Show CURB ON USERS OF LAKE WATER BY BODY Canal Bo Board rd Drafts pem Demand nd That State Protect Prote Primary Rights Demands that State Stat Engineer George M. M Bacon Immediately shut shutoff shutoff shutoff off secondary water rights on Utah lake so that water users with primary rights might obtain a larger portion of their allotments were being prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pared Wednesday by the associated canal companies The decision was reached by the board of canal presidents at a meeting meeting meet meet- ing Wednesday and announced by W. W D. D Beers Salt Lake City engineer and president of the board DRAFTS ARE CITED Mr Beers said the action was decided decided decided de de- de- de up upon n after it was disclosed that the Utah Lake Distributing company and the Draper Irrigation company both of which have secondary rights to the lake water are drawing forty second-feet second and twenty second feet respectively while the canal companies companies' com corn panics panics' apportionment has dropped from second feet to second second- feet I The canal nal companies contend that the present flow is insufficient to meet their obligations with water users and that in the fa face e of such a crisis the secondary water wate rights should be canceled Mr Beers also announced that the board discussed a proposal to dredge the pump channel of the lake to extend extend extend ex ex- ex- ex tend to underground springs which he said would augment the available supply of water BACON NOTE STUDIED Meanwhile the thc city engineer also was studying a reply of Mr Bacon to the city's request that he restore a feet acre o of water which he withdrew withdrew with with- drew in a recent of he lake water three weeks ago Mr Mc Bacon declined to grant the request request re re- re quest on the ground the city's figures were wrong and that the municipality municipal municipal- ity failed to consider the seepage recovery recovery re te re- re covery In at least one canal He pointed out that the error was made in in the seepage records which were based on figures obtained in Such records he contended are only temporary i |