Show NEWELL TALKS OF IRRIGATION t I Government Expert Exper Reached Salt Lake Yesterday HE IS ON Oft HIS WAY WAY WEST WILL W RETURN TN HERE BERE EARLY ELY NEXT NT MONTH MONH I 1 1 H NEWELL chief engineer of FH F r the reclamation survey surrey arrived In Sal Salt Lake yesterday esterday from Washington ashington D C being now on his hs way vay to the coast coast Mr 11 Newell Newel spent the day with Congressman Sutherland and others other who wh are taking t great inter interest Interest est eat in the irrigation projects possible under the bill bU passed by b congress In the opinion of Mr Newell Newel who has spent more than half baI his bile life Ufe in the study of irrigation the bill bl will prove proe to be b one of the most important pieces of legislation ton and the most beneficial in the history of the west wet It I promises great things said he and all aU depends upon a wise and ju judicious judicious judicious administration of the te matter mattert matterI I It t may my be years before the effect of the various projects are felt exten eaten ively hely but It means benefits that will wf go on and on forever Mr 11 Newell Newel talked interestingly of ot the he proposition at the Kenyon last lat evening The bill bi creates create a fund of or said Mr Newell derived from the disposal of public lands ands to be used in irrigation projects The secretary of the Interior is to ex examine e examine amine into feasible projects project and build b Id them and when they are built buit the lands ands will wl be disposed of or in such a away away away way as to refund to the fund the mon money money money ey expended in their construction Inthis In Inthis Inthis this way the money mone can be used over and over oyer again and the fund wilt will wIl be growing continually Long Study of Resources The work ork has been entrusted to the geological survey surrey because we have hav for fourteen burteen years yea made a study of the water resources of oC the country countr We have put out parties In all al the states and territories to examine various projects projects projects and when the feasibility of them themis is s determined we will recommend to the secretary se the construction of ot works Professor George Gorg A A Swenson of Logan Logn has had charge of the work in inthis Inthis Inthis this state and will wi iIi continue to look book after it I hope he will be b able to de do develop a number of good projects project and build them Personally I am very desirous of meeting the business men of this city ct and ad state and get them to understand that it is i a business proposition with wih them They are Interested in the best growth of the country countr even more than farmers farers and we want their support Discussing the th various local projects Mr Newell Newel said sid It Is proposed to tore stor stoie re all an the te water we can in hi Bear river and Bear Bea lake lae and use it I on Utah and Idaho lands lad Ten years year ago I ran a survey surrey round the lake and over II part par of ot the river and ad I am convinced that it is a feasible project and ought to be accomplished at once We Ve will wi have to have hac a a survey suney to determine the cost and benefits to Utah and before beCore we can determine upon any rec recommendations Then there is Utah lake The thing to be done there is to dredge the lake lak down to store stor some of the waters water of Provo Prove river riye The area ara of the lake which Is Ia Is broad and shallow can be re reduced reduced reduced by half hal and that will wi give Utah county that much more land and Salt Sal Lake county so much more water Great Gain Ga For Tor Both Bt It I would be a great gal gain gin for Cor both if the people will wIl but realize It But there are so many controversies over oe the lake that it I may be years before anything can be done donG I made a survey sureY in 1889 which convinced me of the feasibility of this project There Is a proposition to bring Grand river over into Utah from a point pint near Grand Junction It I looks very verv ven feasible and as ac it I would water lands in both states the advantage ad would obviously be great These may not be the greatest projects possible in the state but the people are bound to have their dis disputes disputes disputes over oer water Everybody seems to be b afraid that somebody will wi make money mone out of or them and until the peo people p pie can cn get together It I will tl be uphill work to accomplish those things thing which might work to the best possible ad advantage advantage advantage vantage to the state Chief Engineer Newell will wi spend to today today today day and tonight in Salt Lake Tomor Tomorrow Tomorrow Tomorrow row morning moring he leaves for a a trip through Nevada Neada California and Ore Oregon Or Oregon gon gonon on Irrigation business He will wi return to Salt Lake about the middle of August 4 |