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Show 100 ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF WATER DEVELOPMENT " This requires that account be kept of the work as it progresses, of the expenditures for it, and the inducement of the necessary congressional appropriations. All of these, in turn, require the establishment and maintenance of friendly relations with many officers and employees of the United States, whom we cannot command but with whom we can work toward the same ends. Must Participate in Work of Provo Association " 2- You must see to it that the Provo Association functions efficiently and economically. This is of first importance since it is the contracting agency with the United States; the entire water supply of the Project will accrue to it and will be distributed by it. Over three million dollars of the District's money will ultimately be paid to it and will be disbursed by it: and the works and facilities by which your water will be delivered to your aqueduct and to other of the District's 128. Downstream view of Deer Creek dam, i and City's facilities will belong to and be operated by it. Every inerficiency and every mistake and every extravagance of the Provo Association, its officers and agents, will redound to your disadvantage. " All this requires your active and intimate participation in the business and affairs of the Association. So far, that has been attended to by your representatives upon its Board of Directors. Interest in Other Stockholders " 3- You must interest yourself in the affairs of other stockholders of the Provo Association. The proper conduct of their business and their resultant prosperity, or the lack of it, is of real concern to you, for the District is the guarantor of a large part of their financial obligations to the Association and the United States, and the failure of any one of them will inevitably augment the District's burden both as a matter of law and practically." Mt. Timpanogos in the background. Bureau of Reclamation |