Inter-Mountain Farmer | 1902-10-21 | Page 6 | Big Reservoir

BIG RESERVOIR IcHii Two Basins to Hold WalB" i; of Weber River. I !l- FOUR COUNTIES INTEREST , ' Land Owners of Summit, Jfof '" Weber nnd Davis Counties Am: ." for Early Construction of Mima ' Res-rvolr Near the Hetdirittii t I tho Weber Illver Doreoui i Kelsey Will Begin Survey, it 0: i 1 Will Provide Ample Supplj '.',' All Purposes in Dry Monthv "let (Saturdiy1 Dal'y) The preliminary details ot in ! -MS1 portant reservoirlng and Irrjgmion r Ject were consummate! In this city y Wit terdas The directors of the temp-of temp-of refresentntlve land owners In Si nilt, .Motgan, Weber and Divls en. T ties, which was recently orgsnlKil T undertake the work of provlllni larger water suppls for the Irtliii I of these counties met to arrange I at the early commencement of onstn -tl Hon work on the two storase reno " of large .capacity ro posed to be li n near the headwaters of the Weber rlv After a protracted session tlie r nouncement was made thnt the Arm Doremus cl Kelsey had been emu ns chief engineers of the comtructlo work, ond that rurvess will begin onte Nn time will be lost la prepirlr the plana for the Impoundlnj darr outlet Kites and other essential li of the work, so that active conilrucL may ho commenced early neit prir The project contemplates that l! am plus and Mood waters ot the Wet' river shall he sloietl In the baslni ito - Kami ntitl near Cobble Flat, by I'M J cr.rtlon of substantial dims icroii (.'' lower ends of the basins. ' Investlgntlons already made '"'', the wisdom of this course In htUrj! back the slntcd waters until the ibuB ngo of supply ench summer There bn nmplo supply for nil Irrigating parsM' posci after the reservoirs are uu thus assuring the gathering of wf dunt harvests and enhancing theffM ductlvo value of thousands of acres V land In tho four counties to ansmouM fur In excess ot the cost of this lP's . tnnt undertaking, which will bKiiIJJ hundrttl thousand dollars President Moses W. Taylor el teiB reservoir company Is much pleated tiw , Iho auspicious beElnnlne of the '"". which hu engaged the serious '" of tho hintl-oivner of the countlei Weber, Davis, Jlorgin and Summit uMj aevcral year. H