Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-09-30 | Page 11 | Expect Dam to be Aready in '30

EXPECT DAM TO TOBE TOBE TOBE BE READY IN 30 Weber River Group Agrees to Two Seasons for fOl Construction Although bids for construction ol or of orthe the Echo reservoir J will be opened on October 25 5 at Salt Lake water for lor lorland forland land under that project will not be available a until the irrigation season of 1930 An agreement has been reached between the United States reclamation service and the Weber River Rl Water Users' Users association through which two operating seasons se sons will be used for building the hep Echo n glo dam and mating moving the Union Pacific railroad tracks and Lincoln highway This was as announced today by Pres Pres- President President ident A. A P. P Bigelow of the association 1 tion This time Is absolutely necessary for the building of the dam accord accord- according accord j according ing to the reclamation sen service ice plans so we have consented cons to iL it IL said President Bigelow This will mean a distribution of the work largely I through 1928 and 1929 although we i expect some of the work will bs b done during this winter Efforts had been made to secure an agreement with the government through which the building work would be handled entirely y emir iy within one operating season making irrigation water available a in 1929 Under this agreement with the owners of the land to be covered by bythe bythe bythe the Echo reservoir waters they are areto areto areto to have use of the lands until they are needed for actual water storage It is presumed that this will Ill result in the lands being farmed during both 1928 and 1929