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Show ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF WATER DEVELOPMENT 93 • although easements are acceptable on construction and maintenance roads and on blowoffs and turnouts. Purchase of the aqueduct right of way has been an exceedingly difficult problem because of the fact that an unusually wide strip is required to accommodate the large pipe sections and heavy machinery necessary to handle them. In many instances a right of way 150 to 250 feet wide has been required through the center of choice orchards, irrigated farm lands or pastures, thus giving rise to many complex problems of compensation. All negotiations for rights of way already acquired have been conducted by Mr. Hampton C. Godbe, Executive Secretary of the District. The cost has been substantially less than original estimates, and at the same time such pleasant relationships with land owners have obtained that very few condemnation suits have had to be filed. It is estimated that approximately 500 additional tracts will have to be purchased for the remaining aqueduct line. Land purchases are about 32 per cent complete as to mileage, and about 15 per cent complete as to number of tracts. A map showing the present status of the aqueduct right of way appears on page 94. Other Aqueduct Problems There remains not only the additional right of way work, but the detailed engineering which must be done on the design and location of additional aqueduct units, contracts for which it is expected will be let during the present fiscal year. The final location of the line in Salt Lake Valley must be determined, and the City, the District and the Government must decide upon the location of turnouts in order to insure the best utilization of the aqueduct supply to meet various possibilities of future uses. Location, design, scope and financing of a filtration plant and the possibility of water softening treatment must be considered. Consideration must also be given to terminal reservoir facilities for the aqueduct. The problems relating to all of these the District must approach with the idea of attaining the greatest possible flexibility of operation, the greatest possible benefits from its investment and, in accord with its fundamental objects, the results must be carefully planned and coordinated. 124. J. H. Allen, a Salt Lake County property owner, watches measurement of a spring in the course of a right of way negotiation. Hampton C. Godbe |