Show 4 t I I 1 i. i THE THE SALT SALT 4 LJ Li S.- S. Salt SI 1 I t L Lk Lakes Lake's a k es W. W Water ater 5 System W Will 1 11 M Meet TT LL t AT-t E Every J Emergency J y Commissioner Says S I I. I g of f. f bi big p problem blem R Reservoirs darns dams and t being being- gradually of the the most ome and plans ex extensive kind are re which c care are under way either und under r cons construction ruc- ruc promise se best municipal tion or proposed r in inI I pal pla plant t in U. U S. S S 'S scheme i I k 4 j 4 7 I i c 14 I I 4 t k I sI 2 8 4 c r 7 4 4 El F S a. l f fP t P T S 4 K 4 S St S t t g e SS t 4 5 1 c. c 9 4 4 I I S 'S 4 c r S c S. S I c a-c L LV L 7 N S v a THE TT HE above bove ar are a few of the projects under way for th the relief of the city water system At the top is a view yiew of the Pleasant t I Valley distributing reservoir in n City Creek canyon T The ie center picture shows hows the laying of concrete in the bottom of tile the n new new Fifteenth East rese reservoir now completed The bottom picture at th the left is the Lake Phoebe dam in in Big Cottonwood looking 5 down str stream At the right is a view of t the e Twin lakes dam darn in Cottonwood looking up stream t tf f S 7 S of Salt Lake City R RESIDENTS will have little to fear Cear in the future from scarcity of water I supply and inefficient water re regulation if tr the plans inaugurated the J last st st. t year are successfully carried carried car car- ried tied put ut Although the waterworks department has ben able to handle the Uie sl situation more effectively than I lt year with more water still BUll the scarcity was quite marked T d of at extensive regulative and measures became mo more The necessity of a moVe mth efficient system was vas observed la about ut two wo years jears ears ago and the city commission set setS about to remedy It it The Tho result l is in the system of reservoirs reser reser- dams darns and conduits either recently re reo re- re constructed or proposed today to to- d day r.- r. i New mains extended during the thel l t. t year c r to parts previously pre affected bj scarcity of water have done much to 10 increase the tho supply in these p parts i ts and today the deficiency is scarcely noticeable Commissioner ner H. J Shearman said laid But there r LW sections of the city with with- out dt Uie new relief mains They ave are Most people do not riot rel immensity of ota a city water system but an explanation of Decent developments which have been n necessary c. c essary eBsary t to cope with the tho situation serve to show its magnitude This system when completed will be beas' beas as' as perfect f as s is to to be found any h t el Jn In this country FacUlties Facilities Undeveloped loped st of at Salt Lake City's natural natura water facilities are arc undeveloped or in hi a sense neglected Heretofore our I water has has' been taken from the mountain streams as needed and that J h which accumulated behind a series t tr of r Insignificant dams has been the I principal amount in reserve But I when b n. n the Jle spring thaws set in the I surplus water has been allowed to flow aw away y and to no purpose except perhaps the irrigation tion ont of ot suburban gardens lAe As the city cUy continues to grow have haYe to be made forthe o the util ut utilization of this surplus surplus' to the last gallon ganon or the result will Wi be be In the thc near r future far more more serious than r recent cent sc scarcity LA A new water system will of course courso provide pro for emergency con conS ns caused by a shortage of or rain Call In and snow l and for tor damage done donero ro Co the watersheds The recent fires In fA the tiie City Creek watershed at ar are a mple of possible dang dangers danger's rB that bat may occur at any time to bring about bout the most serious water shortage shortage short short- age in the rhe hot months The s snow ow hould be protected and md held back In ln the mountains n b by the ties trues and is Is' now open to the first thaw and arid melts early in the season while at lit present there ther Is nothing to toi i if tain A falling off Jf f in the rainfall rain rain- fall anU alIL iU Brother serious t thing and nd of the thc trouble this summer r rin in dt due e eto to ni the thc unusually dry r season While l last rt year rear rainfall alone hold the tIle water supply well up to hor inor 1 mal maU summer rain this year has bas been t i factor factor The eno snow snow- Tk-i Tk a H ps S H I fall of oC the thelast last winter too was was but two two thirds that of ot the two precedIng preceding ing tog years C Careless Waste All these sc scarcity causes canses as as' un uncertain uncertain certain and problematical as they may seem are bound to return I again and amI the preparation the city government o has lias advanced ad is an f one I II I Duri Durig lg the present scarcity alt all n wafer waler was use used there being be be- ing lug none non held in reserve at any source This amounts amounts' to tho Uw consumption consumption con conS of gallons daily dally On August 18 of last year gallons were available and conditions conditions condi condi- Lions were such that this tills amount was far less efficiently handled th than n has hec been done this year with gallons less on hand However er this may be be the water insufficiency from natural caus causes Is Is' greatly subordinated to to the thc artificial cial or r. r remediable causes auses such as aa neglectful and careless waste lack of proper distribution and cons conserva tion In the matter of ot distribution many residence districts are neglected neg neglected because supply lines s have ha not been enlarged to keep pace with the growth o of the district or Increase increase In in- crease in population The feed system SS S'S tem tern has grown Inefficient It c can ll readily be seen that hat the theone theone theone one big problem of water distribution distribution tion in addition to that of or illegitimate ma mate e consumption is the matter of of conservation This matter has been taken un most fuli fully Cully and nd elaborate I h t I I I 1 remedial measures have been instituted by the tho members of the city cUy commission II Solving the Question Commissioner ner W. W H. H Shearman Shearman- has lias as labored Insistently to perfect the efficiency of the waterworks and at last the problem has begun to un fold Each new de C development pf ot C the dam darn and reservoir system comes come more nearly nearly- ly- ly solving the big ques ques- tion In the the- next year or so so allor all of or the prospective projects will be he completed and our our system will be beas beas beas as good as any municipality can boast of The vin T La e s darn dam In lir upper Cottonwood Cottonwood Cot Cot- can canot on will be completed this fall inn b by the James Stewart Construction Con Con- company compan This This- improvement improve ov ment Is Is ls being built at a cost coat ot or 7 70 arid and will hold when completed comple d. d gallons l' l lof of wat for city c consumption According to C Commis Commissioner r sIgner Shearman n this dam lam wilt will wiltho bo ho read ready to handle next neot gears gears' e r cat wat water l supply S I Lake Lako and Mary Lake Lak Phoebe are also being converted to the use pf the city water the source and the Joca Joca- tin of ot the lakes making them CV opo- opo O. O dally daily well adapted adapted- for tor purposes Owen H. H Gray and company com corn pan pany has been at work on this this' dath for tor the last two seasons season It will hold gallons and will cost cosi th the city elU In the neighborhood of The supply from these lakei will be sufficient to the south and c eastern stern part ot of tho the ell city In a like way preparations arc are beIng be be- lug Ing made to handle the section Thin Thill will wm willbe b. b be accomplished through the City Creek canyon eye tem tern tem A dam darn dam co costing tir g act about b dt and capable of ot holding gallons gal gal- Ions lons Is being completed by the J. J I al-I P. P Moran Construction company compan in the canyon Holds Gallons The Fifteenth East reservoir just completed by the Ute Wilson ilson Contracting company will he rad ready for use Immediately immediately im Im- Im mediately and no doubt can be used to advantage o this summer This Water water wa wa- ter er reserve holds ten million gallons and will reinforce the thc old Thirteenth nth Ea East t reservoir lri In addition to these improvements to our our water system tho the has approved of ot the erection of a huge reservoir in Parle Parleys Parley's s 's canyon which Will thu hold 0 one 10 billion gallons of I water City Engineer r Sylvester Q Cannon has hns not as asyet yet et announced any definite Plans flans c concerning It flut work will wm be bEr commenced In the near fu fu fu- ture lure The northeastern part of ot the city which suffered greatly from the wn water wa wa- ter shortage a year ago has been beenie ic- ic this sum summer er b by the recent Ia lay lay- Lug uig o 0 of th thi twelve Inch r m main mainI ln I from the Thirteenth East supply tank to Fifth av avenue nue and K IC street This was waR ns completed at u c. c cOt cost t. t of f The Thc Thirteenth South supply main was alsor alO recently completed as as a means meanA of or relief for the South side of the tho city I The cost cOl of this improvement improve improve- ment was It contemplates a population of two twenty thou thousand ond while at present but fifteen n hundred reside In the district This locality therefore will wm be provided for tor abundantly abundantly antly for tor a ri considerable time Saving by W Water t r M Meter ter perhaps th the most remarked Im Improvement Improvement Im- Im provement In the tho S system o on 0 a a. smaller smal smal- ler her scale ls is th thy successful use USO of r the I water meter which has lias done dohe wonders for or water conditions the commis- commis stoner std slid With the water meter th the total consumption n I per r ca capita Is Isan Isan isan an a average pf fir 72 2 gallons while whelo this thC meter I Is not ot used g gallone gallons gal gal- J- J lone Ions is s the a cra acra average crage c am amount used per I capita Cl The Tho w wat water t r met meter r should hould be I installed tall 11 in every 1 home ome without cost tl the e c commissioner said not only as a a. benefit to the owner but bt as a saving and b benefit to the ct y supply Butas But as the oil city olty increases I its s supply of ot wot water water- r this d decides the consumption problem in great measure yet the matter of tEe feeding the different par parts paris s of the city Keeping the mains full Cull at atall atall all nil times this hits too Is another difficult question Tho The fact remains remains' L however that th the big difficulty difficult of ot the future will m b be with the north and tOn part ot of the cit city Hero water wafer can be be- distributed from the City Creek branch and from a source higher than thon the bench or oran or-nn an expensive conduit will wm have to be exl extended nd l the the terminal ot of tho the thoe e Cottonwood and Parleys Parley's can canon on conduits through Fort Douglas to tho the limits of the northeastern bench The north district can only be served S from a 1 high Un line linC source and the most mOISt I feasible method will be bl to a aI I f of dams and res reservoirs r In elt City Creole i. i Shown l An innovation tTo l' l recently r fn installed t by by- which whIch th thc of water the ft the water J I works woks department are able to determine determine deter deter- mine points of or high and low Jow I pr pres pressure pres- pres s- s sure Mure at all times of the da day clay is the record guage It is installed at high highPoint highpoint highpoint point of or every cry division of or the tho city system where the pressure is the low- low 8 st. st There mere are eight of them in use and each day after the recording dial lIal has been collected from each guage th the department t consults it with a aview aview view Yiew to locating points of ot unequal pressure I Equal Ilal lal distribution I is sought and the officials of or the department make regulations go governing the dEs districts dis 1111 affected Spi Sprinkling inkling hours are aio cut down in some places place and ani efforts ore are made to diffuse the supply over o the whole area are as much as possible The Tho water register on a detachable detachable de do- paper laPer dial the hl high h and low pressure at all an times during the day dayAs A As AN the city grows rows there are arc still other means In case of or necessity which can be employed to furnish us adequate w water supply Commissioner Commissioner Commis Commis- said Utah Lake Ike canal water might even en be utilized This runs into Salt Lake City in considerablE considerable con con- quantity and when filtered could be pumped Into the water system The gra gravity vit flow however Is much better more healthful and less expensive to handle hondle Works Well Organized I An Intal Intake e tunnel In the side of ot Big Dig Cottonwood canyon has been ad advised ad- ad This also would furnish j ad-j an abundance of or water In time of ot need This project has n not t been seriously i considered at present sent and its construction con- con coni i sti action Is problematical Shearman and Superintendent Barrett Barrett Barrett Bar Bar- rett explained that the tlc Salt Lake Cit City water vater works Is e exceedingly well wen organized d There are ono one hundred ana and ana sixteen men employed In t the e complete force There are arc four emergency emer emer- gency men four our oural al valve runt i runners miners ers eight hydrant and valve repair men meter men ami superintendents Our valve val control l system Js IH Iii especially effective said aid Id tl-i tl tho i maintenance expenses This y year ar h hive have ve been decreased In view of ot the tho fact that the he territory to be handled has baa been enlar enlarged ed In other words worde has the ambition of the department be been n satisfied in that greater efficiency efficiency accomplished enc ency has been heen LODGE T TO HAVE HAVE OUTING will have haye a picnic plc pie pic Victor lodge No o 89 Tho The nl nic lunch at al Saltair Thursday arrangements will go gotO goto committee on train to this the resort on the 2 o'clock Invited in invited invited In- In and imd all members of the lodge are to go so on that train JOSEPH JOSEP S. S WELLS IS BETTER in Salt Sail Word Woid has been received that the condition of ot Joseph SWells S. S Lake that It Wells is HO tiO much Improved hat has been decided an nn operation is un un- necessary Mr Wells has been visitIng visit visit- visiting ing in Rochester N. N Y and will re return return return re- re turn home homo Immediately immedIate WILL wiL DEDICATE HALL Joseph F. F Smith and Anthon Anthon An- An Anthon thon II 11 Lund of ot the tho Mormon church have la gone to Idaho Falls to be bc present present pres- pres pres pres- ent at the dedication of ot the n new w Idaho Falls ward chapel and amusement hall hail The dedicatory dedicator will wUl beheld behold be beheld held hold today |