Show da t XI 70 mm to lc irn commit governor thomaa haa issued iha following addressing a copy to the county 0 each county in alia territory 1 I have received a kiter from tho irrigation engineer connected with abe stales geological survey baat in a committee on arri bation appointed by senate of alic united will asit utah about aba of august near and aking information lo 10 procured for abe ua u a of tho committee with a diew to legislation to be directed to the lUHt iori of arid lamia by efio storage conservation and distribution of the water supply I 1 therefore respectfully yon to furnish fur as fair as anay bo risible information abe lull points 1 aba location of all rivers ami irrigating canals abeso can bet be t be elidan on maps sketches or prepared oa a scalo of two inches to tho mile 2 list of canals and ditcher giving as nearly complete com plate as possible t lauio of canal or ditch names of owners or officers and postoffice post office addresses pate when built or first in streams from which tho watt r is diverted r number of acres irrigated and of cultivated lands number of acres of rood land no located that they could be irrigated by an increase of tho water supply in the can ils or ditches now constructed g number of acres aliat could bo irrigated by new ditches or canal and new reservoirs h tho available sites for reservoirs either in llie valley or mountains and alie probably Abla size of such irs in addition to alie above you are requested to reply to tho questions 1 what is lie ae depth of enow in your mountains during the w inter 2 wl n does alie irrigation eloson begin and end in each valley 3 what is the elevation of each valley above the sea 1 l bow much water in minera inches or in cubic feet per second lows through each stream in oar country at the point where it can be used for irrigation during the irrigation season 5 how much w ater coald be elored in equitable eui table during the rest of thecae th ecar 1 how required in each valley or locality to irrigate an acre of sandy coil for each crop dinall root crops corn orchards etc etc 7 much water is required to irrigate an acre of clayey or alkaline soil in each valley or locality for each crop as mentioned above 8 how often and how long at each time is abe land irrigated 8 low many acres of crops have been lost this year from lack of water if 1 lie above information could be supplemented by a brief abstract from the county records of the water rights eliat have been recorded it woud be of interest to the committee and donld rive them reliable daan showing the extent of the appropriation of tha water supply alie abi odd show A alie date of record B name of clai mantor grantee 0 the amount of appropriated or adjudicated D of claim and whether a firof or third at alie last session of congress action was by congress looking to a of the opportunities port unities fur building reservoirs and edorina water for agricultural purposes and in of una purpose the senate will visit atah at talt alio waler ia of ital interest to butali and t urgal you to fur fisli as compla to information as pos biblo and ueail it to me before auy 10 1889 |