Show i AT AI i I OU Af Believed U. U S S. S Will Give I Way to Rail Project I The Ouray reservoir of which would make Impossible building the Salt Lake Denver railroad by Governor Simon B Bamberger and Utah capitalists will be abandoned by the United St States tes reclamation service Inthe in inthe inthe the belief of George F r. McGonagle state engineer This action is expected as the r result sult of a res resolution n- n p passed b by bythe bythe I the League of ot the Southwest at its re reI recent recent re- re I cent meeting containing the fol owing provisions Inc incorporated there by Mr I McGonagle and the Utah delegation I The proposed Ouray and Minnie Ma Maud d' d reservoir projects in Utah will inundate and render useless acres creS of land including several small towns and acres of ot Indian al allotments allotments allotments al- al and prevent the building of ofa ofa ofa a railroad from Denver Denv r to Salt Lake City It Is urged th that t the Ouray reservoir reservoir reser reser- voir site be abandoned unless it can be shown that it will be ab absolutely es essential essential es- es to the Colorado riverS river basins basin's development I The Color Colorado do river can bp bp be controlled without the construction of ot a res reservoir on the Ouray site Mr McGonagle I stated In fact tact the bedrock feet belo river bed makes the construction construction construction con con- I of ef a reservoir on th that t site prohibitive Considerable reclamation work worl in Utah in the near near future is foreseen should the reclamation hill bill in congress congre s reported favorably up upon n by the house ways and means last week be passed The reclamation U n bill carries carries car car- ries rles an appropriation of I yearly for ten years I |