 This work, begun in 1909, was under the direction of engineer Couto dos Santos, for a cost of 43 contos, with testing of the water undertaken by professor Charles Lepierre and Dr. António Cruz Magalhães.On 19 February 1912, José Figueiroa Granja (from Vigo) acquired from José Joaquim Esteves the "Novo Hotel da Quinta do Peso", and bankrolled it through the company "Figueiroa & Ribas" (partly owned with Galician Don Francisco).On 23 August 1913, the "animatógrafo" "Salão de Melgaço" in Peso was inaugurated by Cícero Cândido Solheiro.