| Show MOST VALUABLE engineer burke says Laurit zens project is one of the most valuable on entire continent R D young and john W ross returned from kanab the past week where they biad been looking up the proposition of building ab dam the work will involve the driving of a tunnel through feet of sandstone the making of a spillway 80 feet wide and the erection of a retaining wall 70 feet high and feet long a slope of three to one on the back and two to ono on the front of alie wall the dam will bo built about a mile and a half from town and will cost a largo sum of money for the construction thereof the recent snowstorm reached thit section and about twelve inches of snow on the ground made an investigation of the big project rather difficult hoft aver they secured enough data so that their bid on the work will be intelligent while at kanab they met a party of ten men who were out looking over the country with a view to locating a route for the proposed railroad from lund on the san padro A gentleman named burke connected with the big railroad construction firm of white co of new york with several engineers and goern ment timber agent serey were in the party speaking of the proposed railroad and the inducement for a railroad into the south eastern part of the state the latter gentleman asserted that he could take the par ty to one point on tho buckskin mountains where lie could point out over feet of lumber awaiting the advent of a railroad to become marketable and that the samo range of mountains would produce at least feet of lumber and enough railroad bics tics to build a transcontinental railroad mr burke and the other engineers hao been over the proposed reclamation project near st george J M Laun and associates arc at work upon and he sas that it is one of alie most valuable projects in the entire continent of america he was asked as to the feasibility of the plan for getting water and he said that there is not the least doubt but what alie water can bo placed on the land ilia company proposes to build their road through there so as to be in touch with the project when completed at present the proposed road will go after alie timber and coal interests in the southern part of the state as well as getting a lino to alie grand canyon there are ast fields of coal so that a m itch will ignite ft large slab of it as noddy aa lighting a pine Laun and rust were present during the interview and they acro more alian encouraged with their prospects and the hope that the proposed railroad will the big project young and ross return tiding jubilant oct the words of the men who are out tra ing to locate the lest route for a railroad in the south richfield reaper |
