Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-23

| DucuHrn". Near TINS point, the govern
| mont tents are located, and quite
number Of men are surveying En-
! gincer Lyle said he was daily expect
/ Ing Instructions from Washington {
begin work on the dam az these mar
| rows When constructed. ~ W % DO 40
I feet wide at the bottom, ~ feet II
I height 30 feet across the top. wild
enough for an automobile or vagoi
road II would span a space OF 300 fee
across, and would be strong enough
10 hold back any volume OF water tl
doom's day. Indian creek is ii bcautl
ful stream which holds even more waite
than tho rawberry river and wac ais
visited This. too would be- divertc-
into the great lake OF the future Al
hours Industrious nshing was engaged
In here, after which the party sat doWr
TO feast Of ham and POTATOES In Tho
government tent
The return 70 the tunnel was mad,
IN the afternoon, thence 20 Provo b.
dusk, few minutes being spent In
inspecting the power plant at IN,
mouth OF Spanish Fork canyon a mod
ern, wen equipped station built by the
government TO furnish electricity fnJ
,he works above, and light being sold Ia
Spanish Fork city as side enterprise.
SENATOR SHOOTS VIEW
Senator Smoot, who has taken so
deep an interest In all the governments
land and irrigation projects, was en-
thusilstic IN hts expressions over the
progress OF the work 'It is "a hig
amount Of money to spend hy said,
but the results Will Justify a. ] had
not visited the tunnel FOR some time,
ana / WAS pleased to SEQ the progress
that has been made, especially with the
power plant, and the employment Of
electricity in removing the rock from
q fu La
In Strawberry valley. aside from stor-
ing the water for tho dry months. Will
make one OF the most beautiful resorts
I'm AN the west. II can be approached
either from Heber city. or up Spanish
Fork canyon: the altitude Is ideal. the
scenery unequallcd. and tho future
owners of tho project win have a great
asset on which many OF them have not
figured, In the lands and building sites
on tho shores Of the lake
senator Smoot said that with the
20 millions now available for Complct-
ing the various reclamation projects on
which the government had entered, he
saw mo- reason why there should be
any interruption in the strawberry
project until 1t had finally been COM
plctcd
WHAT THE PROJECT MEANS
J NJ Greer. one Of the cutorprislng
from the first has had faith In what
tho strawberry project would accom-
plish for Utah county, ana whose faith
has never dimmed. said 10 The News
1T is "A great pleasure 10 know that
Tho Dessert News VIII lay before It's
readers the actual conditions of this
enterprise. Thousands OF people i'm
Utah. and even many OF those who
NiU ue directly benefited. are I'm ignor-
,nCC today Of the immense scope Of the
slam. what II cOntemplates and what il
amounts to. As I view II. the people
If Utah county viii receive benefits al
most beyond computation Many OF
hem fan to realize what big thing
hoy have bought into Not only VIII |
he water be brought upon thousands |
II acres Of land hitherto dry, but the |
resent supply viii be vastly increased, |
.ddcd to that when the government |
as been repaid for It's outlay. In tho |
D annual payments which the farmers
-iIl make without interest, the whole
nterprise becomes their property. |
hoy are stockholders then in this
rsat reservoir, this tunnel this power
liant. and these canals, to say nothing
{ tho lands surrounding the reservoir.
lstcad n reading tho letters u. 5.
s. upon box cars and other proper
81 the enterprise Csignifying United
tatcs Reclamation Service), you VIII
be- tho letters IS W. Il. A. signify
g Strawberry water Users Associa-
on"
INCREASE IN VALUES,
George T Odcll said:
THE business public Of Utah, and
salt Lake especially which VIII he
ost directly benefited by the COM
elton ~ this great project. knows
n very little about IL. The vast acre
-e which VIII be brought under Guilt
tion by the streams from the straw
rrv project Is today worth probably
II more than S25 to $50 per acre.
soon as the water Is brought out
value will be increased 10 from
30 10 $500 per acre. What this
cans I'm added revenue 70 the state,
new farms. new homes, new con-
mers. doubtless a new sugar fac
nv. new purchasers OF the supplies
which Salt Lake business men
al. would be hard 20 compute II Il
wonderful undertaking. and 10 sec
gives one a new idea Of the vast
~ and completeness Of Uncle sans
,lamation undertakings
THE MAN IL CHARGE
Project Engineer Lyle under
lose charge the stupcudous work
going forward, is still a young
IN. but one who has had training ,
the best OF NtuR'INt nc N'lll'N ll'Ni l q
ma the great reservoir project In
nnison. colorado. which President q
IL formally opened on the occasion
his western visit Mr. Lyle saw 20
great mart OF that project under
" so that ne came 10 the Straw e
nv enterprise with the most valu- ~
sort Of experience. He has been
ragged some time here and is calmly u
iddcnt Of tho success OF the ven-
e. by 1918. unless some unforeseen y
.tacles intervene. He Is specially / :
,ud 81 the government electric =,
yer plant. above referred TO. which n
ds an electric current tWcntN-uiuc ~
es mn the canyon 20 the tunnel.
thousand six hundred horse ID
yer is generated at the present
q. but the works have on ultimate y
,acitv OF 3OrO horse power Mr.. L,
10 saws there e. little difficulty In 81
ting the tho men he wants Uncle ..
n PAYS well md feeds well. and
knowledge ~ these facts keeps -
nav rolls we'll filled up. 4 casual I
nee over the several branches OF
work under MI Lythc's charge o.
= q sure story of discipline, order pt
A ard cnicicncy Nj
he marty on soupratin~ foined iU q N
nv vote Of thanks 20 Mr.. Lytle for N
numerous cOurtcsles. and TO Mr. 4 b.
n for making 81 comprehensive q e..
posslh'c iu $50 short a time, not
citing his efficient chauffeur Dick On
harrison. whose handling o' tha