Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-26
CHEAP AND CH0lGB LANDS
IN WEBER COUNTY.
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feet long and will extend across the cam
yon. 1t will be 10 feet thick at the bot
tom and feet tnick at the top. II is
proposed to bring 10 the surface by this
means large quantity Of subterranean
water This of course will swell the
volume in the river. and the increase
will belong TO the company and will be
diverted into is canal system above
described.
Near this seepage dam will be con-
siructed anot ier dam that will be 90 ieet
high above tn : present bed oil the river
IL Will be about 100 leet thick at the bo-
tom and 10 feet at The top. There will
be wagon road on top Of it. This
cam Will cause the water to accumulate
IN a valley above IT, and form vast
reservoir, which will be about IS miles
in circumference, and will have d pth
corresponding - the great height OF the
dam This reservoir will be lake deep
enough 10 steam craft, and wi be one
oil the argcst artificial bodies Of water in
the United States.
ltwill be stocked With ii h, and vii be
a m S, dc ightiul pleasure re orr. But
purposes vastly more important than
these will be served by It's creation. 1t
Will contain sufficient water to run the
machinery IN the power house for
m,nIhs, should The river become too
low; ana il will also contain vast re-
serve Of water - be turned into the
canal systtm in case Of nect ssity 1t is
mus seen tfai the plans OF the company
are complete S well as gigantic
So carefully we're all the desigrs for
M works prepared and SO accurately
nave they b.el execute ed that OF Il
llunc er has oocurre ] nor an error been
made OF any con, quenoe. The machin-
cry which generates tue electricity works
so soomtaly that a much steacier flow Of
energy is lroducsd iran is coma on TO
large plants Of the kind About 90 per
cent II the energy turned into a wire at
the power house is delivered IN Sat
Lake y, The loss being unusually
small Tor 50 great distance.
In short, the enterprise j. fully proven
TO be complete success in every re-
spect. Mt a single failure or disap-
pointm, n, has SO lar been developed in
lis PRACTICAL workings. but on the con-
| uary results in important particulars
have been better than was expected.
Far the financial succe.s that has
BEEN achieved the main Gre dit is due to
Senator Frank Cannon. He began
! NuNll
| depression following the panic OF ga
was at its greatest Depth aud his skill
and energy secured all The money that
was Ut eded. For success in the engi-
neerng department, which has been re.
markable and complete, the credit is
ma NY due 10 c. X Bannis er. chei en-
gineer of the company, whose work III
connection with 1t has given him
national reputation. The machinery is
icing put in place and operated under
the direction of Mr.. X. L. Hayward, an
electrician OF the highest ability.
1t is impossible to forecast or estimate
the good that may come TO Ogden city,
Weber county and the whole State, in
cons quence OF what this company has
done. This plant is a nucleus around
which must cluster, in course OF time, q
great number OF important industries
furnishing employment to thousands
developing local resources and enric =
NJ the people.