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Show WATER SYSTEM OF SALT LAKE CITY t Thoro is no city on tho globo today that hats a purer water supply, than Salt Lake, and thoro io not a city of the same size in tho entiro country that has a larger supply of puro wator per capita. Tho wator works Byfltcrn of Salt Lake began with Iho flow from City Crook canyon, the supply 01K conserved and augmented until in 1S90 it was giving a minimum summer supply of about 3,800,000 gallons a day. In 1889-90 tho Emigration canyon pipe lino was built, and this added about 1.000,000 gallons a day to the flow. In 1S91 the Parley's canyon conduit was completed, and about ono-half of tho water owned by tho city from tho stream was turned through this conduit to tho relief tank on the Fort Douglas military reservation. reser-vation. The remaining half was delivered de-livered through Pleasant View canal. Prior to this time S2 per cent of the flow was secured by giving the farmers water from Utah lake by way of tho Jordan and Salt Lake City. When all of tho city's share of the water was turned into the conduit in 1S98, tho minimum supply from thm source was about -1,000.000 gallous per twontv-four hours, and tho minimum snpplv from all sources was approximately approxi-mately 9,000,000 gallons per twenty-' twenty-' four hours. Eig Cottonwood Conduit. , The city was growing rapidly, however, how-ever, and it was realized that the water supply was fast growing iandoqnate lo tho needs of the citizens.. So it was that in 1899 tho' first survoys wero made looking to the construction of a conduit m Big Cottonwood canyon. It was not until 1905, how-over, how-over, that tho proposition took definite form. At this time a water bond issne of $850,000 was voted, and the contract was lot for the construction of tho liig Cottonwood conduit, after arrangements arrange-ments had been made with I he owners of water in the canyon to sell or exchange ex-change their interests. The contract for the construction of the conduit.. 1 seven miles in length, was then let to P. J. Monin. and the work was finally completed during tho present year. The conduit is said to be one of the best in the entire country, and will last hundreds of vears. Its cost was more than $400,000. With the addition of- this conduit tho water supply of the citv has been increased to about 19,-000,000 19,-000,000 gallons per twenty-four hours. Four Districts in System. The present system, as now in working work-ing condition, consists of four districts. District 1. The lower district, which includes all that part of the city below elevation of -1400 feat above sea level. District 2. The district between an elevation of 4400 and 4550. supplied by what is known as the middle system. District 3. The district between elevation ele-vation of 4550 and 4700. District 4. All that part of city above 4700. Districts 3 and 4 arc supplied from what is known as the City crook high line, which is situated about three miles above Eagle Gate. District No. 3 was originally supplied by the old wooden pipe lino from what is known as tho Twentieth ward tank house, but in 1S92 was changed to the present sourco of supply and the wooden pipo abandoned. The elevation of the high line intake is 5070 feet, which jnves tho ' lowest line of 1 lie upper district a static head of 370 feet, or a pressure of approximately 1(50 pounds per square inch. The supply for district No. 3 passes through four pressure regulatorss, ono at Tenth avenue and B street, one at Tenth nvcnuo and E utroot, ono at Eighth nvcnuo and J Btroct, ono at Eighth avonue and L street, which re-, duces pressure to a point of safety for tho house connection and plumbing. District No. 2 is now supplied by tho Thirteenth East street reservoir and the new water supply main on Fifth South street. District No. 1 ia Biipphod by tho wator from tho lower system in City creek, a line from tho Thirteenth East street reservoir and the now wator supply main on Fifth South. The presont reservoirs aro tho City crook high lino tank house, about throo miles above the Eaglo Gate, capacity 51,000 gnllonB. Twentieth ward tank house in City creek, about one and a half miles above Eagle Gato, capacity 46,000 gallons. gal-lons. , ., Brick tank houso in City creek, about ono mile above Eagle Gate, capacity ca-pacity 225,000 gallons. Capitol hill reservoir, capacity 2,000,-000 2,000,-000 gallons. . 1 ' Thirloonth East street reservoir T pacity 5,000,000 gallons rC8erV01r' ca' nfPpSiy,3 can'on rosorvoir, at head - sfcoSo'ouor.7011 conduu' In addition to this tho now water & mipply main on Fifth South 55ce ha A a storago capacity above Tenth P-iit street of. 201 000 gallons, ami uoT twoon Main and Tenth East of 293 000 f gallons, or a total of 554,900 gallons'. ;hh RlnJMa affoct tho fight- ' ng condition of tho firo department to a grea or extent than any of tSj would bo always maintained and tho any time. Tho pressure gauges at Tenth East can bo instantly thrown out, and a prcssuro of 1S8 rounds To" Capacity of Mains. nfJapaclt7 of .the Present system of water supply ,nnill3 ;s' na r0ilow3; m 2 3 w O 2 Oi bp y-p District eg- g- 2. Present Une and Sourco. - &" ,u OCT Mains. : M : 31 I -i ; - c : i : n ' i e 3-1 High Lino, City Creole 95 to 1601 66 to lSdl 151 f9fiA nfln 2 Twentieth ward. City Creok.. 70 to 1H GS to 80 u lsonnno ' 1 City Creek. City Creok 78 to 142 65 to 129 24 10 600 onft J 1 City Creek (old). City Creole. 78 to 142 65 to 123 16 awo'Soo I 1 Klrst South, Farley's Creek... 78 to 142 65 to 129 16 Soooooo I 2 Fifth 8outh, Parley'H Creek... 66 to 114 55 to 80 ig '.soo'.QQfl I Total, City Crock I 1S400665 fl Total, Parley'a Crook MOoIqqq Grand Total 27feoo'.oob f PROPOSED MAIN. " 1-2 Fifth South, Parley's and 66 to 1141 55 to 99 1 Cottonwood 78 to 142 65 to 129 gel 38,900,000 Tho proscnt distributing system consists con-sists ot tho following main and lateral cast iron pipes: Feet. 15-lnch pipe S00 2- Inch plpo 8.120 3- Inch pipe 57.S60 i-lnch pipe H3.900 6- lnch plpo B0S.9GB 7- Inch pipe 550 8- Inch plpo 58.171 10-Inch plpo 3.060 12-Inch pipe 41.926 IG-lneh pipe 10,362 15- lnch pipe 4.285 20J-lnch plpo 2,130 24-Inch pipe S.10C 30-lnch pipe S.103 36-Inch plpo fl.622 36-lnch plpo (concrcto conduit).... 334 Total 867,363 Or 161.25 inllen of plpo. Improvements in System. In 18S9, Dccomber 31, the water works distributing system consisted of: Feet. li-Ineh pip 1,090 2- Inch pipe 13.337 3- Inch pipe 38,990 4- Inch plpo 43.47S 6-lnch pipe 4S.02U 8-lnch pipo 13,084 10-inch plpo 3,036 12-inch pipe 2.520 16- Inch pipo 3,002 20-lnch plpa 2.444 24-lnch pipe 2,587 30-inch pipe 112 This makes a total of 171,715 feo or a total of 32.52 miles, with a supply of approximately 3.S00.000 gallons gal-lons in tho mains, allowing 200 gallons gal-lons per capita, a supply for a popula-tion popula-tion of 10,000 water consumers. Tho present supply, 19,000,000, at the I samo rate, would approximate-a sup- ply tor a population of 95,000. The present water population is approximately approxi-mately 00,000, and tho supply i3 thereioro ample, but at tho presont Tato I of increase in population this supplv a will bo ontiroly consumed at tho end w of five years. sNi' I Important Addition Made. An important addition to the wator w supply system of the city this year Is tho thirty-sbc-inch main ;just com- pleted by P. J. Moran, running from I tho Fort Douglas military reservation ! to Third West street, on Fifth South street. Tho completion of this main I not only largely increases tho flow of water in tho business district, but fi makes tho pressure uniform in tho dis- trict which it affects. Tt is claimed j that tho completion of this main will 1 do much toward forcing a reduction I offlro insuraace rates, as it will givo J suincicnt pressuro at all times to throw water much higher than any building in tho city, and, in addition, insures a "bountiful supply- with which to com- 2 bat ilamos, if needed. 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