Show LAKE IIONEVftE PUJECTI WATER AND POWER COMPANY TO ACQUIRE 215900 ACRES Land Which It Will Reclaim By Irrigation Ir-rigation Contract With the State Soon to Be Signed Contest Decided De-cided By the Land 1 u The great Bonneville irrigation project pro-ject is gradually assuming definite form Judge Street representing the Lake Bonneville Water Power company com-pany appeared yesterday before the state board of land commissioners to complete the formalities preliminary to the signing of the contract between the state and the company for control of the lands which the company expects ex-pects to reclaim and furnish water for in Milford and Juab counties The judge read a communication to the board in which the company formally form-ally accepts the ruling of the board in all the contests which have been decided de-cided against the Lake Bonneville company He also filed formal waiver of appeal in these cases so that there could be no further question of the status of the land involved in those decisions The effect of this is to fix the acreage controlled by the Lake Bonneville company at a little over 215900 a reduction of 5636 acres from the original application filed by the company The judge read from the report re-port of the interior department suggestions sugges-tions as to modifications to be made in the showing of tjhe company and the state board when the contract is signed These suggestions will be complied with in a formal letter to the department from the state board which will be forwarded with the copy of the contract WANTED THE CONTRACT SIGNED After the presentation of his statement state-ment Judge Street asked the board to sign the contract with the Lake Bon neville company as drawn up by Attorney At-torney General Bishop The contract will be examined by the board this morning and the representatives of the company will appear tomorrow afternoon after-noon when it is expected the contract will be signed by the proper authorities authori-ties thus ending the preliminary stages of the undertaking The company will be given a reasonable length of time in I which to file the 8EOOOO bond required by the board as a guaranty of the fulfillment ful-fillment of the terms of the contract As soon as the bond is filed and accepted ac-cepted the contract will become operative opera-tive and the company will then be in shape to proceed with the active construction con-struction work which will follow the closing of the financial negotiations which have been dependent upon the signing of the state contract A CONTEST DECISION The board rendered a decision in the contest for Draper land between Beck and Sanders Originally the Sixty seventh school district was also a party to the contest because it claimed four acres of land part of which was on Becks land and part on the strip in dispute It was agreed however that the school district should retain its land no matter who won in the hearing hear-ing With this understanding the board decided in Becks favor as to 117 acres and a fraction north of what is known as the Terry ditch and in Sanders San-ders favor as to 37 acres and a fraction frac-tion south of the ditch The decision is subject to the filing of maps with the board as required by law showing that a survey has been made and defining de-fining the land in interest by metes and bounds |