Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-01
BIG RESERVOIR
IS now ASSURED.
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Water 10 be Stored in Upper We
Der for Benefit Of -Four
Counties.
FORM RIM IRRIGATION DISTRICT.
Acting Under New Law, Persons In.
= icrcstcd Arc Meeting Today to Ar
range Preliminary Matters.

IN g money needed to finance the We
| Der Reservoir, Power and Irrigation
Gconpany's project, amounting to 49,
$4,000 Is assured ard President JS III.
eir i7 y tot Darisss AXE, J.. q. NJ. Barnes,
| ~ cher J. Sheffield and others Who are
associated with them. in organizing the.
project are now arranging details pre-
llinlnary to forming all irrigation die
trlct agreeable tG the laws enacted BY;
the last legislature. This news was
given out today by Mr.. Grant. after
a lengthy meeting in this city with a
number of othe: men who are alsot
maNing in The matter.
The Iro.ect is to build a big reservoir
on the upper Weber. high enough to,
cover between 10000 and $4,000 acres
OF arid and seini-ari lands in Weber.
Davis, Morgan and Summit counties,
most of it lying in Davis and Weber
counties. It viii include ali such lands
lying between the Hot Springs north
of Ogden. and the Hot Springs, abour
four miles north of Salt Lake y
great deal OF this land MIR. Grant
said today, Els as good as that found
anywhere and all it needs Is the water
and we expect TO get the water on it
in 1911" 5s
From the reservoir on the upper We
ber t 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
2ofsland which Is now lnlost useless for
crops, may be successfully Irrigated.
BENEFIT OF NEW LAW.
# The scheme Is a big one and has oc-,
5c,lpied the attention of Davis county
people and Others " for. several years,
The laws enacted by the last legislature
scnablc&the people to form what are
tcalledsirrig aticn districts, and by Inaans
of this law Al is now possib BILE to make
TIE completion.of the project certain.
IA meeting Of about $50 prominent citi-4
q ers OF Davis county was held u few,
days ago. at which there was not a dis
senting voiceEon the proposition. IT.
WAS decided to go ahead with the pro-
,jcct and the committee was given every
sencoiifag flent /. Il The M Xt stop required
by law; is to flea petition with the
count observation-disclosures embracing the
largest acreage, stating that 1t is the
purpose OF the petitioners to organize
an irrigation district. They will then
order an election to decide whether
such district sxlall be organized, and
TO elect three directors into whose
hands will be placed the powerTto make
all arrangements for the completion OF.
the work They will be responsible for
the expenditure of all funds, and it viii
he their duty to call an election to vote
on the question of issuing bonds cover
ing the cost of the project. The land
owners Will Vote according to the num-
her OF acres they have which are to be
benefited by the canal All owners of
such land VIII have one vote for each
acre.
MUCH PRELIMINARY WORK.
The preliminary steps in the forma
ton. of the company are expected to 4
take about four months to complete.
but in the meantime surveys will be
completed under the direction of En-
gineer Willard Young a great deal of
this work he's already been done, and
estimates have been gone over thor
oughly5 as to the cost.
Chicago capitalists have been here
and after booking 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
DSg the act, SWnlch also PROVIDES LHdtslieE
only at per cent per annum
shall be paid during the first ten years.
On the eleventh year payment of the
principal will begin, no less than 8 per
cent, OF the principal being paid that
year. On5the twelfth year no less than
6 per cent Of the principal is toy paid,
and so on, an increase each year until /
the twentieth year from the completion |
OF the project, when tile total costswill |
have been paid and the reservoir and !
canals viii be long to the people. 1t |
is also required that the total cost shall |
not be more than SIPS per acre.