The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-02-08

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field country and the leaving o.
Mr.. l. w. Mcconnell. late genera
uonrS!III oqvpI 9ql 10 IeSeueu
Company:
"The resigne tion of l. w. McCon-
nell, vice president and general man
ager of the Idaho Irrigation Com
pany, Limited, is announced, to be-
come effective early in February
Mr.. Mcconnell, who was in the city
confirmed this report and said he
would leave Richfield, the company :
headquarters, about February 10th,
and would go directly to Boston.
Mr.. Mcconnell was elected vice
president and general manager of
the Idaho Irrigation Company in
June, 1910 He had previously been
connected with the company as chief
irrigation engineer for the construc-
ting contractors, u. G. White & Co.
OF New York
in leaving the Idaho Irrigation
company, Mr.. Mcconnell does SO to
enter the great contracting and en-
gfneering firm of Stone & Webster
of Boston This firm, which is one
= of the great constructing firms OF
the world, has built many of the
great railroads, public buildings,
tunnels, aqueducts, yiaducts. and
works of like character in all parts
of the United States
MIR. Mcconnell has been connect
ed with the work of irrigation in the
western part of the United States
for the past ten Years. having been
for six years plicr io his work in
Idaho in the United States reclaim
ation service. where he had super
vision of such notable construction
as the Gunnison tunnel in Colorado,
the Pathfinder dam in Wyoming,
the Belle Fourche dam In South Da-
kota. and other works of magnitude.
He is recognized by engineers every
where as a man of the very first
rank IN his profession.
while in the city, Mr. Mcconnell
in discussing his Idaho work, said:
1t has been great pleasure to be
connected with the Carey Act de-
velopment of the present decade in
Idaho. The wonderful potentialities
of the state are apparent to even
the casual observer, and to one who
has studied the underlying cond1-
tions the situation is most interest
ing and full of promise. During my |
service with the dahoIrrigation com
pany the Wood River country has
made a great development. This
development, however, is but sma
fraction of the ultimate possibility,
and | hope my future work may
keep me in touch with the situation,
or at least in position to observe
the Transformation which few
years is certain to bring forth.
There is no scope of country
within the United States which
equals in extent and wealth-produc-
ing possibilities the great Snake
River valley. Its resources are as
vet scarcely realized, even by the
widest dreamers. 1t possesses a
matchless soil, easily subdued
truly wonderful water supply and
climate which brings out the best
energies Of the people living here,
in any manner draining the
yitality by excessive heat or coid. /
When this great region shall have
it's logical development 1t |
will be the most compact and the ]
vealthiest region in the intermoun-
ain country. Its enormous power
)lants will beckon with ever increas- /
ng emphasis to the manufacturer, {
md it's steadily increasing output t
viii constitute a prize for which r
he great transportation companies '
viii compete. '
" The completion of the great Ca
ey Act enterprises, most OF which v
re now safely past the initial dlf- a
iculties, marks the first step in the v
march of progress. During the COM b
ng decade the crying need of the t
tate is going to be the capital nee f
ssary to finance it's innumerable a
nd wholly worthy enterprises. Per- 0
APPS no single administration Will t
ave such an opportunity as that SO is
bly, grasped by Governor Gooding Il
hen he induced the Carey Act Il
ompanies to place their millions in
daho enterprises If his broad is
olicy is continued to the end that b