Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1911-12-17 | Page 11 | To Finish Tunnel within 13 Months

TO FINISH TUNNEL WITHIN 13 MONTHS Strawberry Project Is So Well Under Way That Its Completion Corn Com Is Definitely Fixed The Herald Hert Provo Dec 16 John John L. L Sag Sag-aU statistician statistician statistician sta sta- for Cur the United States reclamation reclamation tion service at al this city has Just re returned returned returned re- re turned from Crom a visit to the Strawberry tunnel Mr Segall reported today toda that less lens than feet Ceet of or tunnel work 10 re- to be done lone before uniting tho the east cast and west vest portals through th the tho great rim of or the Strawberry basin He HO I also stated that tho the project will be bo completed com coin In 1913 Tho certainty of ot the this completing of or ortho tho the Strawberry project In 1913 has caused aused a great man many people to purchase lund laud around Spanish h Fork Parson Payson Salem Benjamin and antl other points under tho the project as aa land can be obtained In that now for Cor from 30 to GO 60 per acre and It Is considered considered considered con con- tho best land In the entire Utah alle valley When the project was waa first started Jesse Knight ht owned a l 2 acro BOO ranch near Payson Pason but ho hoRold sold Hold off small tracts to until now only 1300 acres remain and this will be bo sold within the tho next tow few months as tho the buyers are now ful A lively race is 18 developing between the Knight ht su sugar ar Interests and tho Utah Sugar company to seo see which concern concern concern con con- cern will be able to secure the best site for the erection of ot a su sugar ar factory factor near Payson When Mr Knight was waa campaigning for tOr the le legislature lature a year oar ago aro last tall fall he promised tho thio people or Payson that he would build a sugar factor factory and he Is preparing preparing- to make good his word but the Utah Sugar company com corn pany Is also anxious to get Jet control of or ortho time Iho business in that section and tho ho of officials ot- ot of ot that company are trying to locate locale a site for a facto factory that will in all probability be larger than thon the one oneat oneat oneat at Lehl Lehi