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Show Big Irrigation Pumps Again Start Work Tho big irrigation pumps nt tho head of tho river were started up for tho season, Thursday; and are now supplying the Salt Lake county farmers farm-ers with 800 cubic feet of water per aecond. At tho lime when they were started tho river was drawing by gravity 520 second feet. In order to Increase this amount It became necessary neces-sary to close In the river and pUmp tho whole amount. Tho lake's level Is now about throe nclies nbovu compromise point, about mo root lower than at this time last ear. There Is now no water flowing Into thu lake from rivers that ordinarily ordi-narily at this season aro flowing 'orrcnts. Six 40-Inch pumps, each Irawlng 100 horse power current ind pumping 100 second feet of water A'orc started, and one CO-lnch pump jslng 189 horsepower and throwing .100 second feet of water. They will not bo closed uultl after the Irrigation Irriga-tion season Is over, Mr. W, A. Knight the manager spent two da'B at the diverting dam In Jor. Jan Narrows with tho deputy commissioner com-missioner taking measurements etc. There la a court decree which snya that when one of thu five cnnal companies com-panies wnnt moro water thnn the normal nor-mal flow of the river it must pay for the pumping, but when three of them require moro than thu normal flow, all must pay and shnru alike. Tho problem of making tho measurements and apportioning the water when only ono aro two aro drawing moio than tho normal flow Is u most difficult one. Tho Canal Companies will build n now telephone lino from I.elil to tho pumps in tho near future -- o |