| Show WEXTV or WATER THE weather forecasts lately made bvMr Wtbb have been unusually correct In his last forwardpoint Ing ttatement iu that line lie as Hired the citizens that they nexd entertain no fears of damage by flood during tho forepart of Uio season This soothing Informatiou is based upon his anticipation that the approaching spring will be a late one that there Ii i yet a lengthy spell of cold weather ahead If this be the case the vast accumulations accum-ulations of snow in the mountains and munitions rocks by which this and ether valleys are surrounded will be held thereby there-by the persistent grasp of inter which teems remarkably reluctant to loo en hia grip upon the hordes of frozen moisture ho has carefully husbanded Should the spring Le late as anticipated the floods will only be delayed to be all the mum overwhelming when the ron hall enter his protest against the mountain futtnestes longer holdIng hold-Ing their masses of moiiture When the torrents ilo begin to pour from the elevated recesses of surrounding ranges they will be in such volume that thy will Le hard to control Prevention is better than cure 2 owls the time to prepare for the Inevitable Surplus and other canals should to put in tbape and If necessary others should be constructed There can be no doubt that during the approaching season the water question will be on Butts But-ts phase will be the antithesis of what it has been In the last Heretofore Here-tofore scarcity has been the rule ICext summer superabundance will be the situation Unless time is grasped by the forelock on this subject sub-ject purchasers on some of the lower additions with high sounding names may probably be under the necessity neces-sity of hunting their locations with the aid of boats Ve observed some time since that the city council had decided to complete the Parleys canal which at present has no termInal out letalong the original route where it will empty into City Creek This Is a commendable move It will practically solve the water question on the northeast bench for which there will be no lack of moisture during the coming summer That section of the city Is bound to become be-come one of the most desirable for residences as soon as there shall be a sufficient water supply We have not learned however of tho work construction on the canal having been begun It was to be executed providing certain conditions were complied with Ve are not precisely precise-ly familiar with their nature but presume they consist of concessions on the part ot realty owners of the right of way lor the conduit As the canal will undoubtedly cause a large increase in the value of land crossed by it we should imagine I that no owner would be e foolish ax to stand in the way of his own jiuirtti it y uenuinuing compensation compensa-tion for what would be to him a pecuniary benefit The present administration arc pledged to provide an adequate supply sup-ply of water to all jarts of the city and if i they fjil to largely redeem this promise they will be unable to put out the plea of scarcity for no lost season has exceeded the present one in promise tf abundance |
