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Show Offers Plan to Replace Argenta I Alitor. Tha Teleajram: I believe it la proper at this time lo ak a few -aueationa In regard to what extent a hava r-ne ta aaer-tain aaer-tain lha srtual fa t rm-ernlng the topic of tha pour -tha coming bond lean. Tha conaolidated reports of our city for 1113, and particularly the engineer's report, saa thla: "Itas-ing "Itas-ing tha population on tha I'nlled Htiea rrnaus reHsrta. wo hava a pupulathm of it oos. (ong along a llttla further. It alalia that th-' th-' atallahla w ater supply eireedrd th consumption lift per cent mora than waa uaeil.' I pon that It la safa to say wa hr a watr supply for a population popula-tion of 2.oua, providing we had watrr etorage fai llitiea, wlllrh were Intmediatrly started and culiiiimtted In lrretnter, 115, when tho galea ert rU'ed at th Twin la-akea and lkea I'hoeh and Mary reaervoha. I The Twin tJikea cummenred flow. In over the spillway July . Il4. with a futl rapacity of 3 O00.noi Sallona. Tha Jkke I'horbo and lnrv did not rach Ha full rapat-itt ow ina; to lt not blng ronipltcti until July U, 114. l onarql'-ntly It heUI only ZIS.fMHi.ilott s-'l'nn, of w hirh Du re w ere irn w n from the 1 two reservoirs 3?,fto ou gallon In Auzuat, arpnnber and wlolwr, Iruvina a aurplua of IlT.Mtinnfl gn. lont. or mora than one-third uf thrlr total I'siwrlty. This Is tli Mory of the firat y ear of slorasa of Water. In 191? JHotin-lain JHotin-lain Iell waa entpleiM with a rn parity of : 7 -MM maim Biill.na, in-rrtfanmr in-rrtfanmr atoiav rapacity to L"0. Sif (Hfft gallona, which tirl.l good to w hen Mnuntnln waa In- i creased to I I4b.0oa.ofta callona. nmre Ihsn fixe It men Ms original capacity, makinr lha total stnraga I.OMM,' (Ho sollons. U'.H it mt Ive advNahle to In vent I. gat whether It Is not a better plan lo rata tho dunis at Iho Cottonwood vtorase reaervoha and douhle their iinpacity bv not having any water j run over the splMwsys and rhmlns tha antes earlier In th season, thereby conaervlna tha wster In th upter reaches My belief Is thst It csn b don st a noniinsl sum In comparison with the outlsy to con etruct th Araenta dam and can b d"n with mors safetv. . I "i:tii SKKn- |