Show CANAL NINETYSIX NINETY SIX MILES IN LENGTH GRAND JUNCTION colo april 26 IL reclamation project involving two hundred and sixty thousand acres in mesa county colorado and grand and uintah counties in eastern utah was announced today with the filing of plats at the county clerks office here for the marrs line extension canil canal financed by denver capital it is planned to construct a ditch ninety seven miles long commencing at the lower terminus of the government canal in grand valley in colorado and going southwesterly into utah down that section of drain river canyon known as ruby canyon and then following creek to the juncture point of bitter and west creek and cottonwood and west cottonwood creeks here by the construction of a dam the entire lower part of the canyon will be converted into a huge reservoir eight and one half miles long and three and one half miles wide with a capacity of two hundred and fifty acre feet of water W F marrs in an interview stated that already twenty five thousand dollars has been spent in in preliminary work and surveying which has been going on for SIK six months we are ready to begin actual work he declared as soon as our offer now pending with the government is settled we est estimate imite the total cost will slightly exceed two wo million dollars we are assured of the money we need our project is financed in denver but I 1 cannot now disclose who are our associates as ea |