The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-11
WORKING OUT BIC
IRRIGATION PLAN
Mammoth Scheme in Juab
County Is Taking Shape;
Committee Appointed.
Special to The Trlbune.


NEFHI. Utah, March 1O-To farmers
Interested in The great water project in
the southern part OF this county, IT. g.
Wlnn has made 4 very clear report OF
the costs and possibilities OF getting this
water. This report was obtained from
j. S. Yates assistant state engineer
For purposes of estimating the amounts
Of power that can be produced from wa
ter released from the reservoir during the
irrigation season the following table rate
OF flow is proposed and the corresponding
horsepower computed:
80 In April 2Sfo horsepower would produce
acre IGe5 Go SG Tater during the
produce 42,n50 acre feet, During June
1880 horsepower would produce 1900
acre feet During July 1850 horsepower
would furnish 1880 acre feet. In August
2S85 horsepower would furnish 1880
acre feet. During September 1883 horse
power would furnish 2S,S00 acre feet.
high enough for the water TO run in an
open canal over the ridge into Nephi
valley at Chases ranch is rs miles. The
static lift IS $50 feet and the friction
head at so second feet OF water in 5i-
Inch pipe Is approximately forty-live feet,
making total head OF eos feet. The ap-
proximate cost of this installation COM
petc. including water wheels direct con-
nected 10 pumps and q pipe line. one half
OF which is steel and the other half wood
stave: all in place and ready to operate,
Water wheel and pump s72.oo build
ings and auxilIaries $4,000 miles of
steel pipe line. Sl6l,60o: 3.S miles of wood
stave pipe lnc. st30 400: total $685. 600
The amount of water that could be de-
lvered al the upper end of this pipe line
for different horsepower would average
siXty-two second feet. which Is three or
four times as much water AS Is In Nephi
city creek.
The second plan Is 10 pump the water
from the Painted Rocks" TO a point high
f(,,. tor t. n.,t,, Ia,
canal over the ridge at Chase's ranch,
where the altitude is 10000 feet. the
static head is go feet. and the friction
head at scventy-two second feet of wa
ter in +8-inch pipe VIII be fifteen feet,
making total head OF 275 feet The
approximate cost OF this installation
connected 10 generators transformers TO
step the voltage up and down the trans
mission line from power house 10 pump
house. tho pump house, the motor direct
steel and half wood. all i'm place and
ready to operate, would be S36b,o0o. or
1920. 200 less than the first estimate. The
amount of water delivered would he an
average of ffty-seven second feet which
is five second feet less than pumping 1t
the is miles.
There Is large quantity OF water pro-
vided for by the enlarged dam. which
VIII he more than is required by the
present irrigation conpa Dies, and there
Is also large 2G5 En, of i% land a GM.enGng
available at the time IS not sufficient
70 llft the 10000 acree feet of water, it
has heen suggested that additional power
can be had at a reasonable rate from the
Utah Power G. Light company.
Orson Nelson, z. w. Peterson and
Peter Sorenson were present from Levan.
They had gone thoroughly into the mat
ter and MI Nelson. the chairman. gave
= report OF their findings. He stated that
The irrigation company had offered the
water for $3.50 per acre foot and all
rights to the water power, and the people
were to do all the work and install the
power plant and necessary pipe line,
which would cost the amount sta ted
above. AS an alternative The companies
would put the water on the land for $50
per acre foot. which would make tho cost
higher. but safer. The committee from
Levan stated that they were decided on
taking the water if it could he had for
500 per acre foot. \ committee consist
Ing of William Bailey. T. IL Burton.
Steuheu Boswell. c. VI. Grace and A, ~.
BelIiston was selected at this meeting TO
Join like committee from Levan and
they were to meet with the officers Of
the irrigation companies and make de-
tailed arrangement and report al an early
late.