Show 11 I 1 I 1 i t ai i r BEAU OR I 1 MYER UNAL 1 creat Artif idil rivers that aply water for million of acres 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 as tb ill lV estern can urse t at U cana sian wie win garlands centred on n the I 1 til rik catts cat cut ts 61 the management of 0 the utah ahern railroad Kail road company may attributed trio origin of te great r it ter canal 1 enterer a ahe fie feasibility 0 of the broj ct et was ft t M by fly john jqhn it viell II 11 10 0 was then op operating rAting i ia wyoming I 1 1 idaho in ill two now I 1 easeful and of great advantage t ti ar and d land of that once desolate itria ligi who began work last ring on the ilia survey of a light grale the big hill from dew byville i tho the sum wit ot of the tile range first probed I 1 s the building of 0 thia groat great canal I 1 tar prise 1 juhn it bothwell wee was given en an ini in gilt to the araj arct ct and at once began i eliciting li citing capital to carry out the tile I 1 fc heme I 1 his lis indomitable energy and i if lince in there enterprises were t d disputed by capital is tga aga ho ad favored him in other like enter i lees jarvia jarvis conklin of the kansas i ity and st louie mortgage and rust company at once realized the agni tudo of this project and were 0 lot ot long in organizing a corni comi uny and piecing placing the bonds in i lif if lerent ferentE eastern a stern cities months ter the proposition was paced before chese henc capitalists work was staffed on I 1 he canal by advertising tor for a con through the agency of the larvis arvie conklin trust company wm win garland hen then a large conrector in kansas city and one orie of the tile I 1 builders of the A T as F it 11 R and other roada roads waa was granted the contract coor act rhe tile jarvie jarvis conklin trust company parly p deposited to ba bak kair sir garand garland ae as a purey for his faithful completion of he file work sub con tractors from dakota nebraska new 31 mexico exico colorado and washington I 1 territory were informed of the great project and pt at once made application I 1 for division work there was very little delay from the time of organization to the time I 1 ground vi as being turned on hoth both sections I 1 of the canal a description of I 1 which follows in this article in spite of all that has been written and aid paid about the bear river canal enter enterprise price very few know or in fact I 1 can realize ite its magnitude it is the largest and most expensive canal project on the western continent outside of the nicaragua enterprise in central america in connection with itt the two canala canals now being built on the cast east and nest ast tides miles of the tile great bear river wm win garland hae has a contract tor for grading eleven m lee of the utah A northern railroad from Deuey Dene villa to the ilia head lea of the narrows most of which work will nece skillful engineering through the canyon a di dirance die tance of three thre miles emilea with the three contracts contract for the canal and the railroad rail roal I most all are heavy rock with seven tunnels averaging from 80 to feet in length at ath built to the average height and width of a standard guage railroad 11 ITS PURPOSE the object of the bear luver river canal is to furnish water for irrigation to certain lands in malad valley and the slope lands along the silt salt lake valley from bear luver river to ogden both canals are to cover a di distance stance of miles and over acres of land wi wil I tie be irrigates irrigated in bith bah valleye valleys including a scope of country in weber I 1 county of acres at I 1 present this territory is iii practically useless on account of the lack of water the canal ie is ting being built on a grade at euch such a height beight above the arid and lands ma M to cover almost every foot of ground I 1 that bat ie is wort worth h cultivating at dewey ville the tile past east fride fide canal breaks from the foothills toot bille and at this thi a point will start ite its supply from this point to brigham city a distance of ceven seven miles there ie is estimated to bi acres of land practically worthless at predent on account of drouth but when tup supplied plied with water from the can canal al every part can be cultivated from brigham city to oden odea ia is a territory covering about acres of good land most of which ia is not worth living on unless supplied by water ibis amount of acrea acreage gelies aliee upon ahat n hat Is called the I 1 bench land lands upon m which no water can be fumed frona from the natural supply most alost of this ground is owned by people I 1 who the completion of the bear kiver river canal before the they can begin breaking ground and ut utilizing r it for cultivation when competed the east channel will be 65 55 miles long 14 feet wide at the bottom and 24 beet feet wide artlie at the surface bank each canal carriea carries 1000 cobic cubic feet per second of water on a four per cent grade four feet to the mile the east channel coming toward ogden will be expected to carry he ilia bulk of the water from bear luver River and will be deposited in ogden gd en river at a point one mile below the mouth of the tile canyon flood gates ill be placed at every section covering one mile to each break from whence laterals literals late rals wil run to the file different ditches supplying the farmers THE WEST Ci tANNEL on ill the opposite p te side I 1 ll 11 of 1 tha ilia river from th the 0 mao r canal I 1 ie is the et channel which ie is to supply malad valley and that section of the country tills this will be 40 to 00 60 miles long several laterals literals late rals will be put in along the tile channel to the ilia Corinne and plain city country the tile heaviest part of the tile entire work Is at present being done on the west branch of the canal now surveyed to bl ill ue us creek and contracts sublet for ilia work coveting a territory of about ten milea from this point the tile carbal will be c carried A 1 led from blue cre creek crek k billion station on lie the p down dow a the bench landa lands on the promontory into bear arver buy bay from fill hie station two literals laterals late later rals alq will be put in to 1 ly the tile malad valley and the ban bench c h lands lande through thia this extensive district and adjoining country at present air mr gailand gallant hae has the tile contract for only twelve miloe miles on each bide side of bear kiver river as well as eleven miles of ilia work of the tile new standard ala gladeon glageon gl ageon le on the utah northern railroad this j I 1 it contract covers the tile most difficult portion of the work vork end and in fact will cost in the neighborhood of before complete completed of this work mr air garland has sublet sub let eleven miles of the tile cinal canal and a small artion portion of tile railroad grade the heavy it avy work at the hea 1 of the narrows ia being prosecuted by himself on both the canals ae as well aa as the railroad the dam work at the head bead of the narrows ie is all being done by the company independent of the contractor and sub contractors and will be completed in a short time to tuck back water over a territory for about five miles this dam winch which spans the first fall at the foot oi of the park ie is feet lang and thirty eight feet high constructed of heavy masonry for twenty feet high backed by the tile heaviest umbers timbers to be found in the mountains mor wor tided and beveled to hold for many years to come the tile two tivo outlets on the east and weft wept sides of the tile dam darn are capable of holding all I 1 lie water in the bear river at the highest water mark and bold hold a flow of 2000 cubic feet per second of water from the dam data to the outlets the ilow of water will have aa au average fall 1 aar 1141 1 I 1 I 1 of only 80 feet to the mile mind na gaim fet above the riar bd in m to mile from ibe the head of th N arow to the foot fiot of t the cani rt a distance c f two miles the river r has I 1 a fall aloa of 00 feet carra ing at present cubit I 1 feet per seand of water but at iw water mak has ilia cobic cubic ctet the two canals ere are twing built on the of 0 liking aa 1 the water from liia the r V it ill lowest register mark and I 1 f y to carry two t third of the w water a f P r at nai its highest register mrk mark or cubic feet of water ater per tecona la in both canals the principal princ work of the tile canal it is now baing executed on the west sidi of the canyon where a tunnel feet in length ie is being excavated part of this ibis work ie is being carried on by aar gailand Gaila cd and tae other by 31 1 I griffin who haa has two sections of the work covering two miles on the opposite aide side of the river ie Is the work of campbell Cana woods sub c nt who have yards of canavon work on an the canal as well welt as yat 1401 work on tile the utah northern N grade with the except exception iou of 0 this heavy rock work covering a double dista ince of two miles the woi k is practically le finished fini shod no work other arl than tunneling ie is being done on ilia canal on this side on account of tile grade on oil the utah otah northern which when completed will enable the canal contractors to go ahead and finish t and without being interfered with by waste froni fron tile railroad grade above the canal ernide the tile wok in the theNA consists of thee tilee th til ee different dair rent tirades grades the two canal levels and the utah northern railroad A tunnel of feet on both the canal and railroad grade ia is necessary after which only y a 1 little I tie heavy work is required to reach a grade ral do from the upper part r t of the val dalfey foy to the lower through this his chain or range on the wea wet side of the narrows begins the most difficult art of the canal work from the dam to a point one mile below the tile work is being done by win wm garland the head contractor the next mile of work formerly run by the jonea jones brothers ie Is bein finished by it D griffin upon this stretch of work is the great tunnel ag feet in length this work is divided into four sections upha upon ech etch of which a force of men are at work ork driving this immense subterranean avern cavern capable capable of admitting a standard guage railway at the earne tame time large forces of men are engaged in breaking down the walls of the canyon to a degla depth of from to feet for the tile be bed of the great artificial river AH all work ia Is being done by power drills frills and the booting shooting by electric b bitterice bit terie and while one is visiting tha the work from the mouth of the canyon to the head bead of the tile narrows it is one constant cone lant roar of blastic and the warning of bye some sume months ago a dir agreement arose among ilia subcontractor and anti mr air garland the pin cipA at which time bad weather and numerous nume ous tous other obstacles compelled a reduction of tile forces to some extent this gave the enterprise a setback and a disagreement ia in affard created a law euit suit between john it bothwell both well and the directors of the ilia mcany this having been sett settlor lod and all things adjusted now work bag ha been resumed on a badis of 0 system and mr air bith w 11 retired from the presidency and a n ne ev v president was elected work is going ahead without interrupt on andeen and men are wanted at the very best of wages to continue oper tiona it at the last meeting of the tile board of directors in the following organization wa wag effected J 0 armstrong president L B adams vice president t J 11 II bacon secretary reta and treasurer T F I 1 ocilio t land and water commissioner 00 0 0 It ichards gener attorney 11 II 0 gilbert business us manager jno jun T caine director elwood el wood meade consulting su biting engineer J 11 II ulrich engineer ing ineer in charge of operations mr air fortier superintendent of ogdan water works company and 0 11 II nicolet auditor the new now management is composed of men who have the successful termination of this great enterprise at heart and from now on there w will ill be no delays in its final completion as well as the speedy completion of the ogden water works an enterprise that will be under headway with the opening of spring the cost of the canal including the estimate now maje made by the engineer in the waterworks water works will cover an expense of when ahen fully completed has alread already been expended carld in the wok wo k the az cal capital lital stock of tile company as represented is it amount if f necessary can be appropriated to carry out the project the two canals when co completed and realy for operation are ea estimated to coat coit 1600 leaving a surplus of to bo be placed place in the tile building of the ogden city waste water works mr fortier the superintendent lias A already begun his work of plan planning in g for the construction and aa as soon as they can break ground in the canyon work will be started on the dam as well as upon the dit ditches clies mr fortier is a gentleman of wide ex peri pei eId ence and was assistant engineer of the denver water works company a and is recommended as one of the most competent and experienced men in the western country the company has secured an ample water right and are read ready for business when the 4 he proper time arrivee arrives BROAD till TITZ UTAH NORTHERN As soon as win wro garland the bear iziver canal contractor his has finished ills his wo work of 0 grading in the deweyville Dewe cut air through the narrows work will ill be started on broad gauging the utah northern route from ogden to poca ullo the object of this contract of I 1 eleven miles now being prosecuted by mr garland is to avoid a heavy grade on what hat is known as Col collingston linston hill the cutoff cut off starts just above Dewe gille where the canal crosses the utah tah northern track Jol following lowing the grade of the canal to the mouth of the narrows from whence it keep keeps about eighty five feet above the canal on the east side to tile head bead of ilia canyon thence around the hill bill to loaf logan in by so doing a grade of feet to tile mile is ie reduced to eighty eight feet and the ilia route made shorter in addition to thin the st scenery enery in in passing through the narrows la Is equal to any in utah an and a fine country in in the bear river valley is given a needed alvun tibe while now the road covers over twenty miles of desolate range co country ti alry in 1 making I this his cutoff cut off a tunnel of IK fret feet is clug being made in the theNa rows end and the length of tunnel eighty alve feet below ilia railroad grade is being run forthe for alie canal there ie is no work going on at pre present menton on the canal on account of the railroad wor work k above hut but as fast as the railroad grade Is made work ork will follow on the canal gruda grade TUB THE TOWN of has been nothing informer in former yea years rs other than a way station on the ilia utah t Nr northern thern but with the advent of the bear river canal it developed into a formidable metropolis for laboring men the he rp porting orting element and a junction for odd and even men oll juston as a town thinks ite its chances chance fl are equally as all good aa as any other camp and claims that dignity if it Is only a way station on the utah A northern it has a reputation and in view of the act fact that the bear river ranal canal company make it their working headquarters headquarter a it ig is enough to give collinston collingston Col linston more linn than the ilia usual recognition it ismore is more than a station and has the right to claim ite its share of the metropolitan recognition as such 11 II 0 jennett deputy sheriff ehe under sheriff loveland lovland Lov wand of box elder county by CoUla ae his homo home IQ I 1 i I 1 I 1 A an awl 1 so it hue has been bean ever i the utah Novi nor |