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Show THE BEAR RIVER CANAL Is Completed and Ready For (he Great Stream". CEMENTIM CR FLUWIHC THE CAHYOH ROUTE. It is n Baby KU-cr Full of 13:3 Feel In :i5 Urn ps A M-ni thier the C'cm-Ing: C'cm-Ing: of t!i Wiitoi-8. Ia conversation with Judge E. P. Johnson, Thursday, a Bi t-ler reporter learned the following ii -tereiting facts relati-ve to the great Jarvis-Conklin canal: A week ajro the west canal was viomnleted from the hurc dam in I Bear River grge to (ireat Salt Tjakc; but the turning in of the waters was t'e rred on account of the propitious weather, which has soaked up the dry ground and put the canal in excellent condition. condi-tion. Every foot of the expensive aqueduct aque-duct through the canyon, about '6 miles in length, has been either fl timed or cemented. The gigantic flume there is now entirely completed. com-pleted. From the mouth of the canal to Corinne, the fall is lo2 feet. To prevent washing and cutting, the waler is stay eel and inter jsting little falls of from five to 11 feet- are constructed all along the route. The canal a'scs about two and a half miles west of Corinne, near which place a monstrous Hume, 170 feet in length, is now being constructed across a marshy sink. When the huge gates arc opened and the big stream turned in, probably prob-ably next week, it will likely take a clay for the immense flow to reach Corinne, and two days to well fill this great canal. The coming of these long-looked-for waters will be hailed with delight de-light by all Box Elder and especially especi-ally by those whoseexpansivc fields along the immediate route of the canal have been prepared and waiting for tfie important occasion. This is unquestionably the biggest big-gest stroke of enterprise projected and ever accomplished in our county; av.d Messrs. Jarvis and Conklin merit unlimited praise and hearty congratulations for their unwavering push and perseverance. |