The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-31
DIRECTOR u. S.
SURVEY Is HERE
c. D. Waleott and Chief Engineer z.
H. Newell Consider Utah Projects.
WOULD RESERVE BUCKSKIN
MAP OF PLATEAU TO BE FIN
IsHED THIS FALL.

n HARLES D. WALCOTT. director
Il of the United States GeoIoE-
zeal Survey and of the Rec
iamatiOn Service and r II.
Newell, chief engineer Of the service
arrived in salt Lake yesterday. and
registered at the Kenyon Mr.. Newell
left for the east last night. Mr. Wal
colt leaves tomorrow morning fos
southern Utah and Nevada. Mr. Wal
colt stands next to Secretary of the In
terror r. \. Hitchcock in the depart
ment service. In his capacity as d.
rector he initiates all action in seol0gi-
cal or reclamation work and makes the
nnal report as TO its feasibility 10 The
secretary OF the Interior. IT, ia his
opinion. project Is feasible ne en-
bodies IN his report a recommendation
as TO the amount Of money 10 be set
aside for its completion Mr.. NeveI's
duty is to consult with the board of
engineers on any project, reporting
later to Mr.. WalcOtt
The officials are just in from the
Minidoka, Idaho, country. where the
government has large iTrig ton works
under way The feature Of thir stay i'm
Idaho was their experience with a
severe dust storm. which gave them
more than sufficient taste OF the ultra
strenuous life
The director and chief engineer were
~ conference yesterday afternoon with
George L Swendsen. district engineer
for the L. :. Geological Survey. The
government plans i'm Strawberry val
ley occupied their attention the larger
part of the time
Famous Ruckskin Project.
During the course of an interview
yesterday, Mr.. WaiCOtU expressed him
self as heartily in favor of setting aside
the wonderful Buckskin plateau coun-
tly in northern Arizona for a National
Park.
For the past four or five years" he
said, 4 have had an engineer quietly
al work making survey OF the
plateau both north and south OF the
Grand canyon, and you may say that
the map will be completed this fall I
nave always thought that the wonder
iul character OF the country warranted
It's Delng set aside by the government
President Roosevelt is interested i'm
this proposition. having made himself
thoroughly acquainted with the plateau
on the occasion Of his visit TO the
Grand canyon.
My first knowledge OF the plateau
was gained when I wlntered there in
lSS2-lSS3- L was through Utah and part
or Nevada several years prior to that
date with the L. :. service on that
occasion l had an opportunity TO study
seoIoSlcaI problems in southern New
ada, in fact affecting the whole couu-
try between the WaSatch range and the
Sierra Nevada. IT is a. a result of these
al ne on5cf IlOIlS that II am now
making this trip TO Nevada. L VIII have
an opportunity 10 inspect work which
has been in progress in the Fish
Creek country. Nevada"
Mr.. Walcott referred TO the plans of
the recently organized Kanab corpora
ton 10 run an aerial tramway across
the Grand canyon OF the Colorado at a
point near Bright Angel trail. and ex-
pressed the opinion that IL was en-
tirely feasible He suggested that
much needed Improvement as far as
the Grand canyon was concerned. was
a good ferry service across Shinuu1o
creek, in which overhead cables might
be used for propelling the boats
The T. s officials will return to Salt
Lake in about three weeks