The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-18
10000 ACRES OF
BOTTOM LAND IS
SOUGHT FOR DAM
Condemnation Action Is
Begun in Delaware
District Court
A 4,ooo-FooT BARRIER
Huge Reservoir Will Back
Up Water From Streams
in Four Counties
SALISBURY APPROVES PLANS
Town Of Ketchum to Boom as
Bulk of Materials Will
Assemble There
A 4,OOO.F0OT BARRIER
SALISBURY APPROVES PLANS
speclal 10 The World.

Special 10 The World.
JAY, June 17.-Any doubt as TO
the certainty of the Grand river hy-
dro-electric project was put to rest
when ]. l.. Brown of Tulsa, attorney
for the corporation, filed in the dis
trlct court a petition asking for con-
demnation of more than 10, 900 acres
OF the best bottom land on Grand
river, directly affecting more than
$50 land owners in Delaware county.
The petition alleges that 1t is
necessary to have such lands con-
demned and appraised In order that
the same may be purchased to carry
out the plans of the corporation in
ps big undertaking. The petition
Mates that the corporation is duly
Torganized and existing under the
laws OF oklahoma, with its principal
business offices at Tulsa, and a
branch office at Ketchum. in Mayes
county. Its charter gives 1t the au-
thorlty TO erect. maintain and oper-
ate a power plant about four miles
southeast OF Ketchum on the Grand
river, with which to manufacture
electricity and furnish. the same.
Dam VIII BE 40 Feet High.
The big. dam necessary for the
project VIII be more than 1000 feet
OF 40 feet, creating a great reser-
volr, covering approximately 10000
square miles, in Mayes, Delaware
and ottawa counties. All the land
sought to be condemned will per-
haps not be inundated, but the cor
poration Will reserve a margin Of
land along either bank OF the river
for their own protection. 1t is under
stood that land owners will not have
possessions Immediately adjacent to
the river. The petition filed here
covers only land owners In township
"a north and range 23 east. Other
petition will be doutless filed as soon
as the court has appointed the ap-
praisers and their report accepted
by the court.
It Is believed here that actual con-
struction WORK will begin at once.
r. D. Salisbury, hydraulic engineer of
New York City, has been at Ketch-
um for weeks, making drawings and
plats incident to the big undertake
ing. II has been thought that the
corporation would not authorize the
expenditure of such vast sums of
money unless the proposition was a
sure go.'' Many hundreds OF thou
/, sands have already been spent In
preliminary steps, with the pros
-
spent within the next so days. The
value of the land sought to be con-
demned In this township will per-
haps reach the million dollar mark
Land owners do not know how the
court will order the appraisemen'
TO be made; whether the value ot
the land as Il stands today will b6
considered, or whether the use OF
the land TO the owner will be a fac
tor in determining the damages tC
be sustained.
Kctchum Springing Up.
The little town of Ketchum, here
S;ofore II country town on the kan
'tas. Oklahoma & Gulf railway, no
far-famed for SIS achievement, We
proud Of its progressive citizenship
Il about to consider ways ana
means to start life anew. When tn
big dam is completed, the little towl
Will he under water. But the citi
zens Will have to find new loca
ton on higher ground, and theI
they will start from the ground ur
Several institutions are bein
planned In the event the big dan
Is a success. The citizens are consid
ering building a new Baptist churc
lust as soon as conditions are set
tied enough to be assured of thi
plant. II is planned also that som
institution of learning will be erect
ca, and friends OF this dream sa
they have assurance that the peopl
OF Ketchum are soon to find them
selves living in new world wit
bigger opportunities Is a foregon
conclusion. Given these industrlt
sdvantages which the power plar
Will bring. combined with their ow
natural resources and energy. tn
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face with the greatest hope.