| Show Upper Blue Bench to Build Muss Meeting Held and Contract Signed for Building of the fig Big Ditch Utah Utah JulY July 31 81 1913 A mass mas m t ng of off land own owners ra on or the he Upper Bench Irrigation Dis Dis- District was the last evening evening ev ev- ening ning to consider the offer of A. A A. A Clark lark company to build the irrigation system for lor its actual cost in is district bonds at at par plus 33 3 1 per cent ent The same proposition was wai made madea a few days ago to the South My Myton too District and was accepted unanimously Fifteen en of were present and unanimously instructed the Board o of to sign a contract the thc above mentioned lines Jines tion Lion of the route of canal then came up Engineer sec cross tion non survey and estimate of cost showed showed showed show show- ed that th the 10 2 2 1 mile mUe canal which practically parallels the the ditch now being belag be be- lag ing by J Jess e Knight for the Lower Blue Bench District Districts could bo be built to carry feet of water wat r for 1 Adding the one third to this ting the total cost in bonds would be or for the acres in the district district district dis dis- at the rate of 20 per acre A recent letter from Mr Harmston was read which dealt with th the thirty thirtymile thirtymile mile mite Mountain Sheep Pass Pa q route in he stated that a canal carrying foot feet of water over the Purple Bench route would cost 1 Plus Ius the the contractors contractor's compensation tion th the entire cost o of tho the canal would be to that is is to say about 16 for tor each Bl Blue e Bench acre Of course courso courset it Ii t any an- consider considerable ble number of the Purple Purple Purt Pur Pur- t c bench acres joined the cost ost would b lowered v Mr Roy Dixon of Provo who ho with his tie brother owns acres on tho the Purple urple Bench Hench attended the meeting lid He said that he still clung to his first choice hoice the Lake Fork ork route for irrigating ira ira- gating his hid h landA land A delegation of f three representing majority of the other T OO acres of the tho Purple urple Bench was called upon for ex ex- Their spokesman said that the he Purple Bench Dench people were ware unorganized zed but would like liko to join the Blu Blue Blue- Bench tench district and it in invited d the Blue Benchers to come to the Purple Bench Dench Bencho I Ito to o a conference e. e Several district land owners then thenaid said aid that the Purple Bench h had d been given riven every Cp opportunity ty for four years to o or organize anize a district or adopt some sonic other ether method of building a consolidated ditch litch with the Blue slue Bench Dench They wore were in n favor if tho Purple Benchers did not get together and make a distinct proposition p prop prop- op- op before the ratification election for or the Blue Bench to go ahead and gezo the opportunity to construct aanal s. s canal anal by themselves The meeting adjourned and th th board of d directors met at once and signed a contract with the A. A A. A Clark company for or the construction of the water system ys- ys tern tem em leaving the route to be decided upon by the land owners at the election electon election elec elec- tion ton to ratify the contract This election election elec elec- tion lout was set for Saturday for Aug 23 |
