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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



E. L LOMAX, 

 Genera] Passenger and Ticket Agent, Union Pacific Railway. 



placed on the geological survey of New York State, 

 and in July, 1879, was appointed on the staff of Mr. 

 Clarence King, then Director of the United States 

 Geological Survey, serving as assistant geologist on 

 work in the Grand Canyon district in Utah and the 

 Eureka mining dirtrict in Nevada, subsequently 

 being placed in charge of the paleontological division, 

 to which was soon added the division of geology. 

 He is one of the most genial and conciliatory of men, 

 and while not at all inclined to surrender opinions or 

 compromise principles he takes ample account of 

 the " personal equation," and possesses unusual quali- 

 fications for making and keeping friends. 



Mr. E. L. Lomax, general passenger 

 Mr. Lomax . e r 



and agent of the Union Pacific system, 

 Irrigation. nag a jj ve jy appreciation of the relation 

 of irrigation development to railroad traffic. He 

 is one of the most generous and persistent friends 

 of the industry. He has been at work for some 

 time past in compiling a book describing and 

 illustrating the opportunities for settlement on irri- 

 gated lands along the line of the Union Pacific in 

 Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, Mon- 

 tana, Oregon and Washington. He will give the 

 book a wide distribution. If all the influential rail- 

 road men in the West realized the importance of 

 populating their territory as fully as do Mr. Lomax 

 and a few others, the gain for the movement would be 

 very great. It is to be hoped there will be some emi- 

 nent conversions. 



SAN MIGUEL STREET, SANTA FE, N. M. 

 By Permission of the New Mexico Bureau of Immigration. 



