Show t POSTOFFICE POSTO SITE NEVER BED OF A CREEK r ft F W W. C. C A A. A Smoot of Sugar House ward who sho came to Salt Lake on ont f f t JuI July 24 24 4 ISH 1641 with the pioneers said Bald to Tho The Telegram today f r When I came carne to this place July 24 4 1817 1617 City creek W wits was S divided at H the mouth of or the canyon canon One Ono branch turned west at al the northeast cor- cor corf corner f 4 ncr ner of or Temple square and flowed In a northwesterly direction until Ite it f r e sunk Into the ground in a a. big clump of boxelder trees tre at Second North f an and 1 about Fifth West streets The other branch came carne out between streets Main and State Stale at the l tf mouth m uth of the canyon and struck State street diagonally opposite the t f present site alte of the Knutsford hotel Here It had no channel and spread r I rf out into a slough At no no notime time or place did this branch pass west of off f rf Main street r NE' Never Ne since I have been here and I have havo lived hero contin- contin I f ft 4 ly for tor five fifty years rears has a stream flowed over the present site of or f the proposed ed Federal building I It 4 1 A. A 1 1 i 1 i. i L L T A I L L T Superintendent Dorsey Ash of oC tho the Federal building 1 said al 1 today that t t e e condition of or the ground on the site of ot the new nw building building- Is not nearly nearly- as serious serious serious seri seri- ous as has been represented l He lIe declared declared declared de- de de de- that the scare originated in the theof of ot those who ho Vero dissatisfied T T 1 T S T T T T T 1 with the choice of or the site Continuing he said While the ground i softer octer than we had expected the difficulty ma may be safely Barely ov b by overcome slight ht changes in Ill foundation plans Th The specifications now call for tor concrete foundations with witha a base of six feet We can make the |