The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-26
SOUTHERN UTAH.
Big Irrigation Project in Washington County Engineer
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81. Georges greatest enterprise is that
undertaken by the city of bringing the
cottonwood water into the st. George
valley. This water win cause the east
ern part Of the valley to become built
up. thus doGpling the size of the town
: and 1iling the whole valley from ridge
to ridge.
ohoer the able supervision of Coun-
Gilman Brigham Jarvis. who is an ex-
pert on irrigation and canal systems,
ok mics OF canal has been construct
gu through a rough and mountainous
country at a cost OF a little under s.
PEI rgu; -Four miles more will be COM
plS.eo by the close of the year. This
wan leave seven miles more of canal
70 DC constructed through a campara-
lANeiy easy country, the grade being
soOu, ana very little rock work.
Inc cost 50 Ear is $4,000. most of
Whleh has been paid in water scrip
Which VIII be re-redeemed by the city
IN water delivered in the town to the
holders. The estimated cost of the II
mics OF canal, running from the foot OF
zine Valley mountains to st. George, is
put at $4,000. The canal is four feet
s Woe by Two feet deep, varying some
what according to the grade.
throughout the CANALS construction
has been made with a view to keeping
al the fail possible in order that mill
site, electric plant and enterprises of
ike character may become established,
adding revenue TO the city and building
up The country.
Ihere have been a number of former
attempts to bring in the Cottonwood
water, but all save one had met with
entire failure. Though the last attempt
brought it as far as the Washington
hollow, where it run down to the fac
tory and flour mill, assisting materially
IN running them, for which they paid
small annual rent. But is proved too
expensive to ever keep the water here.
Ana this was, Ike the others, aban-
doned.
The citizens OF st. George now de-
mand of the ingoing council a new
survey of the county, and instructed
them to take steps to have the water
brought into town. This was accord
lngly done, and the route suggested by
Councilman Jarvis was finally chosen,
and active work commenced March /
1886.
In all of this work the city spent
but 1887 in cash, which was paid out
for powder, fuse, etc, to the workers
the whole OF the salaries being paid in
water scrip.
HURRICANE CANAL.
The Hurricane Canal company in tax
ing out a dam on the Rio Virgen, q
little northeast of the La Verken com
pany's dam, and running canal nine
miles long, which takes in about 1, SO(
acres of bench land on the south side
of the Rio Virgen. They are making
an eight-foOt canal and the estimated
cost OF the same is $100 600, half OF
which has already been expended, anc
IN this the most of the entire casf
outlay is included, leaving $4,000 il
work to be done in order to complete
the dam and canal
The parties doing this work are main.
" from up the river, and the object /:
to provide homes for the many young
men who are being crowded out of the
settlement on account of lack of LAND
and water. The work is being steadil,
pushed towards completion, and upor
this body of beautiful farm and frui
land viii shortly be established a tow
of no mean population.
The canal is being run along thu
Hurricane ledge, and is a difficult IN
dertal1ing, but no task is too Difficult
for a hardy son of Dixie, so no feal
may be entertained of the result.
The La Verken Fruit Nursery com
pany, situated four miles south of To
querville, has about 700 acres of smootl
and 800 acres of rough land, maxim,
1000 acres in all under their canal. TIL,
canal is only mile and two-third
long. with a tunnel of $40 feet through
the ledge separating it from the Ri
Nirgen, from which it obtains its waite
supply, ard is carried along high up OF
lodges. It's size is five feet on the bot
tom, but this is shortly to be widene
to meet increasing demands.
The company have over $50 acres O
fruit planted, mainly consisting of al
monds. peaches, apricots and grapes
which have produced abundantly an
are OF a fine quality. This fruit is lai
off in blocks, and in beautiful straigh
rows. Considerable lucern and grain i
grown also, besides vegetables of a.
kinds.
The cost of this enterprise amount
to 100000. most Of which has bee
borne by Thomas Judd of st. George
president of the company, who, fror
the first, has been an ardent enthusi
4 asst IN the project, and he has pushe