The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-08
ENTERPRISE OF WILLARD MEN
IRRIGATION WORKS OF GREAT
MAGNITUDE COMPLETED.
Completion of the Horseshoe Bend
Reservoir-Win Irrigate 10000
Acres-Substanti Works.

Fillmore City, April s.-The farmers
OF Deseret, Oasis and Hinckley have
suffered considerable loss for many
years on account of the failure OF the
water supply during the months OF
July, August ard September, but with
the completion of the Deseret and Salt
Lake Agricultural and Manufacturing
and Canal company's reservoir and ca
nails. the prospects are changed, and
farmers are now practically sure OF a
constant supply of water during Inc
entire season.
This enterprise was not projected Ior
the purpose OF creating a boom, Dul
to enable settlers to reclaim the desert
and to make for themselves comfort
able homes. and a visit to the works
will convince anyone that it is sub
stantial affair ard Duilt to stay.
The Improvement consists OF reser-
Voir covering $40 acres, and holding
water sufficient to cover 10000 acres 10
q depth of one foot, with dam, head
gates, canals ard q conduit for letting
the river flow through when the reser-
weir is full.
The old river bed coming from the
north turns to the east and bach
again, forming a horseshoe bend. This
bend. with the dam at the lower end,
forms the reservoir. At the end of The
bend, corresponding to the heels OF q
horseshoe, the river IS separated from
itself only by q bank OF earth about
400 feet wide, so that the two ends OF
tbs. reservoir are really only about that
distance apart And the overflow is
cut through this bank, so that when the
reservoir is full, or when no more
water is wanted in the same, the river
cuts across the ends OF the horseshoe
bend and does not enter the reservoir
AT all.
The dam is the most imposing part
of the works. It is 1,200 feet long, 12O
feet wide at the base, 80 feet wide at
the ton, and 20 feet high. The overflow
was the most particular part TO con-
strlict and REQUIRED the most Skillful
engineering. 1t consists. first, OF
channel 100 feet long, 100 feet wide ana
seven feet deep, cut through the bank
OF earth separating the river bed at the
two points; and, second, OF the drop
This drop is at the lower end of the
cutoff channel, where the water hnds
its way into the old bed OF the river.
The drop" is the large gateway to let
the water OUT through the cutoff chan
mel. The floor is 90 feet long and is
made of two layers of Pinch plank,
laid on i2X12 timbers, bolteG securely TO
two rows of piling.
feet into the ground and filed in with
gravel and rock, will keep the water
from washing backward under the
floor and. cutting under the proper
place of outlet. From this floor the
water will drop % feet, and This is
where the danger lies. Water in fall
ing this far is apt to cut and wash
big hole and take the headgate away.
In order to prevent this, a deep eXca-
walton 100 feet long and 80 feet wide
was made, where the Water is to fail.
and four rows of 12X12 timbers were
laid down On top OF these were laid
a layer of heavy cedar posts, covered
with Stag, and then alternate layers Oh
timber and cedar posts till four layers
OF each was IN. all bolted together, and
TO two rows of piling extending across
the channel Then, on these three
thousand posts and four layers OF tim
bers was piled three thousand tons OF
Stag and gravel, 20 receive the water
when IL falls from the floor of the
drop" Is feet above. But even TINS
was not considered safe enough, and so
the receiving basin was made sur
fciently low to be under two feet OF
standing water from the river bed, and
this will serve to protect the basin from
the water falling from above. The two
headgates through which the water Is
drawn from. the reservoir to the ca
nails which lead to the farms are q feet
wide ard IS feet high, and are expect
ed to hold a wall of water ten 9eet
high. They. too, were made solid with
tons OF gravel and Stag.
On the whole. this entire construc-
ton bears the appearance of solidity
am stability; and it is confidently eX-
pected that it will add materially TO
the farming wealth of Willard county,
and furnish d desirable place for those
who desire to make comfortable homes. /
Mr.. Charles Wilkins is president of the
which has this enterprise In
hand.
This week II. p. Hawley of Holden
was fined SIS for striking David Tur- I
ner over the head with a club.
Some 100 citizens of Millard left this
week for Salt Lake City, 20 Intend con- |
. renee.
Fillmore is now without a licensed |
saloon. the license having expired last |
Monday Both saloons closed their |
doors.
On account of lack of funds, the pub
lie schools of Fillmore win close next |
Friday for the summer vacation.
DRnUn C0HRT TERM