| Show MB CUTLER ENTHUSIASTIC Big Sugar Factory Will in Time Bo Built in District TRIBUNE SPECIAL Lehl May 1T 1 R Cutler was seen this evening regarding the 300000 deal made in Salt Lake yesterday whereby himself and associates acquired the great Bear Tilver canal the greatest Irrigation Ir-rigation scheme in America originally costing 2600000 Mr Cutler grew radiant radi-ant as he elaborated on the possibili ties of the great enterprise It means he said thatwater will be supplied to C5000 acres on the wet side of Bear river In the very near future supplyIng supply-Ing a farming population of 50000 people peo-ple and later no doubt the supplying of water to the many thousands of acres on the east aide Including Brigham Brig-ham City and Ogden It opens up possibilities pos-sibilities never before dreamed of Mr Cutlers business is sugar and as soon as the population Is suindent mammoth sugar factory will be built hi the Bear River valley Here Utahs great sugar magnate grew warm For said he It means that with the many thousands of acres now adapted to beet culture and the abundant abun-dant supply of water absolutely sure It presents n sugar proposition unequaled un-equaled on earth Of course the population popu-lation at present is not sulllclent to Justify tho erection of a factory but the country Is rapidly filling up with Eastern and Utah people the majority being farmers Mr Cutler said that the farmers In Utah county would readily double their beet acreage if the atcr supply were abundant and sure Here these conditions condi-tions are satisfied At present the westside west-side canal carries more water than the three canals entering Salt Lake valley from the Jordan river and at the lowest low-est measurement ever made nearly twlqe this amount was running io waste over the Bear River dam The canal now carries 500 cubic feet of water wa-ter and its capacity can bo greatly increased in-creased Figuring one cubic foot of water to ejghty acres of land this means something wonderful especially realizing that no other canal Is possible possi-ble for it means the absolute monopoly monopo-ly of a young empire Mr Cutler also holds an option on several large tracts of land under his canal and no doubt will take the options up when they become due |
