Irrigation in Utah . the State,with proper restrictions imposed upon the grants. Briefly stated, the specific plan proposed is as follows:That the State should make contracts with reliable privatecorporations, acting as construction companies, for the re-clamation and settlement, within a given period, of the landsto be reclaimed in the State. The sum charged the Stateby the construction company should be specified in thecontract. The power of fixing the price per acre for whichland and water must be sold to settlers should be vested ina State Board of Control, composed of the state engineer,o
Irrigation in Utah . the State,with proper restrictions imposed upon the grants. Briefly stated, the specific plan proposed is as follows:That the State should make contracts with reliable privatecorporations, acting as construction companies, for the re-clamation and settlement, within a given period, of the landsto be reclaimed in the State. The sum charged the Stateby the construction company should be specified in thecontract. The power of fixing the price per acre for whichland and water must be sold to settlers should be vested ina State Board of Control, composed of the state engineer,of a given number of irrigators from different sections ofthe State, and a secretary well versed in irrigation law. ^ A small portion of the southern part of the State lies on thewestern side of the Wasatch mountains, and belongs to the drain-age of the Colorado river and its tributaries. This is a notableexception to the configuration of that part of the State—generallycut up as it is by small creeks and DAM AND HEADGATE OF AN IRRIGATION CANAL. Reclamation hy Private Corporations. 153 This board of control should have charge of all the watersof the State, with authority to inspect proposed irrigationworks and to supervise them while under the sum specified by the contract has been realizedby the investors in the irrigation enterprise from the saleof lands to settlers, the proceeds from the sale of the remain-ing lands, if any, should revert to the State. In all con-tracts the ownership of water should be made from theownership of the land. In view of the deep-rooted prejudice against corporationsin Utah, it would be well to explain the functions of specu-lative enterprise and, more particuarly, to note the condi-tions under which speculative enterprise is permissible. Inadvance of irrigation there can be little or no value indesert lands. In advance of broad and expensive investi-gation there can be no determination as to just where con-ditions ar
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