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<br /> <br />to <br />,....j <br />C''J <br />(J <br />C',) <br />C.) <br /> <br />,.'. <br /> <br />,\ " <br /> <br />had been g~eatlyove~-estimated. new estimates we~e <br />prepared and it was the co~cluslon at that time that <br />the irrigation 'works from the Culebrn could safely <br />supply 29,000 acres of land and perhaps some additional <br />acreage. Unde~ date of January 1, 1920,,11 so-called <br />"Supplemental Contract" lias entered into between the <br />company and the holders of Sanchez water rights fi::dng <br />----- <br /> <br />the maxi~ of, Class A water rights at 29,000 acres, and, <br /> <br /> <br />providiOgthat the holders of these Class A wate~ rights <br /> <br /> <br />should have priori~J over any othe~ vtate~ cont~ects <br /> <br /> <br />issued from the Culebra source. <br /> <br />!,~........--,-..... <br />, <br />. rJ:,-:-..., 0_< <br /> <br />Parenthetically, .it can be remarked that eVen <br />this 1920 estimate of the quantity of water available <br />:l.n the Culllbra !liver ultilllately proved much too !Ugh. <br />At.the present time, the actual acreage in crop from the <br />Culebra under the irrigation works of the Water company <br />is only about 15,000. <br />As above stated, the second reason why it was <br />proven impracticable to irrigate the lands of the Jaroso <br />colony'r:rom the Culehra, wll-s the axeessivll ,""arri:ali'ec'r:; <br />loss under Latera:t2. In order to obtain ,the requisite <br />elevation, t!Usli>.teral was constructed around the base <br />of a volcanic mesa where the so11 is very porous. It <br />was found that it took about i"our acre feet of water in <br /> <br />ths Sanchez Reserloir to put one acre foct of water into <br />the Jaroso colony. <br />For these reasons, 1t gradually bec!lllle apparent <br />that the Jaroso colony must look to the Costilla River <br />for its water supply. <br />There were two possible Costilla SOl~ces <br /> <br />-15- <br /> <br /> <br />"'id....~' <br />