Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-08-26


capital simply through uaviDg
| originated the scheme. Zoe casa A..
lessmunt viii he about ~ yer cent, and
| tAe rest, of ~ yer cent, will be paid ia
UofE Attl gay Tor team and scfapsf.
a con'srvsilve estimate places the
clst % water 10 irtIgAte oue acre at
aoUJt So.
Tho cansl will cost about 800. 900
sni the IA.d tusl II will irf gao IL
| atIut 20 OJU acres. Perhaps HYt hal'
ihis amount u taken "a yet The
builders Of tue eau viii therefore
urre'sAfiiy have 10 take more stock
man they iced for their own fhrms.
/ but know 81 no Investment 30 good
~ vale slock st ~ an acre, with tue
certainty Of a ready market In tue
| near future. Ten years from now, u
would not he Astonishing 10 hud 10
sal.iug for so IN acre.
stated just now that tho wages bl-
/ lowed team ami scfapUr u 81 per day.
/ That hns been the rule, but hereafter
the work Will largely he 10. by con.
] tfa'i, at Oents per cubic yard, where
the etnh1ukmspt' do not excel four
'euii aud ut relatively hi.hsf prices
where there are unusual cuts " Nils
but there are very lew OF the latter
There l. Ope MI eighteen feet Tor a
very short distance. aud few others
inst foson teu fest, but ~, safe % say
tnat niuoly per cent Of the gradiug
docs not depart from the nOfmai. lhe
omhAukmunis are placed sky feet
spafi, but wletB cuts arB malu only
thirty feet are taken out. Tuc rest will
be removed as he demand for water
inctcases. sixteen iuohss per mile IL
the fall NJ number oi prominent
canals IN Utsb, This produce. it,
sinct rom Ia the current. Two feet
oct mis- 10 the iail allowed In the
Pc pies canal, AM THIS, " IL believed,
will keep the canal clean AMI make
subscquent asso'sment very light.
Cg-JrERAIivl VI. SPECULATIVE
uANALs.
have nov answered all the qusa-
tious that eau Ihink Of relative 10 The
canal save one, and | approach this
very reluctantly, not wishing tO iniuie
= legitimate undertaking even by CO. =
tfa'i. But % macy people nave con.
Ounded the Peoples CAual company
via auutlcr company working On
The bombing auI speculative plan,
nat u IN necessary ior mo 10
clear up tho matter. Thsfc can he
little doubt that had the right Ul vas
oi the peOple's canal not teen secured
whuu " was, u would now be hrli W
tue cImpauy just alluded 10, wan ~ o.
posed 10 bul.u aud own tbs cauai anu
sell the water right. The plan, ss
femember reading u, was 70 chATge
tho settler IRON FIX - ton dollars per
acre Tor wafer right, AID then make an
annual asse'smbut OF from liy cent
~ Unu dollar ef zero to cover repairs,
etc. This Wa reasonable, Indeed, Hs
compared with tue demands OF sume
itrg'IlOu compauivt, whose circulate
Il I0d the o,uat.S; and nany isru-Ts
sciu attracted " tho valley b. Ihs.r
approximations, only TO iDlu In win
tue peoples oCnumc ~ soon "a they
inside tue comparison Ut tnuif m frits.
THIS circumstance has OF course
tlkol tile wlui out VI their sails. ruuy
began Work tuia spring, however, h.
Ing men aud team, but Tor some
reason operations ate 1t a s.auHstllI Mt
present. lusru has been 40 clash be.
tween the Two oUmunu.rs, sur " there
Nicely tu DO. The ~ "a atUfs ttiVd H.
get half Interest In the peoples hcaG-
gate; but Iur latter Company wissiy
Trfu'ed ~ lJiu iutsTests with men
whose mole n operation differed Nv
radically from their own. The sppcu.
lAIIfS canal viii thofoi.T- be
.sksu cut isWer down tue river,
auI the two will run parallel iUr
several miles.
IL will be- remembered shat tle fall
Ia the Peoples canal IL ABOUT eight
icet por miic while Il Hkifts the lava
i-dgss. This iall tue other Company
propose ~ conserve by building ievees.
10 that ut point about eight miles
below the hesdsate the lAltsru viii
cross 10 the bonon by means VI Hume
perhaps ten feet above the Peoples
canal As they propose 10 tun win ~
iitlo fall As practicable, they viii cover
a large part Of the land above the foO.
pleas canal, the scheme !, too good
one nJt 10 succeed ultimately; but IN
ihcl mtRnShiiv, unlets eastern capital
lets become Interested In N, n thing
not uullEniy, II must remain ON pager,
uutil ell intetesla Ia the Peoples canal
aTr secured aud have appreciated In
value several hundred per cent. THIS
may eAsily happen within the neat
tive years.
IHE LAND AND NATURE OF THE SOIL.
oar next consideration IL the Land.
rnis has already been touched upon
from the point OF view OF tho gsolUgitt.
IL remains 10 DO discussed from tie
standpoint Of the farmer. For oleai-
uers Of perception divide the fuTty
mile strip covered by the canal into
three sections, an upper OF twelve
miles, middle VI sixteen miller, aud q
lower OF twelve mile6. The upper sec
ton enjoys the advantage VI being
tTBt on tho canal and also nearest the
csdars, making It easy 10 get WOOD; 10
II has attracted most OF the settlers.
The land h nearly all taken, but In
viuN Of tho cUttainty that the canal
Will be completed 10 the oGncr sections,
elaine eau just now be- purchased very
cheaply from men who would then
nov below. To, upper section enjoys
Al51 the huy ptAgr Di telng uraf the
fsilroai VI Blacki,u.. But H. s1ll 4 o..
net c0mpatc, 10 ny estimation, with
tlAJ below, | examined tho htafa
ufrsuutod IN well that wac uel.g
dug, and found Abuu. twenty Iuclr. n
soil, then twelve inches " clay HhF
pA", then thirty 10 I0rty lrat ~ Co -
stone. ~ onu IN " y"u r.tr=s 70 ..s
m9knS ihg RIOnd pura