| Show 1 WATER AVOIIKS CITT CREEK d t j The marked decrease in the pressure from the water mains throughout the I I > city has been noted and commented on Ssveral times lately in the columns of i THE HERALD Every extension of the I mains and every new service pipe les jsensjthe force with which the water is I driven through the pipes The fact is t noticed most by the firemen A few years ago it was with difficulty that w they could control the hose when the lull head was turned on with such I i i Tremendous force did the stream come nowp6are informed that the engine II bitsto bes employed for pumping ° at hydrants where formerly the pressure was all that was required This deere de-ere ie makes it plain that if the waterworks K water-works are to continue effective for fire I Ii extinguishing purposes a better head of 1 i water must be obtained and this can f easier be done by carrying the settling I the creek and increas tanks higher up log their capacity 39 well as the capacity capac-ity of the mains for the extension Th failure of the pressure has been so marked lately and seems tobe so regular t reg-ular and certain as the private service I increases that the wisdom of making d the improvement at once should occur tD tbe GounJI I One fire such as is i liable to break out at any timeand 11 which might be readily extinguished if therQ irere the old time force to the strema rom the hose Would destroy t property of greater value than would Ua the cost of carrying the mains lUteea hundred or two thousand feet np sr t the Stream find constructing larger Dand more substantial tanks than the insignificant boxes at the head of the works now In this connetion we again suggest that the city shouldimpossible obtain the title to and control of that portion por-tion of City Creek Canyon and stream that has not yet come into the ownership of the corporation cor-poration It was a happy thought which a few years ago led the city to purchase the land of the upper i part of the canyon since then the I herds of cattle and sheep have been kept off and the stream free from the filth which used to get into it to the frequent disgust of the public As we understand it the city has the title to the canyon from the mouth to the head of the creek with the exception of a piece at the lower end which is owned by private parties Whether or not this can be obtained for a reasonable sum TUB HERALD is not aware but if it can be had the purchase should be made as we have before urged when the corporation cor-poration will be independent and beyond be-yond interference as reeards City Creek and the public be protected both against the fouling of the stream and thediversion of the water and also the extension of the mains and construction construc-tion of reservoirs may be proceeded with without fear of disturbance or interference in-terference of any character |
