Ogden Daily Standard | 1913-11-18 | Page 10 | Spanish Fork Water Users Reject Offer by Government

vu ! SPANISH FORK WATER USERS REJECT OFFER BY GOVERNMENT, Spanish Fork, Nov. 17. The direr- 1 tors of the Strawberry Caual company com-pany today rejected tho proposal of F H. Newell, director of the United Statea Reclamation service and J. C. Lytel. project engineer, to give to the Spanish Fork canal companies 38,(100 acro-feit of water In order that water might be carried to Payson and other sections by a "high line ca- I nal." The Spanish Fork canal com- ! panies figured that they had been receiving an average of 47.000 acre-feet acre-feet for eleven years from tho river and that It would be too much of a decrease to cut the amount to 38.onn acre-feet Director Newell was said to be dissatisfied with the stand taken by the board of directors, but It is thought that a basis of compromise can be reached through taking the matter up with the stockholders of the cannl companies. If the government govern-ment will ugree to permit the canal companies to take 42,000 or 43 000 acre-feet each year the deal may be closed, but it is not thought that a lc6B amount of water will be accept ed Director Newell left for Provo this afternoon