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Show ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF WATER DEVELOPMENT Security Given by Certain Subscribers All stockholders except those who are public corporations executed mortgages to secure their subscription obligations. These cover all of their canal systems, lands and water rights- all of their tangible and intangible property of every nature. NATURE OF WORK AND PROBLEMS OF THE PROVO RIVER WATER USERS ASSOCIATION Past Work - Education and Organization The first work of the Association was one of education and organization. Of the organization of the Association and of the " Repayment Contract" between it and the United States we have already told. Numerous other legal and practical relationships had to be worked out. It is not possible to give here more than a bare enumeration, and only a small part of that, but even this will afford an idea of the scope and difficulty of what has been done. Water Districts Organized Six separate metropolitan water districts were organized- those of Salt Lake City, Provo, Lehi, Orem, American Fork, and Pleasant Grove- Lindon. Legal Problems and Security In every instance the Association had to be assured of the legal and practical sufficiency of the corporate entities with which it would be called upon to deal, as subscribers and stockholders to whom it could safely look tOO Inspecting foundations of the power house structure at Deer Creek dam are, left to right Chairman Blair Richardson of the Metropolitan Water District; Construction Engineer E O Larson; and City Commissioner and Water Board Director George D. Keyser. Electric generators will ultimately be connected to the penstock now covered by the bolted headplate. Hampton C. Godbe |
