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Show report, Nv. 26, 1882, the Bishop says that up to that date spent between 30,ooo.OO and $35,OOO.OO---perhaps an annual av of about $4,600.00 a year, in getting irrigation water out of the River. In the they had erage same 1883 18, 1883, the people of St. Joseph already had the water out on planting had be qone.--earlier than in any other year land, t?eir to Slnce they he country. Thewere later reports from Bishop+7 ce Joseph H. Rlchardsjrthe same year:---Aug. 23rd,--crops were better than That they had been for a number of years"; Nov. 27th --still favorable. "settled" dith system was stil in good ,1i 3-ft. Dam, with its accompanying March and some / usable condition. 1884 held Jan. 19, 1884 The minutes of a St. Joseph United Order Heeting for some reason was 3-ft. Dam used in make it evident that the Had it been seriously damaged, or taken out b.Y flood unsatisfactory. conditions had been after St. Jos?ph's in 1883, December, say Or did it take too in all the Quarterly Conferences of the year? 1882-83; reported favorably repair and upkeep work; and the St. Joseph settlers were now wishing The to try again for a permanent Dam, as they had done in 1881 and 1884? defi minutes of the Quarterly Conference 0.( the Stake may ha ve given some these nite information re_ati ve to the matter in the Bishop's report; but were being tran minutes the which in a when lost been had minutes wagon, to cros s the Little Co Lo raa sported to Sunset, was capsized while attempting between Brigham City and Sunset. much there was In the United Order Meetine of Jan. 19th, above mentioned, their livestock, ran selling much talk among the St. Josph people about out how we stand find we until ches, etc.; but the subject was "dropped The presiding offic-er, Bishop Joseph H. Rich with the Sunset Company". Major kind of a Dam was wanted"? ards, asked "when, where, and what of toe ditch lowered mouth the with 9am ft. a Ladd favored high, l Jos. C,. Hansen, vm. c. 2 ft.; and the ditch shortened accordingly. Richards were all in favor of the Allen, John Bushman, and Joseph H. A motion wished a piline Dam. "high ani dry" Dam. C. M. Peterson as could brethren Wm. C. Allen add as many of the was carried that waters which the flood be spared, go and 'prospect' for rock, on Dam. and the dry" "high could be carried around operator, April, 1884, a 'pile-driver', to 20 ft. 16 22 Some piles, was hired from the Railroad Company. the across river-bed; 2 rows, in length, were driven, perhaps in we note and and used to support a Dam of logs, brush, soneti d1ay with its On the 8th of RX defliirhry/,to h' '11 way th ver l?cate pl. by·4F-y. Aprl.l 8th, be hired;9hat intnded to humble, Jan. 19th, it was events with their dates. to "high and dry" Dam; and men were sent, the flood waters could be forced the the pile-driver and its operator were :"lhat were substitute piling Dam. construct the e " n was energetc, dtrrru.ned, l.C h w a those. l.nterl.m. May we answer, doing durl.ng the God-fearing structure already that "high and dry" "undoubtedly t n,y were building the same general along working decided upon." They were probably structure L bO"Jfl Dam of 1881---that and dry" the "high principles used with before it wa copleted; had been taken out b.r a high flood, perhaps their 0 bject i.ve was that vinced con from far and those pioneers we re and not attaina ble. sires of ours |
