Show WHAT IT WILL COST Utah Lake as a Reservoir for this City The obtaining of a better water supply sup-ply for this city is one of the most important im-portant questions which our present City Council haa to grapple and it is one in which every citizen is virtually interested The plans devised and urged on to the City Council for adoption adop-tion Bra numerous and in the minds of the originators the only perfect system that could be devised Some urge thee the-e of reservoirs in City Creek Parleys Canyon and Big Cottonwood others think the Big Cottonwood stream should be purchased pur-chased and in conjunction with that of Parleys Canyon taken around to the dry bench wuich has so long wailed for water There are still others who believe that even though it be a last resort and cost considerable I money Utah Lake should be selected as the source or our water supply Mr Ester howevEr is not one of these and hois inclined to apply pet opthets to all who entertain the idea that the plan is a feasible one or one that is within the reach of the citys finances The den is simply absurd he said in corfveraation with a HEBALD reporter yesterday In the first place have you ever estimated what the cost of such sn undertaking would hal The newspaper man admitted that he had not Well here are a few figures that may not be relished by thoae people who have a bad case of Utah Lake water in the brain but they are facts nevertheless The pipe alone say we used a thirtyinch one would cost hid down here a trifle over a million I dollars or as I figure itt3S6000 This I is merely for the pipe alone and does not include trenching plumbeis bills I and the various other expenses attaching I attach-ing to it which although will swell the sum to 2OflOOOO indeed I doubt very much whether the work could be done for that sum Then when accomplished ac-complished how much better would we be off than we are now Unless a pump was used to elevate the water nnd thus make a pressure it would raise but little lit-tle if any higher than the canal cow reaches and ttiia systfm means the investment in-vestment of considerable more money As I view it those who talk about our obtaining a supply of water from Utah Lake are indulging in the variest hop sense imaginable |