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Show WATER PLENTILUL 1NJJTAH LAKE Utali lako nnd tho big pumping -plant at tho head of Jorlau river enn furnish fur-nish Mifllclcnt Irrigation water for nil the land In Snlt tako county that can bo readied from this source, It wns declared by 11101111)0111 of tho various Snlt tako county canal companies, which conducted nn inspection of tho great plant tills week. Tho occasion was tho seventeenth anniversary ot tho tustrllntlon ot tint pumps and tho Irrhmtlon oinclnli; fittingly comiiiom. nrntcd tho dvent at a hanqurt at Saratoga Sara-toga Springs, tondorod by W. A. Knight superintendent of the plant. A careful r.urvoy and monsumtlon of water nvnllablo rhowcil that an oven greater supply than Is furnished furnish-ed now could bo pumped next season with tho Installation of additional pumps. Accordingly It was. decided to begin tho construction work on nn addition to tho plant at tho close of tho rrccont Irrigation season. Tlio combined libards also authorized Superintendent Sup-erintendent Knight to make any other Improvements as ho may deem noccs. siiry to Insuro tho continued good sorvico sor-vico of tho pust. A now set or flood gal03 wcro ordered end a now bulld-Ing bulld-Ing for tho original pumping plant, oon'strurlod In 1002, onto which tho main plant was later added. 'Ilia plant In furnishing lfi00 ncro feot of water dully and tho gravity flow of Jordan river at this tlmo nnfounU to approximately hlxty ncro iet uniTy. "Tuesday tho Inko" was" reported' re-ported' SiiTt feot bolow compromlso, practically at tho enmo elovatlon as when tho pumps wcro first started In l!i02. Tho lowest elevations of tho lako reported was CIO feot 'below compro. miso In August, 1905. Salt tako City Is a direct beneficiary benefi-ciary of tho Utah lako water as well lis tho formers of Sell tako valley. Tills season farmers used tho city's supply In Cottonwood and Parley nin-you.i, nin-you.i, while tho city took In oxchango part or tho river flow from Utah lake. With the Midltlon of more wnlur pumps) (his supply ran bo prnttlsally doubled, ncroi'dlng to tho canal oin-cllllrt |
