Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-22
TO
REPLACE MANY
Dirt CANALS
Approximat } SILL
100000 Authorized
BY Districts For
Concreting Systems

Approximately Sill. 100000 have
already been authorized hy the
landowners or Valley irrigation dis
tricts for concreting or canal sys-
TENS. and III IL estimated that addI-
tional projects will bring the total
ID approximately S15,0 0 900, the ma
jcr part or the work I'd be COM
pleted within three years
Complete concrete distribution
systems have been financed by
practically all new districts and ex-
tensions of old districts, and three
OF the old districts have financed
complete concrete programs 9th
ers are making preparations Cd "a
nance concrete work either by vut-
ing bonds or through cooperation Of
the districts and landowners.
"a "a result or tine c0ncreting al
ready accomplished considerable
wastage or irrigation water and
Land damage through seepage have
been eliminated and the efficiency
OF the systems materially increas-
ed Though construction or con-
crete lined canals OK concrete pipe
distribution systems ~ still In what
might d. termed the initial stage,
the benefits which have accrued are
very manifest. especially In those
sections where canal Seepage had
resulted In damage To lands.
New districts which will place all
or part OF their distribution sys-
TENS under concrete include the
Goodwin Tract. west or Mission:
the ProEreSo district south or Wes-
laco; Hidalgo No. w. which viii
serve part OK the Mission. Shary-
land, Jackson and Retamn tracts.
Cameron No IS. serving the Bar
reda lands; Cameron NO. l0, east OK
Los FresnCS: Cameron NO. Ill, adj
joining No. lO OH the east: Cam
eron AZ and l3. north OF the Los
FresnOs tract: Cameron NO. ia.
which will serve the Bo0ry. BOX.
Boyd and Buena Vista tracts in
the coastal area; Cameron NO. I5,
on the Beckam lands west OF Rio
HundO. and Willacy NO. 4, which
will water 10000 acres in eastern
Hidalgo and central WiIlarv couri-
ties.
Old Districts tO Concrete
Old districts, which viii construct
complete concrete distribution sys-
TENS are the Pharr-San Juan
Alamo, which voted "a S3,OO0.OO
bond issue I'd finance a concrete
pipe system: Edinburg district.
which has voted ISL. 800 1000 and the
H. Feria district, which voter ST.
100000 and recently sold 100000 OK
itS bonds and IL prepared To start
work. The Mission. Mercedes, Nc
Allen. Donna. Harrington. San BE-
nito, Los FreSn0s. West Brownsville
ana iii Jardin districts each have
concrete programs under way. The
McAllen system. which pioneered
concrete canal lining In the Va
lev. has over 12 miles cf canals
lined, and the major part OF tine
West Brownsville district IL under
concrete Other districts are i'm
a~ugurating their concrete programs
by installing concrete Innings c-
pipe lines at the points Of creates.
seepage, thereby reducing water
waste and land damage.
The Willacy district which re-
Gently voted "a bond issue OK $780,
600 To construct it, irrigation SyS-
tenn. and Id is estimated that ap-
proximately 100000 win de- re-
quired for this part XXX the districts
program. The Goodwin district has
Its concrete construction well UNI
der way, and district No. Ill in east
ern Cameron county has the major
part of It, canals ready for lining
and part on the pipe lines installed.
Hidalgo district NO. W will place itS
entire system under concrete. IA
bond issue or " 2.750.O00 having been
voted for the rehabilitation or the
system serving the ~Sharyland and
Mission sections and extension into
the Jackson and Retama tracts.
Try Cooperative Plan
On both the Harrington and san
BenitO systems IA cooperative plan
has been adopted, the district and
Landowner Sharir-y the cost or con-
GREETING the canals OR installing pipe
lines. Under this arrangement the
points of greatest Seepage are be
ing concreted with consequent
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reduction in water waStage and
operating costs. Several miles OK
canal on the Harllngen system have
been completed under this plan. and
over 40 miles ot pipe line have been
constructed on the San Benito sys-
tenn 10 replace leaky canals. III tho
~ Jardin district practically all
points OF seepage on the canals
have been closed with concrete, tire
work being done In connection with
the $4,000 drainage program re-
Gently completed by that district.
Under the recent ruling on the
state board OK water engineers alI
new districts are required to con-
crete canals I'D prevent water loss.
though this rule does not apply
where the beard Is convinced that
the texture of the soil IL such that
seepage, III any. Will be light. There
has been. no objection I'd this rule
on the part ok any CT the new dis
trictS, the officials taking the view
that the increased efficiency and
lower operation costs more than
justify the expenditure. I'm pre-
senEtng the bond issues tc the vct-
ers I'D the old districts TIE Claim
was made by district officials that