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Show City Water Works, We had a pleasant chat yesterday with Mr.Schus-sler, Mr.Schus-sler, who is perfecting plans for tbe city water works. The laying of pipes j up the canyon and bringing the water down in them direct, and the proposi tion to build a reservoir had been fully li -cussed before the city council, and both plans were rejected. The former oecause a 'c!oud burst" up the canyon, cany-on, or any other causp that would suddenly sud-denly iucrcase the volume of water in iho creek, would bo euro to fill the pipes with sand or other heavy Bodi-uient, Bodi-uient, involving much expense and considerable trouble to clear them. While tho building of a reservoir with tho present requirements of the oity, would causo a heavy and unnecessary outlay of money, as the splendid water facilities of the canyon and the manner man-ner in which the city slopes away in every direction, give all the power requisite re-quisite until the population and wants of tho city are largely increased. The plan proposed is a simple and most admirable admir-able one. Commencing about three thousand feet from the north-east oor-ner oor-ner of Temple block a wing dam of heavy ruble Etones will be thrown across tho creek to force the water into ! a fljmo three feet by two and about a hundred feet in length, which will conduct con-duct it to a settling tank where a large portion of tho sediment will bo deposited. de-posited. From there it will be conducted con-ducted by a similar flume to a pressure tank supplied with charcoal screens, whioh will also servo partially as a set tling tank; and from this the water will pass in a state of purity through the mins into the city. Wo havo not epaco this morning to elaborate on the principle iovolved and tho plan proposed, but think very highly of both, satisQod that the oity can thus bo placed in possession of a supply of water for all necessary purposes pur-poses and any omcrgonoy that may arise. |