The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-18
IMPORTANT IRRIGATION AND
POWER PROJECT,

piocc Of work undertaken In this vi
c!nity in wears viii be startled calling
for an initial expenditure of 100000,
10 be followed By an additional outlay
OF $23O,0Oo When completed. the re-
suit will he the generating of 5000
horsepower. of electric current and
the supplying of large and rich agri-
cultural district with a greatly in-
creased water service,
The decision, which makes possible
this big expenditure and these far
reaching improvements. was reached
yesterday afternoon when the direct
ors OF the Davis & Weber Counties
Canal company met in the office OF j.
C. Nyc in this city.
Simon Bamberger. a year ago. fled
on the unappropriated waters of We
Der river. above the canal intake and
served notice on the Davis &: Weber
canal directors that he Intended to
take advantage OF the state law which
through the canal to a point where y
sufficient fall could be obtained to gen
eratc large horse power. but he
left It optional with the canal people
to decide whether they as corpora
ton should do this and sell him the
power at stipulnt ed price or leave
the undertaking to be carried out by
his railroad company. Yesterday the
directors mnde answer 10 Mr.. Bamber
ger to the effect that the power would
be generated by their company, This
decision was reached after a careful
estimate Of the cost by most COM
petent engineer and after the financ-
Ing OF the project, had boon fully gouo
into, outlined and made possible.
The present canal along the Sand
Ridge, from east OF Uintah to the ter
minus. a distance of nearly ten miles,
Will be concretcd so as to provide an
impervious aqueduct twenty feet
wider capable of carrying four feet Of
water This will be one of tho largest
concrete waterways ever constructed
in the west The object of using con
crete is 10 reduce the seepagc. de-
crease the friction aud increase the
carrying capacity of the canal so that
instead of $50 second feet the canal
will have capacity many times
greater, allowing for the diversion OF
500 second feet through nume at The
Ritter farm, which. with fall of over
200 feet. will generate approximately
5000 horse power.
Tho directors or ms comp9ny hav"
planned to raise this money by
stock issue of 1000 shares to be som
AT $50 Il share. and, in addition, they
have made preliminary arrangements
for Issuing sS5o,O0O in bonds based on
their entire irrigation system includ-
in6 the big reservoir, the money 10
be appropriated 10 build the power
house near the Ritter farm. south OF |
ogden, and 10 raise the dam in East |
Canyon thirty feet. thereby practically !
doubling the capacity of the present |
reservoir.
There is no doubt as TO the ability |
OF the company ia finance this storage.
canal and power project as tho success
OF the Davis &c Wober Counties Canal
has been phenomenal and
stands as the best proof in all the
West OF the value of water storage
and distribution. Prior to the time
when Engineer VIM. Bostaph built tho
reservoir in East CANYON, the 1000
shares of the company's stock sold at
$3.50 a share. Since then the stock
has been increased TO 5000 shares and
now sells at $3.50 a share. with none
10 be had at that price, In other
words, by the investment of $3.50, 900
in a storage reservoir and canal sys-
tenn, a property, worth $4,000. had
been increased IN value TO s7S0,O0O.
With the enlarglng of the canal
and the generating of power. the value
1f the system should be doubled, and
his section of country be greatly