Show Area Reclamation Engineer Tells Local Group of Project Bureau of Reclamation Area Engineer Parley R. R Neeley was a visitor in Moab on Tuesday of this week during which time h b met with a special committee composed of representatives of various Moab organizations under under un un- der dee the sponsorship of the Grand Soil Soli Conservation District William William Witham Wil Wit liam ham Boulden president The meeting meeting- was held in the courtroom court courtroom courtroom room of the Grand county courthouse courthouse court court- house and nd was attended atten ed by over overa a score of committee members and other persons interested In work being on the proposed Pack Creek Water Project now being contemplated Mr Neeley who Is In charge of ot crews now v In the Moab area completing completing com corn soil soli surveys In Moab and Vallies Values told of f the work done so far by the Bureau of Reclamation Re Re- and explained steps nee necessary e s s a r y before the authorizing authorizing au au- report could be presented presented pre pre- to Congress for tor appropriation appropriation appropriation action and the beginning of work on the project which would through a series of dams and reservoirs store surplus Water water water wa wa- ter in Mill creek for tor diversion In IntI Into Into In- In tI to upper Moab valley for Irrigation irrigation len len- gation purposes Possible means of financing the project were discussed the two main ones being 1 a participating ing project in the Upper Colorado Colora do river storage system and 2 a project falling under the Federal Feder Feder- al Small Projects act Merits and disadvantages of both systems were brought out and the discussion discussion discus discus- sion following resulted In many questions being asked by persons assembled at the meeting Mr Neeley emphasized the national na na- na- na Importance of projects such ps as this through Increased use of oft t the e land Jand in many ways Industry Industry Indus Indus- try and agriculture would both be in positions to expand as well as an Increase in r recreational use He Ie stated that la in the eventuality that the tJ Bureau Burea of Reclamation tion work was s successful the dep department tm of a army engineers engineer would be called upon to care for forthe forthe forthe the flood control aspects of the project and the National Park service e to ro set t up the recreational use UN of the reservoir area Mr Neeley stated that at lit the present nt time thus soil IOU testing was progressing satisfactorily lla Jle mentioned mentioned men men- that thet after all the recent rainfall in the area aa samples showed the ground to be wet down to d depth deh f OX exceeding five Mr fr N Wesley Neeley works work out of ot die dis district I o oWea In JI Spanish Fork Utah Uth Project being worked o on 01 under his office are the Emery project and Central Utah project both participating projects in the Upper Colorado river Storage program Working projects under the Spanish Fork office include Scofield reservoir Deer Creek reservoir Strawberry and others |