| Show PROVO ovo RIVER FLOW MAY SUPPLY CITY IS LATEST THEORY I Survey of Canal Now Nov Being Made l Water rater Solution May Be Reached I i Survey of ot the Provo o Reservoir company com corn I pany canal Is be being Ins Ins- made this week weel for Cor an nn extension of or tho the canal from the point of or the mountain to which point I II I tho the canal Is completed to Mill Creek I with a 3 view of or bringing Provo Pro river rivet water to Irrigate lands above the East Jordan canal Tho The Provo Reservoir company an officials officials Include Joseph R. R Murdoch Murdock A A. A W. W Ivans F F. G G. G KIrkham Abel John Evans Ev Dv- ans ans David A. A Smith an and arul ZIons ZIon's S Savings SayIngs Say Sav ings InS'S bank and they believe believe- they have solved a a. vexed problem regarding the tho I water supply for Salt s. Lake The Provo reservoir re er canal is feet I higher than the tho East Jordan canal By Br Byan Byan I Ian an exchange of ot water Salt Lake aleo can secure a a. greater water supply from the Cottonwoods In return for tor water from the Provo Pro river say members of ot tho the Provo Reservoir com company pan The water from tram tho Provo reservoir canal can b be purchased b by the city of or Salt Lal Lake Ike e an and the tho city can exchange this water with the farmers who now use water from the Cottonwoods which would Increase the supply for Salt I Lake and give the farmers all the tho Water water water wa wa- ter from Provo river which they might want to Irrigate their lands Would n Benefit Dent Farmers alonG alone the tho cast east side of or Salt Lake valley aIle cnn can bu buy this water in suffIcient sufficient sufficient suf suf- quantity to irrigate acres of or as rich land as there is Ss in tho the state and which now has everything e but Water water wa wa- ter it Is la said Salt Lake I. as pointed out oit by tho the Provo Pro Reservoir company compan has en enlarge enlarged enlarged en- en large the East Jordan canal canil so the city can cnn buy water and pump it feet teet and it is now arranging arranging- ns- ns to do this and exchange this water for tor water water water wa wa- ter from the Cottonwoods B By obtaining Provo Pro river water sa say Bay tho members of oC the Provo river tr project project it will make maize available a all the waters waters waters wa wa- of or th the Cottonwoods without an expensive system of oC reservoirs in Cottonwood Cottonwood Cot- Cot canyons canons as ns water It Is de declared de- de dared can be or ed od in hi Provo Prove canyon at a Do minimum cost COt I Elevation Furor Favor Plan There is now stored in Pro Provo o canyon can can- yon it is averred about thirty to forty second f feet teet et of water which has been sold to land owners on the tho west side of ot Salt Sall Lake Lako valley VaHey and which could bo be turned to the cast eMt side either cither for domestic or Irrigating purposes purposes pur pur- poses due to the fact tact that the Provo Prove River Reservoir company compan has Installed a Do pumping plant at Jordan narrows to pump water for tr tho the west side of at the valley As tho the elevation on the west cst side Is I flet fifty feet lower than on tho the east cast side the lift will be bo fifty feet less or feet and there thero Is a direct short pipeline pipe line which on ort orf tho the east cast side sido would re reQuire require ro- ro quire quiro a pipe line of or ono and andl one half miles wh which ch would make tho the loss through friction very heavy All that now Is necessary declare thc tho he Provo Pro reservoir people Is to build the canal nal from the point of ot tho the mountain mountain moun moun- tam tain to the Cottonwoods complete the deal with the city cily Il for tor water and the Salt Lake water problem they maintain main main- tam tain will nm bo be solved |
