Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-07
new DISTRICT
NEAR MISSION
RUSHING WORK
First Water Expected
10 Be Turned Onto
Goodwin Tract Last
Of October

MISSION, Tex. Oct. s-rrr;e,t;or
water will be applied to part Of the
goodwin tract By the latter mart M
ossooer, IS the forecast OF district
oiiiciais who report that rapid prog
sess IS being made in completing the
irrigation system.
installation Of the river and sec
ond hit pumping plants has been
completed, most OF the main canal il
ready TO receive water, and some OF
the distribution canals have been
completed. Rapid progress Is being
made on all canal work. Installation
OF the huge pipes at the first and
secon lifts, which is nearing COM
pletion, Will permit pumping OF water
into the canals.
Plans have been completed for the
inauguration Of land sales almost ST.
~multaneously with the flow Of the
first water through the pumps. Ex-
curslons will be run to Mission
throughout the winter from the
North and East. and the owners pro-
pose to develop the entire $4,000
acres as a fruit project, selling an
land to be turned over TO the pur-
chaser when the orchards, and pos
sibly vineyards, come into bearing.
The river pump Is located about a
mile and a half above the Penitas
pump of the Edinburg system, a site
comprising 81 acres having been Sc
cured by the district. The second lift
pump is located about a mile dis
tant, both plants being equipped with
n 20-inch and one 30-inch pumps,
operated by $50 and 350-horsepower
electric motors. Additional relift
plants are located at various points
on the 23,000-acre tract, all plants
being constructed Of concrete and
brick, with red tile roofs.
Concreting Starts
The entire irrigation system will be
eoncreted with the exception Of the
canal between the first lift and the
S0-acre reservoir. Concreting Of the
intake between the second lift and
the reservoir Is now underway. En-
gineers report that all canals are
settling rapidly and there will be no
delay in concreting the entire system.
All distribution canals will be either
concrete pipe or lined with concrete.
Pump plants and intakes are being
constructed Oversize" and pro-
visions have been made for installa-
ton of additional pumps. 1t Is esti-
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will contain between 10000 and
$4,000 acres, including a large acre
age around Tabasco. In the initial
construction preparation are being
made to meet any demand that may
arise in the future.
The sO-acre reservoir between the
first and second lifts will provide Tor
the storage Of approximately 500 acre
feet. II is located in q natural de-
preston, and less than 400 yards q
leyee was necessary TO complete II.
Several small control reservoirs have
been provided in various parts q the
tract. Concreting Of canals has prac-
tically eliminated the drainage prob
lem, engineers assert, but several
drainage bitches to prevent collection
of surface waters in swales VIII ne
constructed.
Ideal Fruit Lands
There will be no waste land on the
project, and practically every acre
Is ideal fruit land, developers state
In the central part Of the tract there
il a large. acreage of the ~so-called
"red land and oXidizcd soil that mas
proyed very desirable for grape Gull
ture, II is the belief Of the develop
ers. who have planted several acres
10 various varieties Of grapes, that q
large acreage will be devoted 70 vine
Yards. The red land Is urderlaid
with n limestone formation similar
70 that Of Champagne, France. am
analysis Of the red soil indicates that