Show STATE ENGINEERS EXTENSION VALID Utah County Light Power Company Wins Case Ap Appealed Appealed Appealed pealed by Pool PoolIn In an opinion handed down yesterday esterday by the supreme court written by b Jus Justice Justice tice J E Frick Prick and concurred in by bythe bythe bythe S the other Justices the decision of Judge John E Booth of the Second district court is affirmed in the case of WillIam WillIamH H Pool against the Utah County Light Power company which was appealed by Pool Poo The supreme court defines the power of the t e state engineer to grant water rights and extensions and holds that In Inthis Inthis inthis this particular case the engineer had a aright arIght aright right to grant an extension to the light and power company compan after its first time limit had expired by a a few days The company had spent more than on its plant in Utah U county count when its limit of eighteen months ran out following the approval of its application application application cation for second feet of water from American Fork creek in Utah county by the state engineer on March 16 1905 But the corporation neglected for tor a month to have an extension made The extension was later asked and granted Pool had been granted second feet of water from the same creek on Dec 6 1906 and later made the claim that the state engineer had exceeded his right i In extending the tho time for the power company We do not wish to be understood as holding that the state engineer may ar arbitrarily arbitrarily extend the time limits fixed by b him at any time and under all cir circumstances cIrcumstances says the supreme court but in the Pool case the state engineer did not exceed his authority In grant grantIng grantIng Ing I ng the extension |