The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-10-24
CEMENT WORK.
ON Big CANAL

Something like two hundred mcn
and teams arc buslly eugaYeu Co
crctIug the large Davis and. WepSi
counties canal, leading from the "eo,
er river to the farm lands on ,no ,f
Bench south of ogden. About SUI nu
cal feet Of cement is being pi"oe'
each day. &.
When Il is known that the canai -
twenty-five feet in width at tne
tom and thirty-four feet wide AT tpe
ton II will I've seen that THIS VOTE 10
being carried on quite rapidly nc
work is in charge OF City Engineer
Rostaph. who has an efficient corps
~ insnectors at the several points oil
operation.
,, Nine and one.half Miles Long.
The canal Is nine and one-half mileS
In length and il Is claimed tnat "ot
600 cubic yards of cement VIII pc re
ouired to concrete the interior surface
| of tho ditch
Before the present Improvement
work was started the capacity OF the
canal was two hundred cubic icet vi
water per second and this was SUI
| flcient to irrigate 12000 acres oil lanu'
| When the present concrete WoIK 10
completed the big ditch VIII carr
725 cubic feet Of water per secohu;
| or more than three times its Original
carrying capacity. This VIII DC
supply sufficient to irrigate %o;Voo
acres OF land in addition to iurnish
ing a great amount OF water lot tpo
production OF electrical current
Originally much of the water turh
ed into the canal seeped through Tue
porus rock with which the big ditcn
was lined and found It's way back IN
to the Weber river. BY the concret
ing process all seepage Will De emu
mated.
Increased Volume.
OF the increased volume or wate'
which will he carried 425 feet Will o'
used for irrigation purposes ana th'
remaining 500 feet will be devoted u
the production of electrical energy a
the company power station NE
! huge volume of water VIII make
sheer drop of 210 feet, affording ener
gy sufficient TO produce 5000 morse
, power.
After passing through the turbine
| / the water returns Ia the river ana
1 lost to the WeberDavls Counties ii
| rigation company, but further on !
taken out OF the river by the farmer
who have Weber river water rlGhtS
II is merely matter of the Weber
Davis company borrowing the wate
and returning 1t TO the river after el
tracing Its Graritory energy
Electrical Power Contracted For.
Nearly all of the electrical powe
TO be produced by the company plar
has already been contracted 10
Simon Bamberger of the Salt Lake
10
s iracted for a continuous current
n 1000 horsepower for which he wi
r. pay 100000 annually, A number
le local mills and shops are also maxim
preparations TO use power produce
at the same plant
1t The gross income from the electI
le cal power alone win be s150,O00 al
e nuolly. while the income from irrig
;6 ton rights will bring the total ear
&c ing power Of the canal up to S3l'
e 600 each year. From the hes: cs
st culations this will mean net ear
1f ing of about s2s0000.
e. Past History.
To back this great Improvement II
d. company was capitalized at $4,000
I'd and when the work Is cOmpleted Il
se assets Of the company will have
he physical value of two and a half m
llt lion dollars. 1t is estimated that q
m entire cost Of the present improN
20 ment will be 100000
is Shares originally sold at $50 al
dropped from this par value as low
SIP so per share II was twelve yea
,k ago that the stock of the comral
no reached its minimum value. Sin
S5 that time The shares dave been Stea
he ily increasing in value until two yea
at ago they sold for $50 Today I
to shares are worth $50 and 1t is
,e lieyed that they will continue increa
I'M ing in value until the $500 mark
nd reached, or six times their origin
nix par value,