Show ll 11 was not wood blood nor lalni DO BUI NU red hill empties itself into vernal ell city water pipes plan on foot to extend system further up lip ashley creek 1113 3 report that a largo large number T THE of cattle sheep cheep hogs hoe and other animals had been butchered on an the banks of spring creek and that blood was flowing through the water pipes into the homes of vernal Is absolutely without foundation neither la Is it laue that a red paint factory has baa been in that neighbor hood that stuff which has baa been coming down through the pipes for two or three weeks is red water though to bo tell the truth it may possibly con tain blood offal red paint and other disagreeable ingredients there ta is every chance for or the trem stream to be come contaminated sit animals feed and water all along there is every reason to believe however that the ted led in the water cornea comes from the red hill to the north during the recent warm das much snow now has hae melted on the south hill ilde and boa run down into spring 11 birg creek thence theme into ashley As soon as aa all the snow to is gone the water will become clear only to turn red again when the first heavy rain min falls even when clear the water is ie not of the purest character containing as a it does filth from the farms arm above idith with ackall as a flavor while it t to r far better than the old ditch water and the water from the wells it ta is not good enough two conditions condi tiona confront the po people ip they th ey must continue to use this water or they must extend the pipe lines of the vernal water works a few miles further up it if it la is agreed that me pipe lines shall be extended the best plan for such euch extension will have to be worked out the city to is bonded up to the limit mufid another issue to is butof out of the question clie amount of money could be borrowed or the banks would al low overdrafts which would amount ito I 1 to the same thing the do interest on this money would be heavy and then the principal pal would have to be paid back 1 ube vernal express has a plan which might be adopted and sue uc cess fully carried out there are at present about water users in the city and just outside the city limits the average cost per year to la ipe haps hapa 10 to each user and it if every man would pay for his water at least three years yeara in advance the sum isum of could be raised in that way A few would be willing to pay five years yeara in advance others would pay two and there are those who would pay nothing the vernal express will start the ball rolling toy offer log ing to pay in a advance A number of leading citizens have been interviewed on the subject and a majority of them take kindly to atle proposition the present intake of the water mains Is located about two hundred yards yard from the old johnson amill from that t point to the points where spring creek and dry fork run in to ashley creek is from tour four to five miles pipes that distance dia tance would insure almost as inure ipure water as a cornea from ashley gorge there are but two or three places above that would contaminate the water I 1 the cost of the construction of this line would be much less per mile than the past construction work in that the trench need riot not be to ex celd two feet deep and the digging I 1 of the tint first two feet is ersy ecy in cosm com batison with the next two feet the pipe leipe would not be so eo costly as it Is ie not high pressure and Is smaller it la Is a hard matter to make an estimate of the expense that would be involved in the extension of this system figures submitted range from to |