| Show concerning irrigation the following have been received by governor thomas in response onRe to his hie request for information on the subject of irrigation to submit to the senate committee which will visit utah in august next WOODRUFF rich county utah june 1889 hon A L thomas governor of utah dear sir with the view of meeting the wishes of irrigating en gincer hinton as expressed in his letter to you of may and in response to your communication to the county court of this county the matter of collecting information regarding irrigation etc for the use of the committee of the united states senate that contemplates visiting salt lake city in august next is having attention here the county court of this county has a appointed ted W P a special commissioner to attend to the business in question and em powered him to call to his aid the necessary necee eary help to give the matter the attention its importance requires it is designed to prepare maps as far as possible to indicate the courses of the principal streams in this county from which water is taken or can be taken to irrigate land the principal canals or ditches used in connection therewith the sites for reservoirs etc but to get all this in proper shape for the intelligent use of said senate committee in tune time to be sent to washington to meet the request of engineer T hinton was deemed to be impossible here at the outset it was therefore thought that the next best thing that could be done under the circumstances cum stances was to get as full and complete data as possible put the same in as good shape as the time and facilities at command here would admit of region going to salt take lake city to meet the senate committee take said matter along in person hand it to said committee and be somewhat prepared to 10 answer all questions that ean can be anticipated as likely to be asked by said committee we think that the said data maps etc can be got ready to forward to you August by 1 in compliance with your request in your communication to the county bourt but that possibly when made acquainted with the circumstances you would deem it quite as well on general principles and perhaps be a trifle safer besides for our delegation in person to hand either to you or to the senate committee the material we are able to collect regarding the subject under consideration we would be pleased to hear from you at your earliest convenience and shall endeavor to the best of our ability to meet your wishes in the premises very respectfully W P special commissioner WESLEY K WALTON selectman P S we shall watch the dews newspapers and endeavor to see at about what time our delegation should be in salt lake city to be sure of meeting the senate committee but should you get any information regarding the time of their arrival not to the public we would deem it a great favor if you would inform us by postal card thereof scipio iro june 11 1889 to his excellency governor A L Tho thoman mait dear sir 1 I have noticed in the salt lake tribune that there will be a congressional committee come to utah this summer to investigate the subject of irrigation in this western country they want all the information they can get I 1 thought it would not be amiss to send a few lines about the facilities of scipio there is about eight miles south of scipio on the ridge a natural lake which we use for storing our water in the winter for irrigation in the summer the lake now is about two miles long and one mile wide when we can get it full it affords us sufficient water to mature our crops this lake could be made to hold ten times the amount it is a natural basin for four or five miles above its present dimensions I 1 suppose that the sevier river can be brought into this lake if it can water could be stored here to irrigate thousands of acres of land that is now a barren waste in this valley the river runs to waste all winter and I 1 think the matter worth investigating at least a survey should be made to find if it Is possible to get the river into the lake it would furnish homes for a great many people it would be impossible to find a more favorable spot for a reservoir I 1 thought it best to inform you of this before the committee arrived so that you could gather all other information that you wished for in time to inform the committee I 1 remain yours respectfully GEORGE MONROE |
