Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-05-12 | Page 10 | Strawberry Valley Irrigation Project

Strawberry Valley Irrigation Project It Will Ee Ten Days Yet Before the Government Can Eegin Active Ac-tive Work. Prof. George L BwendSOn of the I'nltcd States geological survey returned yesterday yes-terday from Heber City, where ho went more than a week ago to superintend tho removal of some heavy machinery needed In the work of the surveyors who arc to have charge of the construction of tho reservoir and water eslem to be Installed In-stalled by the Government in the strawberry straw-berry valley. Roads Impassable. Owing to li. avy storms which have pr-v. pr-v. a He, I in that region ever sine Mr. Bwendson went there, it was Impossible to move the machinery from Heber over th" mountains. The moving of It would Involve a haul of thirty-five miles over the mountains and the roads hav been In such condition that it waa not thought advisable to undertake the trip H3svy Fall of Snow. Reports from the Strawberry vallev. according to -Mr. Swendson, nre to thu rff.it lh.it I ..rr.e ipiantltleH of water ure being discharged by the stream which will supply the storage water for the reservoir res-ervoir to l instructed by the (Government. (Govern-ment. A foot of snow- fell Wednesday night and ns the weather Is still far from balmy In that region. It will probably be ten days more before Prof. Swendson .uid his men can lnado the territory and begin active wotk