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Show Water Maltt-r. Purveyor Jes-e W. Fox lias examined exam-ined the proposed route of the canal to bring water to this city, and bes mado a : t. The plan is sfit forth aa leaiiblc, ar.d i'ev can be brought until by Lb lb means connection ia made with the old canal at Cottonwood. Cotton-wood. The distance from the atart ing point at Jordan, to Cjttonwood is somewhere in the neighborhood of seventeen or eighteen miles, and a considerable portion o( the work has already been performed. The entiro cost of building the canal ia roughly estimated at about $S5,000. Wba report the council committee wil' make in the matter is unknown but as tbii is the most practicable means of Eecuring a uertaa:iry supply ot water, it is hkt-ly that a favorable report will be made, aud the city take an interest in the canal now io courseof construction. construc-tion. A further repoit will probably be made by Surveyor Fox, regarding the matter. |