Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-10-12 | Page 2 | Engineer Will Urge Sale of Hatchtown Dam

I I ENGINEER ENGINEER WILL URGE SALE OF HATCHTOWN DAM Recommendation that the state of ot Utah sell the H Hatchtown project to the P Panguitch Land Lana and Water Vater company company company com com- pany for will b be made to the thes s state te land board by State Stat Engineer r Ge rge M. M Bacon M Bacon who vho returned Sunday evening from an Inspection of the property The company some sometime sometime sometime time ago offered to buy the at that price whereupon the land landbo bo boat board d requested Mr Bacon to report on the fairness of the proposition While in that section of the state Engineer Bacon Investigated the ir irrigation irrigation ir- ir possibilities from Navajo lake east of Cedar City near the top of the range The Cedar Ce dar Coal City-Coal Creek Irrigation company has an application pending for a permit to divert water from this lake and the time for such ap application application are are- will expire on November 1 In vie view of this a visit to the lake was necessary and it is understood that an application for extension of time on the application tion will be made