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Show BUILDING A DAM NEAR LOGAN M. J. Moran of tho Moran Construction Construc-tion company of this city returned from Logan last evening where he has a contract for stripping bedrock for the proposed dam across Logan river, Immediately east of tho Agricultural Agri-cultural college buildings. Ho reports tho work progressing rapidly, the depth reached at this tlmo being about eight feet. Quite unllko tho stripping of the South Fork reservoir dam, tho distance dis-tance to bedrock is not known at tho Logan 6ite, but tho state 13 prosecuting prosecut-ing tho work nud It is Btnted that bedrock will bo found, if it is possible. Mr. Moran has tho contract for excavation ex-cavation for a limited number of feet and it is not oxpoctcd by him thnt bedrock will bo encountered at that depth. Work will be continued through tho winter months, tho state officers desiring to find bedrock in time to begin the building of the largo dam soon after the hlghwator period This dam Is being made to hold tho waters of Logan river to the ox-tent ox-tent that sufficient wnter power may bo conserved to generate enough electric elec-tric current to supply light, heat and power to the collogo buildings. Some dissension has arisen of lato on tho part of property owners bolow tho dam and thoy are determined that the dam shall not bo erected under present plans. Their complaint Is that bedrock cannot bo located nt that place and that to build a dam on anything but solid rock would mean destruction to property below tho dam along tho rlvor bed and llkoly tho loss of life. Mr. Moran states, however, that It seems to him that the people peo-ple aro 'crying before they aro hurt," for tho Btatc haB no thought of putting put-ting In tho dam until solid foundation has boon found. oo |