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Show H ENQINEERINO JOURNAL H PAYS TRIBUTE TO UTAH H In it recent iwiuu the I'liKineeriiii; H Ju.Hieonl jiiv oory high tributo H 4o Utah ronourtitM nml poMnbilitie. It H kIovoUm two fentiiro iirtieloH to this H itnte. One is the doelopmcnt of the H ldest irrigntjion project in America, H tl"lt of the Utah Wntr btoniKo as- H houmtluu whereby IiiihIh m Tooele and K flUtnli countios muy ho rtolmmoil. 'ilUs H jirojeut in full duiiuribcd in the H juagiuluo, nttcntioii bcinj,' injled to H tlm fact that Utah ih the oijigin of H irrigation on thia continent. Since H -tho puhlioation of tho splendid pros- HHk. i ,ri f pectit for Tooelo county, n reprccn-tnthc reprccn-tnthc of the pn eminent department for determining underground flow hait rcKrtC(I upon his observations of the Tooele and Utah county ilistricts. Ho found plenty of water could be obtained, in miction to that hoped for, by the proHwed diversion of water oergrouniL Tho other article is n story describing describ-ing tho new terminal being constructed construct-ed by tho Denver nml I! Id Grande nt Soldier Summit It piiflldcntnlly ms tributo to tho tine supply nf coal n Utah, tellimr tliu onlnlile world t lint in nn ncrngc year. Utah sends over Soldier Summit -lM),000 tout of coal. Aside from ronstniction, the article has n human touch which details how Ihu ruAlrond rnros for its men. It says: "Thcro being no (own nt this xInt, housing accommodations hod to be provided for two hundred men and their families. The rnilwuy company laid out it townsite nml built ten six-room six-room nml tin four-room frame cottages. cot-tages. A Howentgo system wns alto Intflt. Several moru cottages havu lit tn brought to this tuto from the former iliviiiou (mint nt lhlper, which will be abandoned. A framo hotel provides for transitu! and un-mnrrnd un-mnrrnd umjiloyes, ami a Young Mtn's Chnstinn nstuicintiou biiUtliug t being be-ing erected. " |