| Article Title |
Committee Sends Strong Petition |
| Type |
article |
| Date |
1907-05-26 |
| Paper |
Inter-Mountain Republican |
| Language |
eng |
| City |
Salt Lake City |
| County |
Salt Lake |
| Page |
9 |
| OCR Text |
S' S S COMMITTEE SENDS S STRONG STRON PETITION 3 S Asks State Engineer to Refuse Application of Power i Company i t f. f t PLEADS EADS FOR fOR CANYON I t s s That Granting of of Request Re Re- i 1 quest Would Depreciate Value V ll of S e Property of l 1 S O Ogden n. n May S Ia 2 23 The Thc The committee c apS appointed appointed ap ap- ap- ap S pointed Tc recently at nt a ma mass meeting of S citizen at the Weber club rooms to draw draw- up UI a general protest t directed to toS S State Engineer Tanner rt and nd against the S Utah Light an and Hallway compan company's s application for the waters of tim the tha ri river r in Og Ogden en canyon S completed t 11 t their labors labor today and hose have prepared red the following written pro- pro ae l. l C in iii which thc they set et out their reasons rea rca S sons Muns why this application should not nott t S 1 be granted S J Hon l Caleb Tanner I State Engineer S Salt Lake e City Utah Sir SIr W We the undersigned 5 5 committee appointed b by and representing 5 S seating the Og Ogden Cn City In plo improvement l league a ue an organization composed of oC S S more than one hundred of ot Ogden's 5 S leading ap and anI influential citizens h Ii S compliance with a r resolution titian at ot meeting o oS othe 01 5 moils piously mO s pa-s passed a n. mass nas' S S the I league agu held May Ju 23 23 1007 to enter a a. protest sL a against the granting of the two applications lot for th the Ilic appio of oC waters of O Ogden river river- Weber Sr t tem m. m In tn Ogden fitl ll canyon an on a amade made by the Utah Light LIht and S company on eu March Ial li h 29 9 1907 We e understand un J thru that one nile of these application I flies flics upon 2 i second feet of water V which said sahl company from flom July 1 tc tl I October 1 of each PItch year ear proposes tc te S divert from the river rl at nt their dam S calr carry thou though h their pipe and u use e for foi S S the production of or electrical power then to pump a portion of said paid amount ol of S. S water into the North S-orth O Ogden en canal an and andt t return the balance to O Ogden den river rl through their thell waste ditch The other 0 5 application tl tiles flies s upon 1 14 4 second feet S of 01 water at a point in Ogden river in in Ogden about on one mile below helow their thell present plesent darn dam am where said nid company corn com o pam pany from froni October 1 to April 1 I of S each year pi po poes es to l pump said ahl 11 1 second feet of oC water from front the thc river rl riverS S Into their pipe COnVOY convey It to then then- 0 power powel house which is located In the theS S S valley some Iome distance below bolow the mouth 0 of the cai canyon on an and uso use of It for 5 purposes s 's and 1 then return It itS S to Ogden river ilver through h th their l' l tall tail race Would tIlt Call II We e your YOUl petitioners believe c that thatto to tn grant these applications would be lc deli mental to O Ogden can canyon on which S. S it tt pre present nt i is iR one of Utah's greatest also practically 55 surl lC resorts ortEl S rS' rS up lip th the tho i r Jn Sn both bolh summer an and M 1 nn ariI I huC destroy tho the In Jn th the o 1 the lie tempera tempera- ur r J it tnt ill in ULO III UL Iii peaS pea pea- sea S on leave c stagnant pools looh in tire the river Cl riverbed bed heel to breed dr disease ca e and render th the theS S canyon c practically all worthless as a t re report ye- ye 0 port sott and nod thu 1 4 much make S' S S ble l nil property In O Ogden canyon S lu the production of Ice rind anil seS se- se S RIY IH the hu business interests oc ot 5 O Ogden lct CIl City Wo Yc believe al also n o that this canyon which is a te resting nin place not on only for fOl forS Ogden's citizens but hut citizens of the S state and trun trans tourists S should be he pi protected elected in every try po possible way t ay and ande we e further declare t that the people H ople of or our city and county cm- cm 5 and anel vigorously protest a against any tny and anti all efforts to dl dry up 1 0 Its Us river il mar Its IL b beauty auty an and grandeur grandeurS S or O O lessen its HI- HIu u usefulness S We c your petitioners petItioners' praying that 0 this protest shall accomplish Its Int in intended In In- t tended purpose and awaiting favorable favora- favora X S ble action on your our part pait have ha the honor S to be yours le respectfully TUB TIlE COMMITTEE |
| Reference URL |
https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6h71cst/3913754 |
