Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-02
IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATIONS
Interesting Correspondents Between
Water Users and Chief Engineer
Newell.

toIoNilng 10 lnONu roONtIN'u w wv NV
Sect discussed The report roads
We your committee selected at u
mass meeting oct, 20, 1909, 70 lnyosu'
cato and promote the matter OF d.
yor,lng the waters ~ striwberry river
into This BASIN beg leave TO report "a
followa
ON the same day nv the appointments
were made, the committee was organ
jsed with llyrum Lennon OF Payson!
IN chairman, and Joseph ", Creor oi
Lake shore as secretary ana treasurer
AT the preliminary mass meeting we
were informed that the Hon Mayor
Ilober G. JeS Of Spanish Fork, had NIL
tntol procedure 10 appropriate those
waters, aud that u preliminary oNnmln-
nllon by Engineer r. G. Kelsey indicate
cd That Il tunnel 3 Jsb miles long would
be needed TO divert the stored water IN.
10 the spanish Fork. with this pre-
llmlnary information your cOWmliten
began lis operations, a small assess
ment was levied for eNponses
The state officials were approached
10 see II the state land grant reservoir
fund could be made available 10 assist
nv, but our efforts IN this direction were
Al u meeting held Nov, 3, 1902 tho
land situation was cnnvasped and ~
jon-lrrlgutcd area estimated ut w,Ob)
acres, AZ the Same meeting a suh'
committee consisting OF llyrum Lem
mon, Henry Gardiner ana Joseph J.,
Greer was authorized Ia promote the
requisite proceedings 10 secure the nee.
cssary federal concessions for the de-.
velopmont OF tho work
Through the efforts OF our Congres'
slonol delegation, authorization was We.
cured Feb, 10, 1908, through the local
land office 10 proceed with the nyoyl-
cations, and developments necessary 10
secure the reservoir ana water supply,
A special committee, Henry Gardiner
James McIioth, and samuel iirockbank
WAS authorized TO proceed IN the man
,lor necessary 10 fulill the law for So
curing tho right of way for the rcser-
Nor, Frank e. kelsey was engaged to
prepare the necessary maps and other
data for the land ONCE records, at n
cost OF $3.50, The law Arm NJ Bennett
Sutherland, Van Colt and Allison was
engaged TO handle tho legal matters,
lly cooperative effort with Resident
photographer Swondson " the United
States geological survey, the volume of
water available WAS determined,
through tho continuity OF the record
IN not entirely complete
n meeting Feb. 10, 1903, the com.
mlttoo considered and fay1rably acted
upon the bnale for dividing the winter
20 be developed, Oneshalf was 10 go
20 Spanish Fork river canals, exclusive
" Salem canal, tho other half 20 salem
canal ana payson ana Vicinity, with
all expenses TO DO borne accordingly,
Later We succeeded IN getting tho
state land board 10 examine tho proc
Joot IN cooperation with us under the
legislative action authorizing such
work The state fund WAS exceeded
by Nig, which amount your committee
met IN order 10 secure access 10 the
results obtained
Jan. 81 1901 an application
was filed with the state engineer
for tho approprla ton Of the water, His
claim of no jurisdiction IN the matter
brought II into the courts Tor decision
resulting IN an order 10 him 10 accept
ana complete the ming. This has been
done by proper publication mt a cost VI
SIS,
In the meantime tho state aria land
commission had succeeded In getting
Tho attention Of tho reclamation service
directed ~ tho diversions from that
source, ana IN the summer ~ 1904 that
cast as the Lake Fork Of tho Duchosno,
reporting wfnvornbly on the largo
scheme " securing the moro eastorly
streams, but suggesting that for yaln
able lands the strawberry storage and
diversion might prove feasible,
STATEMENT TO NEWELL
Acting ON this suggestion, mcmhorp
~ your committee ana others mad,
several visits to the local 0nco Of tho
reclamation service, met several Of IN,
consulting engineers, ana lnnlly one al
tho consulting boards suggested thaI
the project would be- recommended fol
further consideration provided IN,
statement nH would Indicate their sub
HtanllAl interest Accordingly the fol
lowing statement WAS prepared, Hlguo,
by about llaO Of the landowners, nm,
forwarded TO chief Engineer w. II
Newell,
Salt Lake city, umh, Jam 1905
chief l9nRinotr H. n Reclamation Ser
Vice, WWhnEtnn y, t,aDonr Slr We
the undersigned residents of NHl
county, state NJ l'lnh respectfully sub
nit the following statement for YOU
consideration,
First We nro the uWuorg of IN
llNNlt VI lNlllN N'''il N'l 'llWNll' wv
names aoVonllyi said muds being oltho
entirely without a wutor mpply 10
irrigation, pr only partially supplied b.
II Hood discharge IN the curly pnrt q
the GROWING season
Second Tho entire flow Of N
streams. tributary ln the section men
toned, IN appropriated, ana the ~
olnmniloh Of these lands can only h
accomplished by q diversion from som
Of the streams ON other water sheds,
Third one of the streams Wo thin
available for this purpose le the straw
berry river, one of the branches Of IN
Colorado river drainage, No belioN
INK we have secured tho stream b
fulnlllng the requirements ot the stat
law for ~ appropriation,
our Investigations relating IN M
works necessary ~ accomplish the ii
version were terminated when the n,
clnmntion service began the luyoNtlgu
ions for dlyCrtlng the sumo STREAM
with \ number OF others, Tor lare
IRRIGATION project We have boon n
formed that this moro extensive diver
sion IN not feasible, and therefore
Fourth We respectfully nak that n
storage ana diversion OF the HuNWhorl
he further considered by the Roclnml
ton service, that the Investigations !
carried TO n point whore estimates
cost can be given ua,
Flfth.-ln case the Investigations sho
that the project II feasible one, NJ
that the rost OF the necessary Worl
viii not exceed the sum Of $40 per acr
on tho basis OF supplying u depth Of "
and two and n half feet OF water ann
ally 10 the lands, We are doalrous III
tho construction I've undertaken und
thr provisions " Me rpc0mntl
law, and with thcuc provisions We