The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-27

WASHINGTON, Dec 26-President
Taft has approved the report OF the
special board OF army engineers rec
ommenGlng the apportionment of the
new S2O.O0O,000 fund, provided by con
ereSs among the following reclama-
tions projects in the west.
Strawberry Valley In the List
Salt River, Arizona. S495, 900; Yuma,
Ariz.. and California. 100000.
Grand Valley, Colo. 81 ,OOOOoO; I'm
compahgre. Colo. $4,000 Payette.
Boise. Idaho. 5000, 900: Milk river,
Mont, S1.000000: North Platte. Wyo..
and Neb $4,000, 900; Truckec, Carson.
New $1.l93.OOO, Rio Graude, y. NJ,
Texas and Mexico. "a 500 900. Una
tilla. Ore, 1925. 900. Klamath, Ore,
and Calf, 100000: Strawberry Val
ley. Utah, s2.272.O 900: Sunnyside and
Lieton, at Yakima, Wash. 81 .250.0O
and $3.50, 900. respectively.
$50 600, 900 for Projects
The $20,O00.000 is TO be spent within
the next five years and the interest
on the loan Is 10 be charged against
the projects The following projects,
completed or near completion carry
a recommendation for the funds from
the general reclamation act sufficient
only for maintenance and operation.
Orland, Calf Carlsbad. n NJ: Hon
da. N. NJ: Garden City. Kan; KlttitaS
Wapata. and Benton Units of the va
kima, Washington project
For the following existing reclama-
tion projects the board of engineers,
In the recent approval by the president
recommends allotments from the gen.
eral reclamation fund:
Missouri Pumping, y. D.. Bellfource
s. D.. Shoshone. Wyo; Minidolta. Ida
no: Iuntley Mont, sun River, Mont:
Lower Yellowstone Mont: Okanogan
Wash
Presidents Letter to Secretary
In his letter to the secretary OF the
interior approving the report of the
engineers. President Taft says in
part.
81 hereby approve the report of the
board OF engineers in respect to the
reclamation projects. to which they
have made allotments from the $20.-
100000 loan; but this approval so far
as the amounts of the allotments are
concerned. Is not final and absolute
but is intended TO be subject to change
by adjustment and modification OF the
amounts as may be necessary for the
intelligent and proper accomplishment
OF the work aud to the advantage of
tho service
To Call Upon Treasurer
You are authorized to call upon
the secretary OF the treasury TO issue
the certificates OF Indebtedness need
ed TO furnish the funds in accordance
with the allotment recommended by
the board and approved by me as the
same shall be needed from time To
time In pursuance OF the terms OF
the act
The remainder of the report OF
the engineers. which was not reSpon.
sive TO the direction of the law but
was drawn at my request and for my
information. i hereby approve. aud
when congress re-conyenes In January
shall submit a message TO the two
houses, transmitting the report an
nounclng my approval of the same and
during the adoption of the enabling
legislative measures recommended by
the board"
Report Of the Engineers.
In Its comprehensive report on the
work in general. the
engineers board says In part:
THE engineering structures OF the
various projects are as whole, well
designed and well built Some OF
them. as the Pathfinder dam. the Sho
shone dam. the Roosevelt dam, and
the Garrison tunnel. are monuments
reflecting credit on both designer and
builder.
Modern Irrigation being q relative
Is new art in this country, much free
dom was allowed the local engineers |
In the design OF minor structures. |
While this was wise policy in the |
early stage OF the work. it has re-
suited In some complicated and uD-
necessarily expensive structures With |
the present knowledge of the compar- |
atlve merits OF the different types. 1t |
is believed that standard designs of !
the simplest satisfactory type should |
be adopted for all minor structures.
Uncertain Feature.
The most uncertain feature Of near
" all the projects Is the water supply
This being under state control the
Ntatus OF the reclamation service bears