Excerpt from Proceedings of the International Boundary Commission, United States and Mexico: Diversion of Rio Grande by American Rio Grande Land and Irrigation Company The Honorable, The Secretary of State: Sir: I have the honor to enclose herewith Joint Journal of this Commission, in Spanish and English, in the case presented by the Mexican Commissioner known as the "Horcon Ranch Case." This case was also brought to the attention of the Department by the Mexican Embassy and was referred to me in the Department's letter of October 12, 1906. Our investigation has disclosed the fact that the American Rio Grande Land and Irrigation Company some time last Spring became aware of a threatened banco cut-off in the Rio Grande on Mexican soil, which cut-off would take the channel of the river away from the site selected by them for a pumping station, and they made endeavors extending over a period of three months, assisted by the Mexican owners, to prevent this cut-off, but finally became convinced that it was impossible to stop the erosion of the soft soil, and knowing that their works would be removed from the channel of the river and a sufficient supply of water for their pumping plant they determined in the early part of June to resort to the opening of another cut-off, by artificial means, below their pumping works, being perfectly aware that this latter artificial cut-off would carry the erosive current away from the point where the natural cut-off would in a short time be fully accomplished if no action was taken. As soon as the Mexican authorities were apprised of this work they sought in several ways to prevent or restrain it, and the Mexican Consul in Brownsville on July 1, 1906, addressed a communication to Mr. Silver, as President (he is really the General Manager) of the company, warning him that the work was in violation of the Treaty, a copy of which is submitted with the proceedings. Later on Mr. Mendiola, as engineer of the Department of Public Works of Mexico, visited the location and reported of what was being done to his Government, when the Secretary of Foreign Relations requested the Mexican Commissioner, Mr. Puga, to call a meeting of the Joint Commission to take up the case. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.