Show may build dam to control colorado decision has been made by the ie department ot of the ge survey surey that the best method of controlling the waters of the col orado river is to build a great dam at some point in utah north of the arizona line ind and there care fr fir the flood i waters aters and also provide for or the irrigation of thousands of acres of land in utah and other tates watered by tributaries of the colo rado h E jacobs engineer in charge of the hydrographic section said yeater yesterday yet erday dav that the matter is now in the hands of the d department of the inter or and that nothing can be done towards starting actual work until congress ites the 10 recommended by the department and needed for build ing the dam darn the idea of controlling the waters of the colorado to prevent floods in the lowlands near its mouth and at the same time to reclaim and land in this state originated with the united states reclamation and will R king chief counsel of the service through secretary of the interior intel bior franklin E lane started the hydro graphic survey mr jacobs jacob corn coin plated the last part of the work several months ago and the report was sent to washington mr jacobs sai I 1 yesterday that the dam is regarded aa as the only feasible method of carrying out the intention of the department kostop to atop the dasas trous arous floda which have taken place in southern arizona and in the im penal valley in california jahi ornia at the beginning of the survey california and arizona protected together with the mexican government which claimed it was entitled to the entire flow flon of the colorado at its mouth and that to either eitler dim dam or store the waters of the river in utah would deprive the lomei states and a foreign government of their share ot of the water tor for pur purposes poes of tion the depal ament then invest gated and discovered that the dam would care only for the flood waters which were doing damage to the south an I 1 that the regular amount of ater flowing down the stream would not be interfered with it is the intention of the reel lim atlon service to bem work on the dam is soon aa money is 13 app roDra abed bj by cot gresa gress it is not thought however that the dam will aill be built for two years the dam will in all probability be located in bin juan co and will be one of the high est dams in the world when corn coin plated is as it will be built at the mouth of a canyon so the water may back up and spread out over a large valley which i la a desert at thid time herald republican |