Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-10-09 | Page 12 | City Officials Inspect Proposed New Reservoir

Ih CITY OFFICIALS INSPECT ! PROPOSED NEW RESERVOIR Special to The Tribune. OGDEN'. Oct.- S. Riding in the patrol wagon, ten members of the Ogden city council, accompanied by City Engineer A. F. .Parker and City Attorney J."" H. De- vine, departed this afternoon for the cast- ern limits of the city, where they will In-t In-t spect the site of the proposed new reser- 1 voir for the city waterworks system. il The capacity of the single reservoir which Is now In use is Inadequate to the : needs of the city, and a-lire of any size in the business section, at a time when the reserve supply was low. would com-. com-. pletely exhaust the pressure, leaving the city at the mercy of the flames. It Is proposed to construct a new reservoir reser-voir of large capacity, thereby guarding against fire, dangers and at the same time providing a necessarily Increased supply , of water for domestic uses. The new . reservoir will cost in the neighborhood of ?i.-,,ooo.