Show - . - - - - - - - - Construction of Dewey Dam InGrand InGrand In InGrand Grand County PredictedBy PredictedBy Predicted PredictedBy By Former Reclamation ChiefDevelopment Chief ChiefDevelopment Development of the Dewev Dewey dam damsite site on the Colorado rIver rIverIn riverin riverin In eastern Grand county may come quite quickly construction constructionof of this large pro3ect proJect or another on the Colorado river in m Utah Vir Virtually virtually virtually tually is a certainty certamty within wlthm a considerably shorter time than 25 25years 25years 25years years John C Page consulting consultll1g engineer engmeer and former commlS commis commlSslon commission commission slon sion of the United Umted States bureau of reclamation asserted Thurs Thursday Thursday Thursday day in m Salt Lake Lahe City _ _ _ _ _ _ If it constructed me the aam dam would wouldprov1de wouldprovide wounprovide prov1de provide power for tor vast industnal mdustnal industrial mdustn industri al expansion expansionMr Mr Page addressed represen tatIves representatives of the seven Colorado ColoradorIver Coloradoriver Coloradoriver rIver basin basm states at the openmg openmgseSSIOn openmgsession openingsession seSSIOn of a two day conferenceBecause conferenceBecause conference conferenceBecause Because of ill III health Mr MrPage MrPage MrPage Page resigned as U S commis commis- commisSIOner commissioner commissioner - - sioner of reclamation last sum sumImer summer summer Imer mer and was succeeded by hIs hIsas hisassistant hisassistant assistant as < ; lstant H W Bashore Mr MrIPage MrPage MrPage IPage Page now has been COmmlSSlon commission COmmlSSloned commissioned commissioned comprehensiveIreport ed to comp compile e a comprehensive comprehensivereport comprehensivereport Ireport report on development of Colorado Colo ColoIrado Colorado Irado rado river basin basll1 projects With WithrecommendatIons withrecommendations withrecommendations ; recommendatIons for new pro projects projects IJects proIJects jects In this connection he WIll WIllwork willwork willwork work in connection with the In interstate interstate terstate committee committeeA I committeeI A dam at Dewey or some oth other other other er site in m Utah is badly needed neededMr neededMr neededMr Mr Page said as a flood control controlmeasure controlmeasure controlmeasure measure to control silt depositsn deposIts.n depositsin deposits .n n in . < n Lake Mead Its major valUe valUeto valueto varueto to Utah however would be the theimmense theimmense theimmense immense amount of electrIc electrIcpower electricpower electricpower power it would make available availablefor availablefor availablefor for industrial mdustrIal development of ofthe ofthe ofthe the stateMr stateMr state stateMr Mr Page said smd a huge volume volumeof volumeof volumeof of cheap electric power now IS IStranSmItted istransmitted istransmitted tranSmItted from Boulder dam damto damto damto to Los Angeles a distance of 300 300miles 300miles 300miles miles without great losses lossesThe lossesThe lossesThe The Boulder dam power is sold soldon soldon soldon on a quantity basis to preVIOUS preVIOUSly previousby previously ly by e existing .lstIng lstIng > . utilities utIlihes which sell sell1t sellit sellit 1t it to the ultimate consumersNot consumersNot consumers consumersNot Not only would the Dewey DeweyproJect Deweyprotect Deweyproject proJect protect benefit Utah by provld provid provldmg providing providing mg ing additional power po\"er po "er er \ " wruch which wruchwould whichwould whichwould would conserve coal but the ad addItIOnal additional additional dItIOnal power could free water waterin waterm m in the Bear Ber : ) river and elsewhere elsewherenow elsewherenow elsewherenow now used for power develop development development development ment for irrigation Mi Page PagesaId Pagesaid Pagesaid PagesaidA saId saIdA A total of $1500 1500 $1 1 $ 500 000 obtam obtain obtamed obtained obtained ed from sale of Boulder dam dampower dampower dampower power has been set aside for tor de development development development velopment of resources higher higherin higherm m in the basin basm he pointed pomted out outOnly outOnly outOnly Only $800 800 $ 000 of this has been beenapproprIated beenappropriated beenappropriated approprIated and that has been beenused beenused beenused used for investigations mvestIgatIons no now " be bemg being being mg ing pressed to completion he hesaid hesaid hesaid said He described the Dewey DeweyproJect Deweyproject Deweyproject proJect as one of several out outstandmg outstanding outstanding standmg standing ones now being bemg stud studled studied studied led ied closelyGovernor closelyGovernor closely closelyGovernor Governor Herbert B Maw m in mthe inthe mthe the opening openmg address of the con conference conference conference ference urged settlement of all alltontroversles allControversies allcontroversies tontroversles Controversies : between the sev seven seven seven en states of the basin basm balm area as aplereqUlslte aprerequisite a aJerequisite plereqUlslte prerequisite to postwar development development devel develiment opment Jerequisite iment of the many resources resourcesIn resourcesthe In the river system * ' |