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Show CLEANING THE BIG CANYON RESERVOIR Trout in tho Artificial Lake Will Be Protected When the Gates Are j Opened New Spillway of Cement is Being Constructed by 1 Utah Light & Railway Company. Since the completion of tho addition to tho power dam of the "Utah Light fe Railway company in Ogden canyon a force of inou have been on tho spillway. spill-way. In tho oporntion of raising tho concrete con-crete dam and in establishing the spillway it has been discovered that the wooden overflow flume has rotted rot-ted to tho point where It Is unfit for further use and the company during the past fow days haH had a gang of concrete workerQ orecting a new overflow. over-flow. Tho entlro wooden structure is being replaced with cement Engineer Dagron was at tho plant yesterday afternoon and ho was pleased pleas-ed with the progress of the work. As soon as the spillway and overflow havo bi i completed tho attention of the engineers will bo directed to tho removal of silt and othor accumulations accumula-tions from the bottom of the rcser- j isin i ' i-u-niTji i ! voir. It is said by officers of the company that In all likelihood tho reservoir res-ervoir will bo deepened by sluicing tho mud through the river channel, through the spillway. While this process is going on tho power plant near the city will necessarily neces-sarily be closed and the olectrlc current cur-rent for tho city and other seotionr. where tho company is furnishing light and power will be supplied bv other plants owned by the company Tho system of the Utah Light & Railway company is so perfocted at this timo that tho patronB will Buffer no Inconvenience Incon-venience should the Ogden plant bo shut down entlroly. Tho supply of electricity can be furnished from other sources. The time for emptying tho reservoir has not boon flxod. The fish and game commissioner will bo advised In timo to give him an opportunity to protect j the trout In the stream. |