Show Ogden en Department Mountain InterMountain Inter Inter- Bureau Republican K St. St LI DIG BIO WATER VATER SCHEME NOW NOtY UNDER MY WAY i I Utah Utah- Light Railway Co i to Spend in i I I I Ogden Canyon FOR FR POWER AND IRRIGATION t Company Xo fl l la r nil Pl PI r t. t l ara lory to 10 C Y o Dam I b One t 0 of the the largest enterprises In Hi way WRY of nf it le reservoir J building ever un un- un l n In Iii part of tho the country la Is about 1 to tangible shape lii In ID count county through iw the the- Utah Light Se Railway company which Iia ha has jl t d a Ira transaction whereby It k acquires in one hundred red and ant s b acres of ot land at the of tf canyon the site sic It of the tho thC proposed propos propos- ed 11 l now lI Joh which vh Ich when hen completed com coni- will cover corer about 2500 acres and which will wi bo l he u 1 x-d x ll to cOI conserve rOw r tin Ow waters of the t 11 throe three forks of th the f 1 river The hp project will wi mean an all n expenditure of over It I I Is lIpo proposed ll that lint Ih the water vater so fO conserved will he lie used ll 1 wl he U to 10 Irrigate many hundreds of nr acres of If f arid 1111 lants lands which arn Ut ro now flow lying wa waste l In the Salt SaU Lake LaIci valley li In lii a n to furnishing power lo J for ro nil all ni both in Og- Og Og- Og ilen and amid other parts of Utah This project has been under consideration IH for years but lut each N time lm It I uis I presented to 11 the people 1 residing In the Immediate territory affected it i was mot mut with wih stron strong opposition When tho em proposed C construction Ion hm of ti the theros e ros tN tl oh became known through th j application to the county commissioners commission ers 01 5 for tor the th right to change the roadways road a ways which Interfered with the lw project pro pro- a number of If meetings were held heM I throughout the tho the county for and atmil o against th tho scheme At t len length lt the tho opposition so o strong that tho thi o. o power I poo- poo plo jilt withdrew their nIl application nail and It I wa was thou thought ht that thaI the tho tw plans of th the company for the building of time the damn dam I were veI e abandoned It T now nn appears that they lr very much at work vori however how how- ever cr and amid that th they stole quite quie a 1 march marchon on flu those who were against l them When hm tho timo now new dam damn has been hn com com- the tho waters I will wl back up tip for three lc miles nilles on either fO fork and Olt will wi leave t tho Ilmi settlement of o Hunts I on the tho hanks banks of a great lake lako Many millions of gallons alon of water vater will wi bo be 1 hold by the thit th breastworks breast works which will wi l bo Iw erected cled just j west vest of th tho 11 present ot small dam Ilam It I Is ox- ox now that the power oer company holy buy up UJ the tho remaining land lail as fast a as practicable lh the amount held by h them at tills this time lIng being about I five hundred acres The 11 somali small Imal dam will willbo wi bo be h. h enlarged to 10 the Ow wants want of until time the new dam cnn can lime tho company Ut lam cn bo hi constructed acquired by IW the tho compan company o cant I y tJi tiC n f te anti t valuable section considered o tho lh most ecton of the entire etIre tract The amount named In the tho transaction Is lR It I Is fl th that In ca case nn any ono one attempt to 10 hold ll l the th company up for will In- In prices that the company wi condemnation proceedings Insecure to tn secure th the tho land at nl a n price fixed by h the th coil cot courts |