Show PIET EIKIN foh IME IN washington ashington june 15 the feder al at powel congimi sion today granted the utah a light company a preliminary ire to make a saive for louei development at flaming gorge in the cheen river and while this i preliminary Ire permit does not commit the government to the final granting of a license such pie pi ellmin limin ary pei lilts are never isred it it 1 IQ known at the tine ti lie e will be ob ejection to the development of power pomer lanei on under tie I 1 lennit ei anit the utah power t light will make investigations ard survey at fla ing gorge site and iredale plans foi for the building of a dam and the devel 01 ment ol 01 powel power these plans will then be submitted to the lower corn com mission with formal application foi a license the plans will set forth specifically the amount of power pomer tc be developed and accompanying the plans will be a staten ent of 0 the use used to which the po nei ei is to be put the appl icat on oil foi tho the preliminary per nut mit indicated the intention of the company to utilize this lower i ower in con lection with establishing plants sup I 1 lying the field in ill and around salt lake city the granting of a license foi the I 1 haming laining gorge project pi eject will not it I 1 said condict in any way with the work of the Coloia do riner commis coil linis sion for while the dam which the power company has in contemplation would store approximately acre feet of water mater this water thu stored would be available for tion pui loses dundei any plan of dis tub ution which the colorado rival commission determines upon th the powel powei coal comiano any woul I 1 be authorized merely to use the water for powel development and would have no con coil ciol over the use of the water foi ir I 1 esterday s action bi li the federal po er commission removes the last obstacle up laying t ia I 1 ginning 0 the preliminary work long since aln ned by the utah power pomer light 0 o i pany it the flaming gorge powel site as detailed in yesterday s P tri bune all official of the compan co said last night tint that the engineering investigation of the power site will mill start at or 01 ce in ili the hope of coni ing the work before bad weather pi events the preliminary pie work tc be done inci ides detailed hydro investigation ica surveys drilling to obtain data thai that will determine tl it e features of de ign and construction of the great dam which will be required and ai at investigation is to the beat bea method of transporting materials to the site from the ilea neatest iest railroad lall road point green river wyo is the largest railroad point near the power site and may become the base of supply tor for the big construct in n work it if the investigation croves i roves the I 1 y of the flaming gorge site the uintah biryer rower ft 4 compaan 11 then appis for license to con x Y 1 eruct the works projected As stat d in yesterday esterday j s tribune thesie these plan involve the construction of a 60 00 horsepower hydroelectric generating tation calling tor for an expenditure of 0 more than 10 it is esti mated matet that it will require 1000 men approximately three years to coin coll alete the development the site of the proposed dam is lo 10 bated five miles of the wyom ing line in the northeast ein corner ot of utah about miles from salt lake on a bee line it li his liis is been estimated that the dam when con constructed will lise rise feet above the river bed wil be feet long at the crest and will torn form a mile wide lake that will extend from the dam almost to the town of 0 gheen river in ili wyoming granting by the federal power commission of 0 the preliminary per mit authorizing furtherance of mork on a power plant at flaming gorge has met with the support of gover nor mabey malley and also of officials of other colorado river states even though the colorado impact has pot yet beu ratified I alt labs 1 |