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Show I Court Room Crowded and Plain Talk indulged In.. Farmers Air I Their Grievances and Complain of Past Schemes that Have I Not Been Profitable. Mayor Glasmann TeHls Them to Get I In On the Ground Floor or Get Out of Way and Let Ogden I Build the Reservoir For the City Exclusively. All Opposition B ' Melting Away and Farmers Promise to Get Busy. Meeting B Adjourned For One Week. Resolutions Adopted Which B Means Business. - H Tho South Fork water meeting drew H a largo crowd to the court houeo Sat- H urday afternoon, all tho seats being H comfortably filled. Mr. Glasmann, H chairman of tho subscription commit- H tee, told the farmers assembled that H tho city council hnd accepted his rec- H ommcndallon to give the farmers thlr- H ty days' lime, or until October -I, to H make good the balance of tho subscrlp- H (Ion of water stock which up to date H was $211,000, hut which would have to H be $350,000 and that the farmers would H be expected to make good $139,000 H worth of subscriptions within the H next three weeks. Tliat unless tho H farmers? showed a disposition to take H the necessary subscription the city mm would build tne reservoir aionc, oui M would only build a dam sufficient to fl giro the city 10 second feet of water H , per day. H Tho mayor further said that ho had H heon told of rumors going through the H county that thoro was a "nigger in H tho South Fork reservoir wood pllo" H and that the new light and power com- H pnny was to use the reservoir for H power purposes and that somebody H had said that one million dollars was H too much money to build the dam, H that there must be somo graft in the M proposition, otc , etc. Tho mayor said H that ho as chairman was the only B' man that had been making: any prom- V ises and tho only promise ho could H mako was that he would call a mect- H lng whon tho stock was subscribed. Hf t That no ono had power to mako any H other promiso and if any had been B mado they wero valueless. H The mayor said that as chairman of H tho subscription committee ho was H nothing but -a servant of the fctock- H holders and that if thoro was any H "nigger in tho woodpile" the stock- Bl holders would have to placo him thoro. H Ho further said that the cost of tho B reservoir would amount anywhero H from $100,000 to $1,000,000, it all de- H pending upon how high In the air they Hl would go, but In order to get tho full Hl amount of water right figured on it H would cost $1,055,000 to build tho B dam. That, of course, tho company B could stop anywhere after tho oxpen- H! dltureB amounted to between $100,000 Bl jind upward. That no company had B been organized and would not bo or- mM ganized until $350,000 had been sub- B scribed and that tlie sum must bo Hj raised before Octobor 4th That tho H city could go it alono was assured; in H fact, that tho city would begin Mon- H day morning, September 11, to work M on the dam, and If the farmers accept- M ed tho city's proposition thoy would M have to pay tho city the money back B that would be spent from now on un- B til October 4. f The mayor said, "Now, B gentlemen, it is up to you farmors. fl Como In or stay out. Take your M choice. In conclusion I want you to M be plain. If thero are any questions M you want to ask, ask them," and then H the ball started rolling. A man by M the name of Barotholoracw from Plain M City said he had invested in a coal B mine proposition not long ago and his B stock had gone up in smoke, that the B farmers had been bilked on somo B Mexican rubber scheme, and that prac- B tlcally all tho farmers in "Weber coun- B ty. In his section, had put into the B Davis & Weber county electric B scheme. Ho said ho had bought some B stock in the Standard Publishing com- H pany when F J Cannon and others Bj woro running) tho nowspnper, and he 6ald the farmors were frightened to death of any proposition Mr. Glasmann, Glas-mann, who was acting as chairman, said; "Well, my friend, did I ever ask you to Invest in any proposition that you lost In?" He said, Yes," he had Joined the mayor In the Intermoun-ptaln Intermoun-ptaln Fair association. The latter said, "That Fair stock is good stock; 1 still own mine ' Mr. Bartholomew replied that ho had failed to pay his assessment assess-ment on his stock and they sold him out. The chairman responded that that was proper; no man should expect ex-pect others to pay his burdens; that the fair property was worth every dollar that had been put Into the proposition A. T Wright then took tho floor and said that as director of the Merchants' Mer-chants' Light fc Power company he wished the farmers to understand that his company had made a contract for twenty-five years with the Davis & Weber Counties Canal company for its power. That thoy had no understanding understand-ing with tho South Fork reservoir proposition, that they did not want any power from any other source, that thoy could not use it if they had and that they would not even filo on tho water If it wero offered to them for notliing, that ho did not want tho farmors to deceive themselves In thinking that the Merchants' Light &. Power company was laying low to take advantage of anything tho farmers farm-ers wore doing. This was rather a surprise to tho farmers present, as many of them actually bollevcd that the whole South Fork proposition was a scheme of tho new power company Mr. "Wright further said that he had not taken any stock In the South Fork reservoir proposition because ho thought be was doing pretty well by getting Into the now light company, hut that ho was satisfied that the South Fork reservoir proposition was a good measure. That he had no land on which to put the water, but If tho farmors would show a disposition to help themselves that be or his firm would take some stock, but would only do it on a basis to help the farmer, and not because ho had land Hoput tho water on. CHosT'F Mlddleton next took tho stand and said that ho was surprised that the farmers had got into the'r heads that there was any hidden hand In the. South Fork proposition, or that thoy thought there was a "nigger In the wood pile," becauso he said ho had known tho chairman of tho committee, com-mittee, Mr. Glasmann, for many years, over since ho camo to Ogden, and that ho had full confidence that Mr Glasmann would not tie up the South Fork reservoir project with any thing, because he had no right to make any promiso; that he was only acting as an agent of a meeting of citizens that had appointed him as chairman of a committee to secure $350,000 worth of subscriptions and that then a meeting would be called by him and his duties would ceaso, and then the meeting would do as It saw fit. This was an eye-opener to many present, who had an Idea that Mr Glasmann had powor to tie up the proposed company and make promises and bind tho company Mr. Mlddleton further said It would be a shame to allow the city of Ogden to put a little dam In the South Fork reservoir site that "would only hold 10 second feet of water, Just enough to supply the city, and thus destroy tho V only placo on the whole Ogden river that would make a big reservoir Ho said that Almighty God had placed these natural reservoir sites to be used to their full capacity and that It would bo a disgrace to the intelligence intelli-gence of the people assembled to allow al-low tho dam to go by default by let ting Ogden City build a little dam to hold 10 feet of water when the dam could bo built to hold a thousand cubic cu-bic feet of water for dally use Mr Mlddleton also said ho had ben associated as-sociated with Engineer Bostaph on the Davis Weber counties canal and that he had built the dam for that company and that he (Middloton) was a director of said company, and ho had found Mr. Bostinh's figures and statements to be always truo and correct, and that while some people were complaining because the price of an ncre of water right in the South Fork reservoir was $35 yet he would not have believed that the water could be stored at any such a low figure If it was not for the confidence he had In Chief Engineer Bostnpli Mr Mlddleton Mld-dleton said, "I have had so much experience ex-perience with Mr. Bostaph that I I can truthfully say he has been tested test-ed as a builder of reservoir dams. A sample reservoir is now In the East canyon, thirty miles from Ogden, and he has proved to be perfect In his profession " In conclusion Mr. Mid dloton pleaded with the farmers not to nllow Ogden City to spoil that splendid reservoir site by putting In a little dam which would only hojd water enough for Ogden City. Mr. W. L. Stewart of Warren next took the floor and wanted tho chairman chair-man to call a meeting of the stockholders stock-holders that had already subscribed and that tho city allow those who had already subscribed to join it in building build-ing a $211,000 dam Instead of the city alone building a $100,000 dam. The chairman explained that the South Fork reservoir site was such that a $200,000 dam would not store murh more than a -5100,000 dam and that tho gieat storage of -water only began after about $200,000 had been spent. That the second $100,000 would not store much more than 500 acres additional addi-tional water right than did the first $100,000, but that the investment of I $350,000 would store 4,500 acres of j water right and that It would be foolish fool-ish to build less than one-third of the ' whole dam if wo expected to give the farmers water, because tho foundation founda-tion cost would be so heavy that practically prac-tically no water would be secured un-i til over $100,000 to $200,000 would be1 invested. The chairman then showed tho people the official bluo prints or the reservoir slto and showed that tho great Increase of stored water only began after $200,000 had been Invested. Invest-ed. For Instance, said the chairman, j $200,000 would just store 990 acres of water right, while $350,000 would store approximately 4,500 acres of water wa-ter right Mr Stewart undertook to make a motion that the city Join tho farmers' that had already subscribed and take' chances, but Mr. Glasmann refused to entertain any such motion. Ho said that the farmers would have to mako good the $350,000 subscription beforo the city would Join them, that on tho $200,000 basis the city would take all the water or nearly so; that It was not worth while to havo tho farmors Join But that on the $350,000 investment I the farmer would be getting his water. Ghalrman Glasmann allowed tho larmers a grcit deal of latitude Id talking and they talked nil around tho question, and he permitted tho farmers to air their grievances at pleasure The following resolutions were then adopted unanimously: "Ogden, Utah, Sept, 9, 1911. "To the Honorable Mayor and Members Mem-bers of the City Council of Ogden City, Utih.. Gentlemen: At a meeting of the representatives, stockholders and directors of the irrigation companies compa-nies of Weber county, hold at tho county court house on Saturday, September Sep-tember 9. 1911, tho following resolutions resolu-tions were unanimously adopted. "Wheieas, the mayor and city coun cil of Ogden Clt, Utah, unanimously passed a resolution on Tuesday, September Sep-tember 5, 1911, ai-thorlzlng and providing pro-viding that the farmers and stockholders stock-holders of the lirigatlon companies of Weber county be ghen until tho 4th day of October, 1911, in which to secure se-cure the necessary subscriptions for tho capital stock of the South Fork reservoir to the full amount of $.150,-000, $.150,-000, therefore, Bo It Resolved, by this body of farmers, stockholders and directors of the Irrigation companies of Weber county, stale of Utah, that we hereby accept the aforesaid proposition of the said mayor and city council of Ogden Citj, Utah, and hereby agree to securo the necessary subscribers for the capital cap-ital stock of the South Fork reservoir, reser-voir, to make the capital stock subscribed sub-scribed amount to the sum of $350,000, on or before the 4th day of October, 1911, or otherwise stop aside and authorize au-thorize the city of Ogden to pioceed with the construct) n of said reservoir without the co-. ion of the farm ers, stockholder- ml directors of the Inlgatlon companies, and be it further fur-ther "Resolved. That we respectfully request re-quest the co-operation of the business men and all residents of Ogden City and Weber county in securing tho subscriptions for tho stock necessary to completo the reservoir. "MILO R. SHARP, Plain City. "T E. POWELL. Marriott, "HENRY T M'ENTIRE. Farr West, "W L STEWART, "Warren. 'JOSEPH BIDWELL. North Ogden. "JOHN HALL, Huntavllle" F M Drlggs, of the state school for the deaf and blind, stated that recently re-cently he had had occasion to entertain enter-tain some big men and that he had taken them over the Davis & Weber Counties canal over on the Sand Ridge where they viewed the flow of the canal as a veritable river flowing to the farms and orchards. Ho thought It the grandest sight he had ever seen and he felt to urgently admonish ad-monish the farmers to take hold of the South Fork project. He said that land along tho canal, that a few years ago was worth only $20 an acre on tho market, is today selling to $500 '"Engineer Bostaph told tho farmers that tho powor branch of a leservoir project was of no value at all except that the water could be .ised for Irrigation Irri-gation purposes. To build a reservoir and carry water '.hrouph the cmyons to the valloy below for powor purposes, pur-poses, he said, would not pny 6 per cent on the investment, but to utilize the wator for Irrigation purposes after af-ter generating powor he declared would be profitable to the Irrigation company, Joseph BIdwoll then got up and snld that North Ogden wanted 1,000 shares of wator right and that the company had only their Irrigation company to bond. The chairman told him that there would be no trouble of bonding the North Ogden Irrigation canal, providing pro-viding the company had no debt and that the company would give a first mortgage bond on Its entire canal and water, as the water would practically covor tho land. The chairman said ho would help the company raise the money If their water right was in good shape. Mr. Mllo Sharpo, president of tho Plain City Irrigation company, said that their company needed lots of water, but the question was how to pay for It. The chairman said, "Your peoplo subscribed for 350 shares, but It has not gone on record yet," and Mr. Sharpe said. "Yes," they voted to take 350 shares, but failed to make provisions to pay for them, but that his company would got busy at onco and take some action. On motion the meeting adjourned to meet Saturday, Soptember 1C, 1911. at 1 o'clock sharp at the county court house, at which time all grievances of the farmer are to bo ruled out of order or-der and nothing but water stock will bo discussed. All tho peoplo who want to take stock aro Invited to como to this meeting. |