The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-20

the coal and coke out and take the
produce raised hereabouts in. This rail-
road Will be completed by next spring
and is to traverse some of the lands
covered by this big canal.
Some Ancient History.
II is just two years ago that the Utah
Irrigation & Power company under
took to build what is locally known as
the high line canal" 1t came out of
the Price river at q point above the
town of Helper, and if built would have
reclaimed fully $4,000 acres, twice the
acreage of the present project. The old
company, under the management of r.
H. Fitzgerald of Salt Lake City, spent
sos. 600 in surveys, canal work, water
rights and reservoir sights. Then the
panic of that year came on. and Chi
cago bond firm, which was going In for
$500. 900 of the company's securities,
failed TO come through" and work had
to be suspended entirely. Later this
company's affairs were absorbed by the
Irrigated Lands company, Utah capital,
and a loan of $100 000 from the state
board of lard commissioners made it
possible to take the proposition out on
smaller scale, the result being the
work that was formally completed to-
day.
More Money Required.
After this 500. coo from the state had
been expended it was found necessary
to have an equal amount additional
This was secured on the personal notes
of fifteen of the principal stockholders
of the company. and has been most eco
nomically and judiciously expended.
Not a single dollar of the s250,0O0 that
has gone into the Price project is
wasted or unaccounted for. say en-
gineers. contractors and management.
With the liquidation of the 5000, 900 in
debtedness of the company by land and
water sales, il is not unlikely the high
line proposition will be taken up and
| completed during the coming year or
| in 1870 Such are the hopes of the men
behind the enterprise. The water and
| land is here. Money. combined with
brains and engineering skill and good
management, ought To accomplish the
rest.
As to the Price Project.
The proposition was undertaken for
| the purpose of extending the irrigable
| lands of this valley by conserving and
! utilizing the surplus waters of the Price
| river. The project is to water 25 900
i acres of land lying adjacent to the Do,-
yer & Rio Grande railroad and the
Southern Utah railroad, now building
! out of Price to the south These lards
are typical Of the Price River valley
and will yield as prolifically as the
lands now being cultivated along the
Price river
The water rights are represented By
one share of stock in the Price River Ir.
rigation company for each acre of land
The water rights are adjudicated bI
decree of court, and allowed by award.
of the state engineer. The land owner,
will own and control the water system
after one year. They will always Fl,
their own annual maintenance anC
operating charges.
The system will be completed, operat
ed and tested for one year without cos
to the Price River Irrigation company
Water is now available for all crops Oh
any of the lands under the canal Lane
and water are sold by the company OF
easy ten-year payments. Prices Deepen,
} upon location almost entirely.
Planting and Flowing.
The promoters OF the Price project ar
showing their faith by their works. a
, 1t were At this time 1000 acres of Ian,
are being fenced and plowed and will b