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Show THE CITY'S WATER SUPPY. Addition to the city's water supply from Emigration canyon, no contemplated contem-plated in the Council appropriation of 52500 to investigate the proposition. Is, we believe, perfectly feasible. The sump there has done good service In the past, and it can be made to do evon better service In the future, by proper development. Jt has been known for yeara that a "water ledge" of unknown resources but very great possibilities Is found at the mouth of the canyon. A full prospecting prospect-ing of that ledge would without doubt yield good results, and the proposed bedrock shaft would also be In line with the proopeclrtff for water which Is in contemplation. immigration canyon is broad and long; the water which comes out of It on the surface Ih a small amount compared with what falls within Its area and drainage, and the problem is to find where It goes and whether or not It can bo made available. It wis the opinion of Mayor Baskin while he was In office that there was great promise In this region for addlng-subftantlally to the cltv'a wnte.r ninnlv. 'While approving all reasonable efforts of this kind to develop a water supply and add to tho city's needs In thlu respect, re-spect, we arc obliged to refer again to the reckless waste that Is confrtantly going on, and to inquire If there Is .not some way to atop it. Is'ot long ago it was reported that come of tho people on the north bench were letting their hoses run full strength constantly, night and day, to the deprivation of their neighbors who receive water from the same pipe ilnc. It Is evident that if the tap? are let run In that manner, it la more a question of getting pipes large enough to carry water to waste than It Is of getting a water supply for the people's needs. Again, as wo arc informed, 'something of this ime sort is done on the east bench. On Sundny last, for Instance, hose were running with nozzle w'ide open, and the water was not even used for any bcncllelal purpose whatever. On the contrary, It was allowed to Hood the sidewalks' and the streets, cre" atlng a public nuisance. The upshot of It all Is, that while it is necessary to have a plentiful supply of water, it is also necessary to use the water under proper regulations and beneficially. It won't pay the city to bring In added supplies of water merely to waste, or, worse yet, to create a nuisance and work damage. There must be reason In this matter, and a co-operation between the people and the authorities, so that what is obtained at considerable cost, and labor shall be rightly used, and the public efforts be realized in good results, and not be wasted to the injury of the very interests in-terests that arc sought to be served. |