New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-02-06
WATER USERS PROTEST
REDBLUFF PROJECT


Mater use,s and ,rosorct;ve wa,e,
pse,s On ,he Pecns river in Eddv
Countv are orostsst;na loud md
s,yong ,o,;,st oran,;ng the ,n,,;c.-
t;on of z q Th,rne Tor the Red
bInff reservoir site about four miIrs
north OF The Tex.s state lin This
anplie alton No 100 was filed earlv
IN Novenber h., his .gent A { Kirt.
patrick of Silver CITY. The project
proposed is for power purposes onlv
and intended /, develop nearly 5000
horsepower. The capacity OF the
proposed reservoir i, 10000 acre leet.
The state engineer has advertised
the appii,a ion ccordne to law giy-
ing ever. on, notice and apro-,uuitv
70 pTote Though he matter caus-
ed rrIca in.e.c'| m Eddy County.
every body pectrd , nae one else to
make protest and ask for "a herring
before. final action was taken bv the
state engi1ecr 80 81. '. -.went
several p'riir- ''H.i.' e. f. r.Yt..is
on heir own account a1l not take
chances OF letting the matter 60 BY
default.
In consequence there were five
protests filed on Monday iu tie irri-
gait II section of the state engineers
office They aH agree that ta,i- par
ticular IN er,' Wil Ice dam l-d IN
case the application Is granted Ii
!, set out that the Application is not
bona fidc as t.e.a is no mal kct fot
such a large amount oI power and no
point 70 which thc power may be
carried.
John {. Queen OF Malaga. who re-
Gently applied r. an thc unappro.
priated ,yater in Black river. tri-
bntarv OF The Tecos. I'cs protest
throuph hi 5.fo.rcv Gty A Reed.
Hs demands hc.rirq .llthe mavbe
able 10 submii argumcrt, AGAINST ihis
application
r A Fz,u files q nr,t.s tbr,ugb
his arfornr,, hI,.or r p Eli9r NJ
FzeII fiieJ an .1rI'r,Iior ,gr his re-
servoir Size nn t,ry > lQl1 and Oh
tained annroval In, tbrrc y,,s dif-
ficultv in fnanring H.. rroirri ,,.1irb
was intended flr tie 'irIl1atiou of
lands both in New MeAico aud Tex
as. and extension. were .rautcl iron.
time to time. Later the matter was
allowed to lapse Mr.. Exen claims
that he has spent much money in the
premises and that he has rights that
must be respected
Edna H,rro,,n ,>,c,.tri, al th.. r.-
tate of Mrs Gro ~ Iarrni,u fii,,
nrotest tbroupb brr atfornry Aiaior
+ p Ruiac that the rranI,ng ol In.
arnl;c a,;5n would aileSt adveT,.I. ,I,.
Haperman Canal and Rrseryoir pro.
iert This nrnieci is ON the east side
of the Perns river aborf t,yrl,c mile,
south Of Carlsbad and was abouf the
earliest on the Terns riTcr a, The
time { II Eddy Hagermap ana
others started to develor tbr pero,
valley in 1889 this had al The time
fine vinvard and orchard n vas
The onlv show .place 10 which nro,.
pectors at that time could be taken
ia show what the nossihiliti.s of the
valley were II is claimed thar IA
owns the oldest water r;ght ON the
river II contains about i've tbouS.nd
acres of irrigable land
III. Pc Irr;catior co,,n.,y ale,
f;,as 80, ,bsa,oh - a,tornsS,
Ms;or u p,,;ac IT. ca,,,,an',
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