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<br /> <br />o <br />.,-.1 <br />Ct') <br />C.1 <br />C'~) <br />C.:> <br /> <br />of the streams on the CostiUa Estates, that h, of the <br />Culebra Rivel' and of the CostiUa Rival'. Thereto.fol'e <br />there had been established local settlements along the <br />two lItrea1!1s and the necessary ditches had been taken <br />out .fOl' the irrigstion of the lands of such local settle_ <br />ments. Thel'e were no storage res&rvoirs for storing <br />the waters of either str"'a1!1 except the Eastdale Reservoirs <br />which were SUpplying the Eaatdale' COJllllWlity. <br />With the acquisition ot the COstilla Estates, <br />however, by the Development company, a comprehend veplan <br />was pl'epar"'d for the utilization of all of the available <br />waters of both streams and for the colom.l'ation of the <br />land on a large scale. <br />?'he DeveloPlllent company, in addition to ac- <br /><11.l1ring the theretOfore untal'1lled lands on th", Costilla <br />E~tates, also acquired a considerable number o.f irrigated <br />rancheS,together with the water ri&hts appurtenant to such <br />ranches. In 11ke manner, the J:levelopment company acquired <br />the control or :t'ue Eastdale !.and, Canal and Reservoil' <br />CompaQT (hel'einaftel' sometimes l'ererred to as the Eastdale <br />companr) which owned the Eastdale Reservoil'S and Canals. <br />:t'he compl'ehenslve pian was adopted by the <br />Development company, as above set out, to secure a,complete <br />utilization of the watel' resources of the Costilla Estates. <br />The construction of a large reservoir, known as the Sanchez <br />Reservoil', was begun about 1907 on one o.f the tl'ibutaries <br />of the Culebra River. The water fl'om the Sanchez Resel'voil' <br />is dropped DllCk into the rivel'" carried down theatre"lll, <br />and divel'ted therefl'Om by means of several ditches. <br /> <br />The largest of these diversion ditches is the <br />Culebl'a-Eastdale Ditch 01' Canal, which really was an enlal'ge_ <br />oent of the formel' Eastdale-Culebl'a No. 1 Ditch hel'einbefOl'e <br /> <br />-10- <br /> <br />',:'-_:.:.;,;~- <br /> <br /> <br />,;'. <br />