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Show 40 ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF WATER DEVELOPMENT and scrutiny of the civic authorities, and in October of 1934 City Engineer Beers delivered to Mayor Marcus his written report recommending, upon certain conditions, that the City subscribe for 44,000 acre feet of the water supply to be developed from the Deer Creek Division. His conclusions were stated in part as follows: " In order to adequately provide for the future water supply of Salt Lake City, it is essential that a definite plan should be adopted, so that necessary provisions for delivery of such water to the City may be made sufficiently in advance of its actual need, to prevent any serious future water shortage. " The City is interested in the Deer Creek Project primarily for the purpose of determining to what extent and at what price water can 57. Map of Provo River Project, showing areas irrigated or proposed for irrigation under the main project divisions. Bureau of Reclamation be obtained for future needs; and it is evident, without any extensive investigations, that if water in suf- ficent quantity can be obtained from the Deer Creek Project, it will be cheaper than a similar quantity obtained from any other source." PRELIMINARY WORK From then on preliminary work on the Project was carried forward by representatives of varied interests. W. R. Wallace and C. C. Parsons of Salt Lake City, John D. Rice of the Attorney General's staff, Fisher Harris, City Attorney of Salt Lake City, A. V. Wat- kins of Provo, Abel John Evans of Lehi, J. W. Gillman of Provo, and Louis Marcus, Mayor, and George D. Keyser, Water Commissioner, of Salt Lake City, were all active in this work. |