The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-12-18
4 DRAINAGE
DISTRICT HERE
NOW ASSURED
Land owners to File Pc
E tition in District Court
This Week

Tho South Albuquerque drainage district,
the first drainage project in the central Rio
Orande valley viii become q reality during
the present week when a majority OF the
land owners In the district will his in ds.
triet court their petition Tor creation uf the
district at required BY state Law. A. least
two bonding houses have Investigated the
proposed project and are ready TO bid on
the bonds and actual construction Of thu
uisinsge sysism will be- commenced a.
quickly a. the necessary legal f0rmaltiea
have been completed.
Announcement Of the completion of the
land owners petition. made today BY q
number Of the sirnors, "a regarded a. the
most Important induatrial accomplishment
made in this section Of New Mexico In ~.
cent years "a u s looked on A. the arst
definite movement toward other drainage
districts which will result In the drainage
Of the whole central valley within rsa
hunAhlr time and the reclanAtion Of thou.
aauds Of acres Of what Is now waste land
az we'll o. In vastly Increasing production
Of farming lands now In cultivation.
Under Way Two Years
Work on the South Albuquerque drainage
district project has been under way for
nearly two years - one of several such
proisets in this VALLEY The work has been
done voluntarily By land owners. who have
caused exhaustive detailed plans for tho
drainage system 10 BE- worked out Even
the volume Of water expected 20 be- drained
worried Out and the estimates show that
the drainage canals viii turn into the Rio
0runde more water available for Irrigation
than Is now taken ont % the river by sny
Of ths main irrigation canals taken out north
Of tho project
The south Albuquerque drainage district
eomprisos something more than q. 500 acres
on the east side Of thu Rio Grandc. lyinE on
both sides Of the santa b. railroad from
the south line Of tho railroad stoekyards 10
the north line Of the isleta Pu, bio land
grant The santa fe Railroad compHny is
signer of the drainage petition. 1hs rail.
road company uwus no agricultural land iu
the district. but H. engineers concluded that
drainage woald be of great value 90 the com
pauy's road bod In Increased safety aud per.
maneney. a. well ~ 60 lis large frsisht yafds
aud stock yards The railroad company
Therefore. vii bear its full share oi the cost
~ the project Tor the large acreage noludci
in yards stackyards and right ofvay. The
matter of participation the prulsct By the
Ialeta Indian grant lands L. nov before me
United niatss inaisn commissioner and % i'
hthvfed tina. thiH larsc erea may be- included d
a. the project before % reaches the cunstrur
tinn stage. The state of New Mexico aHo
owns school section ~ 90 acres within tho
project aud the land commissioner has iudi
Gated hH desire Co have this land Included
Boo tho petition This. however wlll require
an act of ihc Legislature several section,
~ state lands have been Included in rcco'
valley drainage district projects. the state
participation IN the cost being subject Q,
legislnAye action Combination ty the .rg
isiature oi this Inclusion will be- sfsei du .nl
the coming special session if th- Esscrnol
can be- inducrd 20 include the matter In th,
umcitl call There Is believed So he no prob
ability uf objection from any source The
governor has shown . lively interest iu Ru
Grande valley drainage and not long az,
accompanied special "rainago excursion
train through the whole valley from AlDu
81 Land ownsrs
There are - owners ~ iand under th
new dralna-e district project aud more thai
the rcqnircd majority had signed up today
There are number ~ non resident owner
who have not been approached hut who's
assent 10 the project !, looked Tor IN IN.
event these and other land oUucrs who hav
not voluntarily approved the project wil
have their day in cuurt under tho pTuyift1u
~ the state Law covering irrigation distric
creation aud bonding
an of the larger land holdings under IN
district have signed the petition and th
owner, today were confident that uu furthr
b,riuus objection o. tho project would o.
raised aud that dredErs might bo at Wor
un construction iu ur ,ary srr.us
The land owners vhu En,, s,surd tine D.,
titiun. constituting iho maturity uvrr.aarS 9
tnstiipic The prucrrdiu-. aroas follows.
~ t. Phlhps clara - Cau. Wa.hin=tp
Investment company Western Meat rnr
pany Frank . Wilson Jsmcs D. Ross. .
bowrrs %. - Chrt. " " Huidr. Whlhni
poldo. Joe SehWsriuuan j g. Lindlri
Wylic A. Williams. William rarr COMPANY
"a fagr A q a + y Railway COMPANY
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