The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-29
IRRIGATION SYSTEMS
RAPIDLY EXPANDING

| Whiie tho passing year has brought
much general development throughou,
'ne county in the present extensive Ir.
rjsatlon system, nothing has meant SO
much as the beginning OF actual con.
structIon work on the reservoir dam In
noutn Fork canyon. Although the con-
lroVersy between Ogden City and tho OF.
ncers o! the Ogden River Reservoir com
pany has been q serious drawbo cl, ard
delayed the project. the fact remains
! t'lat TIE dam Is now being built and. re-
sardless OF the outcome OF 4 coudcnna
non non suit now pending. Ogden City and
resulting from the impound'ng OF the
Hood waters of the Ogden river.
Iherc has been g growing impression
inal water Tor tic reclamation OF desert
lands IN Weber county has been ex-
No stcd. Tho attention OF many resi-
cents mas turned 10 the advantages Of
tered In the many irrigation projects
%hlcn have been and are being com
plcled throughout the state OF Idaho and
NeVeda. Ogden now finds itself on the
very Drink OF the realization that active
CONSTRUCTION work Is TO be begun on one
or more projects which contemplate the
reclamation of some sixty TO one hundred
thousand acres of good agricultural land
necdlng only the magic which Is wrought
tncough irrigation TO change its surface
rom lts present desert appearance 10 one
covered With magnificent orchards Vine
yards and beautiful homes.
Maly engineering problems are to he
eneountered and overcome in the con-
structlon OF the 'mpoundinS dams. for the
conservation Of the flood waters, and OF
canals and conduits to convey the water
TOR lrriSs lion on the lands through the
canyons and preclplccS which intervene.
The construction costs run Into millions
and the benefits which Ogden will re-
cetVc through the completion and realjza-
tion OF the reclamation Of these lands. by
virtue OF their close proximity, Will be
incalcula BILE.
As previously stated the storage rcser-
yo,r on the south fork of the Ogden
0ssen Csse Is c,H of the greatest importance 10
Irrigation of the lands on Tho South
Ogden river and North Ogden river
benches, lying east and north of Ogden
600 acres OF land which VIII be reclaimed
The Ogden River Reservoir company has
commenced actual construction work upon
this dam and the work is being pushed
to completion, and II IS TO be hoped that
the dam will be In such condition that
1000 acre feet Of food water VIII bc i'm
pounded in June, 1916. The mammoth
IN height and 1900 feet in length at tho
crest and 400 feet at tho base The dam
VIII be or the hydraulic fill type, With a
hollow reinforced concrete core wall TO
insure impermeablty. More than 5o.0 900
cubic Yards Of concrete, 5000 600 pounds
of steel and 1.0Oo,O00 cubic yards of earth
viii be required TO form tho dam.
Investigations OF tHo water supply or
the south fork of Ogden river have been
going on for the last twenty years and
the construction OF a dam 10 conserve the
food waters has been contemplated many
faction that Ogden is about to realize the
fruits OF the labors or those who have
spent both time and money on this
work.
The contemplated reclama ton ~ the
South Weber river bench Is an enormous
undertaking and requires the construction
OF enormous dams on the upper Weber
river and many miles OF condultS and
canals to convey the lrrigatnS waters to
the lands 10 be reclaimed.
In the matter OF irrigation. the people
OF Weber county are being taught the
truth OF the old axiom, Charity begins
at home and the exodus TO other states
is decreasing every year. The reclama-
ton Of thousa nds OF acres Of land I'm this
locality furnishes room for many tlliers
OF shc soil and will bring prosperity TO
both county and state.