Show v r- r Ground Ground- Broken f for Fort FOlt FOlta J Dam a I iI J i I t t I. I A 4 7 4 j iM i A g y Y Ws f L II- II I F FI Fe e Y s 4 4 i 4 1 e 1 J t Miss Je Jan n. n akely Price daughter of Colonel Colone Howard Hward C C. C at Fort F rt DO Douglas gla pulls pu the controls of itHe steam shovel to turn over the first for Red Butte gO government dam m mat at t the Ho formal groundbreaking ceremonies nies F Friday ld y afternoon a at the d damsite T The e top Inset shows how Lieutenant Charles F. F Flatter Constructing and master of ceremonies Lower in inset et fi is Richard W. W Young left eft a and Colonel Price speakers era at Friday a celebration Contractor to Begin Work on Red B But Butte tt R Reservoir Reser Reser- voir at Once By BARTHUR A RT TH H U R C. C D EC K A A dream of ot military officials officials' t Fort Douglas for five t years ears was realized Friday Frida afternoon when Jean Blakeley Price daughter of Colonel Howard C. C Price commandant com coni- mandant at the post pulled d the he controls of a gla t. t steam shovel and scooped up the first of d dirt opening g tho way a for for- forthe or the construction con con- n of ot the huge federal rede fed red e eral dam eral-dam al darn in Red Butte BuU canyon Preceding Jho he formal groundbreaking ground ground- breaking speeches were wera given ghen by Colonel Price Lieutenant Charles P. P Fletter constructing quarter master master and W. W Yo Young Salt Lake attorney who was I Instrumental tal ta taJ in gaining g the appropriation for tor construction of ot the project The purpose of ot this assembly to today today to- to day is in celebration of the Initial step in the scheme of ot development dc of Fort Dou Douglas Douglas' into what we wo hope will become a finer and rind more mole Important im important important Im- Im link Unk in fn th the military establishment nt of ot the thes United States Ll nt Fletter declared red in ln In his opening Speech at tho the ceremonies VARIOUS ATTEMPTS TS The idea Men of or conserving water ater in Red Butto Butte creek Is not nota a anew new one onri he said F For r man many years ears various attempts attempts' have been een made mad to to ob ob- ob b t tam ln funds for pr this purpose se It Jt has been necessary in the tho past for tor at nt least enst two months of or each year car to ration the water by limiting irrigation irrigation tion don of or lawns aws to a very avery er minimum Lieutenant Fletter FleHer explained the dam darn when completed J. J wo would Jd havea have a of ot feet teet above the floor of ot the cnn canyon on 1 feet from the n north rth t to the Uie south s uth side sidd of t f the canyon walls The wl width th atthe at the top will be 20 feet while at nt atthe atthe the bottom it will b be feet teet The area of tho the storage S r reservoir s s will willbe be bc fourteen and one half acres he be said will wm have n a capacity of OOOO gallons of water Mr Young oung outlined the history of the movement to tos secure curc Continued ion on page pase 4 WORK BEGINS ON Or NEW GOVERNMENT I DAM IN RED BUTTE from page 1 from congress He reviewed the successive attempts made nado since th the time of Major General Generl Ch Charles CharlesR rles R. R Allen Post commandant t ty- ty five years ears ago agog until the time the time the tile appropriation was vas vas va's made by y the seventieth th session of congress Praising Senators Smoot and King f for r their work In obtaining the funds Mr that had the appropriation not been made for For additional water ater the post would i have f faced ced a a. water shortage In a a. 1 short time lime resulting In its aban aban- PUBLIC PARK PLANNED PLANNED I. I Colonel Colon 1 Price Price In n his speech promIsed promIsed promised prom prom- citizens of ot Salt SaIl Lake a sh share ie In the fruits fruits' of t the dam dani declaring Ins ing ng plans vere alre already 1 under way for the tho construction of or a 3 public park Just west of f the tue Wasatch boulevard on government property He sald ald work on the he proposed sed park would be bo started as as soon as the 4 dam m. m was WaS completed il Musical selections by the Thirty Thirty- el eighth Infantry b band nd and the Criterion Crl Cri tenon terion male mate quartet arid and an old- old fashioned barbecue ue concluded the ceremonies Preliminary Work on the Uie dam dalu is completed and alid the tile contractors the tile Utah Construction c company of ot Ogden Ogden Osden Og Os Og- Og den den will begin actual building at once according to 10 Lieutenant ant Fletter Flet let ter ter It Is I expected expect d the work worle will willbe willbe be c within el eleven months |