The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-27
|[IGHT ON
b WATER SUIT
"a and Utah Counties
lived in Stubborn
Contest.
OF COMPLAINT
z SET OUT IN DETAIL
|rer Water of Utah
4 Promises to Be a
Notable One.

Ina Tribune,
|Iue. 26.-Events are rapidly
IA what promises to be the
'Fant water suit ever planted
court. The plaintiff is the
Canal companies of Salt
|fv. and the defendants are
Evans and James II, Gard
A complaint has been filed
|IIrict court of Utah county
against the appropriation
NJ the State Engineer to
-ans and Gardner to the use
,soud-feet of water of Utah
purposes in Utah
asking that the defendants
enjoined from interfering
.ner whatsoever with the wa
hh lake.
has been served on the de-
ma they have until Septem-
nswcr.
viii have q most far-reach-
because of the fact that
Fork has also fled on fifty
of the waters of Utah lake,
.oany which proposes TO ir-
<ral thousand acres west of
>or in Utah county and in
e5tern part of Salt Lake
He'd an application with the
1o0 second.feet of the lake 3
other parties in Utan coun-
<eparing to make filings If
amed parties were success
1cason the Lehi Commercial
nose interest the filing of
Evans was made, has taken
kion of defending the suit
Ne City Councils and com
ubs In the northern end of
also the people Of Wasatch
the company west Of Jor-
nd It is probable viii secure
dnanciaI assistance to fight
the court of last resort
1oubt, it will ultimately go
EIbihties Of Lake.
- years United States Gov
zperts have been making
1E3 Of Utah lake, and have
<ouplete maps OF its area,
These measurements were
1e idea of securing aid from
non service to make the
V8ter for vast additional
n Lake county and also in
cf{1 The Government ex-
1stfated that by lowering
The lake it could be made
zoo second-feet of water
<rgation season. The AS
~ companies last year drew
eet and this year. by the
5ionai pumps, is drawing
oople argue that any one is
use the other 800 feet that
3 Of in evaporation, and
ID be a public benefit so TO
11y that this water can be
QI1mped onto the lowlands
1pty, and the water with
>fe now irrigated be turned
e lands which are specially
nortlcnltural purposes and
eased many times in value
qment and State engineers
hem people that the water
q appropriation. and their
2 sustained by the best lie,
FMch said that. so long
y supply of 900 second-feet
delivered at the pumps IN
any surplus above that
appropriation.
aiion of Messrs. Evans and
Ned September Is, 1905
The following statements,
for which the water is 40,
lxnsation. The names of ,h,
te yames h. Gardner and a
~ ADDRESS is Lchi, Utah. Tho
y .oe used is DO cubic feet pc,
Ater IS 10 be used ench veal
% November 1. The water i,
ks;a ksn Iake' IN Utah county, a
ins east and IL chains souti
~ corner OF southeast auurte,
pHnship 5 south, range ]
meridian. The diyertinc
N OF q 20.inch ccntrifuge
@etor md pipeline. Tn,
u ~ 2'.erting pipeline will b,
sno u will be throe feet i,
e grade OF the divertinv chan
Ssuo per mile. The area 10 b,
nSV acres, and lies in section.
sna "a, township S south
|ba oaH Lake meridian.
IN Fotsst Was Filed.
3, 1906, the Associate,
nles OF Salt Lake county
Ily LED a protest with the Sat
me e protest was overruIe,
~, 1905, the auplicatioi
Gardner was approved.
,'1H.Sy' represented by Ogde
NJ Ian md Salt. Lake Cana
esented by Richards. Rich
WT, the Ene+ To1' -,
Ia al,cf,iLes9nted c1,L by Rawlins
y Jordan Canal compan,
! 2 ruerson, and the South 10,
! t%hmpapy, by Cannon & /,
oe associated Canal CON
|S5 ol the case in the con
"'en the following are e,
j, s!s Lake City cana, h,. ,,,,.
- 'Aters 81 lee1 10. OF water per secon
uson " Utah lake during IL
,11s annr .nnt tho Utah and Sa
IN Jnraopr'atcd 2a6 second foe,
~ &aeenia uan company has .nnr
b6-.'eet: that the North Ia
I'm fhs appropriated 100 secon,
IfY orons s south Jordan Canal Gov
tRssa1ated lag second .fno, nn nol
20 aecond.fcct for the I'D ID,
IL y ana that the ahovo r,n,i mi
M ~ ~ seoond.fcet for ~, nain n
- nisipt,TrF. tTF culinary purposes %
sied aas prior TO and since IA;
| - xaforsu uu applied ta n benef,cj
Inh dn,,"ow,ng through Jordt
Al ca1ss lg The irrigation senso
~ OF the aridity of Il Ii
|npsd on Psee Fieh,