The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-29
IRRIGATION MATTERS
The Mt. Nebo Company Is Ready
for Business.
WATER HAS BEEN TURNED IN

W n LIN k4f2S O'-2-lN OA\AVA0 ll'
SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF A
VERY IMPORTANT ENTERPRISE.
An Immense Area VIII De Open to
CuItivation-The Reservoir Over
Six Miles Long-Wi1I Bring Out
SettIers-PIans OF the Clear Lake
Land and Irrigation Company.
On last Friday the Mt. Nebo Irriga-
ton company's project Which en-
braces one of the most intricate and
at the same time one of the most
favorably situated irrigation enter
prises in Utah, was formally opened.
and the waters from the great reser-
voir were turned into the eighteen
miles of canal for the first time The
inaugural was attended by Gil S. Pey-
ton and his family; E. G. Rognon, the
secretary and treasurer OF the COM
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! enterprise, and a number of prominent
eastern capitalists who are interesting
/ themselves in the possibilities and ap-
plicaton of irrigation in the west.
But the chief interest in the project
was evinced by the people of Utah ana
Juab counties who fiocked in hundreds
to witness the opening event, many
coming from miles distant in wagons
! The people of these two counties nave
watched the enterprise since us lhceP-
ton: MANY of them have secured lands
under the big canals with the lnten-
ton Of going into the business of fruit
culture for which the soil and lay OF
( the tract to be irrigated seems TO he
! especially adapted, and it was but
natural that they should evince an IN
! terest in the opening event
The test of the bitches and the
s; ccially constructed fumes by within
! the water is carried down Currant
1 CANYON from the reservoir and into the
| two main canals was in every way
Sd satisfactory, no leakage being apparent
! in the redwood fumes and pipe line,
/ and the soil of the canals showing
every sign of being suited to the car
rying Of water without seepage even
j in the initial test.
Unless a visit is paid to the site OF
| the enterprise a very meagre IDEA can
| be obtained as to the magnitude or the
undertaking and the difficult engineer
ing problems that have been overcome
by engineer Young. Mr. Rognon, OF
the company, stated yesterday that
the area of the land lying under the
canals. and for which the company
will be able to furnish all the water
required, is greater than the area OIL
all the land under cultivation in Utah
county. It is only just to add that
while the tract has been passed by on
account of the absence of water, the
soil is second to none in the entire
territory, a fact which is we'll evil
denced by the luxurious growth of
sagebrush that covers it. TO irrigate
this tract the Mt Nebo company mas
constructed an immense reservoir in
Juab county. It's length is over six
miles and its estimated capacity is
more than 1,000,03O,0O0 cubic feet of
water. AT the lower end of the rese--
voir solid dam 230 feet long, 10 feet
thick at the bottom and forty-four feet
high, has been constructed, and while
the dam is provided with some es-
pecially designed gates to allow for the
flow of surplus water and its entire
drainage, the outlet to the canal is not
from the dam proper. This is arranged
for by tunnel through the solid rock
Of the mountain, 140 feet in length.
In conducting the water one and a
half miles down the precipitous can
y"lt O. Curl;,nt creek, Eng!naa~ Young
had some very difficult engineering
problems to solve. He has met with
success, however, and the work will
stand as a monument to his skill as an
engineer of irrigation projects. William
Ham Hall, the Pacific coast Irrigation
engineer, has examined the work Of
MI, Young and has pronounced it per
feet in every detail and a remarkable
piece of engineering.
In one place the large flume crosses
the canyon on a high trestle. Some
distance below it was necessary to
cross the canyon again and this was
accomplished by a pipe line construct
ca OF redwood and 1000 feet in length
Inc total length of fiume and pipe be-
ing about one and a half miles The
hume is said to be of a very onto
ot-the-way character in it's CON
struction. 1t was designed hv
Guy Sterling of North YaLi,
ma, Washington, and is natantad
by that engineer. 1t is built of renwood
slaves bound by steel bands and tias
ana Is semi-circuIar in form. being ar
ranged Tor water tightness by a series
81 u nuts that provide for adjustment
III any condition of moisture.
The company has two main canals
the shorter being about three miles IL,
length and running over toward the
town of Goshen. The other canal is
eighteen miles in length and skirts
around the south end of the valley and
across by Kimball creek. The land
brought under this ditch extends north
to beyond the line of the Rio GranfIe
western railway, and at point on the
east side of the Tintic range and onIv
about eight miles distant from the IA.
nous mining town of Eureka. a town
site has been plated with the railway
running through it's center. The com
pany proposes, now that their prelirn-
mary work on the enterprise is com
pleted, to induce eastern people tn
come out here and COLOMBO on the
tract, which embraces about As GOO
acres.
The project was not commenced Until |
last March, and that an enterprise of |
the magnitude and engineering dim
culties that this presents can be
brought to a successful completion I'm |
eight months speaks well for the en-
terprising spirit Of the promoters and |
the engineering ability of Mr.. o. r. |
Young.