The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-08
LAKE BONNEVILLE PROJECT,
WATER AND POWER COMPANY
TO ACQUIRE 215,9oo ACRES.
Land Which 1t Will Reclaim By r.
rigation-Contract With the State
Soon to Be signed-contest De-
cided By the Land : u.

The great Bonneville irrigation pro-
ject is gradually assuming definite
form Judge Street, representing the
Lake Bonneville Water & Power COM
pany, appeared yesterday before the
state board of land commissioners to
complete the formalities preliminary to
the signing of the contract between
the state and the company for control
of the lands which the company eX-
poets to reclaim and furnish water for
in Milford and Juab counties.
The judge read a communication to
the board, in which the company form
ally accepts the ruling of the board in
all the contests which have been de-
company. He also filed formal waiver
of appeal in these cases, so that there
could be no further question of the
status of the land involved in those
decisions The effect of this is to fix
the acreage controlled by the Lake
Bonneville company at little over
215 900 a reduction of $685. acres from
the original application filed by the
company. The judge read from the re-
port of the interior department sugges-
tions as to notifications to be made in
the showing of the company and the
state board when the contract is
signed These suggestions will be
complied with III a formal letter to the
department from the state board, which
will be forwarded with the copy of the
contract.
WANTED THE CONTRACT SIGNED.
After the presentation of his state
ment, Judge Street asked the board to
sign the contract with the Lake Bon
neville company, as drawn up by At
torney General Bishop. The contract
+t,i-
morning, and the representatives of the
company will appear tomorrow after
noon when it is expected the contract
will be signed by the proper authOri-
ties, thus ending the preliminary stages
of the undertaking. The company will
be given q reasonable length of time in
which to file the 100000 bond required
by the board as a guaranty of the full
4 fllment of the terms Of the contract
AS soon as the bond is filed and ac-
cepted, the contract will become opera
tive, and the company will then be in
shape to proceed with the active con-
struction work which will follow the
| closing of the financial negotiations,
which have been dependent upon the
signing of the state contract
A CONTEST DECISION.
The board rendered a decision in the
! contest for Draper land between Beck
and Sanders. Originally the Sixty
seventh school district was also a
party to the contest, because it claimed
four acres of land, part of which was
on Beck's land and part on the strip
in dispute 1t was agreed, however,
that the school district should retain it's
land, no matter who won in the hear
| ing. With this understanding, the
| board decided in Becks favor as to III
acres and fraction north of what is
| known as the Terry ditch, and in San
ders' favor as to 81 acres and frac-
| ton south of the ditch. The decision
is subject to the fling of maps with
the board, as required by law, showing
that a survey has been made, and de-
fining the land in interest by metes and
! bounds.