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Show BIG PLANS TAKEJORM Committee of Watct Users Is Getting: Results in Irrigation Scheme. The committee appointed at Bingham Junction some time' ago to devise a plan and basis" of negotiations upon which the Government and the people may get together on the project of converting con-verting Utah lake Into a storage reservoir, reser-voir, held two lengthy meetings yesterday, yes-terday, at which much business was transacted. Col. Holmes was elected chairman and Thomas P. Page of Rlverton secretary. sec-retary. CoL Holmes, F. S. Richards and A: F. Doremus were appointed as a special spe-cial committee to draw up a form of agreement between the' Government and the water users. It Is estimated that 20,000 acres of land are now supplied with sufficient water. The Improvement of Utah lake would bring water to 50,000 acres more 30,000 acres under existing ditches and 20,000 acres not under ditches at all. The committee passed unanimously a resolution recommending that the water-users under the five existing ca- I nals accept 200 second-feet of water out of the 1000 second-feet which the Government estimates can be supplied from Utah lake after the proposed improvements im-provements shall have been made, in consideration of the rights which they now possess, leaving 800 second-feet to be disposed of by the Government as a means of reimbursing' itself - for the outlay for the required Improvements. The following are the condensed results re-sults of the meeting: Cost of bringing water to one acre of arid land to be watered from Utah lake, not over $15. Time allowed for payment (without Interest), ten years. Average annual value of farm products prod-ucts In Salt Lake1, valley, per acre, $30. Value of products In ten years. $300. Gross profit of bringing water to land, per cent, 1900. Increased output of farm products by bringing water to 50,000 acres of land In Salt Lake valley now arid, annually annual-ly $1,500,000. From the gross profit, to secure the net. should be deducted the cost of maintenance of ditches, which would be nominal, and the usual expenses for farm labor. |