Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-05-15 | Page 3 | Will Build 100 Miles of Canals

I i WILL BUILD I 00 O j MILES OF CANALS Beaver Land Power Irrigation Irrigation Irrigation tion Company Is Ready to Begin Work S Active operations on the project of the Beaver Land Power Irrigation company near Milford will be started within a few days aS ac to reports r port Just given ghen out at the offices of ot the company George L chief engineer for Slick Bros company and W B Slick head of the concern COn left S Friday night for a 0 trIp rip Ip over the ground and will win spend a few days de deciding d deciding 1 on the manner in which the work will be undertaken The project ct will include the build buildIng buildIng Ing lug of two dams d s and alid the construction of or about miles mUes of ditches of which thirty miles mUes will yIU be main canals canal Wa Water Water a ater ter enough will be impounded to liri irrigate irrigate gate acres Of Ot this acs s sI I will be granted under the terms of the Carey act the acres being state and private land Eighteen months will be to complete tho the work although a portion of the theland theland theland land which Is now ready for water will willbe willbe willbe be irrigated In time for 1911 crops The water to be usel for tor Irrigating purposes will be taken from the Bea Dea Beaver Deaver Beaver ver river The Th watershed is said to be bethe bethe bethe the best in the state a portion of the tho drainage system being bein on the west ide or of art Mt oIt Baidy Baldy The larger large portion portio of the water Is feet feeL high and Is included within wl lin the forest le ic J serve To Improve Towns He HeIn In connection wh v h the work woI plans are now being carried out for fur the im improving improving proving of or the townsite of or The rhe Theold Theold old town lies Just west of the line of the Salt Lake Route and arid is the first division point of or the road south of ot alt Lake The new town is to be located a mile mUe or two farther west on higher land and about sixty sin feet above aboc the level of ot the old town The ground has been platted and lots are being sold A company has been organized to erect a new hotel and a tract of forty acres has been secured for tery purposes Although building lots have hae been on JO the market only a few days da s fifty fitt lots have been sold The Tile improvements laM lAId out Iut ut are ex cx e Continued on Ignore I WILL BUILD 00 MILES OF CF CANAL AL Continued From Irom Page One peeled to attract visitors in large num numbers numbers bers hers The place is being called caned the Twin Falls FaIls of Utah The present population of Milford Is about 1500 people George L engineer in charge of ot the work was until four years ago in charge of or government irrigation irrIgation ir it projects W B Slick of or Slick Bros company is said lid to be one of the best Informed men engaged in ir irrigation irrigation work and has produced re results results suits where others have failed George GeorgeH H er one of ot the prom prominent prominent prominent men In the enterprise has had thirty years experience and for the past flast five fhe years ears has been in Idaho B BF BF BF F Walling Jr head of ot the selling company has been brought up among Irrigation an and l reclamation enterprises The undertaking unde has lias been b en started without especial noise or flurry but with a determination to have it car carried carried ried tied through to the end with the best results possible