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Show DMiCll OF SKULL CRACK $0B mm mm IS ASSURE SUPPLY Br ITER I ner Tracy Submit Special Rcpcrt to Commissioners M. z Impcrt-nce cf South Fork Flans and How Other Banalities Are Taking Steps to Provide for Future i1UV Present Shortage During Summer Monihs Is Cited KOn'e Re'lson or nimeiate Action. Iritv is i! urgent need of tel .UPP.V and that the J At city ought to provld ' , lsSUe for the construe-KkuTcracK construe-KkuTcracK reservoir Is E Joseph M. Tracy, cllj en-E en-E filed aPftl - " ... .hr- city commission ic-W,h-1 Jr sum .v s.tuatlon. &S"e istra Lnc of art.-..-., u.ll.- .vh.ch RSSl? bettered this supply. radn';Mlstr.-itlon of A. K. Xiey-mivor Xiey-mivor interest us . for the Skull Cra. k res r-WV' r-WV' i splendid H iw I mi JScVuP the Bouth lork of SS This pnae 'afl ; during the administration of SSSru mayor. The plans: rSSriod far enough so that "oScSis now consider .ha. . 'l ...ken Th- report' a filed yesterday lollows in P.1' .-M.,,re. J Sfl'tah. th. ina:t.-r -1 ac.u.r-t,JJ-'!on''' "l,'l f"r. teJV'waK inr. ntRUi li'Ml: :"'. IK',(I r. p. WiSfrV - "f 1 mi-1,1' mi-1,1' ' jJK'"r ;n h.-.r.-l -'" 1 ' "" Hner to the future "trlty of I- Stttbt 1 bring fhi.. malt, r b. K A, this time I ofSfcrh of iKBrofftb of ti-.- '. j iCK upon ' h- , TMjl,L, l5 ( ii-j- .ii :1. i ' rt fclaj of arid lands, dev. of hydro-tli Ctrl, plants mining Ir,: th Ci or ftKtrio planl that is hul lOI built, ami t iSBiv. rl a o (fcHtanard upon the limi IrUtfBim rtttKiiDsii'd vip..!-. Ing' Hnpidly exhausted far-WQijHk far-WQijHk cK.u v. n.. .ii..;: - ,.iter taagBfu:,..- . in- to piHtl TUllh .in.! KjgHi through ih n .-i i T no: m . : Hi r.a'.ur.J gHlPP.'.'t'rtuiiH.. on ill. sup-r sup-r JUd value of the -. Bfa the HcoU to a. i u lr ...Lin Hfcoi'.pal and ije.ru- such cities us Loh AnK'-l'.-a, San Frun-I Frun-I clscu. Salt Luke. Logan, Brigharn, ami I a great rnonv more DirclM that 1 could naiiu-. have spoilt and are now ypend-liiK ypend-liiK millions of dollar on tho acquiring : of additional waters to take enre of 1 tht future growth of the r o(tlM Th n-e-ls of i Ril-n as rcRards to .:dililional water supply s probably ti' ater ihitii those cM i-m namt-il above, and 1 am sure that tho futuro ofvur city never looked brighter than It does lo.l with rs... t to growth anl prosperity. pros-perity. For more than twenty years ' gdcn has been short ol water, am) is now short of water, many attemp -having been made to acquire additional addition-al supplies, but all have fa.le.l with the exception of the supply developed at h- artesian wells. DRlJUIiTNG M W 1 M s "During 1 1 1 -5 and 1915. the com-nilssioners com-nilssioners of ( Kden City. A. O. Pell Chris Flygare and T. s. HroWnlng, developed de-veloped thut admirable flow of water at the artesl mi wells basin, thus acquiring ac-quiring a pure and w hub some supply oi water; which has been a boon and blessing iu the city ever sinee, und will continue su u.i long as the supply lasts. Tin- hlStor) of all artesian water wa-ter supply however, shows u decreas Ing amount of flow years, go on. Especial lj Is this true when the amount tuken our exceeds the inflow Into tht artesian basin As time goes n. n may happen that there will not be a free-flowing well at the artesian basin. At the ver bast we cannot hope to obtain from the wells an amount exceeding the inflow into tin-basin tin-basin of course when (he wells cease i flowing, considerable water can be I pumped front the artesian basin, but j this amount Will be limited, and will noi be sufficient for the future needs. I of tho City These statements regarding regard-ing the artesian wells are not made to detract from that admirable supply of water, but to convince the citizens that that supply i-j limited and is not! sufficient for the future supply to take care of the future growth of the city. On .September 21, 1 0 1 J . the writer, in the name of Ogden City niads application ap-plication and filed on eight thousand acre-Xcel of the flood waters of the South Fork of ngden river Said filing was contested by some parties, but was finally approved on February 24, 1920, by the state Engineer-, and the city authorlz-d to pr I with the con-' structlon of the works necessary for' the appropriation of the aur. in occordinde with Section chapter C of the Session Lawn of I'tah. 1 9 1 y, it is required that actual construction work begin within six months from date of the approval of appropriation, and furthermore, it is required to dili-gently dili-gently prosecute such work to completion. comple-tion. Failure to comply with above provision of the law may cause forfeiting for-feiting x.t the application. The above filing Is known as Municipal and Dome-tic Filing No. 6ii50 in the office of tn itate engineer and in accordance wltn said application the work must be fully completed by October 12, It m'.jtht be stated further that this filing now owned by Ogden "it is the prior and first filing on all of i lie flood waters of the South Fork of ogden river. The city, if it pro- cc-'d.s with tho fulfill. ng of i.s appro-pri appro-pri i tlon, u-i ii ha i e firs) c -; hi to th flood waters on the South Fork of Jgden river RK8ERVOTR PROPOSAL. The above filing eontem plates the construction of a masonry dam on I wlisi is known as Skull (.'rack dam slto1 whic h is on the right-hand fork of the South Fork of ogden river, to BtOrc the flood waters of both the (eft-hand and right-hand forks of the South Fork of Ogden river. The general plan to be followed Is briefly as follows; fol-lows; It ia the Intention to construct the dam at the Skull Crack dam site to impound the flood waters of the above-named streams and to deliver said flood flow to the prior appropri-ators appropri-ators on the stream in exchange for pure, clean, wholesome wuter that the City or i Igden will tak. from the rlght-and rlght-and left-hand forks above the pro-post-. I dam and reservoir site. "In conjunt'ion with this dai.i and reservqir site, the city intends to utilize util-ize Power Filing No. 4944 for the development de-velopment of power, utilizing the same pipe lines and appurtenances that are used tor the supplying to the city oil the municipal and domestic water under un-der Filing So. byf.O This Power Filing Fil-ing .u 4914 is In good standing at the present time, all rights of the! City In the same having been prot i t-ed t-ed lo date. 11 I FOl M BEDROCK, During September and October of 1919, the city spent $1,481.74 on exposing expos-ing bedrock at the proposed Shuli CracK dam site Bedrock was exposed for the full width of the canyon With the exception of about five feet in the center. Weather conditions prevent-1 oH further development of the outfit In use. but thu ledges on each side of the exeavatlon appeared to be converging con-verging and would meet within a short distance In depth Outside of the above work, nothing further has been done toward jerfecting Filing Xo 6950. "in view of the fact that t h- board of commissioners intend to call a bond election In the very near future and fufther In lew that the works contemplated contem-plated by tho Municipal and Domestic Filing Xo 6'Jro must be completed by October 12, 1J22, and as It seems lm-1 probable that the clt general fundi will he able to stand the cost anel expense ex-pense of constructing the works above refer reel to during the next two years 1 earnestly request that an Item be In-i sertc d in the bond Issue of 1921, as I follows: 1800,60,0 for the construction .f .:;m and reservoir and the building of pipe lines and other work pertinent to the delivery of water from said dam and reservoir to the inhabitants of Ogden Og-den City. Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH M TRACY, City Engineer. |