The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-02-23

sprctcd the now county road do
partmont tool shed which b. near
inf completion. and decided to
have IL nourcd with concrete. Ii
Dor being furnished from the
county Jail They also inspected
some scrapped machinery OF the
road department which &c was rec
commended to soil as junk They
decided not to sell O.. On case a use
for u might arise later.
The resolution adopted by the
commissioners this morning fol-
lows:
Whereas II has neon mnde so
appear that the flood waters ~
the Rio Grandc in their course
through the precinct OF pujlrifo
are liable to cause damage to tn"
property or life In said precinct.
and that the danger Of said flood
waters are now imminent and that
the flood commissioner cf the
county OF Bernnlllln should begin
NJ once 10 protect the property Of
persons or inhabitants owning or
occupying the said property IN
said precinct hy building aud
maintaining sufficient dykes or
other structures as may be Nee
cssary tn control the flood waters,
and 10 has also hesn made TO APP
pear to this board that "a part uf
the public highway is In danger
OF inundntion. now therefore be o.
resolved that the district attorney
OF the county of Bernalllio be and
is hereby Instructed to apply to
the court Tor a writ OF mundamus
commanding the flood commits
siouor to do the snid work
Rankin's Report
Tho complete text q Mr. Ran
kin's report follows;
Honorable board Of County Com-
mlssioners. Bcrnalilo County
New Mexico.
Gentlemcn: Some twenty years
| ago his same proposition u al
vcrtinr the river NJ nearly the
nmc place camc up and at thn'
time nude some recommended
lions to the county commissioners
hu. did not put them In writing
and 'hcv were overlooked and
soon forgotten and nc action taken
ON them So ] am going TO make
thcm IN writing
This other occasion was divert
Ing the river from cutting ~
h1uEs 8t hr Ranches De Atrlsco
church then took fhc ground
Thar this was not o. proper eNpen-
dIture 81 flood funds NJ tho river
wa not az amy flood age, but
was low. and fhnt n the county
wont 10 the rvpen7e ~ divurtfng
tho river the nceruia commissioner
would soon Soc building wing dams
% ret the water into the nccquiD
JUS below that point and the work
would have GO ho done over again.
Mr. Frank Clancy who was die
trict attorney nj tha' time. told
tho commissioner tina was
RIGHT about tho Hood fund. and
hoy could not be- used for the
pIrpose nslied Tho pcopic 90 that
dine furnished he labor and ma
ierlal Themselves ami by raltting
! draFs IN the river we diverted II
ana stopped tho erosion
I recommended at thar timo
that the Intakes of all ucc0uia'
should DO made more substantial
luud permanent aud tina tho own
prs nf an The nccuuins should hJ
I required before dlycr'lng tho rlvc'
MIC tho intakes. 10 riurup the
tnpts of the river both above and
below such intakes. so there woul
Dec no erosion ~ the banks from
such diversion by 'hcm " thi.
wua done the continued changing
] ~ the river channel would ccust
and the expense for protecting tho
! hank would be at n minimum
now wan 20 recommend that
Z m Tho owucrs 81 ncepuirs on tht
wcaf side o. the river io.n IN ono
] large intake far enough north Nd
INIT water from "a could %" dis.
frlhuied 20 the various major
iccquIas. that the river bank Tot
o. quarter Of a mile above such in.