Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-12-24 | Page 6 | Hope in Way to Realization

I Hope on Way to fo Realization NCE more the Deer creek water project af affords affords affords af- af O ONCE fords specific cheer for those dwelling in this j community The importance of the whole undertaking undertaking under under- taking the greatest single water program ever planned in Utah has at no time been lost upon t the people of Salt Lake City They have worked for or it diligently for many years It divided itself t ii into to two parts the parts the part which would deliver f f greatest benefits to Utah county water users and that which would benefit Salt Lake county by i bringing in a new and dependable flow of water for culinary and irrigation purposes 1 For this city to td realize its hopes for an augmented augmented aug- aug water supply chief concern turned to the 1 bore which would bring in a flow from the Duchesne watershed and to the tunnels ditches t and pipelines to convey this city's portion from j the Provo river unit of the development Hopefully Hopefully Hope Hope- fully the he city at a special election created the metropolitan water district and due to its efforts with the consistent help of state and municipal officials and the Utah delegation tion in congress not to omit mention of Chairman William R. R Wallace and members of the Utah Water Storage commission commission com corn mission the whole project is under way including including ing jag those items of most vital interest to this city In the foothills east of Draper Friday a steam- steam t shovel nuzzled into the earth to take the first firstI I 4 mouthful of soil to mark the beginning of the theL L Alpine Draper tunnel as part of th the tha aque- aque I duct duct duct-a a undertaking in itself which will vill require 20 months to complete as a link in the f waterway to feed the municipal system The bore will be f feet et long and will hole through at Alpine It will carry second feet of of water Cherished hopes are thus on the way to realization with workmen driving the Olmstead tunnel and busy in Provo canyon on other units of the great project It is a fine reward for the to prodigious efforts of those who conceived the r plans all who worked to make actuality of them Salt Lake City will receive the boon