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Show NEW TOWN OF METROPOLIS Salt Lake, Dec 25 Frank B. Gaw-an, Gaw-an, superintendent of construction for P. J. Mornn, contractor, returned cs-torday cs-torday from Nevada, where ho Is in direct charge of the work on tho big Bishop Creek dam, fourteen miles out of Wells The dam, which is rapidly nearing completion, Is a part of tho gigantic irrigation project now being carried out In that section by tho Pacific Reclamation company which haB established the now town-site town-site of Metropolis as tho future center of a vast area of rich land that will bo placed under Irrigation and mado productive. reclaiming of thousands of acres of land around the townsite of Metropolis, Metropo-lis, fourteen miles north of Wells. By constructing tho dam In Bishop ' Creek canyon, three miles from what is known as "U-7" ranch, millions of cubic feet of Bishop Creek water will be conserved and distributed over ov-er thousands of acres by an extensive system of fifty miles of canals. The dam is to bo of earth embankment with a rock core wall and an S-lnch concrete face When completed it will oe olghty-flvo feet above tho present flow-line of tho creek, 100 feet long and ono of the biggest of its kind In the countrj. Its total cost will aggregate $150,000 "Wo are now working a force of 300 men and 100 teams daily on tho dam," said Mr Gawau last evening. "In starting wo wont forty-five feet below the surface for a cutoff base. At tho present time construction has progressed to a point forty feet above the flow-line of the creek. Tho work will havo been completed and ready for use within sixty-five days. "In tho heart of the area that will be reclaimed, the townelto of Metropolis Metrop-olis has been laid out and a new, modern hotel of fifty rooms has already al-ready been completed. The hostelry will open next Friday night with a grand ball. Special "trains will be run from Wells to Metropolis over tho recently constructed spur lino from the Southern Pacific main road. "Tho new bank of Metropolis is now In course of building and will havo been completed within the next thirty days, when it will open for business. There aro already two good-sized restaurants at Metropolis and Q number num-ber of stores will soon be established. Land sales are Increasing rapidly, and many settlem, who realize tho future destiny of the section, aro flocking In to get on tho ground floor. The community is building up rapidly j Of the fifty miles of irrigation canals ' to bo constructed, twenty-five miloB already havo been completed." |