| Show no new irrigation projects in utah provided in budget bud 9 et special to the san juan record washington D C march 23 no new irrigation projects in utah are provided for in the 1938 interior pc do part apartment ment budget estimates altho several desiray dc de e developments were recommended as available for construction st rt of survay by the Mat ional resources committee a surrey survey here revealed today in the resources report submitted to congress february 3 by president roosevelt six projects involving an outlay of were listed with an additional development in utah and wasatch count counties ids recommended for ine inc in a long range public works program utah like all other western states will receive considerably less for irrigation if the 1938 fiscal year estimates of a the budget bureau remain unchanged the needed to th complete provo river project in utah and wasatch was pared to while tile work vork in county got only of the needed to finish the job ignored entirely were recommendations for completing the diversion tunnel on cottonwood creek in san pete county an ODO project in the great salt lake basin in utah county a project ct on the green and bear rivers and aj a irrigation study on the geen river funds for irrigation work in thein wyoming utah and colorado intall in all the budget bureau slashed funds for irrigation work in the th west to a cut of more than 40 per vent ent from the average expenditure of maintained since 1933 western congressional delegations are alarmed at the severe pruning of irrigation estimates and plan to fight to have additional recommended projects included the first round in this battle will open in the house of representatives in the next week or two when hearings begin on an the interior department appropriation bil supplying funds for the 1938 fiscal year in addition to bearing down heavily on the projects proposed by the national resources committee the budget bureau made drastic cuts or ignored completely requests of the reclamation bureau of funds for regional p anning general investigations basin surveys and smaller pro ejects one item of for colorado river basin study was included in line with the curtailment of irrigation work was a reduction red ution in administrative estimates to 1500 for the 1938 fiscal year this will hamper seriously the routine supervisory work of this important bureau |
