Salt Lake Telegram | 1949-07-02 | Page 1 | Utah Proposes Greenriver as Project Site

Utah Proposes Greenriver As Project Site The stats of Utah Saturday had Invited the United States air force to construct a (190,000,000 air engineering en-gineering development center near Greenriver. Ia a brief stating the advantages of ths Greenriver sits, the state and ths Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce asked W. Stuart Symington, secretary of the air fores, te eonstder the southeastern-Utah southeastern-Utah area as a center for testing sf rockets, guided Bilssiles sai supersonic 'aJrernft. The air force ia asking congress for appropriations which would allow al-low completion of the project la ISM. Amounts requested In S. B. 127 are SSO.OOOJMO in 1990, 7S,-000.00 7S,-000.00 la U91 and ,23,000,000 at l5l. Previously a brief In behalf of a rite between Tooele and Great Salt laks had been submitted. The second sec-ond recommendation was forwarded forward-ed after Utah Interests had learned that estimates of water and power needs for the center have been Increased, In-creased, The survey suggested that steam plants using Utah coal be eon-tructed eon-tructed to provide power and that water supplies could be obtained from the Green river as part of Utah's share of Colorado basin rater. Estimates call for 10,000 sore feet of water a year. Much of the land surrounding the Greenriver area Is owned by the federal government, and the Brief pointed out that thai alts would be "particularly adaptable ror an installation of the magnitude magni-tude proposed to this blU." Availability of railroad, air line and highway facilities were noted. Copies of the survey were forwarded for-warded to Sena Elbert D. Thomas and Arthur V. Watkina, and Repa Walter K. Granger and Rsva Beck Booone, all of whom have been asked to support ths deatgnatloa at a Utah sits. Nevada, Colorado aad Wyoming also are seeking ths project.