Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-09-27 | Page 7 | Pumping Plant to Stop Oct. 1

PUMPING PLANT PUNT TO STOP OCT 1 Humpherys' Humpherys s Order Means End of i Irrigation Season in S. S L. L Coun County y ups pumps at th the P Pelican Point nan sta sta- n which ha have been taking nearly oO feet of water daily from I Ut Utah h lake Jake will stop top October 1 under undera a jo order er prepared Thursday by State T. T H. H Humpherys Ce atlon of pumping will mean an en end end th the irrigation se season seison so in Salt Sait Lake Lake county Seasonal rains are be be- f In fit j depended upon to keep the und ground soft And nd damp for beet dig dig- irl iri and nd late fall plowing I 1 acU n o of state officers Ls hl the out of a promise to Utah S ca county farmers farmer armer that their interests ts would uld b be safeguarded and no more water than n absolutely necessary inken taken ink tak en from front the lake Nevertheless the order t to ceas cease p pumping lake at the this lowest level In h history tory The Pelican PoInt plant was wa constructed constructed con con- early in the summer when the lake level was reduced to such an extent that the pumps at it Jordan Narrows Nar rows were useless The Associated Canal companies companIes' bringing water from the lake for use u-se oV over r Salt Lake county appealed to the governors governor's drouth committee and construction work was immedi atey started t on on the plant It commenced com corn operations operation about August 1 and was the means of saving tho thousands thou thou- sands sand of acres of late summer crops in the county according to agricultural agricultural tural authorities Construction of the plant nt however drew v protests from Utah county farmers farmers farm farm- ers era and others who told Governor Henry H. H It Blood a co draining draining draining drain drain- ing of the lake would be an irreparable ble loss He promised at that time to to allow no more water to be taken from th the lake than absolutely sary ar I