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Show IRRIGATION FIRM PLAMTEHi Provo River Reservoir Company to Install Pumps and Enlarge Canal Spec al to Tl a Tribune TjEHI Sept 6 U a neetln of the Provo R ver Reser o company e d th s week. extensive npro emen s we e agreed pon "Work wi be comn enced in he nea fu ure on add t ons to the b g pj pine p ant located o o n e sout of Saratoga Spr ngs on t o s ore of lj ah lake The p ans cal for lengt en ing the present bu d ng s xty feet a d the addl o of s x 400 1 orsepower pu nps wi h a capac ty of tue ty cubic feet a second The add tion wi I give the company 1 0 cube feet of water a second nstead of nl e y feet, ithe capacity of the p esent pu rips Tl e ne v mproveme ts ca I o two fortj inch wood p pe 1 nes lead g f om the pumping p ant ads ance of 2300 feet up to t e cana and is 100 feet above the level of the ake To acommodate th s increased supp y of wa ei the anal w be en arged Its present apac ty s b U tt o mo e than 100 cubic feet W th the ncreased ca pac ty of t e p ant the cost to 1 ose us ng water tl s year wl 1 be educed as the c ew emp oed at p esent can take care of the add t onal n acl nery Th company has decided water can be e evated to tl e 1 o or 200 feet leve at a co rime al rrof t as the Only addl ttonal cost o er the 100 feet 1ft wll be the a Id tonal rowe censumed Water for t e ebor 1 ft will probab y be tal en out for the 1 r at on year of 1916 Accord ng to Joseph B oadbent who has had charge of the distrtbutln s stem tl e farmers are well p eased wl li the year s resu ts both in Utah and Sa t Lake count es' Thou ands of acres of desert land were brought under cu tiva t on for the first time and large yields are be ng harvested. On o e new t act of the Utah Idaho S gar company t e vield of oats to the acre was over seventy f ve bushe s Mr B oadbent dec ares t e money making c op will be a fa fa |