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Show rf THE SOUTH PORK 1 RESERVOIR SURVEYS k River Flowing 480 Cubic Feet Every Second Subscriptions For , " Water Rights at Cost Expire Wednesday Bids for First V ' 60 Feet Will Be Asked Within 30 Days. . - J. " T r '' ' Tho engineers in charge of the ' ' South Fori: dam, Bostaph and Roche, j t haTO just returned from a surveying I ,". - trip to tho reservoir site. While on I . tho ground they measured the South. ,' '- .- Fork wator flow. The water Is run- Ji ; , K nlng through a flume across the ex- ! "(- u cavatlon and -ISO cuhic feet of water I L pasBCB through the flume every scc- ! ; f ond, or 960 acre feet ahoots through j ' 'the flume overy 24 hours. The water I now running to waste, If saved and J, stored for five days, would equal 4.S00 i. acre feet, or enough water lo servo r L Ogdcn City for July and August, whon i the city reaches a "population of SO.0OO to 100000. Ogden City has a good ! . flood water right and only needs nuii- ' summer water. ,' Cobble Creek Itself was flowing 42 second feet In addition to tho above v ' flow. Cobble Creek temporarily I flowing into the South Fork west of the dam site, but will flow Into the reservoir east of the dam again when the dam Is completed. In 90 days the flood water in Cobble Cob-ble Creek alone will flow over 8,00) ' acre feet. Three weeks ago Cobble , Creek was reported to have been twice as high as it has been the last week, in summer cobble Creek runs dry. Tho engineers in charge Bay there 1b no doubt whatever of filling the dam every year 120 feet above bed- 1 ' v , rock. 1 ' -, The engineers are busy preparing ; ' the plans and within 30 days bids will t be asked for the erection of the first II,'" ' v 60 feet of the dam. Hfc; Speaking of the dam, Mr. Glasmann .. j. said that one year from next montn !j- will find the water shooting over a fi C 60-foot dam and summer water will he A , ready to water the thirsty land in ).. v; July and August, 1913. " ' '', ' ' Quite a number of the subscribers -'' ', to stock in the proposed South Fork ?&& company have transferred their sub- ' Jv? , scriptlons to the Ogden River Reser-,,. Reser-,,. -fafe,' voir company and only two days re- J i mains to make such transfer. After '? '- - May 15, 1912, the guarantee to lot yf '. subscribers for water rights have wa- V"VV; T ter at actual cost, with a guarantee not to exceed $50 per full acre water V . right, will expire. No subscriptions ) to water rights at cost price will be I ' tov-uutu unci iuiiv j.o, xv lu. , , " The first 10 per cent payment need i,fi- j,1" scrlption must be made before 6 v f.' o'clock p. m May 15, 1912. hi$ Tho Ogden River Reservoir com . pany will put in measuring devices in - J , various parts of the river. The flow , ib' of -water for July and August will be fq - measured every day from two to four ..jUVS'- t,meB- |