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Show A"ater Pipes. Salt Lake City, Jan. 31, '79. Editors Ih-rald: Your ccrrtepouient "Cultivator" diflers from my views concerning tbe theory of water in the wells of this city being inftcad tu a genera! way by seepage 'through the soil of iin purities pla ed upon it; though be admits tbe fci tbal cefepool have been tauwu to nuterially ullect welia wiliiiQ a rJtu- o! 100 feet. One fact that the msjority of our wells are not 1LKJ luet dihtaut, burzjtiiily or ptrpendicuiarly, from tbe dt-positd dt-positd of excretion, both biped and quadrup-d, woull partially sustain my position; another fact that our system of irrigating so surcharges sur-charges tbe soil with moisture aboui every woafc tba. ine 1 q lid impurities of tbe "top d;esiiig" ci our land are washed down Lhrough the soil to the water strata (so ditlercnt to tbe method of irrigation iu more rainy climates), farthtr sustaining my theory; the-ory; and another fact tbut the malarial mal-arial diseases make more sad bavoc in the portions of this city wbero tbe theory of "seepage" would appear to atlbnl a cause tor tbe etlect; and still another fact. Umt riiphtbenn 'and aflectiona of its ilk are more prevalent in late Bummer Bum-mer and autumn month?, whon irrigation has been carried on lor some time, aflordi a conclus'on u my mind, iu part, at least, that the cauio of increased deathratea may be traced to the ailtcled water. - But my point was tbisiihe city council have seriously under consideration consider-ation tho necessity of obtaining more water for this city, and their views reach out after a canal, the estimated cost of which is $35,000. Thij would onlv be a nartial relief, and in cases of drought or cloudbursts a very unreliable resource, whereas, reservoirs reser-voirs would aflord purer water, and, if projierly husbanded, a large and unfailing supply, for use all over the city, which, iu addition to what now runs in the sacs during the summer months, wouid meet tbe wants of tbe citizens and remove "Cultivator's"' complaint of being compelled to use , fcetid water, and olso obviate the necessity of using infected well water. I notice frequently, where the superintendent super-intendent of waterworks has had flowing hydrants erected as escapes to the mains, residents teem there with buckets, from blocks around, discarding the use of wells which are even more handy. .The expense is the only diawback to seriously entertaining the proposition proposi-tion immediately. But the canal project will cost considerable money; and though tbe water works will cost a great deal more, and as something must shortly be done to alleviate the necessities for more water iu the summer months, the proposition which will be the . beet in the end should be the main point considered; and to my individual mind, a heavy tai to bring about this relief would be much more cheerfully met than tbe numerous and growing taxes our citizen! citi-zen! are compelled to pay in the sad duty of filling the cemetery with their families and friends. Taypayes, |
