Identifier: mexicotodaytomor00vinc (find matches)
Title: Mexico today and tomorrow; an outline of the present earning power and future possibilities of her railroad systems. Facts, figures and suggestions regarding the principal traffic producing centers
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Vincent, Ralph Waterman
Subjects: Railroads
Publisher: (New York?)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ply ofwater. In this connection I have had several long inter-esting conversations during the last few days with JohnM. Irwin, who represents the Stover Manufacturing Co.,of Freeport, 111., manufacturers of windrrtills. Mr. Irwin,during the last eighteen years, has made frequent tripsthrough the civilized countries of the world in which thewater problem is conspicuous. He told me that, withinthis period, he has seen the situation regarding this prob-lem completely changed. For instance, in Texas, whereMr. Irwin began his work, the ranches were nearly all lo-cated along the rivers. Gradually the windmill idea wastaken up, so that now some of the finest ranches and farmsare found many miles from the streams. Mr. Irwin has devoted nearly a lifetime, not simply toselling windmills, but also to educating the people to arealization of the importance of storing water in timesof plenty. In this connection he has been instrumental inhaving large land owners build immense storage tanks, into 33
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which the surplus water is pumped during the rainy sea-son. The water, as needed, is drawn from the bottomof the tank. This plan, with the size of the receptacle,makes it possible to give the cattle nearly as cool wateras if it were pumped fresh every day. This plan of giving the cattle an unfailing supply ofwater is being introduced very generally in Mexico. Theirrigation facilities are being materially increased everyyear. Mr. Creel told me in Chihuahua the other day thatwater can be found at various depths in all parts of Mex-ico. The Government will lend all aid possible, financialor otherwise, to increase irrigation facilities. A few yearshence it seems altogether probable that the earnings ofthe railroads in Mexico will be from one-fourth to one-third larger than now, simply by reason of the great in-crease in the agricultural products that will follow a moregeneral use of water. The towns on the Mexican Central between Torreonand Zacatecas, while not large, are important as dis

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