Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-09-19 | Page 1 | Agreement to Trade Water Reached Here by Canal Men

AGREEMENT TO TRADE WATER REACHED HEREBY HERE HEREBY HEREBY I BY CANAL MEN North Ogden and Vestern to Apply for Echo Supply OTHERS TO GET IT Then den River Water Vater Vill Be Relinquished Above Aboyo trana Through an agreement ement for trans trans- transfer fer fer ot or Irrigation water reached yesterday afternoon assurance has been clen gisen that the North Og- Og Ogden den Of-den den Irrigation Irritation company and the Irrigation company will subscribe tor for two or three thousand acre feet 0 ot of Echo reservoir reser water ater and will give this tills to four tour other irrigation companies In exchange e for tor O Ogden den river water Tho The other oilier four companies are the tho Plain City Irrigation company the Marriott Irrigation company compan Perry Irrigation lion tion company and North Irrigation company To TO nGI L CANAL X George A O ine ent- ent entIng ins Ing the Perry Irrigation company presided at the meeting which was as held at fit the Weber Water Vater Users as association offices 2453 Grant avenue Tho The agreement de- de decided decided de decided upon by the th canal com corn companies companies panics representatives contemplates contemplates plates arrangements tor for enlarging the Plain City City- canal and placing ot of o measurement devices according to committee members This ac- ac action action ac action tion will win add to the Echo reservoir a subscriptions and also alao solve a problem regarding additional water for tor some somo ot of Weber eber county's best beat lands I Tho The North Ogden and Western canals will secure an supply through this transfer which I they could not otherwise secure excepting by building ot of An nn an Ogden river r reservoir as the intakes for both canals are aro ar above the Ogden I and Weber eber river junction t proposed ropo ed agreement will h he- he I the tha stockholders of ot t ts t's iy six for tor their O l which r be necessary before the th ac- ac actual ac actual subscriptions for tor Echo res- res or can be milde madei THOSE T I Representing n the different canI Canni can- can canal I nr al ni companies were the George G A A Perry canal anal George 1 Geore Gorgo Brown North Ogden 0 den and Western canal Norton Downs Bowns I North Slaterville canal H B D Tay- Tay Tay lor br Plain City canal Adolph Perry terry Marriott canal I Another conference regarding the Echo ch reservoir was held beld yes yea yes erday between J R U Alexander 10 attorney and William WilliamM Williamt 1 t Green federal engineer with lade Johnson attorney and 1 T n It Tones lones secretary of ot the River Water Users User association I I Representatives of ot the Iho th lion tion will confer Monday with Seq Sel Sen 1 I ator Reed Smoot at the th Hotel lItah President A P Bigelow low be- be baIng Ins be-Ins Ing accompanied d by Secretary Jones Jone Attorney Wade Wado Johnson and Attorney Arthur E B Pratt co