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

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such In brief Is the status Of the
great strawberry project. on which the
! eyes OF the people in the lower end OF
| llaH county are fastened with an in
t'hs'tl OF expectation. multiplied ten
| fold, since the present season of drouth
| brought back the almost forgotten DAYS
! OF sun baked fields. exhausted streams
| and ruined crops
| what this wonderful plan 10 divert
] thc long wasted streams of the Straw
| perry valley, upon the lands Of the
! farmers i'm the broad district south of
sprlhgvllle,m means to them IN particular.
| and To the state i'm general IL would
| take volume To narrate. strawberry
river, Indian Creek, and other smaller
streams which, since time began. have
empued their crystal wealth into the
Duchcsne, thence through the Grand
Green and Colorado into the Paciac |
ocean, are now 10 be turned out of the |
channels they have filed for ages,
penncd up In great natural reservoir |
th9t nature might have made for the |
purpose, and through "A four-mie tun-
mel bored through the solid rock the /
waters are TO be turned into Spanish |
Fork canyon, and brou ght out upon the
new empire In the valley below. which
awaits but this one boon TO blossom
into life. activity wealth and industry
THE RECLAMATION ACT.
Readers Of the Deserct News are gem
orally familiar with the history Of this
particular enterprise which followed
the bencficcnt reclamation laws passed
some years ago by Congress. After
over half million dollars had been
spent on the project there was a long
delay, due 90 various causes. and the
zoo farmers who had pledged their
property To assure Uncle sam that his
outlay would be repaid. began 20 grow
anxious lest something should inter-
Veuc 20 defeat the project ON which |
so many hopes had been built. with |
the passage ~ the recent law, however, |
apptuUriating $4,000 Geo for the COM /
pletiun of the enterprises which had /
been begun. active operations We're
again commenced and now IL can be
said with fgll confidence, there will be
no cessation Of the work until the great
boring feat Is accomplished, the re-
seyoir ia filled. the canals are built
and the waters are turned upon the
ons eNpectant soil
AN INSPECTION TOUR. =
During the present week, on the I'M
vitatiou of General Manager OdeI Of 1
the Consolidated Wagon * Machine ,
company, and by arraugemeDt with J. I
/. Lytle, project engineer, a party }
consisting Of Senator Reed Smoot j. Z
NJ. Greer of Spanish Fork and II. g. s
Whitney of salt Lake paid q visit 20 !,
he tunnel and tho reservoir leaving a
he city Tuesday evening i'm Mr.. OdclIs L
franklin car pausing an hour at
Provo, leaving there at $3.50 pm. and
unninE up Spanish Fork canyon to the
unuel distance from Provo of ~ | -
niles there the night was passed I'm the | -
government buildings. the cool air be- -
ng especially delightful after the >
igf r| IT, h. aFarffaa
IN early breakfast was partaken with a..
engineer Lyle as host. In the rOOmy | a.
BOARDING house OF the Project, I'm COM =,
amy with the day shift OF sturdy min A
rs, who were just about to go On n
uty In the tunnel a
The rock and debris are brought out n,
n small railroad track run by electric in
over with an overhead trolley. and =,
he SAT- Lake party was given spe- "a
ial box car of the size OF one Of those i'm
cen on the scenic railway resorts. to a,
AIRY IL the distance OF 5000 feet into .
he mountain. After n run Of 80 n
linutes into the tunnel, which Is well N.
GIFTED by electricity, and ventilated u
y "A large iron pipe overhead the
art" arrived at the tunnel breast
here "a force Of men was AT work.
blast had been let of not long be- u.
ire, and sufficient rock had been Is
osened to keep the men busy for a m
iy or more. Water was dripping from ! In
h. ceiling and sides. making progress fr
ute slow. Engineer Lyle said that ca
lc ground was damper here than IL Ta
al been at any time since work be- Of
m, but they rather looked for this, as
Ia Wnsatch side ~ the tunnel was va
achcd. He said that the tunnel ran be
. line due east and west and that ed
would emerge at d point over the en-
N not half an inch away from "a GER co
in mark the straight line already tai
ling marked by telephone wires run ob
ng over into the proposed reservoir pr
ost OF the men at work are expert pc
ICED miners and the best receive as ser
gh as $3.50 a day In their suits Of mi
.cloth and their close fitting helmets, on
cl,Iug silently away with candles In pc
ctr hats. for the electric lights were tan
u Vet extended 10 the end Of the ca
mel they presented an appearance l-N
most ghoulish In aspect. Ee'
Aftor inspecting tho tunnel NOR "a
rhly ani getting an the moisture m
al In was deemed wisdom o. ABSORB, his
party mounted their car once more. gla
d In another half hour We're brought th'
into the daylight. Engineer Lytle tel
d that the tunnel has fan from SKI
u to west OF throe feet to the 1000 Z
garding the huge cement plpe hee
.ough which the water ts TO be con- his
,sd. hc said u could be laid In IN, od'
mel az the rate of 30 orr go feet q tri'
y. and Its inside measurements would FOR
scycn by nine feet When asked Rio
y there was need of pipe. tho walls ma
the tunnel being of solid rock. Pee cut
4 these would soon be subject 90 ero- ma
10. and that the stream would be too
&c not 10 be securely confined. Tho G
lance from the summit OF the noun. Gro
4 20 the tunnel loor, Is 400 feet. Mo
THE RESERVOIR "h
oardlne the automobile once moro
party then Travelled up over The
lmit and down the other side into
Straw berry valley n magnificent RE
Itch 1900 feet above the sea level.
west end of 10 nesting AGAINST the
r. having boon selected as the
AZ reservoir for the project Tho
Else point where the tunnel workers X
emerge Is plainly marked an son
neighborinR hills are mounted with son
kinEasps and pines and Senator Wot
Dot said he would give a goodly sum wns
the privilege or having tho frs. whs
OF the summer homes. which will ARE
dot the reservoir. or more
perry the lake, within the next few 50
m. This lake. which IL TO be Great in
viii have a depth. OF 90 70 IS feet ! day