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Show THE NEW COTTONWOOD CONDUIT. CON-DUIT. A great deal has been written nbout tho conduit which is being built to bring the water from Dig Cottonwood creek into tho city. It the articles appearing In tho papers had been written writ-ten for tho purpose of mystifying the people they could not have accomplished accom-plished that end any better than they have done. Tho facts aro these: The conduit Is being built from a certain point on tho bank of Cottonwood crosk to tho dam In Parley's creek. The conduit will empty Its water Into this dam, from where It will flow with the Parley's creek water Into tho Parley's canyon conduit, thence Into tho city's pipes. Tho stuff tho Tribune writes about the plans having been so maTlo that it will bo necessary for the water to run up hill to reach the now conduit Is all nonsense. No matter at what point the water Is taken from the creek It would be necessary to build a dam across the creek to bank up tho water and create a settling tank from which tho water, freed from sand, brambles and so forth, will be turned Into tho conduit. The place fixed by the engineers for .taking the water from the creek Is probably the best that could havo been selected. The conduit Is four feet deep and four and a half feet wide, lined on the bottom and sides, which sides are perpendicular, per-pendicular, with cement six Inches thick. It Is a larger conduit than tho Parley's canyon conduit Into which it will empty its waters. Tho Parley's oondult Is round nnd three feet In diameter and when full carries an ample amount of water to supply tho city when augmented by tho flows which como Into tho city from City creek nnd Emigration canyons. in , tho summer months, when water Is low, Parley's conduit is not nearly filled, but when tho Cottonwood sup- -ply Is turned In thoro is no doubt It 1 will bo sufficient to furnish tho city with ample water oven in tho drlesc seasons, and that for many years Par- , ley's conduit will bo found largo enough to carry all tho water tho city 1 needs. When Parley's conduit bo-comes bo-comes too small It Is so constructed that It can ho enlarged at not a very great cost so that It will carry all of ' tho Cottonwood water as well as tho Parley's creek water. The statements which havo recently recent-ly been published to tho effect that j tho plans and specifications for the now conduit are defectlvo and that the 1 work of bull'dlng it will havo In great measure to bo dono over again aro. founded on tho theory of somo engineers engi-neers that six-Inch thickness of cement ce-ment on the side of tho conduit towards to-wards tho mountain Is not sufficient to resist tho pressuro of tho soli and tho subterranean rivulets which percolate per-colate through tho soil down tho mountainside. Tho conduit in great part runs near tho baso of tho mountain moun-tain and its sides being perpendicular (not round like Parley's conduit), It Is feared by somo that tho percolating water and tho wet, heavy soil will before be-fore long break through tho sido or tho conduit nearest tho mountain. It is contended that tho now conduit should havo been circular In form so that tho subterranean water would flow over It Instead of being banked up by the perpendicular wall-like side anl that tho cement on that sido should be twelve or eighteen Inches thick instead of only six. There Is a good dotl of theory about this and much diversity of opinion. Just how much water will bo obtained ob-tained from Cottonwood creek by exchanging ex-changing Utah Lake water with tho farmers who now own tho Cottonwood Cotton-wood creek water, Is very problematl-cnl. problematl-cnl. It Is, however, reasonable to sup- pose that under tho contracts already entered Into for exchanging there will bo enough to give tho city an ample supply for somo years, and In tho meantime more water can bo obtained ob-tained from Cottonwood creek either by purchase or exchange. , |
