Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-09-30 | Page 11 | C. of C. Backs Plan for Colorado Dam

C. C Of C. C C 8 BACKS PUN PLAN m FOR GOlO COLORADO DO D DAM M Board of Governors Forward Plea for Glen Canyon Project Project to Utah Group A request to have hwe the Utah water storage commission study the feasibility feasibility teas teas- of a huge government dam darn at atGlen atGlen Glen canyon on the Colorado river that would place under Irrigation thousands of acres of or land in southern southern south south- em ern Utah the Arizona strip and southeastern Nevada was forwarded to W. W R. R Wallace chairman of the c commission by the chamber of commerce commerce com corn merce Wednesday The dam which would ouId be bc constructed constructed constructed con con- as part of the governments government's plan to develop the Colorado river would furnish water for the arid re regions re- re r gions gons In Kane and Washington counties counties counties coun coun- ties in Utah Clark county in Nevada and practically all of the Arizona strip said Gus P. P Backman general secretary o of the chamber o of com corn merce After Alter hearing Mr Backman's re report report re- re e port the board of governors go of the chamber of or commerce commer e at its last meeting passed a resolution urging the water storage commission to make a thorough study of the proposed project Through the project which would cost about Utah would receive greater benefit than from any other development de on the Colorado river Mr Backman said 1 Although no immediate government government govern govern- ment merit action would be expected Mr Backman explained that preliminary work could be done during the next few years cars so the project could be started at the time the Hoover dam project was completed Residents in the regions affected are highly in favor or o of the project Mr Backman said