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Show CITY FILES ON MORE WATER. Appropriations Jfor Power Purposes Applied For. More applications for wator ,or power purposes pur-poses havo been made by City Engineer George V. Rlter In the past two days. On Thursday a claim was illod for fifty second-feet second-feet of tho waters of Big Cottonwood, to be diverted from tho tall race 'of tho Big Cottonwood Cot-tonwood roller mill nnd returned 3000 fet further fur-ther down stream for "power for pumping water and sewage and electric lighting and manufacturing." Another application llled at the same time and for. the same purpose clulms llfty second-feet, to be diverted Just below the head of the upper canal, and a third notice applies to fifty second-feet, to be diverted from a olnt Jiear the old Granite ispor mill. Yesturdny Mayor Morfls. In behalf of tha clly, filed notice of a change In the iwint of diversion of the Big Ditch Irrigation company and the Big Cottonwood I.ower Canal company com-pany from the present headgatus to a plnce Immediately below the tall race of the lower lK)ver plant of the Utah Light and Railway company. The application stales that the city expects to acquire thin water and Intends to ure It for the oiwrntlon of eight 4:-lnch water wheels, capable of developing UXO-horso power for pumping water and sva"go and electric lighting. Mr. Rlter said last evening that tho filings were made simply with a view to prevent other parlies from - anticipating the city, although al-though It Is possible that wm of the water may be used to generate power. |