Show IN CANYON UTAH LIGHT A RAILWAY CO HAS COMMENCED WORK petition asks the county commissioners to allow change of can yon road from mondays standard A petition presented to fco board of county at their meeting today by K W wade commercial agent for the utah light railway company which it granted will benefit weber county and result an a in solving th irrigation problem and do away with much of the litigation arising from that source the asks that he company beall wd to change thes route of the county road through of den canyon from a point sear potters restaurant to eden and and to permit of the blinding of a reservoir for power anti irrigation supposes pup poses permission is ached to build the road from the point along the ald of mountain to the crest 0 the proposed dam of the reservoir and to continue the pame to eden along tha north side 0 ogden river and over the bench above tho old homestead above the conserved water entering eden on the north to Hunts vUI the company would carry the road across the top of the to the benth aide of the river and thence around the south side of the contemplated reservoir to a point south of huntsville the petition follows to the honorable chairman and board of county commissioners of weber county gentlemen we tire utah light railway company and others have commenced this date to do preliminary work on a storage reservoir to store the flood waters of the ogden river capacity of bald reservoir will be two billion cubic feet and will cover 2700 acree of land near the head of ogdan canyon said to be conserved for power and the irrigation of the lands of the salt lake valley situated in weber county wo expect to prosecute said enterprise to i an early completion which will take three years the dam will be located in ogden canyon at a point known as shanghai flat and will flood the county road from said flat to a point near the ogden valley creamery we hereby petition your honorable body to allow your petitioners petition ers to change the county road commencing at a point near potters restaurant building the same on the mountain side to the crat of the proposed dam said grade not tn be more than two per cent and to continue the iad from said dam for the people of eden on the north side of ogden river aad oyer the bench above the airrie homestead and above the conserved water entering eden from the west side for the huntsville people we would make the load acro a the top of the dam to the south side of the river and thence around the south side of the contemplated reservoir to a point south of Hunts nie above the back water from said dam and enter huels ville from the south side the said road to be moved at the expense of the petitioners petition ers and under the direction and approval of the county commissioners of said weber conn tv trusting you will give this matter your early and careful consideration we remain yours truly signed utah light railway company the proposed new reservoir which will cover 2700 acres and conserve gallons of water is to be located in ogan canyon the dam to be located at a point known as shanghai flats feet cast of the present dam the restraining banks will be 60 feet above the present roadway the project was gone over a number of years ago toy engineers herschel and schuyler who passed upon its feasibility and reported favorably on the undertaking but at that time the company sought to have the county build ohp road which it was proposed to run through wheeler canyon the most dangerous defile in ogden canyon while now the company offers to stand the expense andaas the of the dam so as to avoid wheeler canyon at present men are at work uncovering the ledges for a spillway and intake the spillway to be feet wide requiring excavation to 16 feet in depth while tor the intake a foot tunnel Is to te bored the reservoir which it la expelled will require three years to build will when completed supply sufficient water to generate horse power beside irrigate many thousand acres ot land BOW arid or nearly so the increased power will necessitate the building of new transmission lines to salt lake although some ot th power will be used here it is proposed to take the flood waters 0 ogden river which now rush down the river in the early spring to be lost in great salt lake and conserve them backing the water up to the west of eden and on the south to the south ot huntsville and on the middle fork ot ogdan river past eden and much meadow land will be flooded by tho new reservoir but little of the best farming land will be covered the result of the erection of such a dam will be far reaching greatly increasing the acreage of the agricultural lands in weber county and adding to the agricultural wealth ot the community while the company is figuring on three years to complete the work th engineers are hopeful that it can be completed before the irrigation season of beginning about the middle 0 july tho coat of the undertaking ban beba estimated in the neighborhood of this morning H W wade was een and asked when work was to be started on tho reservoir and he said that work had already started in a preliminary way 0 making ready for the surveyors VOTED AGAINST JEROME new york oct SO by a uc vote 0 two to two the board oc elections ot this city today declined to place the bame of william T jerome as the nominee for district attorney in the i republican column of be official bal lot for the city election the demoi bralic members voted against it and tho republicans in favor of it |