Salt Lake Tribune | 1906-03-02 | Page 3 | Hard Water Proposition

HARD WATER PROPOSITION. Residents of Upper Bingham Worried Over Aqua Pura Supply. BINGHAM. March l.-The mldenta of Upptr ningharn havo a. serious water proposition confronting con-fronting them. In tho past the nupply has hern coming from tho Boston Consolidated Copper company's central tunnel. Tho com-l com-l pany granted the people free use of tlm water fiom this tunnol, nnd last ummer resldontit I of Upper ulnaham erected a Innce tank at tho I mouth of the tunnel, from which place the water wn.i piped to the different houses. I During the winter tho company haB been I driving a tunnol lower thnn the central tun-! tun-! nrl, thereby draining Iho latter of a great ! proportion of tho original flow, thus reducing tho pros-'juro and preventing what little water there Is from reaching tho homes furthest ftom the tank. J. A. Doughan Is erecting a four-room cot-tiigo cot-tiigo closo to his other dwellings below the depot. Tho Citizens' Coal company Is enlarging Its coal bins so ax to bo able to ' carry a larger nuppl) and avoid a ii'petttton of tlila winter "h C(nl fumlne.