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Show THE rAJlMERS' SIDE CT IT. John Oabbott Presents Some Interesting Inter-esting Facts The following communication from John Oabbott representing the water users In Partners and Sugar House wards li nn Interesting presentation of tho farmers' side of tho water con-trovers: con-trovers: Mr Pdltor-rrnbalils the nihllc woull 111 e in hear the farmers si Is if the controverss lur wnler between Salt tike (lis anl the owners nf primary ?.'.' riKn! " ' "i ' Cinson creek lit the rlrst place ihe enntraet provides ihat Salt ake tils may take the w iter ai ans point In Paries s canson It mis chin se but at whatever point It does take li at that polnl It shi lie measured and lhe owners of prlmars rlichts shall have sn eouisulent quantity fr0m the cltv canal Anoiher clause in the sg cement nr iv yes that If the water In the canal full from aiiv cause tie agent of the owners of Paries s csnyon water shall glvo notice to the agent for the cits suit If he fulls to turn to us the water of the mnson the agent lor the i rlmarv owners nuv afier twelse hours Urn the waier mi i Us origin il chinned Another thing wi vnl to call to the attention of the j tiL. c l this sal! lnke Cits bs Itsntflceis controls belli the ells ciiuil and IireyB mnson ereK so that IU farmers "annot If tries were so lis sel del rise Salt laikc, Cjiy of Its rl.hts liv ans thing they can dn In the manage in ni of lh. water of the canson or ells ei.nnl Am ther thing lo sh v the falr-n falr-n s of th. farmsrs The agreement pro. iu how th commission slmll b or giulsel ne at'ent from tho cits another fr ni tin iwuers 'f canyon water these two i ,cl a Ihlrl member Now we have nlwais hosn that inlrd min from Halt I ik (It) anl 1 want to u per, that w lav never been I Jured ty that tl Ird tn This r tie w ter In a - u his l n low I i I n ii e t me f nea r mrtofi en stream we were shgrt of water and had to make a demanl for I more water from the canal At the same tlmo tho iltv was turning the surplus water of Parleys on tho uncultivated Inn la of Mountain Dell When it came lime to measure the canson stream 1 c msented to a low measurement for the reason that I knew the condltlins exist Ing In Utah lake knowing the farmers w ild be willing to bear their part nt the BhortnKe The nmount of water for the cltl to deliver to US Is 8.MU00O Mllons every twenty four hours, ?:! per cent of which Is to le exchanged for cecal water, 1IV, per cent to l allnwel to now down to h farmers whose land lies above the canal and consequently coul 1 not exchange ex-change water So that Sail Lake City shoul I furnish to those who exchange wati r with It 7 WOOD gallons every twenty twen-ty four hours This amount was apportioned appor-tioned by the commissioners to the several dllehes entitled to It on Jul) 2n 1 At no time since that day has the city furnished that amount It has varied from nothing tin to 60 per rent, with an average probably prob-ably of 25 i er cwit Now about the spring wnter to make up tho deilclencs Tho tits, bs Its agent Mr I Isher measured the sprlrg water which rlsii In tho bed of Parley's creek, near where the cltv canil crosses said creek which wo have alwavs use.) and which never has 1 een measure 1 for purposes of exrhange I efnre this sear This action on Mr Plshers part brought on tha controverss, con-troverss, and even ofler ho was Instructed Is the Cli) Council committee he ) er-slste.1 er-slste.1 in measuring that water ln the meantime since the Sn 1 ol July the own-trs own-trs of exchange water living along the cltv cnnal, most of whom live within the corporate limits of the cltv, have been almost al-most contlnuousls without sufficient water llus have surferel more than Ihe people of hugar nnl I armer s wards becnuro the latter had at least the spring w-ster I coiul ler Ihat the action of the Council last Wcdneslny evening was an outrage on those people, because they live In the clt) . i A few wr ids more concerning our trip to the canvon the other das It Is true we w,nt prepared to turn Paries s Caps creek down the original channel Mr Hsh. r says why dl In t we examine the w.lr In the rrrek neir Twelfth South ana w would have fo ml that the canvon wnlir was coming down to us Me did that Mrs thing at D oclock a m anl founl thr.e eighths of an Inch In depth on a five foot weir ltemcmbcr the canal had I entirely fallel that da anl Mr Usher hil promised the das before that the canson water would be turned down In-Blind In-Blind of having at that point 43S i2 gal-I gal-I ns n das we ha 1 given to us three, eighths of on Inch on a live foot weir laiire It up the enormous amount of gallons for twents-four hours to Irrigate 12o0 acres of landl When we nrrlved at the city tankhouse. hnwever wo found that the entire stream was flowing down Into the ditches so that nn i lion on our part was necessary and wo not the water without resorting to firro It was afterward turned back Into the conduit after wo left In conclusion I wish to state that I stated to Mr Fisher that the farmers woull meet the city half was In Its efforts ef-forts to furnish tho qu inttty of water we were entitled to JOHN OAUIIOTT, Agent for Owners nf Primary nights In Parley s Canyon Creek |