Show Reclamation Engineer Tells Status of Pack Creek Project Featured s speaker eaker at last weeks week's annual City Employees' Employees and Of Officials Official's banquet was Parley Neeley Neel Ned Of-I Of cy ey area engineer for the Bureau of In Spanish Fork Utah who spoke to the group assembled at the Arches cafe cale on the Pack Creek Water project now In the planning stages Mr Neele Neeley stated that progress was being made on the water project which would mean two dams and a diversion tunnel in Mill creek east of of Moab am and would eventuate In the Irrigation of Df a good portion of Moab Valley He Ho described the status of the next report that will be made to Congress known as an authorization auth auth- report This report ha has been the subject of 01 a great deal I of ot Interest In Moab as It will wll decide the feasibility of the pro pro- The report Mr Neeley said is slated for completion in June too late to go before the coming session of Congress Acceptance of the report would not mean Immediate action said sate the engineer In warning the group I about over Another detailed report would still be necessary nee essary Mr Neeley listed so some e recent developments ments such as the mis sue site and satellite program that tha have had and will have a tremendous tremendous tre tremendous tre- tre and probable adverse effect on our economy Concentration Con of efforts In armaments will cause ause cuts aIts In domestic development development development de de- de- de funds predicted the engineer The reclamation official commended com corn commended mended local officials for their successful search for new culinary culinary culin culin- culinary ary water sources predicting that Moab can now progress with confidence confidence confidence con con- to meet the needs of a population of possibly to In describing the Pack Creek project Mr Neele Neeley said his agency agency agency ag ag- ency was taking some edu educated guesses on where development and storage was m most st needed Part of the project is designed to cope with high potential of the fruit industry here an industry industry in in- that would be greatly de de- de- de Recreation will not be greatly benefited by water storage storage stor stor- storage age reservoirs he said due to the fluctuating water levels Mr Mt Neeley closed by asking continued cooperation and promIsed promised promised prom prom- efforts toward completion of the authorizing report |