The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-14
STATE LAND BOARD
SEES BIG PROJECT
Visit Made TO Property of Oasis
Land and Irrigation
Company.
MEMBERS WELL PLEASED
WITH RESULTS OF TRIP
Some Interesting Facts Con-
cerning the Progress
Now Being Made.

i name, w. ii. farnSWoftn ana y. VI
Giauque, returned Sunday from Mlllard
county, where an inspection was made
OF the property of the Oasis Land and
Irrigation Company, located near the
town of Burtncr,
The party lett Friday over the Salt
Lake Route in special car arranged for
bv J. II. NandcriicId, assistant general
freight and passenger agent.
The land board, in connection with
the officers OF the company including y.
II. Bohnstengcl, secretary and treasurer,
C.. A McClam and r. l.. Copering, sell
ing agents, and Richard Il. lyman, co,
gineer of tho project. left the railroad
terminus n BurtDer Saturday morn
ing and Travelled up The SEWER uvcr
50 a point about four miles north OF
The town, where the diversion dam is
located Hero the land board began
tho Inspection. after tho head water
plans had been explained by the en2i-
neer The water in ihc Sewer river
is stored in reservoir ut point about
fifty miles up stream from the site OF
the diversion dam The reservoir stor-
age dam is located at a point in the
canyon where two steep rocky points
come together almost forming natu-
raj reservoir.
BY means of the dam, which is sew
enty feet in height. the water is backed
up for distance OF fifteen miles, thus
forming n reservoir with a capacity of
10000 acre feet OF water, according TO
rho estimate of the state engineer The
dam is 100 feet long and $40 feet wide
nj tho bottom and is provided with II
splllway cut in solid rock. thus pro
viding against overflows due to high
water. The discharge gates of the res
lpIpf N
the promontory extending dowr under
the bed of the river, Steel hcadgates
are set IN concrete base, and are reg
ulatcd by the watchmaD always kept
at the dam La times of high water
tho gates are closed and the water stored
Is ample to irrigate the total $4,000
acres being sold by the company.
How Water Is Diverted.
AS soou as the irrigation season
starts the water from the reservoir is
drawn off TO the diversion dam fifty
miles below. The dam here is 500 feet
long. 36 feet high and SIS feet wide at
tho bottom The water is backed up
10 q height OF about thirty feet above
the original level oil the river and is
led of, through the big canal headgate
toward the country south OF the river.
The dam for the most part is built
oi Garth with A big concrete spillway
near the center ninety feet wide. The
waste water flows down a sixty-foot
shoot at an angle of d degrees aud
strikes the bottom % a solid concrete
abulmcnt and is then diverted toward
tue right 10 the old river channel. In
addition 10 the concrete spillway. the
dam is provided with a concrete tunnel
htted with steel gates arranged to carry
part Of tho Surulus water during high
water season. y concrete gatewell has
ocen provided for the spillway with
steel gates 10 take care Of the water
ti0win2 over. In this gatcwell two
pipes have been placed a three. foot
steel pipe and 4 fourfoot pipe through
which water will be carried from the
dam, TO be used for generating electri-
cal power. Al present there is about
1000 second feet Of water flowing over
the dam 10 the SEWER sink This waste
water will eventually be stored bv in.
"rcas,n@ the upper river reservoir, as
occasion requires. but as there is now
plenty of watcr held in the reservoir to
water the entire $4,000 acres held by
the company through the irrigation sea
son, II Is hardly probable that addi-
tlonal storage viii be done this wear
The land held by the Oasis Land and
irrigation company is divided in two
tracts, the ono Of 10000 acres Wing on
tue south side OF the river out in a
soutbcdsierlv direction from I5uripcr.
and the other, n section of $1,000 acres.
wing on the north side of fbc river
IN order TO irrigato both sections frop,
the same stream the canal is divided at
q Tolnt about two miles south of the
diversion dam, part Of the water being
taken III branch canal. 10 water the
southern section. and the main Strnam
being led west Ia tho river where il is
humed across and from there is led
northwest 10 the center of the main
section of land.
Flumc Crosses River.
The fiume across the Sevior river is
built of wood firmly supported by frestle
work having concrete abutments in The
river. The flume at present is six feet
vide. four feet deep aud has sufficient
5ali 10 give the water . velocity of
about fvr feet per second The hunc
is designed IN carry lc7 second feet OF
water. and when filed TO It's capacity
vii water 1900 acres of land This
IS as much land as VIII be cultivated
thls year, but As there is a total of
$1,000 acres 10 be watered on the north
side ot the river, the present fume Will
be replaced IN the near future BY 2
steel fume, which will he large enough
TO carry water required for the whole
northern section.
Al the west end of the dume is =
large sandy hill which the canal fol
lows south and west for about a mile
and then passes the end OF The sand
ridge and runs north following the old
bed III the SEWER river a. the time IL
flowed out through the northwestern
corner Of the valley into the Great Salt
lake. The old creek bed Is termed by
some OF the settlers 1.-The Old Nephite
Canal -
The great bulk of ihe land IN the
project lies within = TERRITORY from two
to hfteen miles north from BURNER and
extending from one mile west 10 six
miles west. The land slopes of gently
toward the northwest, making il pos
sIble 10 run lateral canals 10 the west
ward from the main north and south
canal every mile, and other branch ca
mails north from these laterals. This
ned on extensively until now the ca
nails reach within a half mile of any
foTty-acre tract Of land IN the section.
Drops Every Half Mile.
Along the canal. drops have been
placed at intervals OF about every half
mile to take up the fall of the coun-
try. These drops. as we'll as all head |
gates ON the canale are hnilL Of rnn