UNITED FOR BONNEVILLE UNIT-Gov. Calvin L. Rampton,
second from ll'ft, and three- members of Utah's congressional
delegation put up a united front Tuesday in appealing for
funds to start construction of the Bonneville Unit of the Cen-
Back Golden Spike Shrine
tral utah Project. From left are Sen. Frank E. Moss, Rampton,
Rep. Laurence Burton, and Rep. David S. King. Utah's
senior Sen. Wallace F. Bennett (not shown) also made a
strong appeal for CUP funds. (Herald-UPI Telephoto)
Ufahns Appeal for Funds
For Bonneville Unit Work
G ta ,go en spIke 0 mk ast and In separate statements, they
Gov. Calvin L. Rampton and West. urged that $2.5 million be addSens.
Frank E. Moss and Wal- Moss who noted that the site ed to President Johnson's budglace
!. Be~nett join~d Wednes- now is' marked only by a small et to permit constr~ction t.o
day ill urgl~g esta~ltshment of concrete marker, said the pro- sta~t on t~e Bonnevllle. ~mt
a Golden Spike Nat~onal Monu- posed 2,OOO-acre National Monu- durmg the flscal year begmnmg
ment and constructlOn of the ment should be developed in July 1. The budget calls for
Bonnevill~ Unit of the Central time for the Golden Spike Cen- only ~1 million for advanced
Utah ProJect, tennial celebration to be held plannmg.
All three testified at a Senate in 1969. Bennett also asked that $1,-
Interior Subcommittee hearing "I am convinced that if the 050,000 be included for the ~!rst
on legislation introduced. by site is improved, and made phas~ of the Jones Hole NahonMoss
to create the new Nahon- more attractive, it will quickly al Fish Hatc~ery and .$40,~OO
al Monument at Promontory, become a mecca for tourists for a study auned at deltvermg
Utah. and for railroad and history water to San Jua~ County. He
The new unit of the Nation- books " the Utah Democrat told urged the committee no~. to
al Park system WQuid commem- the Parks and Recreation Sub- rrant ~ requ~l~t ~r $1 ~~lton
orate the joining of the Union committee. . or a. onnevi e. .ower. ~n-
P T d C tIP . f . Bennett a Republican said Istrahon transmlSSlOn Ime mto
aCI [c an en ra a c 1 1 C . ' . ' . Southern Idaho
railroads in 1869. The presidents he had mtroduced leglslatlOn to Ut h' H . d I t' R
of the two railroads drove a authorize a Golden Spike Na- Ib/ S RouseL e ega lOJn-
B
· etional
Monument three times pu !Can ep. a~rence u~but
was willing to support his ton ~nd Dem~r~ttc ~ep. Davld
Democratic colleagues' bill. S. Kmg-also lomed m the plea
The Utah Republican said the for money to . get w~rk started
Park Service plan for develop- o~ the Bonneville .pro]ect !o proment
of the National Monument Vide water for SIX counhes.
would cost albout $1.2 million -
with annual operating costs of
about $80,000.
}If the bill is passed by this
Congress, Bennett said, the
Park Service had assured him
it would be ready to accommodate
the many visitors expected
for the 1969 centennial celebration.
The Democratic governor and
Utah's politically differing senators
also found themselves in
agreement in testimony prepared
for a House Appropriations
Subcommittee.
$150 Million for Uintah Basi
~~:~~ , In, Central Utah Project Work
~' . A Expenditure. 01 $L5O mUUoa Det. h:"... c. ..
Forr.
~ /1 ! in the utntah Basta alOlle wiD . ,liP<)
/ be forthcoming durla, the COD-A
\ :i , ltruetiOll of the BoaDevi11e Unit //0
~ \ . f I of the Central Utah Projeet. t '/, ' Palmer DeLoDg of the Bu-
, reau c4 Redamati_, JIl'OJed
\, manager for Centnl Utah, ,ave
\a\ " ~ \ a progres8 report OIl the Bonne-
-J \ ville Unit at Vernal Chamber of
Commerce'l'ueaday at 7-U Cafe.
HI SAID there were a lot of
headaches to be re.olved in the
I
development of the project.
He explaiDed that the Bonne'
ville Unit was one of four units
authorb:ed under the Central
f Utah Project. The other three
I are the Vernal, Jensen and Uf
palco IUlits.
Total cost of the Bonneville
Unit will be $320 mUlion with a
price ta, of $380 million let for
, THI VERNAL IXP.ISI
Mr DeLonI said be hoped of- t
fic ials would be able to press
forward with coatract negotiations
and adverti8e U. ibe fall
and call for an a~ eootract
by me_her. fIl tbe en.
trict which Includes Yell eoun-ties.
.
(~tinued _ ,. .. ')
Thursday, March 25, 1115
the four. C 1 Utah III the Uintah Basin, comple- ... entra ••• tion Reservoir next Ipring if a
contract i. approved this fall, if
an agreement is reached OIl
water rights and If funds are
appropriated, the manager predicted.
tioo of the Bonneville Unit will
provide supplemental irrigation
waier for 26,000 acres aloDi the
Duehune River.
III the IJoaQeYille Basin water
will be available for municipal
and industrial usel, hydroelectric
power aDd flood control.
HIGHLIGHTS of the construction
will include Starvation Reservoir
Dear DuchelDe, Current
Creek Reservoir and the enlargement
of Strawberry Reservoir
from a capacity of 270,000 acrefeet
to 700,000 acre-feet.
The Bonneville Unit will increase
agricultural production
by an amount equal to the pre.
ent production of Utah County.
the largest agricultural county
in the state, Mr DeLong predicted.
! The completed project will
generate enough power to sup*-
u.~ of &. cit.v gf .wo.aaa
people.
New recreational facilities d
include the addition of 25,000
acres of water .uriace. Improved
fishing also will result with
a guaranteed minimum capacity
in the new reservoirs aDd
in streams wherever possible,
the manager said.
ENGINEERING studies are
at a stage where construction
can begin soon, he said.
As the project is so complex,
plans are !K'ing made as flexible
as possible due to unforeseen
problems that may arise.
A repayment of $190 million
is scheduled over the next 70
years which will include teo
million interest.
(Continued from pale 1)
HI SAID THAT the Bureau
haa been working out water
rights and filings have been
made in cooperation with the
district.
The water right picture is
clear except for the Resources
Company of Arizona which is
seeking a large filing of Lake
Powell water, the speaker disclosed.
Also an agreement bas to be
reached with the Ute Indian
Tribes. "We must assure the
Indians that we are protecting
their water rights," he stated,
and pointed out that good pro-
. gress is being made but there
is :1 lot to do and it may take
seV(, 1 a1 months.
No ~ on!!tructlon funds for the
1
1..eIltral Utah Project wa. included
in the Administration'. budItt't
for fi s ClI1 year 1966, but an
.df'<7Uate amount was allocated
fQf ,.lanning , he reported.
. 'n-,r Central Utah Conser vanI
cy Districi is working for a
I write·in of construction money so that work can start in 1966.
MR. DELONG praised the I work of L.Y Siddoway, chair,
man of the committee.
, Work could start on Slarva-
The Bureau of Reclamation
and the DUtric:t already are
looking ~ward the ultimate
phase of tbe Central Utah Pro-ject,
he reported.
Accompenying Mr. DeLong :
was Parley V. Neeley, a Bureau
engineer for the project.
IN OTHIR Chamber business
it W8li announced that Governor
Calvin L. Rampton bad consent·
ed to speak at the annual Chamber
of Commerce meeting Monday,
April 19. He will be accom· I
panied by Mrs. Rampton. .
Mr Siddoway announced that
1000 letters had been mailed
inviting visitors to the State
Business and Professional Woo
men's convention in Vernal May
14, 15 and 16.
A bid opening will be held in
Salt Lake City Tuesday on a
section of highway in Dinosaur
National Monument.
It was reported that additional
efforts will be made to obtain
funds for the Jones Hole fish
hatchery access road and also
for the hatchery itself. The U.S.
Bureau of Fish and Wildlife has
reported that the fish supplies
Iin the west are 2S -~r:~
than is required.
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12 B DESERET NEWS, Tuesday, May 4, 1965
'Unwelcome'
Mat Is Out
On Job Camp
Another "unwelcome" mat law entorcemeat of lU own, and
face8 a. proposed Job ~ asked who would be respou&tble
Camp 10 Utah, for protecting the town in cue
Representatives of S nut h any troubie OCC\Im>d,
Weber and ~tah communiti~ i WATER SUPPLY
told Gov CalvJn L, Rampton In Mr. Ray also cIted Incidental I
a public hearin~ at the Capitol i reasons for opposing the camp.
Monday they object 10 the loca- I He said the towns' two major I
hon of 11 C!UIlp n('ar the mouth I sources of water, a tank and the '
of Webt>r Canyon, Military Springs, are both locat-
Officials fmm t!,e towns said I ed on the proposed camp site,
they arp concemro mainly with I He said if the property is sursecu
rity of the camp ann r~s- ! plus, the town would like tf' pur-trietion
of its members. : ('haae it for a park.
HOLHS l iP DECISION I ~dents of South Weber vot-
CrlW Rampton told the group ed 158 to 18 a~ainst tfle camp at \
he' \':ould po"Ip<'ne his final deci- ' a reocent pu,blIc mass meeting,
,c:ion until he ran meoet agllin Mr . Ray saJd. I
with Buredu .)f Reclamation of. HNTAH FEELS SAME ;
ficials and fir.d out exactly whilt Albert F Kendell, a membPr ,'
security measut "S will be taken, I' of the Uintah town board, said,
The Bureau of Reclamation will ''Our conCE'I1l i~ about the I
admiruster the {'amp, The gov- , ~m f'," :
emor told 'he JZl'OUp that he is I "We're afraid some of them I
inclined to approve the camp. i might stop C1ff and get into mis-
He said ' :(> would like to con- rhie!." he said. I
sider the atOtudc> or the commu· An (\ ~he!' spokesman for Ulntah I
nities involved first, however, I said, there was already a hOStile ,'
WANTS ~O FRICTION f('('llng Ilbout the camp ~ong
. reSidents of the C'OTTlmuruty.
Th£' fedf' rlll gowrnl1lent does I DEPWRED BY HAMPTON '
not wish ,to M'ea te frir tion in the l "We'vf' f"Ot to get over that In
commumties, and aL'iO ,~ not I this state," Gov Rampton r~
want to platY' thf' boys In a has· , plied, 'We're seekUlg outside
tJl~ atm(lspilerf' the governor : inrlustry ypt we'ff' telling the
sald. whole w(lrld we're afraid of
Joseph RlIy P' eSldf'nt of thl' : strangers,"
South Weber tn .... n board, AAid ' Glen W Jo1int , !>avis County
the community IS worried about rommissiOlif'r said the rounty
protE'Ction for families living ! would apprnl 'p of the camp if
n(,lIr the C'!imp, the residents near it could bE'
Mr Ray said the town has no consoled.
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