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Show m C1W WATER . SUPPLYJN3PEGTED Possibilities of Development of Dry Canyon Flow Are Discussed. Tho possibilities of developing iva-tcr iva-tcr in Dry canyon and ils tributary forks is being considered by city water officials, who made a trip up the canyon can-yon yesterday aftcruoon. In tho party were AV. If. licannan, water commissioner; commis-sioner; C. F. Eairett, superintendent of water works, and Allen MacQuarrie, assistant snperiutendeut. fry eanvon embraces a consideraVtle area "of watershed drained by no other canyon. It boasts no stream of its own, but all ihi-ou5li the main iotk the water rises above the surface here and there in such ipinntities as to indicate in-dicate tho presence of a large amount of underoround flew. It runs in a southwesterly direction from Black mountain ri.lpe emptying into the yai-lev yai-lev just northwest of Tort Dougla. bcitiiV the only canyon between lied Butte cauvon aud Citv Creek. It extends ex-tends to a low divide separating it from the left branch of Red Butte and embraces a watershed area of several squaremiles. H is thought that by digejin tunnels or wells in the bed of the canyon the underground flow ean be discovered anil piped into the city system. The water ollieials were favorably impressed im-pressed with the possibilities, and it is likely that engineers will be asked to examino the canyon and make a report. |