| Show i OF LOrAN E OBJECT TO DAM J U Fear Repetition of Austin Dist Dis Dis- f f t aster ster er if st State te Persists t in in Course f WOULD MENACE TOWN Ultimatum Threatening Legal Pro Pro- Proceedings Proceedings Proceedings i Presented to Acting Governor Searing Bearing an ultimatum from the peoPle people peo peo- i pIc of ot Logan to the effect that the state stale must abandon Its plan of ot constructing constructing con con- a n dam across the Logan river at the tho mouth of ot Logan canyon or face tace legal proceedings a special committee appointed at a recent mass meeting of ot Logan residents met with Acting Governor Governor Gov Gov- t C S. S and representatives of ot the state and the Agricultural college college col- col lege In the office of ot the Governor Go yesterday yesterday yesterday yes yes- atter afternoon on and delivered their ti message The building of ot the pr proposed posed dam b by bythe the state to furnish power for tOJ the Agricultural college and other state In Institutions institutions In- In and the objections of ot Logan r residents to tho the construction of at the dam were discussed at length v with the result that State Stat Engineer Caleb Tannel Tanner Tan Tan- nor ner J J. J W. W Jensen engineer for the Agricultural college an and l William Bostaph Bos- Bos laph engineer for the tho people o ot of Logan will inspect the dart dam site and surrounding surround surround- ing territory and report to the Governor Governor Governor Gover Gover- nor and the trustees of or the Agricultural Agricultural tural college as soon as possible This report will set et forth conditions what danger danser if it an us es tho they exist and Bcd any there thero would bo be In Jn locating the dam Inthe Inthe in inthe the proposed site sHe It Is expected to contain a lJ recommendation as to the course to be bo pursued b by the state with I reference to the building of ot the dam Tho The committee which came down from Logan LOJan Included F. F J. J Marshall A A. G G. Lundstrom and J. J E Stewart Jr Harry Barry Griffith came as a representative tive of ot the Logan Losan River Water Users' Users association which has a a. dam further up tho the canyon Fear Great Grent Disaster The Logan people object to the construction con con- I of ot the tho dam at the mouth of ot i Logan LOJan can cant on on the ground round that it i inot Is 13 not a safe sate place for tor a dam and one constructed there ro would bo be likely to break brenk and anel wash away almost the en entire en- en tire lire town As a R. substitute they suggest sug sug- gest that tho state build a pipe line litH from a point up the cnn canyon on to a 0 point along the bluffs below Logan and construct construct construct con con- Its power plant there The They contend contend con con- tend that as 05 much water power can be he secured in this manner as with the dam and that such a scheme would re re- re Logan from danger The Tho state has already alread let the contract contract con con- tract for this dam and the contractor has commenced work ork preparing for fOI Its construction Men ren and teams have been taken there from other states and tho the work of ot making makinA the concrete piles plies Is under wa way tray The Tho object of at the dam Is Isto Isto isto to Impound water to furnish power for fora a plant of sufficient ent capacity to supply all tho the electric energy needed by the Agricultural colle college the state stale Institutions Institutions institutions at O Ogden and Salt Lake and find still sUIl have enough left lett to dispose of ot to private private private vate Interests if It not needed b by the state The state engineer contends that the stool and concrete structure which the state proposes to build would stand stam firmly and there would not be DC the slIgh slightest lest danger to the city and ft Its s people |
