Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-01
Acting Under New Law, Persons In.
tcrcstcd Arc Meeting To-day to Ar
range Preliminary Matters.

III me money needed To finance the We
Der Reservoir. Power and Irrigation
3coinpany's project, amounting 10 S3,-
10000 is assured and President j.. H.
Grant Of Davis stake, J.. e. NJ. Barnes,
Al cher J. Sheffield and others who ar;
associated with them, in organizing the
project are now; arranging details pre-
to forming an irrigation dis
4tFiet egreeable8to the laws enacted BY
the last legislature. This news was
given out tod ay by Mr.. Grant. after
ga lengthy Meeting in this city with a
number of othe.s men who are also
tmaVlng in the matter.
The project is to build a big reservoir
son the upper Weber high enough to
cover between 10000 and $4,000 acres
of arid and se.ni-arld lands in Weber;
Davis, Morsan and Summit counties,
most of 1T lying in Davis and Weber,
counties It will include all such lands
lying between the Hot Springs noi-t!i
of Ogden, and the Hot Springs, about
four miles north Of Salt Lake. :. a
great deal Sof this land Mr.. Grant
said today, "is as good as that found
anywhere and all it needs Is the water
and we expect to get the water on it
in 1911 81
From the reservoir on tie upper We
Der 1T is proposed to construct canals
on the north and south side of the
Weber river. Which shall be $40 feet
above the river at the mouth of the
canyon. With this altitude, surveys
have Determined that about $4,000 acres
of land which is now almostguseless for
crops, may be successfully irrigated.
REssToF'11 4 or NEW LAW
sss2s The scheme is n big one and has oc-
fcupied the attention of Davis county.
people and others for several years.
The laws enacted by the last Legislature
enable the peoplc to form what are
called FRI cation districts, and by means
of this LAM it is now possible to make,
the completion. of the project certain;
& "a meeting of about $50 prominent citi-3
tzens of Davis county was held a few
days ago, at Which there was not a dis
$senting voice aon the proposition. 1T
was decided to 60 ahead with the pro-,
feet ard the commute WAS given every
geEcotirag ehlent, TIE neSt step required
by law is to file a petition with the.
county commissioners, embracing the
largest acreage, stating that 1t is the
purpose or the petitioners to organize
an Irrigation district. They VIII then
order an election to decide whether
such district shall be organized, and
TO elect three directors, liza ,.,.t,i ia.ats5
hands will be placed the power to make
all arrangements for the completion OF
the Mo,.s. They will be responsible for
the expenditure of all funds, and it Will
he their duty to call an election to8Note}
ON the question of issuing bonds cover
ing the cost Of the project, The land
owners Will vote according to the nun-
her of acres they have which are to be
benefited by the canal. All owners Of
such land Will have one vote for each
acre.
MUCH PRELIMINARY WORK.
The preliminary steps in the forma-.
ton of the company are expected TO
take about four months to complete,
but in the meantime surveys will be.
completed under the direction of En-
gfneer Willard Young Agreat deal Of
estimates have been gone over thor
3oughly as to the cost.
s8 Chicago capitalists have been here
and after hooking over the proposition
they have now guaranteed that the.
money needed will be on hand when
wanted All that remains to be done
is to organize the company as required
by the act, which also provides that the
interest only at g. per cent per annum
shall be paid during the first ten years
On tho eleventh year payment of the
principal will begin, no less than per
cent of the principal being paid that
YEAR Onithe twelfth year, no less than
s per cent Of the principal is to We paid.
and SO on, an increase each year until
the twentieth year from the completion
of the project. swhen the total cost,will
have been paid and the reservoir and
canals will he long to the people. u
is also required that the total cost shall
not be more than $125 per acre.