| Show reclamation bureau give G IV e figures on echo would employ 1000 annually echo park dam will provide an average e of 1000 jobs annually averald during ri ng its construction which will take about five years these figures were released last saturday by the bureau of reclamation cla clai mation nation 0 the llie concrete arch dam which would store 6 million acre leet of water and generate more than a million kilowatts bf power a annually would take tons of steel stee products barrels of cement a million board feet al a lumber tons of aluminum and 1250 tons of copper average annual employment at the darn damsite site would be 1000 and amount to a payroll of about during the peak years of construction the employment Eloy ment figure would go as high agh as 2000 according to the bureau besides those working on an the dam there would be off site employment resulting from producing cm the me materials required tou to 0 belld build th the dam estimated at 2 2000 more jobs power company leader unless we get the central utah project authorized along with glen canyon and echo park we will never get it authorized zed george M gadsby said wednesday speaking before members of the bonneville kiwanis club mr gadsby president and chairman of the utah power and light company explained if the california interests which are A fighting echo park succeed in getting this project struck out of the bill now before congress utah is i lost glen canyon storage project project could add as much as 20 years adlue of life to lake mead and hoover dan he said lake mead Is fast filling illint with silt from th the sediment laden colorado river ha he dated and may be bothin nothing buta annd hole abo years the glen qiea canyon store storage e project Is it so designed to hold hold the me bulk of at the colorados heo 1731 kilt I 1 t deposit and provide C complete oln 1 I 1 re regulation of the river and W would L immeasurable en continued tin on page 8 reclamation BUREAU continued from page 1 hance the usefulness and life of hoover dam said mr gadsby lur letter writing utah chambers of commerce executive association will ask all businessmen in utah to contact executives of firms with which they do business over the nation urging their support in writing their congressmen asking favorable action on the echo park dam darn project the action was taken at a meeting of a in salt lake city wednesday the group also voted to george D clyde executive director utah power and water board for his untiring efforts in furthering water 4 development V 0 and conservation O out the state 11 I 1 A the ta transplanting 0 lareo allied sized trees has b e eat cut according accord inz to arborist association 9 that trea octen often up to 40 fe feet armore I 1 in height are m moved from bonolo 40 edtion to 10 another with without ut rf eife age |
