THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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ten years decreased from 22,000 to 8,850 persons, that the deficiency in 

 crops for the same period has amounted to $22,000,000 Mexican money, 

 and that the net loss during the same length of time to the owners of 

 flouring mills and to farm owners was $12,500,000. 



As to the second point, the State Engineer of Colorado has supplied 

 sixteen statements of filings and decrees for water, showing that up to 

 the end of the year 1880 there were taken out in the Third Water Divis- 

 ion of Colorado (the Rio Grande and its tributaries) ditches having a ca- 

 pacity of 4,495 cubic feet per second; and that since the first of January, 

 1881, there have been filings and decrees representing a capacity of over 

 21,000 cubic feet per second. In addition to this, reservoirs have been 

 constructed with a capacity of nearly 2,000,000,000 cubic feet. The same 

 proportionate increase has taken place in New Mexico, although no offic- 

 ial records are obtainable. 



VIEW OP MEXICAN SIDE, SHOWING RAILROAD TRACKS THAT WILL BE REMOVED. 



As to the third point, the citizens of Ciudad Juarez and adjacent 

 Mexican towns have authorized their government to waive any and all 

 claims for past and present damages if the United States will build the 

 Mills dam, as proposed, within a reasonable time and restore the water 

 free of charges to them. 



As to the fourth point, the only question was that of finding bedrock 

 for the dam. The United States government appointed Capt. McClellan 

 Derby, in charge of the New Orleans coast defenses, and the Mexican 

 government Senor Ramon de Ybarrola, one of their most expert engi- 

 neers, to assist the Water Boundary Commission in investigating this 

 matter. Careful borings were made and bed rock was found at depths 

 varying from 50 to 70 feet. The Commissioners then submitted their 

 reports to their respective governments together with estimates as to the 



