Show Multi-Million Multi Dollar Plant For West Grand County Proposed Western Grand Gran county in the vicinity of will VIII bethe be bethe bethe the site for a R proposed air engineering development development develop develop- ment center for the United States air force If the efforts of Utah officials are successful This week a brief setting selling forth the time advantages of the site was forwarded to W IV Vf Stuart SymIngton SymIngton Symington Sym Sym- ington air force secretary The which h would be for the tho testing of ot rockets guIded guided guid guld ed missiles and supersonic craft is provided for lor In Jn SD S.D. 1267 tiow pending in congress The air force Is asking for tor In 1050 In 1051 1931 and the following year year Completion Is b scheduled for 1050 1056 I j The site to be recommended Is s south of in Grand I and Emery counties possibly extending as far down the river riveras as Lees LeCoS Ferry Reports are aTe that thata a city of over population will result from the tho personnel of the field I The rhe brief pointed out that atthe at the tho site alto the estimated Sed ed cd need of acre feet acre feet of water a year of which 5 Isto is Js isto to b be consumptive use could be obtained from the Green river riveras as part of Utah's share shar of ColorAdo Colorado Colorado Color Color- ado basin water It was suggested suggest suggest- ed that power could be provided through construction of steam plants using Utah coal which Is Is' found near by Estimated power requirement ent for tor normal operation of or the center center center cen cen- ter Is kilowatts but the peak load would rise to kilowatts The brief said this could ibe be provided by steam plants on a stand standby stand by basis However if the air force Is not interested In undertaking this type of installation it was VU pointed out that the state of Utah and the of this his area arc are In the process of the development of four major hy hy- and reclamation projects on the waters of the Green river north of the the- city of namely Flaming Gorge kw Echo Park Vt kWi A o f kw kwi Split t Mountain kw and Rattlesnake almot immediately Adjacent to kw I In addition the Moab and Dewey projects on the Colorado river proper which are very close offer a V vast 1st amount of power I The brief also nI o sot set t forth that the proposed site is on the Denver Denver Den Den- ver and Rio Grande Western Vestern railroad airways and main maIn mam highways highways high high- ways and offers hundreds hundred of square miles of virtually unInhabited uninhabited uninhabited habited and unobstructed terrain terraIn terrain ter ter- rain for use in conducting tests which the center would b be established es es- to perform Another advantage would be Ibe the climate which Is warm and dry with an average of clear days a It year and an average annual precipitation precipitation tation of only inches Virtually all of the land surrounding surrounding sur sur- rounding the the- area is j still owned by the federal government government government gov gov- and the brief said It would be particularly adaptable ble for lor an installation of the magnitude proposed In this 1 bill Copies of ot the brief have been sent to the members of Utah's congressional delegation who have been asked to support Utah as a site for lor the tho proposed center The center is also being sought by neighboring Nevada and land Iron ironically that state is counting on Utah coal caal to tip the balance in its favor Colorado and Wyoming have also been seeking the project The bill which authorizes the center was sent back t to the tho senate armed services commit commit- committee tee June 21 for tor further hearings when the committee tee balked at giving unanimous approval of ot the bill |