| Show V V V V V W V V V V V V V oily CITY VISIT UTAH LAKE LAKEI I Inspect the tho Surround Surrounding Ing New Reservoir Site j c IS NOW IN I ii Owner or Ii a Tract or Laud Land a at Site Outlet of ShIP Lake Lako Driven to 10 Jordan SPECIAL TO THE Tl NEWS Lohl Iohl Feb For the purpose of ex examining the condition of the Utah lAke as n a reservoir site of the municipality pt of gaIt La lake l son and ond members of the tho City Council today p td ti villi to The Thc left the hUe Grande depot tit dl this morn mornIng lug Ing for tor hl Upon arrival there they were meL b by Bishop T It CUtler and Evans anti were ero driven by team to 0 the tho outlet of the lake which Is tour four miles southwest ot of Lehi hl City In the party were Mayor Thompson City En Engineer I Helsey elsey Attorney C S Varlan Attorney F S ns as counsel for tor forthe the city Councilmen Thomas Gemmel n heed ell Hartenstein Tuddenham Whit Whittemore temore Cottrell Canning Hewlett b a News representative John V of oC the Tribune and Alfred AUrell C CHeese CReese Reese Heese of the Herald AT ml mEltS SOURCE Upon arriving nt at the source ot of the Jordan IL a large force of men and teams were found at work vork excavating where the proposed dam Is IB to be located and anda b a coris of engineers were busy making a surveY of the Jordan rIver from the tho Utah Lake down to the tho old dam ten tenmile miles mile north of the outlet The party was taken over the grounds by Enl Engi nose noer Nelsey Ilsey who explained to theta them the plan of work that was where th the proposed ed dam will be located and where the channel Is to be straightened anti nOlI deepened for tor the pur purpose rose pose of drawing the water ort oft to Blow Blower a low er cc level This he said would Increase the available storage capacity of 01 the lake about acre acro feet The pres prel cat ent storage capacity of the luke lake from low water mark to Compromise Point 1 a depth ot of three feet teet three and a 11 half Inches Is about acre feet teet Num trout 1148 are set In the round ground around the lake showing the contour to whIch the tho water will he be raised for forthe the proposed plan of increasing the to Compromise Point Is carried out This contour is III live five feet In dora above the Compromise Point and Is the high water mark of the lake Inke In lISt NT LAND the city purchased of Norman of Lehi Iehl 10 acres neres of land at the outlet whIch Is on the east side of the river and made arrangements with the S1 Sugar ar company for tor about seven acres on the tho west vett side I he city will then have exclusive control of She outlet The price paId for tor the ten acres Is the total cost IncludIng Including Ing attorneys fees feel stamps etc Amounted to The deed ot oC the property baa ben been placed i escrow with the understanding that the tho money III to be paid pRill b by the city before the Uth mh UTAH COUNTY On Monday of this week eek the county of ot of Utah with COunty Physician G 0 Jt H Ut Dt J H Slates anti Attorney Jacob I Evans ml met n as a county board of health to pro protest test teat uhe Ithe raising of the waters ot of th the Utah Lake as proposed b by Salt Lake City The Th boned was Ie of th the Ion that the ot of the lake bring about R ft mot moat unhealthy state df l Affairs RI as the drainage of the County count towns would be Injured I and for tor that reason and oth others It III Ii saul the board bofIrd propose to fight ht the proposition from II a sanitary standpoInt Ol OFFICIALS ARE AnE DENIED At noon thinner 1 as served the party lit at the camp by Al AI antI lila assistant Ambrose Mason and anda It a tint fine sPread It was 8 too After the the drove down alona alen the Jordan river to 10 inspect t the changes In the river channel down to the old dam An Inspection was fuse mAde or C the canals canal lant anti thE bit big flume At 30 the tho party part will take the train for tor home hOlne The News man was wall by an arrangement with City Ity Engineer leley driven from the Narrows to Lihi lAhl train where this dIspatch II sent t and back to the party b by Mr Ir T 1 B 13 lewan who handled handl d the reIns like a professiOnaL I |
