| Show Dream Of Years Is IsN IsNow t N Now o w Realized By Construction Of Dam Nino Nine Companies Combine Combino To Build Reservoir With Public VorI Works s Funds Realization of a dream of many years came to the people of the Uintah Basin in April 1935 when t it was announced that the coil coil- tract for the construction of the Moon Lake Reservoir project badr bad had r been peen awarded to T. T E. E Connolly contractor of Sari San Francisco Mr Connolly submitted the low bid of i for the tile labor and construe tion Lion on the project Materials are r furnished by the reclamation bur bur- i. i eau Funds for the tile project totaling i is were appropriated I t by the Public Works Administration I tion on December 1st 1933 after a strong appeal for this and three Contin Continued ed on Page 3 1 Dream Of Years No Now Realized By Construction Of Dam Continued from Page 1 other Utah projects was carried to Washington personally by Gov Henry H. H Blood Included in the project are the construction of the River River Riv Riv- er Exchange Canal diverting water water wa wa- Vater ter from the Duchesne river to the Arcadia and sections and the High Line Exchange Canals diverting water from the Little Yellowstone to the Uintah river These later projects were wore listed conditionally depending on sufficient sufficient sufficient funds being left over from the tho reservoir for the their r completion Assistance of the reclamation department department de de- department through camps assigned assigned assigned as as- signed to them has now assured their construction The Moon Lake reservoir Itself has been before the reclamation service for years but never received received received re re- governmental approval until until until un un- til the recovery attempts created the V P A. A At least two early attempts attempts attempts at at- tempts to develop the lake for storage possibilities proved futile light earth dams constructed mostly by the water users themselves themselves themselves them them- selves having each time been removed removed re re- removed moved by floods For the tile final realization of the project much credit is due to Wm R. R Wallace of the Utah Water Vator Storage Commission who has been beena a constant booster for its construction construction construction con con- and to E. E O. O Larsen of the Reclamation Bureau and sine since his election ele to Abe Murdock representative representative representative rep rep- to Congress Locally there are many who have devoted time and energy to the completion of the project Horace L. L Allred president of the Dry Gulch Irrigation company Austin G. G Burton president of the Farnsworth Canal and Reservoir company Ray E. E Dillman attorney attorney atto- atto ney and land owner of Roosevelt Roose and Arthur of Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt are some of the men most prominent who have put time an anti and 1 effort toward itEen it Even en after funds were put aside for the project much work had to be done to marshall marshal owners of the large tracts of land affected Into the proper organization tion to carry on the work ork On June 1934 articles of or incorporation incorporation incorporation of the Moon Lake Water Wat Vat Vater er Users were filed with nin nine board hoard directors representing the nine irrigation companies forming the association These directors were and still sUll are Horace L L. L Allred Roosevelt pres Austin Austi G G. G Burton Talmage vice pres Arthur Roosevelt Roosevelt Ro Ro- Roosevelt Ray G. G Labrum Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt W. W K Dye Neola O. O A. A Dart Myton L. L G. G Gilbert Arcadia Arcadia ia in Taylor Tidwell Boneta Will Vm Hancock Bluebell The companies represented are Dry Gulch Continued on Page 19 Dream Of Years Is IsN IsNow N No Now o w v Realized By Construction Of Dam Danl r f Continued from Page 3 gation Farnsworth Canal and Reservoir Co Lake Fork Irrigation Irrigation tion lion Co Irrigation Co T. T N. N Dodd Irrigation Co Monarch Monarch Monarch Mon Mon- arch Irrigation Co and South Boneta Boneta Boneta Bo- Bo neta Irrigation Co On February the directors of all these companies met with the directors of the Moon lake association and with the government government government govern govern- ment officials and with the exception exception exception ex ex- of the South Boneta company company company com com- pany which was not quite prepared ed signed the contract and mortgages mortgages mortgages mort mort- gages covering the repayment of the construction costs of the pro pro- Shortly after this meeting T. T E E. Connolly successful bidder of the thc contract was notified to begin work on the project On Apr Mr Connolly made inspection of ol the proposed site and announced that he would soon begin tion He was foIl followed owed a n. few days later by J. J E. E Nelson his superintendent superintendent 7 and on May the firsty first y- y equipment arrived in Duchesne |
