Show OFFICERS ACT TO SPEED UTAH DROUTH RELIEF Railroad Agreement Sought to Expedite Construction r o of f D Dam am 0 Three major moves were made Monday by state officials to expedite Utah's drouth relief relie program They were 1 1 Governor Henry H. H Blood set et Thursday as a tentative date for a conference conference con con- ference with Union Pacific railroad officials relative to use of their lines by the Denver 4 Rio Grande Western West West- em ern railroad should the latter's Matters tracks be removed to expedite construction of a dam in the upper Provo canyon as part of the Deer Utah creek lake reclamation project 2 2 Harry C. C Jessen chief engineer of the F FER E R A drouth relief and John JohnD D D. D Rice deputy attorney general signed contracts for payment of for work on the Pelican point irrigation project 3 3 Governor Henry H. H Blood referred re re- re- re erred to his drouth committee a petition peti pet tion lion from Grantsville residents askin asking for foI immediate concrete lining in the North Willow creek there to stop excessive ex cx- seepage and loss of ot culinary and md irrigation waters Track Abandonment Asked Governor Bloods Blood's conference with I l I Union Pacific officials was called following fol lowing a conference Saturday in Washington D D. C. C Cf between William WilliamR WIlliama R a R. R Wallace chairman of the executive executive tive committee of the Deer Utah creek lake project with J. J S. S Pyeatt president president dent of the D. D R. R G. G W. W relative to abandonment of the company's tracks Acting on the governors governor's recommendation recommendation dation Mr Wallace suggested the Denver Rio Grande Western abandon abandon abandon aban aban- don its tracks between Provo and Heber City connect with wilh the Union Pacific tracks at and run over those tracks to Park Cit City From Park City the Denver Rio Gran Grande e Western West West- ern era would use iLs branch line track- track age e. e Declines to la Arre Arret Mr Pyeatt declined to agree to this original plan offering a counter proposal pro that his road would consider the proposition if jf the Union would designate the Heber Hebel City territory terri tern tory as exclusively that of the Denver Rio Grande Western and if the latter road would be given exclusive loading rights along the Union Pacific between the two points the governor said Mr Pyeatt said abandonment of or their line in the section proposed would mean losS of considerable freight traffic through cattle shipments ship ship- ments unless the Union would agree to his counter proposal Governor Will Confer Governor Blood will confer with officials of or both railroads about June Junel 20 in Denver relative to the plan It is not feasible to rebuild the Denver Rio Rio Grande Western tracks in Provo canyon and work on the dam ham cannot be completed with the in its ils present position it jt was was pointed ou out The Pelican point project Includes installation of two pumps which will produce gallons of irrigation water per hour and the dredging of ofa a mile long canal canaI n the western side of or the lake to provide outlet for the waters Farmers Ask Aid The Th Grantsville delegation Monday told Governor Blood that serious drouth conditions faced farmers a of that vicinity unless the North Willow stream bed were concreted The stream tream furnishes culinary and irrigation mn- mn gation water to half hill of the town Its output is three second-feet second daily of which amount two second feet are arc lost through seepage Governor Blood urged his hl drouth committee to take immediate steps to remedy the condition |