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~~ ~."j ~ - " .... (\,1 ,_P_) or from Eastdale Reservoir No.2. Eastdale Reservoir No. 2 could store water from costilla Creek delivered in the Eastdale Canal No. 2 or from Culebra Creek delivered in the Culebra-Eastdale Canal. Attachment 1 shows the principal features of the system. These settlers were, no doubt, discouraged by a short water supply, because they sold their irrigation system and moved to Manassa, Colorado. #" ~. "-.,; About 1903, the costilla Land and Investment Company acquired the costilla Estate from the united states Freehold Land and Emigration Company. In 1908, the Eastdale Land, Canal, and Reservoir Company began construction of Sanchez Reservoir and enlargements of the Eastdale reservoir system. Sanchez Reservoir was located on Culebra Creek, and water from Sanchez Reservoir could be released into the creek and diverted into the costilla basin using the Culebra-Eastdale Canal. The enlarged Eastdale Reservoir No. 1 had a capacity of 3,468 acre-feet, and the enlarged Eastdale Reservoir No. 2 had a capacity of 3,041 acre-feet. Also in 1908, the costilla Estate Development Company (hereinafter referred to as the Development Company) acquired the estate. In 1909, the Development Company transferred its water rights to the San Luis Power and Water Company (hereinafter referred to as the Water Company). The water rights included those for the Acequia Madre, for the Manzanares and Madriles Ditches, and those that were acquired from the Eastdale Land, Canal, and Reservoir Company for the Sanchez Reservoir and the Eastdale reservoir system. The plan was for colonization on a large scale; a settler would purchase land from the Development Company and contract for water with the Water Company. Of interest are the facts that all the Water Company stock was owned by the Development Company and that the same indi- viduals were officers of both companies. In 1908, Franklin E. Brooks was president of both the Eastdale Company and the Develop- ment Company and probably was president of the Water Company. In 1927, Malcolm Lindsay was president of both the Development Company and the Water Company. The individuals involved in the promotion of the costilla Estate during this periOd appear to have been prominent pOliticians and attorneys. The Water Company was in trouble early with the Sanchez Reservoir project. The project was not complete and operational until the irrigation season of 1912; and by 1913 when approximately -5-