| Show weber RIVER canal canar on the dinst gov young and crests Kim kimbal ballan balian lada ladd d grant visited farmington 0 to attend a meeting of the citizens called to take measures for immediately commencing work on the canal which is 4 to conduct a portion of weber water to the hot springs 0 at 11 am the bishops and many of the is in habitants from the wards in davis county assembled in the large upper room of the court house in farmington gov young tl stated the object of the meeting and called upon the territorial rit orial surveyor general jesse IV fox and his assistant br T D brown to make a report P ort of their leveling operations on the line of the canal from their report it appeared that much labor would be required to accomplish the object and perhaps some tunneling and humling Hu meing which would brinz brine the water to a point 38 feet above high water mark in prest kimballs Kimba Kim eim balls bails IId lid lis mill pond from whence it can be I 1 easily amily brought to the hot springs and made vo ir irrigate another large body of rich land now lying comparatively useless his ilia excellency the governor then made some excellent remarks u upon P on the fea of the work the necessity for it and the advantages to be derived from it and was followed with appropriate remarks by crests kimball and grant br bishops stoker stoker smith hess and taylor when gov young moung called for an expression of the feelings of those present and all enthusiastically voted in favor of beginning nin t the work at once and aad continuing its prosecution se with all the diligence labor and means that they could devote to that purpose the first presidency the evening in |
