Salt Lake Herald | 1908-05-27 | Page 5 | Land for Big Reservoir

lAND IMD FOR BIG BI RESERVOIR R S I Purchase of Site Is Made by State Land Commissioners for fOl Th The state board of ot land tand l nd commissioners has completed Its Us purchase of ot land on Which to locate the tIie proposed Plute Piute reser reservoir reservoir voir veir near Marysvale Marsale at a cost of ot be between bet between tween t ean SI I jO and The reservoir site was w s owned by b private parties anti and nl in order or to secure a c clery tory tery price It was necessary for the board t to 18 institute condemnation proceedings pro J This brought the owners to time and the theland theland theland land has been purchased at Jt a fair figure As has already been b en stated the board has reserved about ro acres acre of ot land in inthe Inthe the vicinity of or the th reservoir to be irrigated Irrl irrigated gated ted by canals leading leadin from it t The Tile I whole project will cost approximately jO and the water witter rights will be sold soldat i at not more than tA 0 an acre The board in 18 fact tact hopes to sell the tho rights as low loss as I I 29 20 which will bring the entire cost of ot II I the land to not more than 25 25 I At the Uti June meeting of ot the board bids j I will be opened for tor the preliminary work wr i i j