Show UTAH LAKE PROPOSITION FA FAVORED BY COMMITTEE Conference on With i Farmers o of Bi Big i an and Little Cottonwood Cottonwood Cotton- Cotton wood d for Next Wednesday The executive committee of oC the Commercial clu clubs club's s 's water committee held an- an meeting last evening and spent come pome time In the the discussion of oC the water 1 apply Ever Every Phase pha of oC the subject W was S considered and among other decisions r ached wa was one to a ask asic le the farmer of oC Dig Biff and and nd Little Cottonwood to tor r meet with th the tho committee on V tf afternoon ne net for the purpose of oC dis- dis t the matter mid find ascertaining as If It an nn understanding can be reached between the farmers and the city One Oue of at the Interesting features of ot the tle mooting n tang presentation of ot a n re- re J hirt rt h by the committee sub on Utah mice lake recommending that the lake lakebe be con- con Into a reservoir Tho The committee report reported d as follows The Investigations made mah h by your sub committee Convinces us that the effectiveness ef ef- et- et of of practically nil other plans for fOI Increasing Salt Lake City's water will be contingent upon the satisfactory solution of oC the Utah lake lem In considering the thc latter two points a arc ac e to be Investigated First the best way 1 of oC storing all aJl available a Hood or surplus 8 waters rind rid second the most fens fens- fLIp plan for fOI using the water so lO stored Wo We strongly urge that Immediate acIon action ac- ac tion Ion be taken to convert the lake Into a n reservoir with ca- ca JI not only for surplus waters water of dry s seasons b but t that the natural capacity lx- lx Increased ed by th the lower shores t of oC the lake ke fI so that nil all the surplus waters of ot excessive rainy seasons seasons' can cnn be stored and that amicable arrangements be he made without delay del with the people of oC Utah county count for the abrogation of the so called compromise level lovel Properly handled this can cnn undo undoubtedly be done Those ThoMe having the the matter In charge chanc while con con- should be he broadminded enough crough to look Into the nc needs ds of ot the future Attention Is IR then directed to lo the fact that the los losses es sustained b by the farmers Carmen farmers farm farm- ers en of or the county count through droughts during th the p past two years would purchase at n fair tall price n a good sized strip of ot land contiguous to the lake lak shore and pay for forthe forthe forthe the embankments required This Is a part of at the plan to reduce the urea area of ot the make lake while Increasing Its capacity so o as to prevent evaporation as much as posIt pos- pos It Is la then recommended that the level leel of oC the lake be maintained at nt such flUch a n. height that water will flow Into the tho canals by gravity sra so that It will not be nee noc- cesary to use the bl big pumps except In ca case of a a. severe drought Upon the question of or the Illegal diversion of the feeders of oC Utah lake the sas sa's says says- All citizens of our State should rejoice at the reclamation reclamation-of the new lands should do 10 all aU In their power r to aid the nc new nely v settlers in ht their laudable work But no 10 vc vested rights to o wat water r needed on lands occupied should be permitted permitted per per- to he be Impaired or rendered co comparatively cly worthless worthless' w rth ess' ess by diversion lon of the sources of water supply from lands long cultivated to lands newly acquired and It 11 Is not questioned that thal the sources f S of supply of Utah lake lak have been diverted to much new land within the past few years In In the opinion of oC your our committee while obtaining If Jr pO possible flowing water tram from streams east cast either from the Duche Duchesne ne or Its branches I Is of the highest advantage nd at tt the same time It Is useless to pursue that subject beyond securing titles until Utah lake Is converted Into a reservoir capable of oC receiving such additional additional additional ad ad- ad- ad supply As part rt of our report your our committee desires by hy permission of State Engineer Doremus to In Incorporate herein an epitome of a report made by bythe bythe bythe the latter and to file flIe a blue print of a map of the lake prepared by the State Engineer In this connection th the th- committee calls all attention to the fact that the subjoined report of the Engineer was only Intended for the tho use of the Government Government Govern- Govern ment and omits any reference to the Inestimable advantages which through the would to Salt Lake City It Improvement ment accrue |