| Show I iI r I I REDEEM MANY ME I I 1 Weber River Irrigation Pro I G f ject Is Immense f r1 I SEVEN IMPOUNDING DAMS f I I I I Vast Reservoirs Will Hold t I I Waters Now Wastod lif 1 IY Many Applications to State Engineer I Show Favor of the Storage System j i By the building of seven great dams II 1 f II river and its tributaries on > the Weber forming a chain oC storage reservoirs I1 I j 1 of immense capacity the Weber Res J 1 ervoir Power and Irrigation company proposes to so augment the supply of I r 1 water delivered to the Irrigation sys 7 c 1 tern already in operation on those j streams as to greatly increase the pro I I I ductlveness of lands now supplied by I that system as well na to add wonderfully wonder-fully to the territory which is made to I I I I blossom as the rose The project is I one of the greatest in the line of irrigation s irri-gation that has recently been launched I Iin 1 Utah aside from those contemplated by the Government and is one of a number for which applications for I water rights have recently been filed Ii > with State Engineer DoYemus Ii USING THE WEBER I I The Weber Reservoir Power and Irrigation company which is composed of the present users of water from the P I iVebcl river and its tributaries was rJ I 1 Incorporated several weeks ago but the a I I I full scope of Its plans has come to light cl I only with the filing of its application j for the appropriation of water The I I I application Is for the total unappro Il prlated flow of the Weber river and I + t 3 j f its tributaries about 3500 cubic leet of I I i I water per second for sixty days for ir r 1 1 rigating 200000 acrcs of land in the 1 m counties of Summit Morgan Weber I and the north half of Davis I + SUCH OTHER LANDS l > It is stipulated that the lands to be irrigated are those under the existing system of ditches and also such other I lands under said ditches and proposed II t extensions as are susceptible of irrigation t irriga-tion and are not now Irrigated It is I c further set forth that the diverting I works of the new system shall consist I 1 lof Impounding dams across the streams t as follows No 1 on Weber river atc at-c the lower end of Larrabee Flat No2 f I on Weber river about onehalf mile I I I below damsite No1 No3 on Weber 11 i II river and Beaver creek Just above I j I their junction No 1 on Chalk creek r about two and onehalf miles east of i to II the town of Coalville No 5 on Chalk t creek about four and onehalf miles cast of Coalville No G on Lost creek r1 about twelve miles above the town of r Croydon No 7 on Weber river at a II point about a halfmile above lime junction t I junc-tion of that river with Echo creek I r J FINE SYSTEM OF DAMS + ml I i These impounding dams are to form 1 1t the storage reservoirs Into which the I I unappropriated How of these streams i i from January 1st to August 1st and 1 1 from October 1st to December 1st of 4 each year will be stored to be released I from July Ism to October 1st of each year through pipes and tunnels at the 11 damsites and discharged Into and I commingled with the waters of the said 1 streams just belcjiv the respective dam sites from where it will How down the natural channels of the streams to y I I I the heads of the various existing c I I ditches into which it will be diverted I m I and conveyed onto the lands to be irrigated ir-rigated It Is set forth that the proposed c I I pro-posed system of storage I reservoirs is t I needed from the fact that the present I supply of water for irrigation in the territory affected Is insufficient I 11 1 AFTER 100 FEET MORE 1 I The same company also applies for R I 400 secondfeet of water from the Weber r t river to be diverted near Devils Gate II I I In Weber county by means of a suitable 1 I suit-able dam and headgates the length of I s i the diverting channel to be 10510 feet m + This appropriation is for the i t purpose 1 1 I I of producing 7000 horsepower for gent gen-t crating electricity for light and power n I to be supplied to the city of Ogden and r surrounding territory The water used I after passing through the wheels will I be returned to the natural channel oC m t jhe stream at a point near the mouth 1 of Weber canyon f I 0 JUST A FEW DROPS i T > M Anderson of Lee Morgan II rounty has applied for three second II feet of water from Smith creek a trib 1 I utary of the Weber river to be diverted lr I at a point two miles west of the Johnson I i John-son Anderson ranch It is proposed h 1 to fill reservoirs during time ot high I water for the irrigation of a quarter J I section of land I I DOWN IN EMERY COUNTY r5 f J II The Cleveland Canal and Agricul 11 total company of Cleveland Emery f I I county asks for forty secondfeet of 11 I water from the Erickson Flat and Lake y I Canyon creeks tributaries of Hunting ton creek to be diverted about one 1 1 fourth mile east from the northwest e I corner of section 17 township 14 south I I range 6 east by means of small dams J and ditches It is proposed to store I the water thus secured in the Cleve mm 1 land reservoir already constructed g I from where It will lie released to he 1 I commingled with tin water naturally It flowing in Huntington creek for a dis l tance of about twentylive miles and t then be recovered and diverted Into then the-n I Cleveland canal and carried onto the land which Is to be Irrigated about la twentyseven sections In extent lo t i supplement the water supply to those I r lands during the season when the nor 1 mal How of the streams Is Insufficient I1 to properly irrigate them The storage err I season stipulated is from November > 1st m to July 15th 1 TAKES IIUNTINGTON CREEK 0 i1 F P Sweet ci Huntington Emery t m J t h count y i applies j for two secondfeet of ii water March 1st to November 1st from II i Huntlngton creek to be diverted at a li point near the center of time northeast r tlf t quarter of section 115 township 17 uouth I range 8 cast and the diverting works 1 I all to consist of the Huntington canal and n dam already constructed It IB de I sired to store water for the irrigation I of about three sections of land jj1 1 LITTLE BEAR RIVER 11i An application filed by the WellHVllle J I Canal and Irrigation company of Well it 1 I I 1 1 I I itA vllle calls for all of the unappropriated flow of the Little Bar river to be used for storage from Novenibtr let to December De-cember 31st and from January 1st to Juno 1st and for irrigation from June 1st to November hit The waters is to he diverted at a point about fortysix rods east and six rods north of the southwest corner of the northwest quarter quar-ter of section 10 township 9 north range 1 east and the diverting works are to J consist of the present rock and brush damand tIo present canal of the Wells vjllc Canal and Irrigation cumpiuny together to-gether will a system of reservoirs The length of the diverting linnnel Ii i to be about 7JJ920 feet and about 1 17000 acres of land arc to be irrigated In wfliJch is included the city of vVcllsvllIe Jt is proposed to enlarge prInt Cannes and construct such additional ones as maybe may-be needed It is stated in the application applica-tion that the applicant already bas an appropriation covering twothirds of the normal Jlow of the south fork of the Little Bear river arid that the water now applied for 111112 ti waste during the winter I months BRANCH OF TIIlS LOGAX William LIndey of Wellsvilli applies for all oC the flow from two to twelve secondfoot of Haw Bush creak a branch of the Logan river to be diverted from threeeighth to thrme quarters of a mile up the creek from the residence of the applicant near Wellsvllle The water is to be stored In a reservoir during dur-ing the winter for use in summer to Irrigate Ir-rigate about 100 acres of land PART OF THE WEBER W L Stewart of Warren Weber county asks for thirty secondfeet of the waters of Weber river for use from May 1st to October list to be diverted ut a point ill the northwest quarter of section S township C north range 2 west the diverting works consisting of a dam and pumps The diverting channel chan-nel 10000 to 12000 feet in length is to connect with the water of the Fremont Park canal and about LlJO acres are to be Irrigated SKULL VALLEY WATER The Jescjpa Agricultural and Stock company of Salt Lake City has applied for nil of the flow of Sheep Fish Lake and a number of other small springs in Skull valley to be obtained by means of dams and Pitches Lund to the extent ex-tent of 1250 acres Is to be thus Irrigated J Bunhheud of Montiucllo wants LlOO secondfee of the How of Lisbon spring for watering stock and for domestic do-mestic purposes RIO VIRGIN RIVER I The application of George E Lane of Mllford contemplates the building of adam a-dam at Rio Virgin falls on the Rio Virgin river by moans of whirl it Is I proposed to obtain WOO secondfeet flow of water to be used in developing 7200 horsepower by electricity for median i I leal and lighting purposes i in Washington I Washing-ton Iron and Beaver counties THE MAJESTIC TAKES WATER The Majestic Copper Mining and Smelting company of Salt Lake requires for mining and milling purposes electric I elec-tric lighting 1 etc forty secondfeet continuous con-tinuous How from Beaver river which It desires to divert from that stream a short distance east of the town of Beaver Bea-ver by means of a dam thirty feet high the water to be conducted from the place of diversion through a thirtyinch circular pipe 15800 feet it length It is proposed to operate two wheels under ahead a-head of 340 feet and to develop 1500 horsepower WATER FOR POWER Thomas McKoan and Robert H Bradford Brad-ford of Salt Lake bare applied for 110 1 secondfeet continuous flow from the Jordan river to be diverted near the i middle of Ninth North street where it Intersects the river The water is to he used to run a wheel Co feel with threefeet head developing 17V horsepower for irrigating power J for pumping1 water und the water purposes and lighting tln taken from the stream is lo be returned again at a jjolni about forty feet north I of the point of divergence The applicants I appli-cants already have an appropriation for Irrigating purposes which they have used for more than twenty years the present application heir only for water to provide power for pumping and for lighting their homes MAIN JUNGHAM OUBEK The Midland company of Salt Lake I asks for four secondfeiit of water from Main Bingham creek to be diverted at n point near the northwest corner of the Reform Democrat lode mining claim where a clam and storage reservoir Is to be built and the water to be conveyed to the place of uw by t pumping plan I The water is to be used for mining purposes pur-poses after which iiln lentlis t will be returned re-turned to the natural l channel of the stream BIG COTTON WOOD WATER James A Mahon of Salt Lake wants ten secondfeet continuous How from the stream at the outlet of Twin Lakes at the head of Big Cottonwood canyon for the purpose of running 1 compressor at the Black Bess mine It Is proposed to return the water to the stream at a point about a half mile below > the point of divergence LITTLIO COTTONWOOD CREEK The Continental Mines and Smelter corporation Salt Late I applies for five secondfeel of water from the northerly branch of Little Cottonwood creek including in-cluding the source of said northerly branch at or above Us conjunction with the main Little Coltonwood crock above he town of Alta The water Is desired for mining and milling purposes FLOW OF A SPRING The Southern Pad ii Railroad company com-pany has applied for the How of a spring on section 25 township U north range 19 west to be conducted by means of a pipe C111S feet in length lo Lucln station sta-tion to suppply locomotives and station buildings |
