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vides for the diversion and storage of flood waters of Hondo River, a 

 tributary of the Pecos, and the reclamation of about 10,000 acres of 

 land in the vicinity of Roswell. 



The reservoir site is a large natural depression, the storage capacity 

 of which has been increased by the construction of five embankments 

 between the surrounding hills. The water is diverted by means of an 

 earthen dam 20 feet in height and conveyed to the reservoir through 

 a canal with a bottom width of TO feet and a capacity of 1,200 cubic 

 feet per second. This canal is provided with a weir at its lower 

 end, over which the water will flow, allowing the silt to gather behind 

 it and be sluiced out at intervals. The outlet canal connects the lowest 

 point in the reservoir with the river, passing out through a gate in 

 one of the fills. The channel of Hondo River will be used for carry- 

 ing the irrigating Avater a distance of about a mile. At this point it 

 will be turned by a small concrete diversion dam into the distributing 

 canals, one on each side of the river. 



The area to be irrigated is all first-class land, free from alkali, and 

 when irrigated will be easily worth $100 per acre if planted in corn 

 or alfalfa. If used for fruit raising it Avill have a higher value. 

 Water will be furnished during the crop season of 1907. The Pecos 

 Valley and Xorthwestern Division of the Santa Fe Railroad has a 

 line into Roswell. It may be possible to purchase lands from the 

 present owners. 



Carlsbad project. — The principal works under the Carlsbad proj- 

 ect include the reconstruction of canals and storage reservoirs on 

 Pecos River in Eddy County, which were built by private enterprise, 

 to irrigate about 20,000 acres of land. The development of Pecos 

 Valley has been brought about by individuals who installed an ex- 

 tensive system of irrigation Avorks rei^resenting the outlay of more 

 than a million dollars. On October 4, 1904, a flood in Pecos River 

 destroyed a large portion of Avalon dam, upon which the canal sys- 

 tem dejoended for its supply. The owners of the canal system were 

 unable to rej^air the damages, and as property valued at not less than 

 $2,000,000 was threatened with destruction unless a water supply 

 were provided, an appeal was made to the Government to take the 

 works and initiate construction. Some land will be irrigated during 

 1907. The land is mostly in private ownership and is tributary to the 

 Pecos Valley and Northeastern Division of the Santa Fe Railroad. 



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Klamath project. — The Klamath project contemplates the reclama- 

 tion of about 190,000 acres of land situated in Klamath County, 

 Oreg., and Modoc and Siskiyou counties in California. The plans 

 involve, in addition to the irrigation of the valley lands, the reclama- 

 tion by drainage and future irrigation of a portion of the Lower 

 Klamath and Tule lakes, lands which are now either swamp or lake 



