The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-08

For the first time il several moons
gne office of the state land board fur
nished an item yesterday. 1t was a
good big one, too, and means whole
lot for the southern country II the
scheme is carried to a contamination
The board assembled in the after
noon for the purpose of receiving the
application of the Lake Bonneville
Water & Power company for 223,O2S2
acres of land, situated in the valley OF
the Sewer in Willard county, which will
be watered from two mammoth reser-
voirs. which will DE located in Juab and
Millard counties.
Judge John A. Stree1, the secretary
fo- the corporation. and Thomas H.
Cavalaugh, the general manager, ap-
peared before the board at the opening
OF the session with maps and plats, eX-
hibiss ana lists, and formally filed them
with the secretary.
judge Street made most of the ar
gumerts, although Cavanaugh put in a
suggestion every once in a while, which
counted The first statement made hy
counsel FOR the corporation was me
rendering Of a check in the sum of
$3.50 which is required by law. In ten
deriag this he stated the statute pre-
Scribed that amount, although II the
members of the board concluded chat
was not enough the CORPORATION was
willing to increase It, or enter into any
stipulation which the members might
impose fer the carrying out of the con-
tract.
The board having frozen onto
the check, and evinclng an in
tention of taking Streets word
for the balance, for the time
being, at least, Judge Street pro-
duced a lot of maps which has cost his
firm $1,000 to get up and arrange, and
said he was ready for business. He
pointed out the sites of the reservoirs,
which have been fully described in a
previous issue of The Herald, and
showed where the Oregon Short Line
was going 10 move six miles of its
tracks in order that the corporation can
get more room for its reservoirs. Judge
Street called attention to the fact hat
the school lands were not included in
his map, and incidentally mentioned
that the state would get 81 per acre for
every acre Of the grant in course of
time. He mentioned. in reply to ques-
tons, that the rate would be SIS per
acre for permanent water rights ard
81 per acre Der year for maintenance
How mucn water have you-enolgh
TO reclaim all the land" asked Sec
rotary Hammond, VINO was presiding.
This question brought Mr.. Cavanaugh
to his feet. netaphorically Speaking,
with an explanation. He quoted the
survey made by the government of the
river and said the flow was IL, 294. 600, $50
cubic feet, which, according to his COM
putatiOns, would mean 1850 cubic feet
per acre for each acre in a tract of land
Of 2h0.GO0 acres. This would leave
enough over from the 223.0 goo acres for
bathing purposes, although Cavanaugh
fact
ply apparent.
Mr.. Cavanaugh having explained the
matter of water. Judge Street returned
to the matter of the corporation, which,
he said. expected to e113end in the work
the sum of 81 205. 600. II was estimated
th2t ii would cost all of that sum to
do the work. There were two canals
80 feet in width by 10 feet deep, which
had to be constructed through one can
xon. and a great portion Of the work
was in rock. The board, he thought,
would readily understand the cost of
such an undertaking
incidentally, at this point, Judge
Street suggested that It was the de-
sire of the company that all holdings
be limited to so acres per farm. 1t
would make larger settlements and
would be The means of increasing the
taxes Of the state. The SUGGESTION
seemed to please the beard, but Of
course no action was taken.
Judge Street also called attention to
the fact that this company had sue
ceeded to ali the rights of the Lean
ing-ton Reservoir company and that il
was merged in this one, which is made
up Of the following good, and able men. /
NJ. B. Hirsh, OF Philadelphia, who is the
president; DR.. T. 3. Beatty, Of this city, /
president; John A. Street, of this
city, secretary; Thomas r. Cavanaugh, !
of Philadelphia, general manager; Rob /
ert Frank, Of Philadelphia; II. 8. Claw /
son. Of this city and Charles Hirsh, OF (
Philadelphia.
Alter some more talk and a reading /
of the law, it was decided to receive /
and file the application. The next /
question was the matter CT withdraw /
ing the lands from entry. 1t was here /
that Mr.. CaVanaugh showed his great /
ability as manager. The gentlemen J
of the press have. recognized the inn /
portance Of this project TO the COM
pany and the state ne declared. ~anI /
have kept this matter out OF the news /
papers, with the exception CT a general /
reference from time 10 time, as occa-
sion demanded, and by SO doing the
have benefited every body concerned, /
none more than the state. But the time
for that has all gone by AMI with the
fling OF this applICat iOn the matter
becomes public property. 1t is a fact
that as soon as the publication of this
news Is made II the morning there VIII
be a rush on these lands. We would
like 10 have them Withdrawn from en-
try by a notice TO the land Office, so
we can get the benefit OF the money
we have expended. and the state may
reap some reward with US"
Mr.. Harris, declaring he appreciated
the situation of the company, said the
lew provided for an Immediate action
of that kind. He moved the lists CT
the lands submitted he fled with the
general land office with a request that
the lands be Withdrawn from entry.
This motion, however. was not put,
and VIII not be until today, bur II any
one has any intention of getting on
there and filing he had best do SO be-
fore 10 O'Clock this morning. as the list
is all ready and the order written cut
and VIII be Jaw in a short time after
the converting of the beard this morn
ing.
In connection with the matter of
terms, Street told the board the pur-
chaser of the lands would have 20 years
in which &c pay for them and could
make the payments at his option. That
was a matter in which he would like
few suggestions from the hoard.
The lists Of the lands which ra T,rO-