Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-07-27 | Page 1 | State Moves to Rush Utah Lake Project

STATE S T AI E MOVES TO RUSH UTAH LAKE PROJECT Agreement Between Primary x and Secondary Users sers Speeds Work Work RAI RAILROAD O D TO COOPERATE Governor Blood Confident of J Success The state moved Friday to take necessary steps for actual c construe construe- construction tion of the Deer creek- creek Utah lake project steps project cc steps t-steps steps Governor Henry H. H Blood believed would be mere routine Encouraged Encourage by an agreement of Utah lake interests to divide feet acre between primary and nd secondary secondary sec sec- users then subdivide it among users in each group Utah r i confidently faced aced these hurdles Utah Lake Problems For the Utah lake phase of the project 1 Subdivision of feet acre among primary users and acre- acre feet among secondary users under the agreement reached Thursday 2 Signing of at a a permanent stipulation stipulation stipulation lation based agreement This stipulation U n probably will be made a acourt acourt acourt court record 3 3 Subscription by users canal companies and Salt Lake City t to new water to be supplied 4 Entering of the users and farmers farmers farm farm- ers drawing water from the companies com corn panics parnes into repayment contracts with the Repayment will be made over 40 years with no interest at a water price not yet determined A possible need to create a metropolitan met metropolitan rop l tan water district in order to allow Salt SaIt Lake City to enter into int repayment contracts has arisen but bul the question has not been settled It Itis Itis Itis is expected a special session of the legislature would be called to enact necessary legislation if the district is held essential Deer Creek Problems For the Deer creek phase 1 Relocation or abandonment oi of 13 miles of Denver Rio Grande Western railroad tracks at the damsite dam darn site in Provo canyon with the former course appearing more likely Cost of relocation has been estimated at al between and tabe tc to tobe be borne by bythe the project 2 Negotiating with the state road commission for a new road around the reservoir 3 3 Agreement of Utah lake water users to permit feet acre-feet ol 01 water which ordinarily evaporates in inthe inthe inthe the lake to be withheld from the lake by the reservoir 4 An a agreement with the Utah Power and Light company holder bolder ol of prior rights on on Weber river overflow from Echo dam to allow diverting ol of this overflow to the Provo river and Into Deer Jeer creek 5 Signing of at repayment contracts by Deer Derr creek users Confident of Success I uI am confident all these steps steps' willbe will win willbe be r routine and speedily disposed of Governor GO Blood said He expressed pleasure over Thursdays Thursday's agreement regarding lake water The governor conferred Thursday Continued o on Page Pace Two STATE ST A TE SPEEDS LAKE PROJECT Agreement Between Primar Primary a and Secondary Users Speeds Work Continued from Iron Pass Paie One afternoon with D. D R. R G G. GI W. W officials oW daIs dab on the track question Attending Attending Attend ing were J. J S. S Pyeatt president of the line A. A C. C Shields vice president president dent and general manager A. A J. J Cronin Cronin Cro- Cro nm nin assistant traffic manager W. W R R. Wallace chairman of ot the Utah water storage commission and E. E O. O Larson district engineer of ot the federal reclamation reclamation reclamation mation ier service ce Promise Cooperation The railroad officials told lold Governor Gover Gover- nor Blood they would cooperate I fully tully on a plan to reroute the tracks tracks' on the north side of the reservoir site I from Vivian park to Heber City Salt Lake City and the Associated I Canal companies primary users of Utah lake lake are not expected to reach a decision on how their share of or water wa wa-I tel ter should be subdivided for three or four da days s Representatives of the city and the companies meeting Thursday night agreed the matter would be presented to the boards board of directors Saturday