Show Echo Contract May Be Signed Before July 15 1 5 If all n necessary cessar preliminaries ire are worked out between now and July 15 Secretary Work and Reclamation Commissioner Mead may beable be bo able when they conclude their trip through the northwest to close dose a contract with the water users or 01 their association association association tion under which the government will proceed at once with the build build- building building building ing of the Echo reservoir and the crosscut canal which are to form the first unit of the Salt Lake basin irrigation irrigation irrigation gation project They will not be able this season to authorize construction on the Provo Ea Bay unit as the they interpret inter inter- interpret interpret pret the law v as permitting them at this time merely to conclude investigation investigation gation of t this is unit witha with a view to havin having its it construction sp specifically authorized b by congress next session if found entirely feasible This information was given by En- En Engineer Engineer En Engineer W R It R Green and Dr John T Widtsoe b by Commissioner Mead in Denver Demer a few days ago ago- Commissioner Commis Commis- Commissioner Commissioner Mead anticipates no serious trouble in working out the preliminaries preliminaries aries so far the as Echo unit is con con- concerned concerned con concerned but surprised Dr when he told him the Provo Bay unit will cost an acre foot based on the latest estimates which is more than the cost of any project yet undertaken and a figure which compels most careful study of that work before it can even be recommended recommended recommended mended to congress Mr Green brought with him es- es estimates estimates on the Echo unit and it was disclosed that there is a material diversity of opinion as to the per acre cost of this part of the project Ac- Ac According According Ac According cording to Mr Greens Green's figures the cost of supplemental water to the farmers under the Echo reservoir would be 40 an acre |