| Show government BEGINS bw INS FULL FULT RESERVOIR investigation GAI 1 av one hundred thousand acres of 0 rich farm land around price will be brought underwater under water sad have m more ore than an ample supply if it plans now in course of making can be carried to fruition the project is the old pleasant valley reservoir alte site long dreamed of by the OPU mist last frida friday it boic a t lo 10 n of price citizens c ze 5 met m et L M winsor win s 0 r expert e tr fr rig rigi tion 0 n engineer of tho the federal department part ment of agriculture at colton and a rip over the reservoir site was made hurried investigation and rind estimates place the amount of land to be covered by tue reservoir at acres the dam would be across the narrow canyon where the railroad leaves the valley live miles below scofield with a dam feet wide at the bottom feet at the top and 59 feet high water could be backed up almost to scofield at an average depth of over 30 feet supplying acre feet of water this would supply water for acres and a little higher dam would almost double the supply mr winsor declined to make a hasty estimate on the total cost of the dam tunnel and canals but it would bo be less lese than 40 and probably less than 30 per acre some estimate it still lower not would water be he furnished to ahe lands landi under the price river irrigation system and ands to much ino e laud mud on tho the south side but thou slid of acres of rich loam in clarks vaclev near sunnyside Sunny side could be watered and the canals could be carried to 0 a great distance east to other valuable val able lands mr winsor made a study of the soil in darks clarks valley and also of that 01 0 the south side and after viewing the reservoir site and the land he is most enthusiastic ove the project saturday urd ty morning part of tho pries priez crowd with mr winsor made a trip by horson hor tok from scofield to the mammoth reservoir site it is declared do to be a deplorable sight with little prospect of suitable site for a a new dam even if a way is found to build mr winsor refused to be bunted on the affairs 4 of the price river system the tho worst obstacle to 1 building thol abu big reservoir reservoir will be the moving of the rio grande tracks tricks which troverse the whole bed of th the thi i proposed lake but it is felt that if the railroad corn com piny c gin cin in see the immense increase in its busI business which the additional addition il agricultural land will bring that it will operate cooperate co so far as it can it is sua suggested that the road take the old survey from scofield to summit avoiding the heavy downgrade to colton and the heavy up haul from coltora colton to summit with the coal from the pleasant valley mines an enthuse enthusiastic estic meeting of farm ers eri and others interested was held in the bi basement of the library saturday evening to hear what mr winfor bad bid to say on the new project and to plan action the government expert did not hesitate to commend the idea most heartily ho tie filled to see why it had never been pushed before he lie declarer dec lareo that pleasant Plea sint valley waa was an ideal reservoir site that it had a splendid drainage area that there was more water air avul tillable able than deeded for arv canals now in in 1 this county that the dam could be easily and chel cheaply ably constructed on account a 0 transportation to the very verv site that it would not cost as much as 03 many smaller projects and that it was well worth the mot mod t sincere en devors de vors of every citizen ho also declared that plenty of good land on which to use the ter could basily asiar be reached he then explained new r nation laws bowing showing thou present how ko to borri a district and secure a urvey through tho county and state those under the old price river tern wil get water under the new system sy stem by turning in to their water rights when the dist district riat Is formed and the preliminaries aro are flu lamed bonds can be voted and they all mill be pu chased by the government witt a long time in which to pay them at low interest the plan was heartily j received by those interested and on motion the chairman 0 it marcu 1 son ion named chargi Ch arii leger emmett olson and K R J turner engineers and 11 0 mathis lars gunderson A Z maranell Ma Mar ranall J 0 jecmen and nad al 1 bert bryner to assist in gathering au all necessary data for the authorities who w it net on the proposition mr marcusen Marc was added to the committee on motion this committee got cot busy at once on plans for securing the needed data and held a meeting monday evening sunday mr winsor rec received elved a call back to ibia his office in salt lake but JL ly lytal te I 1 another government man came do down I 1 n from provo and the preliminaries are pro fl gressing rapidly lol whitmore Whit moro and family vetted thi week with price lyM on a trip in frum front the nine milo |
