Show I Gratifying Result Water was put into the Utah and Salt Lake Big Canal on Thursday Thurs-day The result was a complete success along the heavy cuts and fills where all the danger was appre headed The volume Reached the level plane or bench in very short time This canal has been in contemplation con-templation and construction quite a number of years The cost to Salt Lake County and private individuals individu-als has been very heavy BishopA Gardner has had much to do with it since its first projection and latterly has spent his whole time on it and to the Bishops untiring efforts the company is to be congratulated for the early completion of this gigantic < fork By the means of this canal a large area of waste land will be brought under cultivation The route runs north and parallel with the Jordan River and will average say two miles west of the river until it reaches Taylorsville From there it turns slightly to the west taking in the land of Brighton Pleasant Green and enters into Salt Lake near the Point of the Mountain The present high state of Utah Lake makes it necessary to close down the head gates in this canal to prevent the water flowing into it and not as supposed having to raise the dam in the river to force a stream down the ditch Very little laud has been planted immediately under this race this spring but another season will demonstrate the fact that hundreds of houses will be built and farms opened on the plains of Jordan Since writing the above we have learned that the water had reached a point ten miles from the head It was turned off on Friday night to give a chance to clean up a few small patches |