Show VIRGIN RIVER PROJECT irrigation Irei gation project costing millions will have railroad capital for both projects is assured adolph II 11 easter and R I 1 fish cr caino in last saturday from canaan the headquarters of elioso investigating the virgin river irn ration project for mail etc and left again early monday morning mr easter of the firm of easter gearon unity building chicago has been associated with alio local people interested in the project Laun and rust for a considerable time lie is enthusiastic over the proposition and assured the editor that it is a sure go mr fisher of mendota is one of alic party of capitalists and their representative who easter gearon and john F pope the engineer are investigating the project it was realized from the first that aliis great scheme which will bring under cultivation over ninety acres of choice land in Washing toti county utah and much land just over the border in arizona haq impossible without the assurance of a railroad the capital required amounting to millions of dollars could not be secured for alie project unless a railroad would penetrate the assure rapid settlement and markets for produce raised so the syndicate having alic project in hand set to work to get a railroad promised and they have succeeded capital and railroad raili oad builders buil deis were to build a road from alio present terminus of alie D L R G at marysvale Marys vale through the lands that will come under the reclamation scheme to the grand canyon on condition that after a most thorough investigation alie irrigation scheme should feasible it was for tins purpose that mr pope was sent out he is an engineer of great reputation in india and america and his report will assure the railroad alio editor is told that tins road will not bo an extension of the rio grande but an independent line to connect with that road at its present for the past five or six weeks mr pope mr gearon alio by alie way is himself an old railroad raili oad man and party have been engaged on tins railroad survey which would not have undertaken had the irrigation project not proved feasible they expect to shortly finish their work and return cist in alie meantime engineer I ico A snow of tins city and party are all land eliat will come under alie project down to the arizona line for alio of having them withdrawn from entry under alio carey act A townsite town sito ia also being laid out mr L lu nten w ho lias alic honor of having tins immense project is out in the field with alio party it is understood eliat as soon aa the reports of the engineer are given in action will bo at td on the railroad the diversion and storage dams tunnell tun nela canals etc and the whole business rushed to completion without loss of time in fact it is expected eliat work on all those will bo well under w a this summer born a son to mr md mrs frank barber sunday june 12 |