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Show ou VAST RECLAMATION PROJECT PLANNED Provo, Aug. 24 A part ot reclamation recla-mation service officials has completed comple-ted a trip to th- W sber river for the purpose of investigating conditions condi-tions and securing data for computing comput-ing costs of one of the biggest Irrigation Irri-gation projects in the country Project Manager J. L. Lytel of the 81 r;i w berry valley project ; W F. Walter Wal-ter of Denver, supervising engineer of the central division, and W. D Murphy, Mur-phy, drainage engineer of the reclamation recla-mation service, constituted the party The trip was made by way of Coal- Vllle (going up Weber canyon) and Kamns. coming back through Provo canyon. About 300 miles wore covered cov-ered and a thorough examination made of the Weber river system, op-' portunlties for building reservoirs and the means of diverting the waters wa-ters into Provo river, through which it is proposed to convey it to Utah valley, where canals will be built ti carry the water to lands in Utah, Salt Lake and Tooele counties for irrigating irrigat-ing large areas of fertile land, now without water The project of bringing the waters of the Weber through Provo river has been considered for several years by some of the leading men of the state, and investigations of its feasibility and cost have been madp The feasibility feas-ibility of the undertaking is conceded, but the project is a big one and the cost will be Immense it has been estimated es-timated to be about $10,000,000. Thi3 amount, is difficult to raise by private individuals or corporations, and it is probable for this reason that the reclamation commission has been a-sk-ed to consider it, as with the government gov-ernment it is mainly a question of whether the benefits are sufficient to Insure return of money invested, rather than one of securing the nec- ! essary capital. t The inspecting officials will report to the reclamation commission, and I on this report and other data in the I hands of the commission and to be t secured, a decision will be reached x |