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Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-07-05 | Page 11 | Fund Request for Water Aid Being Studied

Type issue
Date 1934-07-05
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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Article Title Fund Request for Water Aid Being Studied
Type article
Date 1934-07-05
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 11
OCR Text FUND REQUEST FOR WATER AID BEING STUDIED City's Decision on 1 S F FER E R A Application 1 A Awaits aits Su Survey ey Final decision o on Salt Lake City City's s request for in F FER E B R A funds for tor fora a water development program was postponed Thursday by Governor Gover Gover- nor Henry H. H Bloods Blood's drouth commit commit- tee ee pending presentation of detailed explanation of the projects for lor which the he money will be spent City engineers are assembling facts which will be presented to the committee by Mayor Louis Marcus following his return from a a. a short Vacation vacation vacation va va- cation trip to Wyoming Early action by the governors governor's committee committee corn com com com- Is expected because of the seriousness se le- of the water shortage threat Mayor Marcus In ap applying for or the money Tu Tuesday explained d that hat the city is raising its water levy but will be unable to meet the c cost st of the water development program pr gram recommended by the city water advisory advisory ad ad advisory committee County Collects Data County commissioners Thursday launched a program de designed to develop develop develop de de- de- de data to support a similar request request request re- re re re- quest for water development funds funds' and drouth relief fn In Salt SaIl Lake county The amount to be requested has bas not been determined but Commissioner A. A A. A Beesley said a survey sun of farms farms' west of ot Redwood road between Twenty-first Twenty South street and Bluffdale Bluffdale Bluff Bluff- dale revealed families are in need of relief relie Crops on these farms will willbe willbe be be a total failure in most instances and farmers have ins insufficient pas pasturage for their stock Mr 11 Beesley said At the conference in the capitol Thursday the governors governor's drouth committee com debated matters of policy in allocating the In F FER E B R B A funds apportioned the state for drouth relief in July Study Relief Needs William R. R Wallace ce who acted a ar as' chairman in the absence of Dr Wil Wil- lf liam m Peterson and the other mem mem members bers debated problems of providing immediate relief to drouth stricken communities and farmers the need of ot favoring pr projects je ts which will have permanent value and whether to con cor- ori- ori sider any projects other than those submitted for consideration when the state slate was allotted in drouth drouth- funds for June Relief Belief of the city water shortage took a new turn ThursdaY when hen Water Commissioner George D. D Key Keys Keyser Key v s ser r suggested a project designed to t build up the underground und water table be undertaken this as an F E R RA A project Remnants of old Lake Bonneville under the valley are being leing utilized this his summer through the well drilling program td to avert the threatened shortage Mr Keyser suggested that by dik dik- ing large areas overlying underground underground under under- ground reservoirs and directing floodwaters floodwaters flood floodwaters waters onto these areas where it would sink into the ground the water table would be replenished
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