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Show II : , Fifty Men, Busy With Powder, Steam Machinery Tfeonias Owens, Manager ol the American Construction Com- II ; pany, Personally M Charge-He Says the Work Will Go Slowly lor Sometime, as it Takes Time to put Up Buildings H BJi. and Terate and MacMiaery and Prepare the Site for the Concrete Work-Full Description ol the Dam by the H If l Engineers-Ogdem City Will Lose, Over Fifty Thousand iS It Fails to Join the Big Enterprise. I S l 2 ; How the Dam Started Bit t ,asL llle "ork has started in mm .earnest on the big South Fork res- ST eryoir dam. For three weeks Thorn - s; Oweus, manager of the American A .Construction company, 'lias been busy U naulin-s mapjilnery to South Fork J canyon, preparatory to the work or. ?J fhe dam Itself. Several steam boll- ers, engines, pumps, concrete mixers IK and several Ingcrsoll steam drills jf were shipped over the Ogdon Rapid H Transit company to Ihe Hermitage, ; Ogden- canyon, from where the mn- Igl cljinery was murled in an automobile truck to the South Fork canvon. The people in Huntsville looked with sur- prise on the big gasoline wagon hauling haul-ing seven tons at a time through that town. The truck has double wheels, about 12 inches wide, and moves along at the rate of 12 miles an liqur up and down h(lL ' The two big Ingersoll steam drills Mil bo put to work on the tunnel .which will be drilled thiough the solid sol-id rock of the mountain in order to make a six-foot aqueduct through fcrhlch the water is to pour when the Tiver is obstructed by the dam.. One of the steam drills is placed on the .ea.st side and the other one on the :west end and the work will continue day and night. Two or three shifts will work each' 21 hours. The rock is so hard that only a Tew feet per .day can be taken oct at each end 'of the tunnel. The blasting must be done very carefully as the rock ton the sides of the tunnel must not ','ue loosened or cracked, j The beginning of, the dam brings ha mind the fact that for -10 years 'efforts have been made to build a "flam in the South Fork canyon. ' 'At onc l'me Bishop w- s- Steward 11 ? 'and a number of Plain City people a pent much money looking for bed-B bed-B , Tock but gave it up. fj '- Bishop Bramwell later en formed ! 'r an association, and spent some raon- " : ey looking for a. favorable site Twenty Twen-ty j ty years ago tho rather of the pres-Um pres-Um cut county rommisslouer, Moroni Skeen, William Bostaph and Judge ilhn D. Murphy sunk three holes to (bedrock just where the Ogden River ! .Reservoir company is now building )ts dam l'hese three individuals silent $1,500 on the Cobble. Creek site. but, after showing the bedrock to a Jew iiio-ds. had tho holes . boarded : Vr-Jour- feet .hekvt:lha suuface- and, . $ covered, with dlrt A .New York loan g companv had agiccd to buy l"hc bonds I to build the dam. William Glnsmann i took the bonds and mortgages east l for .Moroni Skccn and was to bring bad: $500,000 in cash or bank drafts. but when he arrived In New York the Cleveland panic had struck the coun- I try and tho -loan .company was in the bines of ,si1 receiver, and Moroni Skeen died before he could get the company reorganized. "iWlien William Glasmaun, chairman ok the farmers' committee of the South Fork Reservoir company. jus about a year ago, was looking for bedrock, he knew just where to go. r So did William Bostaph, tho engineer. engi-neer. Talk about Mr. Glasmann ben-i ben-i : c'flting by knowledge he secured while mavor! Why. Mr. Glasmann " brought Moroni Skcen's knowledgo to I the city and to the farmers and to the reservoir company ' Later on, Hon. David Eccles. Judge Thomas D. Deo. II. H. Spencer, M. S. Browning. John Plnsree. John Wat-Son, Wat-Son, Charles Kircher and Alex Brewer Brew-er dug several holes on the ground now owned by the Ogden River Reservoir Res-ervoir company, but were unable to find bedrock and quit in disgust. Brewer and Browning still having hopes for the future, bought up the land, which they offered to the South Fork1 company a year ago for ?-.-300. but a few weeks ago sold to the city for S5.G00. With all these failures of the past, no other person was willing to do anything. Then it was that the Evening Eve-ning Standard took up the cause ot the reservoir, spending over a thousand thou-sand dollars in printer's ink, until finally fi-nally the city council, the county commissioners and the farmers were brought together. Then what? ny , ! the Standard's manager, William Glasmann. was given the task to sc-Wc sc-Wc the subscribers, do the work ; Necessary to raise the money and 'build the dam. Ho furnished his on convevance. visited all parts of the 'county, held public meetings, paid his own expenses. Finally he had 4300.000 subscribed toward building the dam. $140,000 p which was sub-' sub-' t.i i- n-zAo.n City. The subscrlb- crs to the Stock agreed that 10 per. cent should be paid In at once. It &an arranged that Ogdon City should xcaate the ground to bedrock and "the reservoir company should pay Oj,-lon Oj,-lon City $2 In water rights for each dollar paid out by Ogden in stripping the earth to bedrock. This generous gener-ous offer of paying two for one was Screed to by the farmers, because it ! 4? then thought that Ogden City ; Wncd the water flhnp at the Cobble Cob-ble Crcok site and also that Ogden .fclty. In its four filings, owned all the Sater possible to atoro in the South Jork of the Ogden river. ., When the city government ennnged lands and the new city adm Inls tra-lion tra-lion concluded that, under tho la. J. could not legally own stock In ihe reservoir company, and the com-SlEslgners com-SlEslgners were assured by ex-Ma -ir Brewer that the city owned all ffie- water In tho South Fork, even it Cobble Creek, and the records jt hc cll hall showed Ogden had a III-f III-f Inc at Cobble Crock, the cqmmlssion-i cqmmlssion-i Irs naUrally thought the lormen $ ; Jought to do something handsome bi ' : 'the cltv. If fe latter would step Side. Hero It was that Mr. Glas- mann discovered that no one could I . "Se on race ater than he could use 'ind, second, that a city could not file f on water for irrigation purposes. Tho I i ' city withdrew from the reservoir i company and naturally forfeited all right it had in the proposed com- j pany The farmers got cold feet and asked that their 10 per cent .be paid back. While all this was going on, William Glasmann had been out of office of-fice for over a quarter of a year, lie tiled on the water for irrigation purposes, pur-poses, 25,000 acres. The same was approved, a company was formed and the dam is now being built on ground owned by the company It is very Interesting !to go over the record of events as they occurred and they are heiewith reproduced in chronological chronologi-cal order L ii i mim impii.ij,.ijj.j,VfJ.ii mm THOS. OWENS Manager American Construction Company Chronological Record of the Dam February, 1911 Eeutng Stand-ara Stand-ara cails on r-eopie of Weoer ou.iij to build reservoir to save Hood waters of the Ogden river. March 1, 1911 Mayor Glasmann asks .city council to appoint a commU-feeTtoin&ucojc6plo commU-feeTtoin&ucojc6plo to bujia"arcser-olr bujia"arcser-olr on the Ogden "river. March 1, 1911 Council Ceo. Wilson's Wil-son's resolution, appointing Mayor Glasmann and Councllmen Poery and Browning a committee to Join county commlssoiners in an effort to Induce irrigation canals of Weber county to build the resen-ofr, ,was unanimously adopted. March 2, 1911 Said committee met with count' commissioners' in court house and organized. William Glasmann Glas-mann elected chairman, O. B. Madson vice chairman; Horace Peer, secretary. secre-tary. Public meeting called for March 25, 1911. March 13, 1911 Mayor Glasmann isends communication to the city council asking that the city subscribe for $100,000 in water stock and join the farmers In building the reservoir. March 23, 1911 T. Samuel Brownlnc introduced a resolution in city council authorizing the city to subscribe for enough water in the proposed South Fork Reservoir company to give Ogdon Og-don Clt- twelve million gallons ol water dally for ninety days. Same was unanimously adopted. March 25, 1911 Court house packed pack-ed with citizens from Weber county who vote to build reservoir In South Fork canyon. William Glasmann unanimously elected chairman of meeting. M. S. Browning and Alex Brewer offer the land they owned for $2.S00 to tho proposed company Chas Holllng8Worth elected secrotary William Wil-liam Glasmann made chairman ot committee to secure subscriptions for reservoir stock and instructed to form corporation as soon as $300,000 is subscribed sub-scribed March 27, 1911 Resolution adopted by the city council approving the ma -or's action in subscribing for '.5,100 shares of water stock in the South Fork Reservoir compnny. March 28 to September 1, 1911 The Evening Standard, day after day, solicits so-licits subscriptions for the South Fork Reservoir company, and William Glasmann Glas-mann is holding almost dally meetings meet-ings with the farmers in Weber coun-tv, coun-tv, all at tho expense of said William Glasmanu, which oxixmbes have never nev-er been repaid. September A, 1911 Farmers and South Fork Subscribers or stock in public meeting authorized Ogden City to cut a trench across the canyon at Cobble Creek to ucutock aim iu ju.. Ogden City $2 in water right for each dollar expended, same to apply on city's first 10 per cent to be paid on Its subscription to stock subscribed In the South Fork Reservoir company. September 12. 1911 Ogden City signs contract vith .1. l. O'N'eill to dig the trench at Cojjhle, Creek as per agreement with the South Fork Reservoir Res-ervoir company. November 20. 1911 O'Neill exposes ex-poses bddrock clear across tho canyon. can-yon. , November 21, 1911 William Glasmann. Glas-mann. chairman South Fork Reservoir comnauy, offers to sign up .contract with Ogden City. Opposition in city council caused the city council to refuse re-fuse to sign ontract with tho reservoir reser-voir company, o.i the ground that the new cltv government, about to take hold, should be given a free hand In making the contract it will have to carry out. November 24, 1911 William Glasmann Glas-mann calls public meeting for December Decem-ber 2 of stockholders of South Fork Resenolr 'company to .force Ogdon Citv to sign un contract as previously agreed to, with tho South Fork Reservoir Res-ervoir company. December 2, 1911 Public mtine, county court house of stock subscribers subscrib-ers to the South Fork ReserVoir company com-pany Mr., Glasmann explains that the bedrock hr.s been exposed clear acioss the canyon and that he believes tho lime has come for "the contract to be signed between Ogdon City and South Fork company, but that he, Glasmann. Is both at the head of the city government govern-ment and tho reservoir company and that he could not very well sign the contract for both sides and, therefore, resigned as chairman of the reservoir company and M S. Drowning is elected elect-ed to succeed Mr. Glasmann The meeting unanimously Instructed the new chairman to sign up a contract with Ogden City before Mayor Glas-mann's Glas-mann's term expires Notwithstanding these instructions M S. Browning declines de-clines to enter into a contract with the city of Ogden. claiming that it was unfair to the new city commission commis-sion to sign up a contract three or four weeks before Ihe commissioners take office. December 11, 1912 Mayor Glasmann sent communication to the city council coun-cil asking the city council to go on record and make-good the agreement verballv made with the South Fork Reservoir company. December 19. 1911 The city council coun-cil of Ogden City, by unanimous vote. I orders that the mayor's request for! an agreement with the South Forkl Reservoir company be referred to the Incoming administration. December 20, 1911 Mayor Glas-' mann tells M. S Browning that he believes a majority of the commission , Is unfriendly to the reservoir project proj-ect and asks his help to pet the city council to act. Mr. Browning says it Is unfair to the new commission to make a contract just before they take hold of affairs and that he feels sure that tho new commissioners will continue con-tinue the project as proposed by the city and farmers up to date. January (l, 1912 William Glasmann retires as mayor of Ogden. January 2, 1312 Mayor A. G. Fell, Commissioners Xye and Browning sworn in as the city government of Ogden. January 3 to January 31, 1912 City commissioners do nothing toward to-ward South Fork reservoir project. February 1 to February 29, 1912 City of Ogden does nothing towards buildlDg South Fork reservoir project. proj-ect. -March 1 to 10, 1912 Meeting of South Fork reservoir committee with Ogden City officials. City notifies committee that city would not continue con-tinue with the South Fork project, that the law did not permit the city to join with the company, but was Willing to consider an offer for the citv to abandon Its rights to tho subscribers sub-scribers of the South Fork Reservoir company and suggest that $150,000 is about rlf it. The committee hears the proposition and claims that the credit for uncovering bedrock belongs be-longs to the South Fork Reservoir company and not to Ogden City, and that If there Is any value to the Cobble Cob-ble Creek site It belongs to the reservoir res-ervoir company and not to Ogden City, as the city owned no rights there, nnd, if the city withdraws from the company, it will lose all It has advanced for the reservoir. March 14, 1912 William Glasmann files on 25,000 acres of the flood water wa-ter for irrigation purposes, subject , only to rights previously filed and appropriated by the city authorities. II ii II IIMIIl ir -HV.tJtji , mJ WILLIAM BOSTAPH Of the firm of Bostaph and Roche Chief Engineers. March 31, 1912, 2 o'clock p. m. Public meeting of subscribers of tho South Fork Reservoir company at the court house Ogden City, bj its three commissioners, present, withdraws Its subset iption from the South Fork ftcscrvolr company and forfeits all rights it has In the South Fork company com-pany at the Cobble Creek site. ; March 31, 1912 At a o'clock p. m., ! William Glasmann offers his water filing to the South Fork wator to the company for $4D2.u0, the cost piico ho paid the state of I'tah. It was I declined. He was Insulted for his efforts ef-forts lo protect the company and laughed at for thiowlng his money awny. Later on an effort was made to buj Mr. Glasmann'B water right, but he refused to sell. March 31, at 4 p. m., 1912 Meeting Meet-ing decides to organize the reservoir reser-voir project without Ogden City and orders each stock holder to pay up the first 10 pei cent required by law, elects directors, and Instructs them to incorporate the company as Eoon as the full 10 per cent Is paid la, but tho withdrawal of the city gives tho farmers cold feet and out of ten irrigation companies only onc paid in Us money. April 1, 1912 Lellny Armstrong, all around Smart Alex and bird of passage, arrived in Ogden and from I present Indications will prove a costly ! April fool to Ogdon. April, about 8th, 1912 South Fork Resdnoir compare stockholders meet in court house and officers import-First, import-First, that less than 1 per cent of the Sr.nn.ono subscribed has been paid in and. second, that It has been discovered dis-covered that tho water filing made by William Glasmann arc good: that the company cannot incorporate unless un-less the full 10 per rent is paid In. Therefore the directors elected report re-port that tho company cannot be legally le-gally organized l. M. Nelsou nf Huntsville moed that the in por rent paid in to tho company be ref inded. that the company be disbanded and that Mr. Glasmann be given an undisputed un-disputed light in form a new company, com-pany, wishing hhu God-speed In the enterprise Motion carried unani mouslv. April 16, 1912 William Glasmann, bu8 150 acres of land trom Joseph , Peery ou which the Cobble Creek dam site is located. Please note this was done oer a quarter of a year after Mr Glasmaun's term as mayor expired and not the next day, as the hlng Examiner stales April 24, 1912 William Glasmann forms the Ogden River Reservoir company with a capital of 5100.-100 Ax 26, 1912 Examiner starts Jn to knock the Reservoir project May 14, 1912 Bostaph and Rocho sign contract to do the engineering for the Ogden River Reecnoli company com-pany June 27, 1912 Ogden Cit files protest pro-test with state engineer against Wll- ' Ham Glasmann. securing appropriations appropria-tions of tho flood waters of the South Fork of the Ogden River and William Glasmann first protests the rights of . Ogden City to an extension of time ' to build a "dam at Magpie canyon. July 3, 1912 A Huntsville Irrigation Irriga-tion company files protest with slate engineer against William Glasmann appropriating the flood waters of tho South Fork of the Ogdon river. August 6, 1912 Ogden River Reservoir Res-ervoir company calls for bids to build I the first C5 feet of tho dam, same to ' be rock fllled,-uith Iron core. August 7, to September 9, 1912 Ogden Morning paper knocking tho reservoir project and lying worse I than a pickpocket on being caught; jail resulted in discouraging many (contractors, some of whom said they would not take a contract In a city . that supported such a lousy outfit as the Examiner. September 10, 1912 On account of knockers only 5 bids were received, all too high and are rejected. September 12, 1912 New bids called call-ed for under a guarantee of $100,000 that all tho rot related bv the Ogden' 1 Examiner about tho Ogden River i Resenolr project is raado up of lies ' and that the companv owns the wa- tcr rights and land claims, free from all encumbrance or counter-claims whatever. Octcber 1, 1912 State Engineer grants water appropriation to William Wil-liam Glasmann and denies Huntsville and Ogden City protests. October 5, 1912 New bids received. all over a hundred thousand dollars less than the first bids. October 6. 1912 Contract to build (first C5 feet awarded to the Gllles ; Construction company of Salt Lake ! October 20, 1912 Work begun on hauling machinery to the South Fork 'of the Ogden river. October 30, 1912 Work begun on the dam itself, dralnlug water from I the trench. November 2, 1912 State engineer 'grants Ogden City extension of time I to make proof that it started to build ju dam at Magpie canyon, which does 'not interfere with the Cobble Creek site. i November 4. 1912 Giant Ingersoll steam drills taken from cars at tho Ogden Hermitage to the' South Fork. November 5, 1912 East and west portions of tho big tunnel opened up j for the big steam drills. November G. 1912 Blasting out , rock in the bottom of trench begins. I November V. 1912 General Mana- j ger Owens of tho American Construe- I Hon coihpan. which company pur-, 'chased the contract to build the dam i from the Glllls construction, received his ch-:ck for tho October work done on tho Ogden River Reservoir company's com-pany's property. , ', November 14. 1912 The Ogden Ex-1 Ex-1 amlner aas the man who was the head and front of all tho push and I energy exhibited as above nnd who at last, In spite of all the knockers nnd liars, 13 proceeding to build tho dam. is a thief, a despoiler, a robbor ' and a bad man. November 1G. 191? The Evening 1 Standard prints tho foregoing as the ' record of WMlHnni Glasmann in the South Fork reservoir project. I We do not bellove that their is another nian In all Ogdon who, under the Knocking. b?ck biting, jealousy I and various conditions, would have nu a sinulo dollar Into the enterprise WiT.am Glasmann Is entitled to all tho glorv and cro.ld for the promotion promo-tion ol the enterprise. It is too late I now to injure tho enterprise. All the disgruntled ani onvioua nowspa- ' per cranks In the world could not stop the work. It is going on. The city of 0;den has water rights in tho South Fork. Mr. Glas-i Glas-i mann concedes that. The city of I I Ogden dug a $10 000 hole on ground i which was said to belong to M. S. j Browning, but. nftcr the hole was ildug. it developed that it was on tho I property of Joseph Peery, and when Ithe city withdrew from the project Mr. Glasmann bought the land with i the $10,000 hole In It When the city I laid claim to tho hole. Mr. Glasmann 'Said lie would pay the city all the .money it spent In digging t'ie hole, less what It would cost lo clean it out. as the city allowed the hole to partly fill up." If the city refusps i that. then It must remove the hole or Mr. Glasmann will fill it up These are the plain facta In the case. To say, as the Kxaminer doos, that J because Mr. Glasmanu was mayor last year he had no u'ght to go Into 'the reservoir business is a fool's .thought. Mr. Glasmann started the I reservoir while lie was mayor and ho Is going to continue it as an cx-' cx-' mayor J Only a scurvy scrub, who has t.o I manhood or sense of decency, can j find anything wiong In all of Mr. Glasmann's actions as mayor or as an ex -major. Ills record Is an open book. The official records show that every act of Mr Glasmann was lawful, just and fair No honest man can I do more if Mr Glasmann has done ! anything -wrong, whv not prosocute .him'' Eh' We said it If Mr. Glasmann Glas-mann has done wrong let him be punished like others who do wrong. jtJVjJJLMH I ft,.. HI u.,)l 1, ILAIJ WiJ.'li r-r-i W E. ROCHE Gi the firm of Bostaph and Roche, Chief Engineers. i How It Looks to a Stranger i Rapid progress Is being made on i the South Fork reservoir which Is , being constructed by Thomas Owens of the American Construction company com-pany for the Ogden River Reservoir 1 1 company, and it is stated that solid j bed rock will be pretty well stripped before the freezing weather sets in. I The men are now blasting the bed I rock down to solid rock without cracks or seaming. 0er forty men are now employed on tho bed rock and arranging to lay the concrete foundation for the 1 side walls and other parts of the great structure. i Two thousand sacks of cement are being transferred from the Hermitage In Ogden canyon to the dam b means of an auto truck and It will not bo many days before the cement will be safely placed at tho disposal of the workmen. j The camp at the dam presents a busy sceue and the placo Is a tontod city, there being something over twenty tents. The work of the past week has been somewhat rctanicn because of the excessive supply of mud occasioned bv the recont heavy storms, but the ground Is much drier 'now, and It Is expected that building from now on will be done to greater advantage than horetofore. The engineers engi-neers are satisfied with the work that Is being done by the contractors and thev say that tho dam when completed com-pleted will bo among the most substantial sub-stantial in tho state. Aside from the forty men. there arc engaged a number of teams 2nd several sev-eral steam drills will be onipIoel In breaking up rock substances to get through to the solid bed rock across the entire width of tho proposed dam Bostaph and Roche, the chief engl-' nccrB of the company, were asked In . a reporter to briefly describe the dam and said: ' Description of the Dam "The plan of the proposed Cobble Creek dam contemplatos a dam con 3tructed of puddle cla with tut im-I im-I pervious hollow reinforced concrete j core-wall in tho body, the Ooro wall to be cut five foM deep into tho blue ' limestone bed rock the entire length, of the dam. the ends to be cut tho sumo depth Into the solid rock walls on each side. This coro wall Is to be provided with drains to take up and carry bevoud the toe of the dam any I seepage 'water that may find Its way I 'into the body of the dam . ' Tho width of the dam on top K ilhlrtv-ono feet, the fide slopes are 1 2 on'l. The upstream faco. slope M lo bo riprappod to protect it from wave ' action. I The outlet Is thiough a tunnel o. I caxated through the solid limestone i at tho south end of the dnm. with r shaft sunk from tho top of the cliff ; iuto this iunn,el. j Two sets of outlet gates are set in the tunnel at the bottom of this shaft, each with nn auxiliary gate for uso In an emergency. Thc?o gate shafts laro provided with suitable valves an I , pipes to protect it against any excessive ex-cessive pressure and to discharge tho air when in operation. Th tOtc stems are carried to a platform at the top of the shaft and are operated by suitable gearing At the north end of the dam a ro-in ro-in forced concrete wastoway is provided provid-ed to run over the solid rock to a point beyond tho toe of the dam Thlo wastow.-fy wilt bo seven f??t below tho crest of the dam and forty. eight fee i:i width,, of ample capacity to carry over the largest volume of "wator that has ever been known on the stream. The plans provide a sufficient foundation foun-dation foi a dam 200 "feet In height and when completed with Impound all the flood water of tho South Fork of Ogden i Ivor " How Things Appear to to the Company Ex-Mayor William Glasmaun, president pres-ident of ihe Ogden Rier Reservoir company, says that he has just returned re-turned ironi the dam site and was agreeably surprised In the start the American Construction company has made. I was pleased to note the solid blue lime rock the powder was breaking loose. Our engineers thought We might have to go as far as ten feet to find the solid rock but -present Indications In-dications show that- four or five feel of tho surface blasted away will give the eolld rock required. Referring to tho city Mr. Glasmann said "Ogden City has three filings or. water on the South Fork but none o. these are at Cobble Creek. The cll has two filings two miles above oui site and one about two miles below our site. Either one would give cho clt all the water It will need for a hundred years to come The question for Ogden City to decide Is whether It will build its own dairi or will join our company "The city owns absolutely no rights whatever on the laud on which we arc , building our dam. The land Is private i property jet under the law the city ' can take our land under condemnation i proceedings if the city can show that j It needs all of it. Right there Is the I rub. Our reservoir site Is capable of storing 40,000 acres of water rights and the city can only show that it needs ten cubic feet per day for CO da.s in the summer, which would be equal to 1,200 acre feet of water to bo impounded for city use. Therefore, There-fore, the city could never in the world get a court to condemn ALL of our 40,000 acre reservoir rights to let Ogden Cltv have 1.200 acres of water rights. What, then. Is the remedy? The city can get Its water in a hall dozen different ways and no onc can stop It from getting all the city can provo It needs. That 13 whv the clt Is domandlng big concessions from our company. The citv commissioners commission-ers know thoy lose nothing by delay while our company has only money enough to put In a, small part of the I dam and must bond Itself to raise I money to finish the project, and sc long ns the lawsuit between the com-luanv com-luanv and the cit is unsettled, Just I that Ions will our company bo eaget . "(!:: offalrs with the city, be cause- wo cannot bond tho enterprise j! until the lawsuits aro settled. (""H "The story told by our enemies, H that the city owns rights on our H grounds because the city dug a hole I! ou our ground last year is all hot I! air If the digging of holes in other H people's grounds gives the digger any fwM right to ihe hole, then people will stop H paying cash for land "H Our company has offered to pay the fWM city for all the work the city did on H our grounds while I was mayor that H is of value to our company. If the H city docs not want that, It will get H nothing Our company 1b under no fl legal obligation to pay the city for ""H digging holes on other people's land. H We are offering to pay the city Just what tho excavation is worth to us In H dollars and cents, not because the city H can make us pay it, but because I H was mayor when the work was done H 1 should not have permitted the city "H to expend money on other people's H ground while I was mayor, though H there was good and sufncieptreason for spending It. If the new" city gov- H ernment had continued with the "H South Pork Reservoir company In- H Stead of withdrawing from it. the city H would have been all right. The city H withdrew from the old company and "H lost whatever rights It bad, if the city "jjjjjH ever had any at the Cobble Creek site JH after Alex Brewer cancelled that site nnd moved the city filings two miles JH farther west. H It will cost approximately $100,000 H to put in the bedrock foundation be- fl fore even one gallon of water is fl stored. If the city joins our com- H pany it will Just save half of that foundation. That is why it is profit- :H able for the city to join our company H in the dam. The city only requires H a small part of the water, but if the H city builds a dam on its own site it IH will have to pay alone for the full foulndation. We want the city to join ' us, too, because it will be a saving . to our company to build jointly. The j "jjjjjH city Is backed by three of the best ' H lawyers in Ogden and they are drlv- , jH ing so hard a bargain that our com- IH pany has decided to 'go. It alone un- less the city concedes practically an H It demands. We can build our dam l" 10 feet above the level 'of the river i without getting off of our own l grounds. Nothing. except to pas tno price under condemnation proceed- iH Ings can permanently stop us from 'H building this 40 feet on our own 'H ground, and, under the law, after our H 40 feet Is built we have 14 years to f" , finish the dam. hence, if the city " wants to fight us in the courts, wo ' have plenty of time in which to do the fighting. ,H Instead of people trying to stop H the city and our company from get- ;H ting together, every effort should be ' made to force the parties together, j ! The farmers want the water and the iH city wants the business resulting H i from Increased farming. The comple- 'H : tion of the dam means much to Og- 'H i den Shall the dam be delayed by JH law suits, or shall It be built? WWM I think the public fully understands """""""" the animus behind the opposition newspapers. H |