Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-08-27 | Page 1 | Bright Prospects for Strawberry Reservoir

BRIGHT PROSPECTS FOR SlilEl! BESEHV01R Will AVatcr 50,000 Acres of Land Through Old Ganal3. Spcclnl to Tho Tribune. WASHINGTON. D. C, Aur:. 28. PromTJctB are brlcht for tho early construction ot the Strawberry vr.lloy liTifratlon project In northeastern north-eastern Utfih. This project lr.volvcn the conduction con-duction of a storage reservoir on Strawberry creek, a tributary of tho Duchesno river, and iii a tunnel 20.0CO feet lonr; to cenvoy tho stored water to Spanish Fork. Tho water will bo used Sn Spanish Fork vallty on about 50,000 acrc of land. Will Uso Old Canals. Existing canal cystcmj "built. ou-:icd nnd np-crated np-crated by farmerfl will be ut-lllzad on tho bnoli for a compluto distributing eyclcm. and euch cnlarpemjnte and Improvemi-ntn nj aro defined ncceawrj' will bo mtultf. A water usero' aaso-clailon aaso-clailon has been formed, to which octtlors have slpxincd ihclr wllllnffneca to turn over their water rljrht8 and ditcher, under proper financial finan-cial nrriwccmenM without remuneration from the reclamation funds. "Work of Engineers. Enslncorlne parties have been busily enlaced during the season mr.klrj; detailed survoyo and examinations upon which to bnno reliable cstl-matoc cstl-matoc and thf beard of conFUltlnf: cnglnceia held a mertlne 0:1 tho Mth Inst, at Salt Lako City to consider tho fiaulblllty of tho project. It la probable that conotructlon will be rccom-mendod rccom-mendod as ooon as etttlcri through the watr uccrs as3o?latlon. pledco thdlr lands to return the coat of the undcrtr.klnp.