Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-30
ORGANIZATION
UNDER WAYFOR
BIG ACREAGE
Surplus Waters From
Rio Grande Will Be
Utilized; Plans Pro-
vide Storage

In $500 acres ON the LaEun Vista
tract, $500 acres WV che Boyd tract
and several hundred additional acres
on adjoining tracts, totalinE approx
mately 5000 acres IN the coastal
area. will he presented Che commits
%sioners' court within two or three
weeks.
Announcement % this effect was
made NM NJ. w. Hallam, representing
the Laguna Vista interests, and Col.
Lee Slower. representing che Dixie
Development CO. az Kansas City, own
ers uf the Boyd tract.
The Boyd tract comprises $4,000
acres and the LaEuna Vista tract l0,-
500. Only the best agricultural lands
on the tracts will he brought into
the district nv this time.
A permit for che use nf surplus
waters. "a be diverted from the Rio
Grande Az n point below existing ir-
rigation plants. wa granted by the
state board nf water engineers Non
day, the permit covering $4,000 acres.
none nj which is within the riparian
area.
Petitions for organization must he
signed nv Mt least 5O per cent ON the
land owners and these signatures
are being obtained. There are S5
owners on the LaEuna Vista tract.
one company owning the Boyd tract
Il IN proposed 70 have practically All
property owners sign the petition.
and 50 far they have been unanimous
In regard t0 the irrigation plan.
Will Store Waters
Tentative surveys and estimates
49, NM~- - N. N Nv A-I~
San Benit0 engineer. Under the
plans submitted the state board cf
water engineers and approved hy that
body, the district will provide storage
for approximately $4,000 acre feet.
sufficient IN tide over any shortage
Of surplus waters inv the Rio Grande.
The first lagoon east WI The El Jar
din tract viii be utilized as a reser-
roir- highlands on three sides neceS-
stating the ieveeing Of the east side
only in order to transform The lagoon
into a huge fresh water lake. Water
from the Rio Grande will NV admit
ted 70 the lagoon Ivy gravity flow dur
Ing flood periods. river records indi-
eating the lagoon can be filled NV
least twice each year, storing the
flood waters for future use. The la-
COON liz located north Of the Boca
Chica road and about two miles east
of the east line Mi the El Jardin
tract.
The river pump will he located
about "a mile and " half east nf THE
Fl Jardin tract. almost due east OF
the end Ell El Jardin boulevard paw
Ing. The main canal viii run north
and west crossing The BOra Chira
II road mwI uLrrfrw- a. w.n-A - we
the storage lagoon. It will curve
around the lagoons and then run az
most due north. A rclift pump will
be located near the Barreda-Point ~
abel road. south and west of Esna
Junction, and from that point w will
run due north along the west line az
thu Laguna Vista and Boyd tracts.
with a third lift pump ON the Laguna
Vista tract. The river lift will hs
approximately ~ feet. and the other
lifts viii I've between V and l0 feet.
None o. the water passing the site
selected for the river pump is now
utilized for irrigation, and promot-
ers of the district point QUE that uti-
l~izatioR Of this water will not inter
fere with any existing irrigation
projects, that att water used will w
n NAHNAN MWNNiNH
Cover Coast Country
with che organization nf this dis
trict the major part w the rich a.
ricultural lands in the coastal area
OF Cameron county will WY included
Tn irrigation districts, and the opin-
ion is expressed IVY developers that
within five years practically every
acre of the coastal area will be de-
i ssrfnnaI al IL. E.4 .--far.
cd. The most fertile lands lie al-
most 20 the coast IN that area north
of the Barreda-F0in Isabel highway.
and the prediction rs made hat even
the "sacahuisten lands. Immediately
adjoining the coast viii be developed
under p system nf deep tiliinE and
draining. Analysis has demonstrat-
eh that the sn-ralled "Sarahuiste~
lands would WY extremely fertile if
the salt was iearhed out and soil ex-
rerts maintain that deep tillare arG
A system of open drains. with thing
in low spots would leach these lands.
However. none of the present irriga-
tipn projects contemplate Develop
ment Of that class IL soil. the devel-
operS dev0tinE their attention ~ the
thousands % extremely fertile re-
~MhM nMd nfMN AMNN#T
Develop Large Acreage
nm those lands Immediately ada
cent To the Laguna Nadre. present
plans contemplate development of
between 10000 and $4,000 acres. ~
GLIDING the $1,000 acres on The Boyd
and Laguna Vista tracts. Between
1000 and 5000 acres are included in
the development Al Parker WI L.
Feria nov has under way ON that
acreage lying between the LaEunA
and Gayo Atascosa and the LaRuna
Madre and extending south from the
mouth of the Arroyo Colorado In the
Boyd tract. The LaTuna Atascnsa.
basin for the drainage Of approx
y matelv 10000 acres in northeastern
Cameron county. has been trans
formed into "a huge fresh water lake
BY construction of 4 levee across the
! Cayo Atascnsa. The heavy rains VA
the past few weeks have filled The
laguna to the ton of The leree. A
spillway has been constructed. ard
the water nov INA the storage basir
will BE permitted wv flow out. ~
thus flushing the lagoon once oh
twice IL is expected " w relieved W
such salt as III contains.
"A pumping plant will w. erected
on the northeastern part of the Ia,
, COON and the water utilized IN irri.
gate between 1000 and 5000 acres oil
the rich lands along The Cuatss
reSaca which runs for several miAa,
! through the tract. All water used or
this project will be drain waters
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