The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-13
Proposition Launched to Water
10000 Acres Of Land.
WEBER RIVER MAIN SOURCE
OTHER APPROPRIATIONS FILED
WITH STATE ENGINEER.


scheme it is proposed to irrigate 100000
acres Of land which at present has not
sufficient water to be of value for
agricultural purposes. The water
which the company desires TO apprO-
PIRATE Is the food and winter water
OF Weber river and it's tributaries and
is TO cover period Of sixty days. It
is proposed 10 construct seven reser-
voir dams at the following places.
Lower end Of LARA bees fat
AT a point about one mile below Lar
. rabee's fiat
AZ a point just above the junction Of
Weber river and Beaver creek
ON Chalk creek about two and one
half miles east Of COalviue.
, ON Lost creek about twelve miles
above Croydon.
ON the Weber river a a point about
one-hah mile above the junction Of
Weber river ana Echo creek.
The proposed use Of the water IS for
The irrigation Of and under the present !
system of bitches diVerting water from
the weber and It's tributaries when the
present supply IS insufficient properly
10 lrrigate the land under the present |
bitches and also for the purpose of fr- |
Ilgating such other lands under exist
ing ditPhes and proposed extensions
that are susceptible Of irrigation and
are now irrigated. Water TO the extent
or 10000 acre-feet IS to be reservoired
ana the total area of land 10 be irri-
gated Is estimated to be 10000 acres, /
parts Of which is already irrigated
In connection with its applica ton to
appropriate water for storage and ir-
1lgauon. the Weber Reservoir, Power
q Irrigation company has also applied
To appropriate 400 second-feet Of the
row OF Weber river near Devils gate
a the mouth OF Weber canyon for
power purposes.
Other Irrigation Projects.
The state engineer is also consider
Ing the application Of d. NJ Anderson
on Lee, Morgan county. to appropriate
three second-feet OF the surplus water
flowing in Smith creek. q tributory of
Weber river for storage and irriga-
ton purposes.
An irrigation project of considerable |
Importance 20 the farmers i'm Emery
county is disclosed I'm the application
of the Cleveland Canal and Agricultu-
raj company to appropriate forty. second
Feet OF the flood and winter waters flow
ing m Erickson fiat and Lake Canyon
creeks, tributaries Of Huntington
creek. The Cleveland reservoir is al
ready constructed for the storage of
the water proposed to be appropriated
and 10 viii De conducted a distance of
about twenty-five miles down Hunting
ton creek and thence diverted into the
cleveland canal and used to supple
lent the present water supply to land
Orow defic!ently irrigated. The reser-
Lolr that is constructed is Of $500 acre
feet capacity.
+. p. Sweet of Huntington. Emery
county has applied TO appropriate two
second-feet Of food water from Hunt
ington creek to irrigate about 14O acres
OF land.
The Wellsvule Canal & Irrigation
company proposes to enlarge its canal
and otherwise improve it's irrigation
system by means Of a storage reser-
Nor and to this end has applied to
appropriate the flood waters Of Little
Bear river. tributory Of Logan river
in an about 17,c00 acres VIII be ade-
Quately irrigated when the company's
projects are completed.
William Lindley Of WellsviIe has
made application TO the state engineer
Tor the appropriation Of the flood and
winter waters for storage and to irri-
gate about 400 acres Of land which now
derives an adequate water supply dur
ing the summer months from Haw
Busn creek tributary Of Logan river.
Has a Pumping Project
w i. Stewart of Warren, Weber
county, desires TO appropriate 80 cubic
. feet per second during irrigation sea-
= sons from Weber river below Ogden,
10 irrigate about 2. 400 acres Of land
j is proposed to pump the water from
the river anu tOn0utL lE thence into the
Fremont park canal
The Iosepa Agricultural & Stock
company has applied 10 appropriate
twelve sec1nd-feet of the waters from
sheep. Fish lake and other small
springs in Skull valley. The water will
be conducted for a distance Of about
eight miles and VIII be used for irri-
. cation purposes.
The water from Lisbon spring. a
email spring in the eastern part Of
san Juan county is sought TO be apprO-
priated for stock watering and domes-
tic purposes by j. H. Bankhead.
one OF the important power projects
Tor the southern part of the state IS
that Of George T.. Lane OF Milford.
who has applied to appropriate 400
second-feet OF water from the Rio Vir-
gin river. i'm Washington county. at
point about two miles westerly Of
AlrEln City at the Rio Virgin falls
il is proposed 90 construct a divert
lIg dam 100 feet in height and by
conducting the water through a pipe
for distance of 100 feet head Of
nearly 1000 feet viii be obtained The
electric power intended to be devel-
oped VIII be available for use for min
ing. milling, railway and lighting pur-
poses In Washington, Iron and Beaver
counties.
The Majestic Mining & Smelling COM
pany intends TO secure the appropri-
hlIDN OF loIlN StfOnQ-leeL or water of
Beaver river at a point in the canyon
east Of Beaver City. A pipe line from
tho diverting dam 20 the power wheels
VIII be nearly three miles in length
Theodore Mexican and Robert H.
Bradford of this city have applied for
the right TO use 10 second-feet Of the
water flowing over the Jordan river
dam at Ninth North street for electric
power purposes. to be used for pump
ing water for irrigation and for gem
Grating light
Other Recent Applications.
The Midland company has applied
Tor four second-feet of the waters of
bingham creek. It is proposed to con-
struct an impOuuding dam on the Re
formed Democrat mining claim and TO
pump the water to an elevation OF
about 40 feet above the creek to the
proposed concentrating mill of the
Midland company The greater part
or the water 10 be appropriated viii
be returned TO the creek.
James MahOn has applied TO appro-
PIRATE ten secOnd-feet OF the water Of
Big Cottonwood creek at the outlet
OF Twin lakes. by piping the water "a
distance Of half "a mile to the Black
Bess mine. there 90 be used for operat-
ing air compressors.
The Continental Mine e. Smelling cor /
poratiou seeks TO appropriate FIVE sec \
Ond-feet Of the water of the North
Fork OF Little Cottonwood creek for
the purpose Of supplying the company's
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