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Show - ' - - GES ICES DARK CANYON PROJECTBE PROJECT PROJECTBE BE PUSHED BY SOUTHERN UTAHeenrlver UTAH UTJ eennver eenrlver Citizen Quotes State Engineer Engmeer to Fflect Fllect That ThatGreat ThatGreat ThsGreat t Great Basin Basm Scheme is Being Promoted to Ob Obscure Obcure Obscure scure cure Pi PlOJccts Piojects ejects That arc are Feasible reaslble , Savs Sa\-s Sa s Sass ' \ - Co"t Cot Cost CostFar Co&tFar CotFar Co"tFar & : " Far Ik'ond Ikond Bo nond ' ond Ability Ablhh Abilit ' of State to p Pi P-n P n - ' " ' . * Coloiado cololado RI\cr RI cr Riser RIcrlt Riserit Riiit \ er proposed ie 1e e lt it Basin project on the Greetis Green Greet Greenr Gn > ei ; r Is being pushed to obscure obscureects obscurEects obsc-ects obsc ects - ects that are feasible prlncl prlnci princicjie al all1e al1e l1e 1e Dark Canyon and Dewcy Dewo3 DewcySites Dewo3sites De < ? sites en on the Coloiado ColOl ado nicr rl\ rl rler riset riseter \ er erJer Jer er in m the opinion of B Bman J .7 7 . Jman .7sian man sian GI Glecnrlver GieenriVer eenriver I lancher ancher xancher uh uha \ v/t v t h : > e , a / The Tim Timos Times s Independiardis Independent Independeni Independenterd'1 Independenird > nt erd'1 erd1 rd ' urging that th'1t th1t tint ' the people peopleoothern peoplEsuthem peoouthem oothern suthem Utah s \ \ ake up to tl tI tIbilities 1ibilitics , eIbll1tles e Ibll1tles bilities of reclamation aleColoiado aleColoiador along alongCololado alongColoi Cololado Coloi ado adoSilliman Cololador r Silliman Slll1man quoted the stneer sta state stateieer ! te teneer neer ieer as &ailng ailng sa1ng & a lng the Great Bas Ba ; ; n neet nset ect eet set \ would ould cost a tremendous tremendousunt tremendousmt tremendcunt unt mt of money far b bond bO\ond bO ond bsond bOondpat \ond ond \ wlMpulation \\pat pat sslat sslatpopulation \ \ patpopulatIOn ai populatIOn andealth and \ wealth \\ealth ealth v.ealth vealth . of utah utahL Utahty Utly L ty y On the other hand Mr Mrman Mrnan Iman man nan states tates $ ates the Dark Canyect Canyon Canyoneet Canyonct eet ct m In Cataract canon can ; ) on en cn on the therado therado trado rado liver iiver proper located locatedIt locatedt localit It t 125 miles below elow nelow t > Moabnd Moab is ISnd isid nd id only to Boulder Bculder Dam Damer m in mer inr er r Tossibihties 'josslbll1t1es josslbll1t1es ' : ossibthties and the chericlty cheap cheaprlclty cheapdeity rlclty deity Itlould it \ would \lould lould uould generate would wouldok wouldk woick ok k many of southein southem southeiri Utah Uta.iirces Utaiirces Uta.iircesie . s a suroes airces ie 1e uroes irces uroes1e ircese e Greennver Greenrivel ' citizens citizen s letteris letter letterIS letl letls ; \IS IS ISGleennver \ is isGi s Gi Gleennver eennver UtahApril Utah UtahApnl UtahApril Apnl April 30th 1940Taylor 1940 1940Taylor IS ISTaylor 40 Taylor Esq Esqoab Esqab Esqoab oab ab Utahr Utah UtahSir r Sirrhaps Sirchaps Sir Sirrhaps rhaps chaps you noticed it and per pers pernof pes s nof noC nof ; " as it is sort of hiddy hidden hiddeny y on page 17 of the April Apnl 17th 17the 17thof 17e e of the Tribune under t tThe the theThe theThe The Scrugham Scrughani Bill etc etc-concems etc concems - - - concerns the much publlclz publiciz publicizrado dado d drado rado ado River Great Creat Ba in pri jro gro jroPersonally groPersonally : , , Personally I have ha\e ha e hase \ m insisted insistedthis insist insistthis lsted lstedthis id this proJectlas project \ was \las las v.as vas . not feasiblewas feasible feasiblewas feasitwas ile was being bemg used to pi plevent pievent event awie any anyible anyble ] ly ible ble money going to the theelopment thecpment teicpment ' , ie elopment cpment of feasible projects projectsas projeci s ' \ as the Daik Dalh . 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Id benefit Greennver Greenriver and and1oab \ Moab \1oab 1oab a and arid andall aridall " all of southern Utah andlesteIn and \lesteIn lesteIn iestein lesteInColor'ldo \ vestsColorido iesteinColorido 1 " Color'ldo Colorldo Colorido ' immenselyThe = immensely immenselyThe ensely enselyThe The article quotes the state stateengineer stateengineer engineer as saj saving saying Ing he did notsee not notsee ot see how a project costing costmg as much muchas muchas ( - as the proposed aqueduct aqueductI \I I \ uould uouldcost ould ouldcost cost could be a feasible pioject poject foxacsparsely for fox fora acsparsely a ( Sparsely settled state like Utal Utah UtahHe UtahHe " He fmther fUIther fin ther stated that it Itould \\ould ould sould souldcost \ ouldcost cost almcst almest almost tss twice t\llce t llce \ ice as much as the theLos theLos ne Los Angeles acqueduct servmg serving a apopulatIOn apopulation - population of almost 21- 21 21milli 2 . - . milli mlillan millian mlillanpeople millianpeople ; " people further that It \ would \ ; auld ould cost ( $500000000 500000000 $500 500 5500 $ 000 000 it If ii it would a \ auld oi d cost a acent acent " cent If it were isere \ ere turned cver over to toUS tous us to completeI complete ue w \I I \ e couldn couldnt t pay paythe paythe p the po\er po er po poerbi1l \ ; er- er erbill - blll bill for forumping -umping umping J.umpmg Jumpmg pumping ] . - let letalone letalone alone operation and mamtenance maintenance mamtenanceHe maintenanceHe He tuither fUither charged that the theagitation theagitation agitation had been started to toOBSCURE toOBSCURE OBSCURE PROJECTS THAT THATARE ThATARE / ARE FEASIBLEThe FEASIBLEThe FEASIBLE . The people of southern Utah Utahhave Utahhave " have been led to believe that they theyI theyss ey would \I I ss \ ould oulcj iccene I eceH eceis e benefit from tlls tllsGreat U is isGreat " Great Basin project to pull1001 pull \1001 1001 'tsool tsool 1001over 'tsoolover \ ' over their eyes . ind 1.nd 1nd nd obscure the thefact thefact t ; ? fact that a fraction of the cost of ofthe ofthe " the Great Basin Basm projectould project \\ould ould siould siouldbuild \ woubuild ouldbuild build projects ofltal of \ utal \ltal ltal sital imIortance importance imIortanceto importanceto importanto : to them . themThis This is old stuff to you but butwill , I I111 Isill - \\111 111 sill \ remind remlld you that the Dar Dark DarkCanyon Da : ! . " Canyon project is second onlyBoulder only to toBoulder toBoulder Boulder Dam in m po\\ po power poer poser \ er posslbillbes possibilities possibilitiesand - and nd cheap electncltyould electricity electnclty ' \ would \\ould ould siould p 0 o 0bably obably ' bably unlock . southern Utah s salumte Salunite alumte alunite into mto It.s Its s . components ofpotash of potash ctash and aluminum both of ofvital ofvital vital importance In national de defense defense tense fense and commercial ccmmerclal ccmmercial economyo eccnomyI eccnomy eccnomyould I would \\ould ould ssould \ urge that this admi adml adniis adniission ; sion slon of the state engmeel engineci be gIVen gIVenlda givenwid give wid \ wid- wid \\lda lda widpublicity ldapublicity \ - publicity and I \ would sould auld Ilke like liketo Ilketo 111 to see e e\ e eery esery \ ery membpr member of the Assoc AssoCI AssoCIated Asso ; i ' iated ated Civic Clubs give gl\e gl e gise \ it their ven ver3 venbcst ver3bcst vei best bcst attention attentionYours Yours truly trulyB B J SILLIMAN |