Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-08
Replies to Circular
OF Manager OF
San Benito Water District

TO THE VOTERS or CAMERON CO. WATER IMP DIST No
In answer to a circular letter sent cut by the pFeseE-
Manager Of the District l wish to make the following state
ment; and to correct some Interpretations made in said letter
n the first place sec no reason Why he should have takea
q slam at me now as I am not a candidate for the office or
Manager IT Director and with regard to the expenditure Of ths
$4,000 received from sale OF the bonds. IL IL true there were
lots OF wooden fumes and gates put in rs there was such mn
increase in demands for water right to start with rs under the
old s. B. L. & W. Co, there had been but little water used and
as soon ms the District was formed everybody ~eEt tc putuhS
their land into cultivation. al the Manager knows. we weat
down at one time to around 20OO acres in cultivation before the
tract u ~ N roniJ ba~e baeS trpo..fhis ~ mt MI M
them in out Of concrete IN time for water - fast 4 they were
fumes put in in 1918. and 1919. Some Of the big ones Of ths
present time were put n while H p. LIVINGSTON va engineer
for the District The Manager ~ I'm error III the statement
that the main canal and All the laterals were I'm such n shape
the Old Resaea was dredged out and connected TO the lowlns
canal before he took charge and n still IN The same shape N
there a a shortage OF water In 1919 only In that the old
board refused to levy any more flat rate Or buy any more pumps
as asked for repeatedly a. ! knew the pumps We had at that
time could not water The increased acreage
The following year, the present Manager took charge and
they levied an $500 per acre flat rate and $500 per acre Per
in which he said nothing about the $500 tickets. which assess
ment raised sufficient funds 70 install the two new pumps and the
following year or the last Of same year there was a refund 70
some for a part Of the flat rate.
The Managers statement that the Manager before him Eot
$4,000 was only correct in part ! received $4,000 per month
for 4 months, $4,000 in 1919 and less In 1918, and prior 10 1913
the board managed it as a board without a Manager. It may be
fact that they 7 able A. present 70 &C. along With only -
as manager and chief engineer. but when III was Chief Engineer
uhder me M had " w part OF ne the three STA NJ
did not have any Of the management 20 lock after. Therefore.
1t must be 80 evident fact that there h. not the engineer
ing 10 be done now that there was In 1915 and 1919 or one a.
siStant could not handle il with the Manager and Chief En-
gineer out Of the Valley every few weeks. / can't see where
he is saving any $500 there.
I think most Of the land owners will agree with me that
our irrigation system in 1920 was not a make shift proposition
and that what we lacked was more pumps a stated above. The
canals had practically all been cleaned and some more than
once, a : that i a continuous proposition until they can be lined
with concrete.
The Manager would have II appear that the District was
in a bad financial condition when he took II over b. stating
that they owed sl5000O0 and a lot Of past due bills. but hs
failed 70 state how much the district owes at present lin past
due accounts and how much they have borrowed which rs sh0Wn
by the minutes 10 be accounts payable S3l,T6900; bills payable.
S353l300, and borrowed from the sinking fund Of the District,
$lOOOOOOi amounting to the total Of $770s2nO-
p. r. FOLEY