The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-23
LAKE WATER STORAGE
Canal Companies Want Utah
Lake Flow Held. Back.
PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR
GETTING TOGETHER TO cAppv
OUT DREDGING SCHEME

II the commissioners having controi
of the dam at the outlet of Utah lake
give their consent to have all of the
outfiowing waters, which are now at
the lowest ebb ever known. impounded
as soon as the need for irrigating water
has passed. this great natural reser-
weir VIII be storing all Of the inflow
during the winter and early spring to
Guard against a possible drought again
next ssmiHer- Another purpose in view
of having a tight dam placed in the
outlet is to make it possible for the
economical contamination during the
winter months of the project to dredge
the bars and straighten the river chan
mel 50 that the lake level can be drawn
down TO the lowest point possible in
cry seasons, thereby making the lake
do its fullest duty as reservoir.
At a meeting of the board of nresi-
dents OF the canal companies taking
water from Utah lake and Jordan
river, held in this city yesterday after
noon, the question of commencing as
early as possible to impound the laI~p
water ives discussed. with the result
that IT was decided without dissent to
request the lake. commission to permit
the placing of tight dam in the out
let Tor the purposes stated Just as soon
O. tAiN ActiiltES taxing water from the
canals nave no further use for it this
Kan. The opinion was expressed at the
meeting that the commissioners .wouId
have no objection to granting the re-
quest. As to the time when the water
could be cut off until next spring. the
belief prevailed that it should be with
in the next two weeks.
VIII Confer With City Council.
1t was decided also by the meeting
that the TpGnpcfix~e
canal companies would hold another
meeting with the city council on Tues
day morning, Oct. 2, TO further discuss
the proposition for all of the canals to
join with the municipality and the
power plant company in carrying out
the river dredging project for mutual
advantage. The power plant company
and the Utah & Salt Lake Canal com
pany are willing and anxious to Join
issues with the city, and the propo-
sitton discussed yesterday was for the
other three canal companies to be taken
in on the scheme on a basis of less than
each of their respective sixth share in
the river water rights.
At the conference with the city Off
Gals the effort win be to make such an
arrangement as is Indicated While
they feel the need of CARRYING out the
dredging project, the East JorClon, the
South Jordan and the North Jordan
canal companies officers are, it is stat
ed. of the opinion that their stocIxhoId-
erS cannot raise their respective pro-
portions of the cost of the work esti-
mated a $500. 000- or about $50. O0G each
without bonding, and TO such a move
there is a decided aversion. despite the
fact that the loss of a seasons crops
from drought that can be avoided
would pay tor the outlay to assure
ample water for all time. Receiver
Geoghegan of the Jordan Narrows
Power company viii be invited to at
tend this conference
Those who attended the meeting OF
the board OF presidents yesterday were
j. :. Rawlins of the East Jordan Canal
company, William McLachlan of the
Utah q Salt Lake company, John L.
i;ebel<er of the South Jordan, Mr.. Bo-
den of the North Jordan company. En-
gineer Kelsey for Salt Lake City, Com
missioner II. T. Spencer and John c.
Mackay, secretary of the board.