Show ACRES AtRES TO BE DRAINED t Owners Owner s Will Build Dam If City W Will Repair and Widen Part of Canal I Practicability and antl utility of or draining a large area of or land situated between the west corporate boundary of Salt SaIl Lake City and the Great Salt lake Is la again brought to public attention This time the matter comes up In the form of ot a n petition to the mayor maor and city commissioners to accept a proposition made by the North Point Consolidated I Irrigation company to construct a 60 I foot dam darn on the Surplus canal provided pro pro- vided the city will agree to to dredge and widen the remaining feet Ceet of ot the canal which remains at present In Its old oid condition There Thero are ninety eight signers of ot the p petition Including fourt fourteen en banks and loan and trust companies s. s big 10 1 Business houses real estate firms prominent attorneys and private ate citi citi- I zens Among the signers also are owners of ot land lond to 10 he be affected b by the drainage to a a. total of ot acres bu but these represent on only a small part 01 ot the tho area to he be reclaimed and placed under productive cultivation It IB is said At a a. meeting of oC tho the Halt bait Lake real estate board held yesterday esterday afternoon the me merits ite of or the proposition were ex cx- ex- ex by It n. A. A Hart lIart United States drainage engineer and Attorney E E. E W W. W Senior S Secretary V. V H. H of ot the board says that the organization gives Its approval to the tho plan The city has widened the Surplus canal from Crom Its original width of ot 40 feet teet to 60 and has deepened the waterway from the old depth of ot 2 feet teet to 7 except ex except ex- ex about feet teet above the dam It Is this part that tho the Irrigation company com corn pany party wants made uniform with the remainder re- re of oC the tho canal and offers to build a a. dam to enable the city to accomplish ac accomplish ac- ac the work of or dredging d and widening |