Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-01-06 | Page 3 | Salt Lake Likely to Obtain Water

JJ SALT LAKE LIKELY TO OBTAIN WATER WATE SALT LAIE LAKE Jan 6 Harry 6 Harry Jes- Jes Jessen Jessen Jessen sen city engineer and W V H If Fol Folland land Fol-land land city cily attorney conferred with 1 1 R It Alexander Allxander district counsel for the tho United States reclamation service E B 0 O Larsen engineer In charge of or Investigation in the Salt Lake basin project and George M Bacon state slate engineer Wednesday on the details ot or the city proposed to acre feet felt or of orthe the Echo reservoir The capacity of r the reservoir lato Is Isto isto to be 7 1000 acre feet and already acre feet have been sub sub- subscribed subscribed sub subscribed scribed Including the subscription or of Ogden City In view of at this fact It would appear that Salt Lake would bo unable to obtain the 10 10 acre aClo feet reet desired but the city officials were Informed that It was probable that th some Bome of or the tho canal which increased their subscriptions In order to make up the required minimum of or SO 80 per percent percent cent of or the total would be willing willin willingto willingto to place some of their additional subscription at the disposal of o the city