ideas of a salt lake engineer PLANS HE ADVOCATES the advantages of a correct SHould act promptly ENQUIRER correspondence A resident of your city sent me a copy of the the resolutions and recommend actions as adopted by TOUT chamber of commerce to be presented to the city council at an early date and I 1 am requested at the same time to express my opinion on the subject subie ct I 1 regret hiving been so little in provo and neighborhood blat I 1 cannot go fully intosh e matter but I 1 may afaf that I 1 am of the opinion that your city council should havar taken matter UD long ago as wa all know provo american fork and all i the towns between salt lake and green river are increasing rapidly in population and importance and the fint and foremost matter in the interest of any community ix an adequate supply of good wholesome water and a system of sewerage the entirety of theae water works should be BO designed that akey may be enlarged a population increases without altering the original plans and at a coat in proportion to the entire demand in these mattern it ig invariably found that the girat cort in laying a good foundation is honeywell money well spent and although a city council may be blackguarded black guarded run the city into great expense during then therm of office and having incurred apparent increased expenditures I 1 contend that in the future when athe works require to be increased in and capacity they will receive more thanks from right minded citizens for kneir foresight it must be remembered that a bad and insufficient water supply in aay city means a bad health andere record and this is a matter that every capitalist or business investor will inquire into before making ap his mind to invest and locate A dyste m of gravitation through open channels from provo canyon to the ig a very simple matter anew ditch in place of the 4 or 5 now in use of proper igral crosa section regulating gatea etc and that can be maintained at a mere nomina expense is all at present kat will be required it may coat something in the erst place but from what I 1 saw of ahe present ditches aney must cost a fortune in loss of water which would be entirely avoided in a properly constructed canal A settling reser vior and filtering bed may be a matter of future consideration as the water from these mountain streams is fairly clean during the greater portion of the more mineral matter than animal and veritable matter form its pans let your city conn cil obtain the best advice on the subject and adopt no plan that cannot be maintained at a reasonable cost I 1 re i gret I 1 cannot go more fully into the maitch as I 1 haya only ridden once over the county through which the canals and ditches referred to are and consequently cannot feo into further detail nor do think it fair to the engineering gi profession to give advice gratis of fahs boya interest for yon are at liberty to make TISO of ft s CIVIL ENGINEER