Show BROWNS PARK COLORADO Til HUB STATUS JOIN HANDS ami Irrigating Flume Over Green Ireen Completed Special Correspondence Browns via Vernal Co March 5 Bome years ago an effort wee made mado to take water out of Green river about eight miles above Drowns Browns Park 0 or rather the upper end of the park After considerable moneY had been spent the project was ivits abandoned tot for several years About October 1 1941 1901 Mr Charles Grouse Crouse the cattle king at of park patk Mr John the sheep baron of western Wyoming and Mr Young n a contractor of o Ashley Voile valley Vial Utah met and dis discussed cussed tim the water question although well veil remembering their former failure to gut get the water out resolved to try again Time The most feasible plan that presented Itself with was the building of a abridge abridge bridge cf at strength to carry carrI carrIa a flume across the river holding a suf sufficient body of to Irrigate the fine body of land on both sides of the river mIter In Drowns Browns Park Patk York Work was Dc 17 and the bridge and flume were completed March 1 the of Jon John n It Wilson of Utah State Table fame The canal leaves the river about three miles above the bridge on the cast side of the ri er near the mouth f J Ke wing nyon Vh n It reaches n a point near the end of c it ft U Is divided timid of the we wel l io tile titer river In iii a Hume firmly built in the superstructure There tire to and two cribs that the tue it i Tide The latter hat em are tuie loud load loadS S I with MO O ions bums of ruth rock and firmly built of pine logs logn The bridge Is I IDi 01 Di the thu Wain r tru H pattern Then in liE three stun spans of 10 90 rest fe t clear cheat of tin lid or sum Is a 16 11 feet wide titie widen n dl lid d stands about 10 test feet above murk It II Is constructed of the bent liest red him nine lumber about feet f of was au used with eight elgh of Iron Mr Mi Young of Vernal tn tim county gRimm th the contract K to build time the about ev n miles tiC f for u it little less lean than hiatt Mr d wa the I he engineer r m 0 iii mm who ho furnished plans nm sr mentions for tou nil mill time on C March let 1st nt itt U I p I in Mr Airs Mury rouse by Mrs Julia John laid time the last plunk plank and amid the tha two ladles ladies drove tho ho hiNt hid sPikes completed th the structure thi Inn of limo tho hummer and spike had died away tho tue declared the bridge and amid three cheers cheer and a tiger ilger tero v ro given with a mm vim hy Urn tile guests and workmen which re to reechoed echoed through fin mountain glen The then went to time tho east end o othe of this the budge whom cart i hem The first carriage hail had for Its or oc Mr Air autO and Mrs Airs Crouse Mr Alt La Ye Young Mr John H IL Wilson am mutt others and was driven by Mrs Mary being time the first leant to cro s the thu bridge e Many Mu n y vehicles followed making a grand procession limo tho rear WB was brought up tip with a it semper filled with the limo workmen fol followed lowed by many on out toot foot After cross crest crossing lug ing the bridge vehicles Ii in lilt procession to time the residence of Mr John Erickson where a banquet wits was given In honor of tho timo occasion and amid a nappy happy time was had There were limes preg ant ent Mr Air and Mrs Airs Charles Mi Aim Miami ami Mrs John bun FrIckson Mr and Mr John Martin Mrs Airs M Mary ry John Dimsey mind and John Hire of Punt A It Sparks of o 0 ii Curtis Walter of Young John 11 it of Vernal M W of lied Creek Wyo Wyc Clus tius Johnson 01 of Hock A und dins Cues Amy suy o of Jensen timid and others ThU united ended time tho tiny ILl long bug to be lie remembered when Utah and Wyoming and munh Colorado are bound to together gether by hy n sit complete a bridge us Iron and wood combined can make Am now time the people of at Rock Hock am ammO Vernal can shake hands With Vi time tho expenditure of u ii low few hundred dollars dellan the tue road can bo ho mado n ii good freight road |