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Show PUN FOR OilE . DV DIG FIELDS AREA Hammond Canal May Also Be Extended to Include Brigham City. ' S;ic -1 n 1 :o The Tribune. Will"; HAM CITY. Jan. 7. Uii'loubt-.:.i!v Uii'loubt-.:.i!v tin- mt importaut meeting of the j kiii.l evrr lieiil in tlii fity was that of :c property owners in the Big Fields nn.l business men of the city, which continue. con-tinue. I until a late hour in the Commercial Commer-cial club here last night. - The meet in;; was called tor the pur- ,,ose of discussing the drsiiuafic ot the Hi Fields lvins; west and north ot this .itv. through reclamation of which some 2uW aercs of the choicest land in the west will be brought under cultivation. "o sooner was this subject disposed ot ' favorably than the meeting, at the in-stisation in-stisation of John D. Peters, cashier ot the-'l irst .National bank, took under ad-viscnieut ad-viscnieut means for bringing the hast Side or Hammond canal to this citv. It aii pears that the two projects would work in harinouv with each other, as draining of the Big Fields would leave some ot the lands in need of irrigating "ater. , , . As to the drainage ot the large tract id laud King west and north of the city, The land" owners, as well as others m attendance, were unanimously in favor ii, creating a drainage district after luariii" the reports of the special com mittee appointed some time ago w mahe a thorough investigation into the practicability prac-ticability of draining the tract, and ot the engineers who had been working With the committees. Messrs. H. C. Carver Car-ver and :. 0. Uofkelley. It was pointed out in the meeting that the producing alue of the 2000 acres is now fixed at an average of $12 per acre, while under diainu"e this same tract of land would produce $100,001) worth of-sugar beets, and the ebtimate was a conservative, one. Another inducement to crowd the draiu- a ,f the land is that the. new; sugar factory will in all likelihood be located within hauling distance of this entire , tract of land. committee composed of Charles Vi . Knndsou, chairman, William Jeppson, John B Mathias. George D. Reeder and P. C. Call was appointed to get out a petition to the county commissioners, signed bv the property owners, asking for the creation of the district. Atter i this is done preliminary work will be 'started and the proposition pushed tliiongh to completion. That the east lateral of the Hammond v ,-anal will be extended to Brigham is ;rtv probable. The ditch is now within four and a half miles of the city, and the owners of the canal, the Salt Lake Security & Trust company, it is said, lias intimated its willingness to make the extension provided the farmers will subscribe sub-scribe for sufficient acreage to justify " Ine expenditure. Already a number ot farmers and Brigham business men have proffered to furnish a portion of the right of wav. as well as help in constructing con-structing the ditch in actual labor, as a bonus to brine the, water this way. The .anal would furnish water for a large area of dry land lying east of the city known as the ' ' flat. 1 ' II. C. Carver was appointed consulting consult-ing cnginer of the drainage district. |