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Show I! l 1 1 ' ' I t f jj; : J f Engineer Tanner Makes i i; Measurements, ,l! f Present Stage of Water Will j j; Last for a Hundred I ., j(fit Ho Reports Araplo Supply for tho .' Strawberry Kesorvolr With i , ' r V Fifty-Foot Dam. j ' vjjt, 1 I 'f tt- LOOD conditions of tho streams J ' jf BH on tno oast sifle of to Wasatch J 'i j jj 1 range, which are Included in the I 'I jt ., Government's Greater Utah irri- f ' I, 1 gallon project, are reported to be' do- I ( !, ,, cldedly encouraging- by Engineer C, it '' Tanner of the reclamation service, who has just returned from a trip to that' ' , section for the purpose of taking meas- II ' i . urements of the spring discharges. I ' !j . Mr. Tanner did not reach that coun- , j try In time to take measurements II ( when the streams were at their highly high-ly 1 est, , their stage having reached what he V considers about the normal spring 1 : 'i stage. Three of the larger, streams, ( ' ' jj, ', the North Fork of the Duchesne, Rock If? ' . creek and Lake Fork, were unfordable, j ' (' however, and he was unable to obtain L ' , 1 '' measurements of these. lie secured . I measurements of the North and "West lf. Forks of the Duchesne, Strawberry ) ijjt river, Current creek and Red creek, l)' V ' lne combined flow of them being about fi ij. 1S00 second-feet. The estimated flow of 17 ' I the two streams that wore not mcas-L mcas-L ured is about 1C00 second-feet. 1 ' Two Different Conditions. y ' A feature of several of the streams on the east side of the range, as com- pared to tho west' side, Is that their j flood discharge Is not so much grcator than their normal or low water flow, the reason probably being that they arc U fed by the snows of a higher altitude. , j" ' ' But the high water of the streams of y r, the Duchesne river watershed I of i ",, 1 longer duration, on account of the slowed melting of tho snows of the h, ! i greater elevation, Mr. Tanner's obser-vatlons obser-vatlons leading him to believe that the 1 4 ; ' present stage of those streams may be V , tu safely counted upon to last 100 days. ' j If Tho measurements of them taken at !' i p hj3 limo averatJCs only about ten jj times greater than the low water V ' ' j measurements, taken before tho snow I L"l begins to melt, while tho flood dla- II 1 2 charge of the Bear river, on this side, " i ", '.jj ls often forty times greater than Its 1 ! ( if j flow at low water mark. I While the Investigations of the recla- t , ' 1 1 mation servlco arc by no means com-i! com-i! " J V . plcto at this lime, ofllelals who have 1 ' 'I ill hnd thc 'f ligation project in charge I 'i ", consider thc rusults obtained wholly ! 1 (; satisfactory. State Engineer A. F. Do- , i remus, In discussing the situation, said: I , j ., Water Enough for Reservoir. 1 ,, "There ,is no doubt-ajT-C! being enough water R i?roposed i i ; Strawberry vain . rfiYvi: ''vlth a T ,' : flfty-foot dam at -.i.fj n 'OiK .1.ut the f J J situation of this uzllirM tf's ,o!r is L - i.i j such that thc daia't-ouM ?j V .. o any i ' i'itl'i practicable height ?.nn th nj ,iy of it J: f water to be stort-I ac- r-. (rt thc I i !!: water Is. to be hao . tain Hi - limit it might be : 1 .her fl , i the dam and thc ,v V ;ity h i ' of the reservoir thi r. t 'l ls 1 1 il the scheme. Thcst ; t; - - m to j, j'J be worked out apd . ; f: i n- ii ' W ment engineers .arc . . -ti. l j; ' We believe, howevej "i .i. - ;r j;t I I , ,' ij will be found to be r; -3"r : t(. f H , ' flfty-foot clam, even ' "n. ur, r, V 4 '; i;4, water obtainable sht- t Jtmin:. ,? j ' that It be built hlghr I i f 'J' Thc natural reservoi ,u-.' i. thc ' ,,' i Strawberry valley is - . 'iV.'i o. i.f , ; I the finest in the West.' . .... ds;j.-f r; ' Pij level valley comprising ...,(. im of' K i - .land, completely surro; t f b. "blgh (f I ' 1 - -mountains except for a i f.ptv.rit?. onlv i I, 42.! feet across at the . v-:vt iii. ft Z U lour The dflm to'clos . v.io op.-iftft i j J i could be built 200 feet hWn r-il dC i m . ? ; water bo available to All h- : '. w.ir V J 'ii ' to that depth. Even at 11; : t as. tin U height of the dam the re; --,r -ofci! I V' contain something like a - . ;nlVbh I ' acre-feet of water, T-hlch 1 ;Jd M , I i ver' good reserve supply t h rti- ; i " torr which It Is intended tr. projtfer, ' , ! - shall cover. ?i '! ' Engineer Tanner will lea' ..vohrf): ,( ' ) f'' on -another trip to the Duch cotjk- fj , try, to complete tho cstab) h-c.? ttf j It ! ! gauging stat!on3 where they 'n.v- cu I i ' I already been. j |