Show I FIND CAUSE OF STREAM POLLUTION Investigating Party Declares Heavy Dust in Big Cottonwood Cottonwood Cottonwood Cotton- Cotton wood Mainly Responsible FLOODED WS R ROADS BLAMED Conditions at Horse Camp in South Fork Also Criticized Clean un Is Ordered A FIER an In Investigation which lasted last t AFTER AFIER a ed the greater Ster part of or yesterday the tho county city and ad state health officials arid and ad others oters Interested decided that tho the pollution of or the waters of or Big Bis Cottonwood as Indicated b by the presence presence pres pres- ence enco 0 of ot gas A or bacilli wa wag duoto duoto duo duoto to a combination Sf of or causes tho most inot rot dangerous of ot which I Is tho the heavy y hea dust duston duston duston In on the canyon road and the manner which the tho road workers have been flooding te tho the road In lou lieu of or sprinkling It When the water used In flushing It stands In a a pool tho workmen have havo o hn been cutting drains through that tho the water mn may return to the stream Conditions a at a Brighton are ae declared to bo be of ot the best bot and nothing was vas found at nt either eiter Larko Mary or TIn Twin lakes whore two largo construction camps ore are ae located to t pollute the wa wn- In the opinions opinion of ot the experts Analyses of ot samples of ot water taken from Big Cottonwood above the point where tho the South Fork empties Into tho the stream were wro eo announced yesterday to show shoW that that the waters of or tho the stream at that point am am entirely free treo from tho the colon or gas bacilli This Is tho the tests test to which tho the waters ater of the te stream w were re submitted to determine whether tho the pollution was n coming cominS from the tho Cardiff mine In the South Fork of or BI Big Cottonwood canyon canOn or not It I was by Dr Claud L. L Shields who made the tests Dr B. B O. O Paul and Dr C. C me C. C C Snyder that the water taken from DIg Big Cottonwood above aboyo the point where the South Fork unites unies with It was not In a any W way contaminated but samples taken below beloW the tho Junction of ot the main stream and the brinch branch showed presence of ot colon Rend Rod Condition Responsible The he condition of ot the Cottonwood Coton road rod rodIs is pointed out by all al of ot the physicians a IS B 9 tho the prime cause of ot the tho pollution of the stream 4 A largo large lago pile of ot refuse from stables stable at the Cardiff mine also was blamed On the trip up tho the canyon Con yesterday morning morning the city water officials found that the county count road supervisors had flooded the tho road In man many places and andIn andin andin in two Instances road workers worker were discovered cutting drains from the road to tho the stream that the surplus water might run off oft tho rood road For three miles mies below the place roa where the tho largest amount of ot water was being re return returned re- re turn turned turne l the tho water was waB roily and J muddy udd Orders were Issued by C C. C F F. F Barrett Barret superintendent of water waterworks to patrolmen pa pa- to have any person turning water from the road hack back into the stream arrested It I was stated b by Dr T T. T B. B B Bent Beatty Dr Paul and Dr Snyder that the dust from tho the road and the turning of or the tho water was responsible in the main for forthe the bacilli In the water When Whoa th the investigators arrived in Brighton yesterday morning a meeting was held and It i was was decided to appoint committees to conduct tho tIo Investigations Investigations tons tons' at tho different places L. L r. r B. B Hampton acted as ns chairman and each person accompanying the Investigators was appointed on a n committee The work was vas distributed as follows Twin Lakes Les Dr A. A A. A Kerr W. W H. H Shearman and R B. R E. E Collier L Lake ke Mary Mary Mary-Lj L ary-L L. L B. B Hampton Dr Hurdle Lynch C C. F F. F Barrett Barret and Joeph Joseph We 11 Her e r. r Brighton Harry Brighton Harry Harry Coombs Dr T T. B B. Beaty Beatty and Thomas Thoma Fowler Cardiff Cardiff Dr C. C C. C Snyder Dr S. S G. G Paul C C. F. F Jesse Wheeler Harold Stephens Sheri Sheriff J. J S. S S Corless and d J. J E U. U Flynn Stewart Camp Cm Condition G Good d At Twin Lakes Laces Les where the James Stewart Construction com is la company pan putting put put- ting in a a dam for tb the cf city It was found that none of the water from the kitchens nor any of ot the tho refuse or garbage gar gar- bage bags found its is way to tho the stream The closets coset were In perfect order and amI all al about about the tho camp was being burned There Thore was some Home comment omm nt as UI to the number of ot tIes flies files In the refrigerator ator but this was not u u. u Uv v y y the committee At Lake Lae Mary where Owen Gray Cray have a a contract from irom tho city for Cor buildIng build build- buldIn buld- buld In ing ing- inga a dam it was wa found that the sanitary sanitary sani sani- tary conditions were ware ere good try but objection tion ton was raised b by Mr Ir Hampton as ns to the tho condition of ot two closets which had hadnot hadnot hadnot not been used for tor some time Everything Every ver thing Is being burned and the tho committee com corn decided that nothing could reach the waters of or the stream strem from that point In Jn Brighton It was found Cound that all al of the tho closets arc are of tho latest sanitary I type with wih the tho exception of ot one one and It i was being removed as rapidly as pos pos- sible Both of the hotels have septic I tanks and after a careful examination it was decided b by the committee that there could not be any pollution from Brighton When Shen hen tho committee arrived at the Cardiff mine It was necessary to leave lea the automobiles some distance near the main canyon canon as the dust was wa too heavy for tor the machines to plow through It The Tho first place visited was the boarding house of ot the tho mining camp camp Everything was wa declared to be In proper prop prop- er r condition there tere Refuse and garbage gar gar- bage are arc burned and the tho septic tank Is la In in All 1 f 9 tit ti 1 ii ft t in I. th mm Vj y wi itac ko j I Jl mining camp will wil be connected with wih the septic tank within two weeks None Nono of the drainage of or the tho camp reaches the str stream am at at this time In the opinion of ot the committee All Al conditions around the tIle bunk houses and at the tie mine Proper proper prop prop- er er wore were Investigated and the committee commit commit- tee decided that the stream was not being contaminated from that hat source I HOI MO Camp Cap c. c On the way way down the South Fork tho the committee visited visite the old horse camp and and alto also alto a part of ot the new horse camp A large lar pile Idle of ot manure at the old horse camp cap which was ordered removed remo ed come omo time ago was found still sUI there At the new horse camp are a number of incinerators and the majority of ot tho the teamsters are arc using them although a l ro number still ftH PIA the manuro manure outside of the building The committee decided that this was probably the tho soUrce of ot some some- of ot the tho contamination Mr Mr Barrett Barret ordered tho the patrolmen to see that the manure was wa removed at once or 01 to swear to complaints charging char ing ing the owners of ot tho the horses with wih polluting the tha waters of a a stream On the return trip visits were paid to Pine Lodge where Instructions were given Sven concerning tho the burning of ot refuse and also as a to a new now closet which had hae been erected At tho the Maxfield mine it was found that tat tho the closets were wt-re too Clo clone cOBO to the stream but they were wele be beIng being be- be Ing taken care caro of In accordance with regulations At Maxfield Lo Lodge ge an In In In- trip failed to reveal reval anything which might contaminate the stream Samples o of ot water were taken at many points alon along the tho stream including th the South bouth Fork and also alao a a feeder which runs rune close to the new horse camp at nt Cardiff Complaints Complaint had been re it- it IC- IC as IS to the method of oC burning buring the refuse from Brighton but but- butau butan an au Investigation determined that tha tho Incinerator was waa too far way away from the stream to do any harm and nd that tha even in winter the floods would no not reach it nor did any feeder pats pass close closet t to it I. I The Tho committees conferred at Pino Pine Lodge late In the tho afternoon and decided ed that If It the roads were vere sprinkled the manure manuro removed and tho the road workers stopped from turning turninG water from the highway into the stream the tho contamination conti- conti nation nalon complained of might be bo reme remo- died Steps will be taken at once by the city and county to keep tho the water of ot the stream from pollution |