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Show The Canal. T .o City Council, last evening, made an appropriation of $3,000 to meet the expense of excavations on the Salt Lake Oity and Jordan Canal, the intention being to pay tor the work, according to agreement, as fast a it shall be done. Ab a general thing the contractors will get through their work in the time stipulated. Thia can be done, as ocly 200 to 800 feet have been given to any particular person. The cross-sectioning on the next portioD of the oanal will be concluded con-cluded as booh as possible, but it is not yet known when it will be ready for work. The commiltee on finance w.i9 instructed to aacertain the best means by which the necessary funds for prosecuting the construction could be obtained, and to report at the next session of the council. |