Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-09-21
gress, especially valuable Tor its prox.
unity TO a great city.

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diameter Of 4 feet, 1t can deliver to
tue rich but now barren lands adjacent
10 its outlet, SONS 44,000,000 AL.
lonss per day and for this usage
the City Of Salt Lake ha, called
for proposals OF rental. Seven thous-
aud scros OF market gardens thus rem
dered possible lying alongside OF two
transconti nontal railways IL surely a
valuable adjunct 10 any great town like
Bait Lake.
In this connection We must not for.
Retto monitor auother projsct fast APP
proa ching completion, viz. the pump.
Ing OF tho waters OF Ophir creek 10 tbs
great gold camp al Camp Floyd and
the town OF Mercur, 10 miles distant,
10 furnish supply which renders IL
possible to Increase thu gold output OF
that camp Two to three million dollars
per year.
Tho most intereitirg feature OF this
enterpries Ii the fact tnat the water IL
pumpcd by worthington engines TO q
vertical height Of 1900 feet through
1900 feet OF pump main, showing q
fotciblo exempt 1cation OF the value Of
water In promoting our material In
tefosts, ana this brings us to q state
rigatiou field propsr.
During the past year We may be- said
10 hsve fairly inaugurated ia Utah tn.
sra Of reservoir construction for ifrlga.
tion purposes, thereby making avail.
able three times the amount OF water
possible 10 obtain heretofore from our
streams. In no region probsbly has
there been exhibited q stronger oppusl-
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construction oil dams, aud one OF the
factors thst toudsd most strongly to do
away with this sentiment was the
son, who with . few hun Irods
dam rome thirty feet high .ofoss
n small stroim known as tho san
Pitch river, aud which during the
irfignting season dwiadled TO y now
suffielnk for only n few thousand acres,
this winter aud spring hows onablihg
tbs reservoir 10 be twice ni.et, unJ
this season their drain will DO rsi,sd
another i've feet and ny slso drainiug
some Of the email 6illucDu tho Gum :
son irrigation Gtt let now GOV ~
20, 900 acre..
rhe slces,s o! this Bar river dam,
or rather diyorting weir, acfos. that
liver, further strengthened tie belief
that dams could be built when would
stand all ffeshets. IL may no well to
hers state that tho Bear River com.
pany's works are among the large ifri.
cation plants OF tn. West. A. n cost
Of nearly $1,000, 900 there IL here over
100 MILES Of canals, with towns and
settlements hereunder, already GOV.
cring 3lb square milee Of most fertile
lands, part being colopizsd. During
the past year 5000 aoros have been
placed In cultivation, 10000 fruit trees
set out and M extensive gram elevator
constructed alongside OF tho Southern
Pacific railway.
Among tho fret TO 20 extensively
Into the impounding Of water we hnd
the works OF the Clear Land and Irri.
CATION company situated on the SEWER
river, nsar Doserst, In Willard county,
where Swan Lake aud = series OF
smaller lakes ars oonneeted aud raised
by dams to cover some twelve squ ire
miles Of surface, which reclaim VI
ward Of 10000 acres. This company
has some nifty miles OF bitches, the
main canal being tbifty.oight ieet wide
and seven feet deep.
The bnake Valley Land 4 Water
company also OF Millard county, anu
some 200 miles south Of Salt Lake
CITY, has recently completed its resef-
yoir receiving the waters OF Lake
creek. With n dam forty.nve feet In
height thesupply has been uetermin ned
us ,ufii cheat Tor $4,000 acres OF land
which scans admirably adapted to
general forest And almond raising NJ
experience has shown. THIS elevation
N between i've anu six thousand feet
above sea level md singulsfly free
rom ffouts.
The Lsamington Irrigation com.
pany IA Just inauguratinx its system.
Its reservoir wiih hty..oot dam
across tbs SEWER river will DO one u
the largest In the wotlJ, covering a
surface area OF about tweniy square
miles anu impOunding some 40D, 600
aero feet u water. sufiicing win tbs
average Utah duty for 2OO,0 acre, OF
land avaiiably situated seysral miller
west OF the reservoir site
Btill farther south In Beaver County
Ia tue recently constructed system OF
thu Beaver Valley Land 4 Irrigation
company with imroundirg reservoir
iivo miles long, having sufilciency OF
water TO cover 10000 acres. This
company IL organizing = somewhat
unique system Tor colonization. Four
thousand or more acres are divided
into farms OF forty acres which
aTo fenced and on each OF
these will be erected ANAL
dwelling house. Thsss improved
tracts will be- sold on tho in.tallment
plan, no payment being required the
first yenr. As tho same parties have
maize this method SUCCESS In Texas
iI 10 presumed IL will work we'll here.
Near tue south end OF Utah Lake IL
the extensive reservoir and canal syt-
Gun Of the Mt. Nsbo Irrigation COM
pany. The works OF this company are
oi n more expensive character than tho
average, due To tho first class methods
u construction and tho character OF the
country. Their dam across Current
creek oonsetvos water enough for irrl-
eating $4,000 acres acjscent TO the
town VI Goshen. The Land, bsinx ex-
ceptiosaliy well adapted to fruit culture
anu ths raising Of tho sugar beet, lies
along tho linss OF the Union Paclnc
anu Rio Grande Western railways,
while q constant market 10 insured
from the contiguous mining districts.
The boldest project now under way
IL that known hs tho Mammoth rvsef-
vlir on GoOseberry creek In Sznpe.e
county, eight miles east OF the town Of
Fairview. Tho dam Of this company
win 10 n most massive structure OF
earth and of siono masonry, 20 feet
high. IL IL between solid Lodges OF