| Show ELECTRIC POWER representatives ADVOCATE DAM county and others from are present at meeting from fridays standard A mass meeting which was called at the instance ot tha board of county was held ye at Hunt arnie 40 ascertain the feeling at the resident of valley tas the proposed changing of the route of the county road in order to allow tha utah light and railway company to bercot a large power dam at shanghai flats on river genera manager campbell ot salt lake bishop wade local hanaw chief engineer honald clel engineer willard willa rd young douglas awan chief clerk ot the operating department of tha power company and president middleton city engineer parker and county stanford wll son and maden went froni to attend the meeting which was largely before meeting dinner was served to the visitors by the residents of huntsville some time ago he uth light and hallway company petitioned roe board of county commissioners tor permission to change the cauree of the county road in osden canyon to permit of the building ot a large dam at th time tha expressed hems elYas aa being in sympathy with the erection of a dam but hesitated to take until tha rel lents of the districts directly affected hail been consulted and the mass meeting yesterday waa for the purpose at finding out how they felt there wan amae opposition to aba granting of the petition by conae of those present principally those choso whoso lands would aie inundated ly tha iback ans up of tha water of the river walla come othora thought that the arising fram tha stagnant in he reservoir would injure the health ot those close by then there mere some who thought that thai grada proposed would be ana that the new road would ot be safe as it passed over ahe top of the dam wl was in the route 0 snow slides all emhe were met ond at the conclusion of the meeting 1 ws fled that no organized movement toe made against tha building ot the dam and the changing of the of the county road moat of the opposition was from th residents ot the eden dist not with sorn others from the other the meeting was called fa order by president Stant oid of the board 0 county who was elect d temporary chairman of the meet ing mayor nelson ot huntsville waa permanent he outlined briefly th plans of the light and railway company to erect a power dam in canyon for irrigation and power purposes he stated that the dath would be erected at absolutely no expense to the people but that they could take as much stock in the company to i be formed as they and it they did not care to do so the power com i pany would stand the entire expense following fallowing Fal lowing stanford bishop wade the coin pany showed a map of the dam which he declared was nearly it not absolutely perfect and from memory juat where the flam would be located what lands were beaded doiy the water would be backed up and where he roads leading to and eden would run he that the power company would stand the entire expense of changing the route of the road and that the same would be as good in point of construction aa the present road and be foor ros wide tue question was asked by ame ot the delegates it the backing up of the water would not be the cause of disease because of the stench arising fi water bishop wado stated that that question had been raised and that after having consulted with beverl doctors in regard to the matter he could state that the conditions would be no worse than those which existed st present and in fact would be an improvement over present conditions one delegate asked it it would not be a year or eo before the item vaa completed and it during that time the people would be allowed io use the present road bishop wade said that ate company expected that the old road would be used until the new one was completed the question was also asked it the power company would purchase tho 2500 acres of land that the backing up of die water would inundate and tho bishop replied that his company expected to purchase the land needed at a fair price general campbell ot the company spoke at length of the attempts made in the past by his company to build a power dam and ot their abandonment of the proposition on ao count of the opposition of the people he said that the company was now renewing its efforts and that in his opinion the revenue derived by weber county from the reservoir would be as great as to the power company inasmuch as it would distribute water to acres of land in this county the valuation ot the same 2 ho said that the total assess nuat at pren fc of this county was about and that ahe increased acreage would increase the valuation one seventh he also mated that his company expended in this county and was paying high taxes and their expenditures and taxes would be in creasea by the building of the dam and concluded by saying for the third time do not bock the way for the construction st of something that will bring to weber county for some thing that Is today worthless president middleton Middle tou spoke in favor of tho proposition and said that he had witnessed the building ot alt the canals in this county aad bad used what little influence he had in favor of their construction and was in favor of the present proposition that he thought ghitl alie real question before ahe meeting mas the objections that had been anade to the changing of tha route of the founty f road in ogden cau yon he bald that so far the effects of ahe ul luing of the dam would have on that could be settled later and that the company had come to atheni in order that all might be satisfied and were considering the greatest good or the greatest number mayor nelson of stated that that city had appointed no one to voino the of the city and called upon joseph barker to mako a statement mr barker there were number of strong arguments in favor of the proposed building 0 the dam and that all the fact that there was a of water but the au etlou was should the residents of give up their landa tor the building of roads and shower adms he asked it it were not true that there were other bites tor the dam available and stated that one of the bairt men in tan county judge thomas D dee gave hla life arao in trying to locate desirable I 1 place tor a power dam george H hall of hunts vule said that be would not one stone in tho way of anything that would b of benefit to weber county and bald ii our products are there will be an increased market that will take all we can raise in the valley it i it were a personal matter I 1 would probably have as much ob JUon as any one man th speaker was strongly in favor 0 the building of the daru for the residents of eden george fuller spoke again the dam being located in the crayon and suds that he believed that ther were other places whereby the arid lands of the county might be benefited by the erection of a bower dam he amed jofh r pit that might be used naming particularly cobble ted in ae south fork of ogden banyon which he declared could b tode to hold gallons of mr barer of abden was ajo opposed to the building of the dain he believed that the health of the people would be injured bishop bramwell of plain atty said that h was much interested in the water question and that it his people did not get water in abo near tutor they would have to pull stakes and seek other quarters and he was hi avor of the ogden canyon sito for he dam M sharp of plain city wa also in avor of the ogden canyon site afta was also mr jacob thomas ot farr west and W L stewart of warren while green taylor and leoy of R Mc Forland of vest weber and newman bacher yere against the proposition young civil engineer spoke of th cost of establishing reier airs and the comparison of the same ath the production of water |
