Vernal Express | 1956-05-03 | Page 1 | New River Project Seen Key to Wide Economic Gains Section

new river project seen key to wide wi we economic gains A wide diversely 0 of economic benefits will be generated by the upper colorado basin storage project george geqrge D clyde director dir lector of the utah water and power board tad delft gates to the second annual public relations conference confere fice of the utah bankers last weekend in salt lake city mr clyde said the first phase please or of the project for which auth author op izing legislation has been benanc ed will require 30 to 40 years for development full development of the river system be he said will require IS 75 to too years the first phase of the project mr clyde said will provide water for new ceres acres of supplemental water winter for an additional acres other major economic benefits will be reflected in development of mineral chemical and timber resources es stimulated tourist trade and a construction program involving man years of on the job labor man years of labor in it manufacture of equipment 10 million barrels of cement and 41 n million dillon board feet of lumber mr clyde predicted that population would exceed by 1070 1970 that the present 2000 om population within a mile radius of salt lake lake city would rise to within that same period