Show Gm i COUNTiES CANAL I I Gillis Brothers Broth rs Receive Contract V V Which Amounts to Contemplated Improvements by Weber Davis Counties Canal Co Estimated at The Timo Weber and Davis Dils Counties Ca Canal Canal nal nat company com pan has awarded the con contract contract contract tract for the time concreting of or the nine ninemile ninemile mile canal lending leading from fromn time the Weber river riem to the time bench hench lands south of Og Ca Ogden Ogden Caden den and an next Tuesday men muon will willbe willbe willbe be at work grading and concreting ac according accor according cording cor ln to 10 contract Tomorrow lom tho time canal can a will be emp emptied tied tie The concrete and grading work would begin Monday were It not a holiday There Thero will be no imo delay dela delaIn in the time cement laying laing the time contract providing for tho time completion of 0 the work worl November 15 1 n a time prior to heavy heny freezing weather A part of or two miles mile of or concrete work was wn done on the canal last raIl fail lalland failand and the balance of that which In Includes eludes a good deal deai of rock work worl will wilt willbe be lie finished this year under tinder another contract The Time present contractors Brothers company of or Salt Sait LaJe La e elIa have imae lIa agreed to do seven miles of the work vork and lt la is for fOI this piece picco of con can concrete crete cuete building that present preparations Lions have been hoen made Engineer Bostaph states that the cost of the concrete to be placed by hy bythe hythe the tue Gillis Gulls company will 11 amount to about and that the comple completion lion tion of or all the improvements will cost the company about The fhe val valuation valuation of the stock of or the company as it now stands st on tho the market is The water capacity of or the canal by y the improvement will be lie doubled at the time point whore where It will bo b turned upon ho tho farm lands Besides this a n water supply for pur purposes purposes purposes poses will he be furnished that will 11 gen gemi generate crate erate power that will bring bringa a net annual revenue of The power plant will bo lue erected at ata ata ata a point on oum Weber Teher river rier about a mile south of or Most of this pow power er or has already been he en sold to the Salt Sail Lake and Ogden Ogdon Railway company and time the balance will be placed on the market marel Material for the time work of concreting the time canal Is now on the ground there being seven cars of oC gravel twelve cars cams of cement and other material When the forces get fairly at work worle on the Job tars nr or of cement will willbe willbe willbe be used each ih V The flie grading will willbe willlie be lie done lone largely Ity hy l incans of steam shovels it being anticipated that the tho grader wen keep aim ah Qt of the time concrete men from the time beginning of the oper operation operation to the end The head ate of tho time canal will wili be bc enlarged this fall fail and early next spring the time reservoir will he be greatly enlarged When completed the tho ditch will carry carn cubic feel feet of water waterier per ier second and will irrigate acres of land Tho The canal will carry carrr carryon on an nn average Jerage o feet of water It will win be lO only cemented canal of time the V country |