Show CITIZENS ENTER ESIER PROTEST Mass Meeting Sleeting Opposition to Application Application Application tion of f light Company for Ogden A vigorous protest against the granting of ot the tho th two to applications recently filed by bythe bythe bythe the Utah Light Railway company with the state engineer for appropriating addi add additional additional waters from the Ogden river In Ogden canyon was registered at a mass meeting held at the Weber eber club last night The meeting was called by the ex executive e committee of ot the Ogden Civic Im un Improvement Improvement provement league Among those present were w re people holding large interests in the canyon and many business men of the city elt Following a discussion lasting se several sev several eral bours hours a strong resolution of protest and calling for the appointment of a com corn committee committee to work against the application was adopted The rhe only persons at the meeting who favored the scheme was E W VT V Wade Vadi commercial agent of the Utah Light Railway company ho ha proposed plan of the company is to place a pump just west westor of or the he Bamberger resort and pump all of the water out of the river at that point into its pipe line at certain seasons of the year This would virtually virtu all leave the river dry from that point to the place below bolow the Pioneer power house where it would again be turned back into the river Reports adverse to the proposition from Engineers W V M Bostaph and L B Spen Spencer Spencer eer were read In reply to a question whether or not the applications were made sol aol y for the purpose of ot defeat log ing the plans for constructing a municipal municipal pal lighting plant Mr Wade Vade said that as asfar asfar far as he was concerned such was not the case He stated that he did not be JUve considering the amount of at water they th y wo would ld get at the point where they proposed to take It from the river the city was sincere In the movement The most significant statement made by him was waa that had the present agreement be tween his company and the North Ogden Canal anal company been In existence when the filings were made the applications would not have been sent In Those who Argued Ar against the applications held that to take all aJl of the water from rom the river as proposed by b the power pow r people would de destroy destroy l stroy the fish the trees and the tion in the canyon in addition to mak ing It unhealthy and generally generall detri detrimental detrimental detrimental I I mental to the people of Ogden and Weber eber One of the speakers said the company compan is 1 Ute ke the persons pomona who threatened to de destroy destroy destroy stroy Niagara Falls by b applying appling the power for commercial uses and which brought all of the people of the country up in arms against the move The rose reso resolution lution which was adopted without a dis dissenting dissenting dissenting voice provided that if the applications applications applications were wore granted It was the sense of the meeting that it would be not only det dot detrimental detrimental to the property perty holders of Og den canyon but to the people of Weber county count as it would in a measure destroy the beauties of the canyon canon and make It less healthful and that a a committee be to work ork against the granting of the applications Prof F M L Driggs was made chairman chairmen of the committee the theother th theother other members of which will be named later |