Show baima waima wh when the now city government rement took chargo charge tho the first call was to an in increased creased water supply emigration canyon was discharging quite a body of water and a little examination convinced tho the men in charge that that sap ply could bo be greatly increased nence stops steps worn were taken to purchase tho the land i and the water rights in tho the canyon and to lay pipe to secure the water and bring it puro pero into the city that thai Is 12 an and d 14 inches lu in dia diameter mostly 14 IV with I 1 t h a cap capacity acty of rations gallons a day tho the pipe la Is already laid up to opposite the fort anil and will bt b completed probably within tho the next two months in investigating tile source ol of various springs which tile vegetation and other signs gave aavo notice of 0 hid clio presence of it was found that a steady ot of water was clio gravel from all directions to tho the mai main 11 channel trailing tracing this down a grand dyke was found crossing tho the canyon then the proposition was that it if that dyko dyke could bo be dammed it would arrest all tho low of 0 water from that great watershed arid turn it into the stream po on one bank digging was inaugurated lor for the purpose p of uncovering tho the top of tho the dyko dyke and putting upon it a cement wall at first tho the flow was handled with land hand pumps but they became inadequate and a pump was borrowed and that Is running and tho the work is progressing as rapidly possible tho the flow of water is so groat that tho the authorities bellmo they choy ean can flume the iho main channel and fill their pipes entirely with spring water which turned into the pipes of this city would increase the quality as much us as tho ilia quantity of tho water with all this groat great pipe laid tho the land bought tho the water bought and the work done unless a tremendous flow of water shall bo be found the whole aholo cost will not exceed and if tho the pipes shall bo be wed filled as is hoped now fi aiom om that source alone there will bo be water enough to supply front from to people tho the water Is absolutely pure ashure as pure as aver flowed out of a spring and percolated through gravel tho the pipes lead directly to ilia principal of city creek and tho the water i M ill III bo be distributed the iho same as city creek water stops will bo be taken to prevent sheep boing being driven up emigration canyon and fouling the veater v atar so that the natural stream in tile canyon will also bo be tit fit for household use this cannot all bo be dono done this year but tho the main work will bo be finished before tin the winter sets lu in above liberty park more wells well I 1 have be been on sunk until there is now a steady now flow of more than three million gallons a day going to waste in the jor dau that can bo be caught up and made to supply the lower part ot of the city or at no lie great expense can bo be thrown up tip on to the dry bench and used for all the city the city authorities see in sight a already tor for next years uso use more than 12 gallons of water per day which Is amplo ample tor for a city twice as largo as salt lake city things aro are doing very nicely and all tho the pledges made by the liberal party are going to bo be fully performed this work has been under the ilia immediate direction of mayor SCOTT ru gincer and different members of the city alty council wo we think the man that feels eels best over it all Is mayor SCOTT |