Show 12 NEW WATER SUPPLY A rumor has been circulated concerning the discovery of a new water supply of salt larce lake city the matter referred to has been within the knowledge of the NEWS for some time but at the request of the mayor and city officials it was understood that nothing would be said odd until the plan could be thoroughly tested at present the announcement no therefore is a little premature as the question whether flowing wells in certain localities will be permanent is still open for discussion considerable success has been met with however and as the subject has been mentioned we will here state what has been done some time since the mayor for the corporation purchased in the northern end of utah county a strip of land two miles in length running along tile the jorian river biver on U which it was intended to try we experiment peri ment of sinking a large number 0 of flowing wells with a view to obtaining 7 an additional water supply for salt lake city for two weeks past t the he has been engaged in boring these wells and between twenty five and thirty have been sunk the flow of water from these varies from fifty to one hundred and fifty gallons per minute coming through a 2 inch pipe and the stream thus produced almost equals that of city creek in volume at this time it is anticipated that at least double the quantity of NA water will be obtained which will give to salt lake a larger supply from the south than it has heretofore gly fore had and go far toward solving the problem that produced by the flowing wells is equal or even A superior to city creek water for culinary purposes though it is a probable that it will not be needed in this direction for a long time to come but will be used for irrigation the stream already obtained now flows into jordan river and the remainder will also be turned in it will be measured at the point where gau ga U it goes I 1 into n lo 10 the river and again where it is taken out through the city canal to be conveyed northward for use here it is the plan however to flume past the point of the mountain so that none done of the water will be lost by any rinia means tile the work of sinking wells will be completed within thirty days arid and there is every prospect that a continuous supply of the p precious realous liquid from that source will b be e insured to the city the movement is an excellent one on the part of the existing municipal authorities and will receive the warm commendation and support of all good citizens it has been urged by some persons that the water is being drawn from utah lake but this can hardly be admitted from the fact that the water in some of the wells comes seven feet above the surface of the lake showing that tile the supply is from mountain streams the test of the quality of the water also goes to support this idea As further developments are made and the tests indicate a reliable source of supply the NEWS will give to its readers the information |