The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-21
TO RECLAIM
100000 ACRES
H. P. MytOn Promotes Big Utah
Irrigation Project.
AMOUNT INVOLVED 81, 600, 600
MANY APPLICATIONS FOR
WATER MADE.

claimed by a great irrigation
/ scheme which Major II. p Myton is
promoting. The appropriation of wa
/ ter from Green river has been filed
| with State Engineer a. F. Doremus.
! and negotiations are pending for the
| purchase Of a large tract of state land
| The enterprise will entail the eXpendi-
| ture OF about s1,0O0000, which men liv-
| ing in Denver and the east have agreed
TO furnish.
The application for the water filed
| with the state engineer contains the
names of Adolphus 3. CapOn. Henry T.
! Dubbs and Oliver s. Buel Of Denver
and II. p MytOn of Salt Lake. The
| appropriation is for 500 second feet of
water. to be diverted from Green river
near the head of Box canyon, twenty
| two miles north of Blake, or Green
! River sta ton. on the Rio Grande. II
| is proposed to construct a large ma
soury- dam and TO conduct the water
through fumes and canals for the irri-
cation of the rich fruit lands between
Gunnison buttes and the San Rafael
river, away TO the southwark. Alto
| Eether there win be $1,000 feet of fumes
and 10000 feet of canals. It Will be
| necessary to carry water about twenty
miles by fUme and canal before it can
! be used for irrigation
Much Fertile Land.
There is a large amount of highly fer
tile land there which will be irrigated.
said Major Myton last evening. only the
land on the west side can be brought un-
der water for some distance below the
canal but farther down we expect to
flume the water across the river and ir-
rigate land on the east side. The project
does not contemplate utilizing the Carey
act. The land will be purchased from
the state and the water win be appro-
Priated. The land VIII be purchased out
right and sold to settlers"
Major Myton is the Utah representative
of the tOwnsite company connected with
the MOffat road. He declares the irriga-
ton project is entirely separate from
understood that the Moffat road will
build a branch TO the region after it IS
opened UP. The Rio Grande runs d.
rectly through il, so there is likely TO
be competition for the business.
Spring in The City.
Another interesting application for
water has been made with the state en-
gineer. The new Utah Ice & Cold Stor-
age company has appropriated the water
from q spring in the heart of the city
that has been the cause Of more or less
discussion by the city officials for sew
eral years. The spring was tapped some
years ago in the vicinity of the county
J Jail near Second South and Second West
streets. when the trench for the gravity
sewer was in course of construction
The water was. found to be pure, but no
use for it could be found. 1t was piped
loft several blocks westward. and the
proposition was made to turn II into the
sewer for flushing purposes. but TINS
| plan was rejected. The Rio Grande West
I ern offered to save the city the trouble
of disposing of the flow. but the railroad
was too good a customer of the city for
water. and the offer was rejected. COnSe-
quently the water has been flowing to
waste in the Jordan river.
Now comes the Utah Ice & Cold Storage
company with an application for one and
half second feet Of water. covering the
entire flow. The water is not to be made
| into ice but is to be used for cooling the
ammonia gas and steam cOndensers in
I the ice plant and for similar purposes. tt
| is to be diverted underground at the curb
] on the north side of Second South street.
/ thirty-eight feet east from the north
west corner Of Second South and Fifth
| West streets Thence IL viii be taken
/ 1850 feet to the company's new plant on
! Fifth West and Third South streets.
Iron County Water.
Colonel s. B. Miner has applied for two
| second feet "a flow of two cubic feet each
[ second or 1. 100000 gallons every twenty
four hours from various small springs in
| Iron county; the water 20 pe used IN con-
nection with his iron mining operations
/ in that vicinity Reservoirs are TO be
/ built to store the water until il is needed
/ to make steam or to use for domestic
Daniel T. and Jacob F. Miller of Logan
Ihave applied for fifty second feet of water
/ to be taken from Bear river. near Collins
/ ton. for irrigation purposes. Electric
pumps are to be used to raise the water
/ TO a level from which it will flow readily
/ into the canal and bitches.
| The MaXfield Mining company has ap-
/ tonwOOd water. to be used for mining,
/ power and light purposes. James w
/ Neil has applied for six cubic feet from
Bingham creek to be used for graduating
and conveying Stag and cooling the jack
I cts of the new Nampa smelter-
From the Waw Waw Springs.
The Newhouse Mines & SHELTERS cor
! poration has appropria ted four second
J feet from the Wah Wah springs in Beav-
( ct county 10 be used Tor smelling. do
/ mestic and other purposes Although the
company bought the springs and the land
! which was under irrigation from the
ter, the law required record from
/ for which the water was TO be used was
changed.
! Mnando Pratt has applied for twenty
| second feet from Pennington canyon
| creek and F. NJ. Lyman. jr.. for twenty
| feet from Mill creek. to be used for power
purposes. The object is 10 utilize the
| power Tor the new electric road which
] Senator Smoot and others are promoters
| The Mt Badly Mining. Milling x Water
1 Power company has applied for AS second
/ feet to be taken from the Sewer river
/ near Marysvale and TO be used for pow
/ er and in ore-dressing and other ways
/ For similar purpose Frank WOrthine
| has applied for twelve second feet from
I the right and left forks of Ophir creek
! in Tooele county.
For Electric Power.
G. c. Goodwin II. B. Cole and W NJ
! White have asked for fifty second feet
/ to be taken from Beaver river seven
J miles east Of Beaver City. This is TO be
used for electric power. and il is under
I stood that il may be utilized for the cleo
i trio road Colonel Henry Altman has beer
i promoting.
/ company is taking steps to secure SOLO
! second feet from Markham gulch AND
/ the tunnel on the b. +. Butler mining
! claim. the water to be used for mining
/ and domestic purposes.
/ For power and mining ID. H Peerv has
] asked for water from Peruvian gulch
/ White Pine guleh and from the w ]
4 is likely 10 be a protest on this There
| are two protests against the appropriation
/ by the Columbus Consolidated Mining
| company OF twelve feet from Little Cot
| tonwood creek.
! James A. Faust Of fVanpah seeks thir
/ teen cubic feet from Grapite Canyon
1 creek. Juab county. for irrigation pur
! company asks for five second feet from
/ the Deep springs in Skull valley, while
] George F. Palmer and Frank GOOcl
I seek 10 make the same appropriation. The
! application OF Salt Lake City for fifteeI
/ feet of the underground flow Of Emigra
! ton creek is also on file.
/ a number % of persons have forfeited
! streams instead Of making application t
! the state engineer. as required BY thJ
/ new law since May T.
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