
and the Gust per acre receiving fuli
benefit
In the Albuquerque district, the cost
of draining would he t.sl iAs8 on IL
sal acres. of which 1880 wou re-
eolvo full benefit. Tho cost per acre