Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-12-30 | Page 3 | Topographical Map of State is Suggested

TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP OF STATE IS SUGGESTED SALT LAKBi Dec 30. George F. j HeGonegle, sUle engineer, urges In, ills biennial report to Governor P.im-berger, P.im-berger, that a topographical map of( Ftah be made He recommends th.it $20,000 be appropriated by the legls-1 lature for this worl: McGonagle de-blares de-blares that the federal government., through the United Stales geological; survey, started to make such a map' of the United States in 1SS2 To date. about four-tenths of the country has I been mapped out and It Is tho prac- tlce of the go.ernmcnt to spend dol-; lar for dollar wherever a state appropriates ap-propriates moncv for this purpose. : Topographic maps, according to Mr McGonagle, nrc of an inestimable alue to a state and aid in stimulat- ing mining, irrigation, drainage, agrl- 1 culture, road construction and other development. If the state expects to keep space with the other stales in i the development of its natural resources resour-ces s;;s the recommendation, the topographic map must be completed.. Under the new Irrigation and water righu liw providing for the distribution distribu-tion of the public waters of the state, the state engineer has taken over iltir-! ir.g the last blenntum the distribution of wier from Ihe following strcoms Antelope creek. Hig spring branch, Blue Mountain streams. COS ' reeL. Grass! Trail creek, Knn.irra creek.! Little Pru5h errek. Price river. Quail' creek, Red creek(8S,irto Clara river, Sevier Se-vier river system and the Weber river system, Some of these were taken OVer on iWitiCi:i of the Water users and I some on the requests of the courts. 1 . The report devotes a hnpter to the progress being made in the adjudica-; tlon of water rights, and takes up the Sevier and the Weber at some length-Concerning' length-Concerning' the Weber 11 says: "It is estimated tha there are between, ISOft and 20nt water claimants on this river system and that it will lake from 1 two to three years before a deterntl-' nation of all rights will be completed and submitted to the district COUti The work of the engineer's office' In connection With water distribution Is taken up at considerable length. This also Included the s,..i,r river lOd In 1919 the Weber. On the Sevier Se-vier It was found that the "HigginS decree Classifies the primary rights into fo:ir classes and, to give each eanat Its rights, the dally discharge of the r:c-r must be determined and the) various canal headgales changed ac-. cordlngly. .