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Show GREAT WATERWAY?! IS NOW IN OSEii 1 61 l The great waterway for the farm- (: ? ers of Davis and Weber counties, in lj !? Its concreted form, was opened for . ? use Thursday morning, boing tho oc- V caslon of great rejoicing on the part h of the stockholders and the engineers 1 Vk of the project. The cost of concrot- ; A lng the canal amounted to nearly tp $400,000 but it is estimated that the money was well spent and has en - S hanced the valuation of the water -' St stock much more than that amount 1 R It Is among the big Irrigation pro- jects of the state, and tho largest out- J Jf side the Strawberry valley roclama- j j tion project. f Water for the Weber-Davis canal Is 1 ., obtained from the Weber river. The i o canal Is nine and a half miles long. It L extends from a point two miles below I Devjl's Gate in Weber canyon and ' P. runs to the top of tho sand ridg, ' 'I throe miles south of Ogden City, pro- ( ! viding water for an area of 24,000 , Iff acres. V !. When the farmers in the section of f f the county through which the canal i1 W pass.es found that they could cultivate V 01 a much larger aroa if they cculd only l,l obtain a better and more abundant ill water supply, the officers of the Davis fll & Weber .Counties Canal company set I abolit devising a scheme to Increase ? I the"'flow In tho big ditch. This they ; i finally decided to do by concrotlng the u re floor and walls of tho canal. For , ij nearly a year the work has been un- jj der'way, interrupted for a short time ', Jft during the winter months on account V of the difficulties encountered on such '' ,V work during freezing weather. Tho r Jk result has been that the work has now been completed, and that Instead ' r of supplying 12,000 acres of land with ,' k water for irrigation p.urposes the com- j fti pany is prepared to serve double thnt i jV acreage, Hi ij Tho canal Is twenty-two feet wide ft W at the bottom, has a vertical depth of r k six 'feet, and is thirty-four feet wide r. I at the top. The minimum grade Is i 5 2.1G feet to the mile. With the added v LT flow; of water the present capacity is g 725 second feet, an Increase from 210 j- socond feet t Although the Improvement on tho canal Is one of the blggost developed projects Weber county has claimed jj for many yenrs, the officers of the canal company expect to Invest still jU more money In tbo waterway project Jl Plans havo already been ndopted for 2JJ1 Increasing tho size of the big reser- CT voir in Weber canyon to double its present capacity, wh'lch is 27,000 acre J k. feet This will be undertaken at a . IJ cosf of $110,000. Work will not begin LL on he reservoir until next fall,, how- ! ever, as It will bo necessary to draw the water first. This will bo done dur- ; Ing' the irrigation season, which be- n gins about July 1- V ? Before the reservoir enlargement Is ? ig accomplished, Chief Engineer W. M. , & Boataph says that the company will :, begin work on its electric power -- plant, the site of which Is located one j jg mll& south of Riverdnle. It Is expect- 1 W? ed-that the power plant will be com- - 2j pleted and ready for operation before ; -J the close of the present voar. The of- ' jp.. fleers of tho canal company who have , t been directly responslbio for the prcs- . j? cnt big improvement made under ' je their supervision are President E. B. ?H Ellison, Secretary J. C. Nye. General ; gjt Manager James G. Wood. General Su- 1 Hy perjntendent M. M. Whiteside and j ?,1 Chief Engineer W. M. Bostaph. J" |
