Show THE WATER SUPPLY It Is announced that the water supply sup-ply is daily shrinking and greater care and economy than ever will he required to tide over the season unless additions are speedily made to the available water wa-ter Them are two sources that this added supply can come from first l a positive addition of some 3500000 gallons gal-lons a day from Parleys creek above the weir this to be had by holding the users in the canyon down to their rightful quantity and buying the remainder re-mainder second In the proposed pipe system for street sprinkling The Council should lose no time In putting these two propositions Into effect but tho most urgent and the most Immediately I Imme-diately available is the Parleys canyon I supplyt for at once upon Its acquisition the water can be turned into the conduit con-duit and thence direct Into the pipes Both these items were embraced In the address to the people by trio Council committee and the citixens committee I prior to the Jate election on bonds The 1 people therefore naturally expect that the utmost expedition bal be used In making available the possible increase I In the supply Without doubt the assurances given I in the address referred to will be faith fully and diligently fulfilled The Items specified therein are these Change of pipes In eastern and I northeastern parts of the city to make them efficient and consistent consist-ent cCcJcnt 75000 Distributing reservoir cast bench 30000 Parleys canyon water rights COCOO Street sprinkling pipes 10000 Deepening Jordan channel from Utah lake to old dam 50000 A total of h 2 000 I The Council l has shown I commendable J energy In the matter of deepening the I Jordan channel as above itemized it j has seventeen teams at work now In en rSlnr the channel below the marshlands marsh-lands and will ns soon as practicable let a contract for a deeper and more direct channel from Utah lakes Jordan Jor-dan outlet along the low lands to the point whore the high banks begin So that part of the promise Is already In a satisfactory course of fulfillment And now the procurement of the added supply possible f utilization In the Immediate future will doubtless he speedily and energetically pushed All the good water that can possibly be had this season will be badly needed a fact which h the Councilmen doubtless realize as fully ns any one canana win of course bestir themselves to get it all in the pipfq But while all promises will be staunchly met in thlo matter It must not bo forgotten that the improvements improve-ments proposed this year are but a part of the general plan of permanent relic re-lic and by no means the important part of that plan so far as adding to the water supply is concerned Whatever What-ever feeling may exfst that the vote of bonds settled the water question Is not warranted by the facts or by the address ad-dress of the committees The matters promised lUecein as itemized above relate re-late largely to the adjustment of the pipe system so that the water can be properly distributed to the people when the full supply Is acquired The complete com-plete plan as we pointed out on June Hthiast inconsidering the bond quqs tion then coming before the people embraced em-braced a number of other Items and larger ones than any In the above list After rqcitins the Items proposed Lobe Lo-be covered by the bond Issue and noting not-ing the alternative presented of bonds or a heavy special tax we said At tho same time we do not think It jut to tho peoplo to refrain from adding that while the improvements specified dlnS all needed tho Increase of the cltvs water wa-ter supply alter they aro all made will bo comparatively trilling tho Increase will bochlojiy confined to the additional watef to bo had from Parleys canyon wnt1 heetcforo been used In Irrigation und RO partly lost and in the greater carrying capacity of thft proposed City Creek mains the last superseded by tho plpo system ipr street sprlnkliiisJ The real Increase that Is and will be needed In this growing grow-ing city will como In some other wav The comprehensive aystem that Is in view and has been discussed from time to time ia In obtaining the Big Cottonwood Cotton-wood water by exchange for water from Utah lake The city has fed two claims In this plan ono to raise tho level of Utnh lake a public reservoir and the other to ilrodgy the Jordan and reduce the lake level a foot and n half below compromise point these to bo both held for use at nee Either or their alternate use according ac-cording to season would glvo the city t1 plenty of water to trade to the Cotton woou larmers for their rights In the Cottonwood Cot-tonwood creek How Then tho city In order to prevent waste would have to plpo Big Cottonwood water to the city to a reservoir In tho southern part of the east bsnch In tho city limits and distribute cn lmi tribute tho water from there In C main any along Fifth South street to a connection connec-tion with the business district The deepening deep-ening of the canal from Utah lake and lining the lower portion with cement BO an to stop the wasteful seepage would bo ono of the Items In this plan for on In cr fe of tho water supply pormnncnt Increase to which there would probably be no need to add for fifty year The Improvements now ordered by tho Council are1 a part of this general plan ant aro necessary to Its completeness But the EOOUO to do tho work now In view Is but a small paijt of the money re qulrctl for the carrying out or tho general system for the real addition to the citys water supply In order to complete It all al a million dollars will doubtless be required re-quired and the people will doubtless bo nskcd for further votes of bonds before till water supply will bo In a satisfactory condition Probably the Council Is wise In calling at present for but tho amount needed to case up the bad condition of tho distributing system and remove tho Par joys canyon nuisance That will be a good work for ono year nnd then the further working out of tho citys water problem can be dealt with as needs press That was the situation then and it ia I the situation now What can be done I this season will be done and then will come the other steps In the comprehensive comprehen-sive plan for general relief Until it is all complete the people will not be Jus titled in demanding more than each step promises but they will be Justified in demanding that at the earliest practicable prac-ticable time tme |