| Show Salt Lakers SaltWater Water Supply ive Committee of Commercial Club Submits Its ls Find Findings jugs ings and Shakes lImar us Showing the lire Water Wac Available and flow How And id figures Vest to fo Handle it l i 10 to Advantage 18 I tho report Following ot the commit committee by W tho Commercial tee ot o water Wlter situation In tho dub to 10 All tributary anti tbt city ellY News the 10 e evenings stitt In lust b by th the generAl corn com I port pott W night IJ b the I Ilo Monday night lo Ot of g until front of ot fTh wor reportS M Is nn AU ePitome The the various the repost Staffed of to examine the Iho separate teeS lert ell C tea IN we question us minutely branChes iV of and the which have been heen culled cullell u a FO into a complete con lawn i The and conditions existing of oC O committee members Of oC the VoC Mayor K EZILL a H B K F 1 Hohne are Cal Col Ci U ore A Thompson Joel 1 A silver Ioe owe Cluba Committee To fo the th Commercial of the tho of Fifty on the supply l all Vater City commit committee I Itee under the folloWing I tee committee of oC five of oC An executive ot or general corn com the thO anti be shall the dutIes of oC which commit committee chaIrman receive recelle anti con th time tee be aU all to ees appoint of general anti wi o devise 11 ot of the Iho Iw ive plan for time the said to 10 ue hO hUb citY water final adoption to a 11 muted for Cor committee to die of oC this other duties ns M may from Crom charge time to be 10 to 10 It b bod leave to 10 submit as a the result of or tJ iF tJ i iI tj 0 01 Ii I e Po p I 3 II I I 1 i 0 I g t n 3 I e C Ct p 3 3 I i Ij t 4 1 11 I 11 It S a II 0 Of Po g t tI JEAn TEATh g I d C Cw w 0 10 0 I Ig 2 0 g rn Qs S F 1 Q U 0 L Lj t q 7 Q Io j 3 1 1101 1 1903 3 00 OOOO i ii 1 03 i 1 6 0 1 30 1907 S 32 i e eI I 1 I I GO COO 1 00 I 30 flO 1910 1 O till ull illS 11 2000 I ml 1911 1800 1111 It 3 1 lIS j 1911 ll 1170 nO 7 i 1118 ii f I i i 1120 1921 12 11 1 1337 O 27 IO st I I 1000 1921 II 1925 j 19 fl 1 It 2000 00 oooo Totals 1250 s Your Y ur attention Is b called cn to the I that this plan pin contemplates the pay pa 1111 of oc the of bands b nd now ou time the proceeds from the tho ilo lIlo of at have already aty been expended In Inthe Inthe inthe the nt and ond maintenance of oC the thi Jr Belt system The rie of the Income the time n Is based of course upon the estimated e Increase In Inthe the thc population has Imas been at S 3 per pel cent per annum We e consider r this a 11 low estimate for the Improved railroad with the rapid development of ot cur our mining anti and on 1 resources Indicates n II much more rapid untO staple growth In population In the Immediate future than In the th yi years a that have been heen taken ai III the th rw l IA of oC our calculations If It I tills this should prove true It fol tol follows 01 lows law that the bonds could be he more mor rap rapIdly rapidly Idly aM 1011 r ii or refunded than Is i antici I t kl m tn this plan pIan should It be deemed Wise vise to do tb PO o oit It lt may be argued however that the In the water supply provided for Cor h rein might nut not keep pace raM with the tho In tn population Put Hut In this con conn Motion n It t l he be e that tn tit city hat has hn a 11 right to Incur an nn nes rill fir the Improvement of f Us lis water wn to ti th Ih full extent of oC 4 per cent cen t of If f It its t n M d valuation and should the city grow crow greatly beyond the time cell call nale of the th committee the natural In cHt creLe e In the valuation would th illy to raise the money mII Y necessary nr sat to provide water for COl in the In population Tin Tho ho plan Dlan hero submitted for Cor your our nl ni fr tr th needs nee of oC l UI fion tl n a It per tr er capita con ln n of per day with the tin UT I k ever n II period of oC Jara fats to o a I great grent ex cx tent t nl the Iho th might elight additional taxation that nay ni m In t ned made fleet I lOUt S CUr commIttee has not nol l been Leen n f ful i of f th Ih h Kl of the city growing WYon II iti the expectation of It thua Ihus ar a Ir rc Mpr ater r tier 7 supply than n could be ho oh ob jn nite 1 an nl has hn ha cone cun l tend t Initiations Into neldo s of SnIt Salt Lk county and 11 had hod mille of oC other AM OUtside of r e tier lie the Ogden uen and Iier and lh th suit that It is III able nulo to t Ib the hll III of securing ater 5 Cr nt for tor the oC C ot of It a city Our docs lot hOt ore care how e t to 1 Ita o of these In ine until they sri It fully Cully corn com et e ted 1 h but m viII at n a future mo file r Port date Its it tI ther n with 10 II council or 1 n board or water vater corn com TilE ARTESIAN IIAN of oC time the artesian OC of th n Jart art Cor f the Mediate relief able h IS t mati e after Them 1 re mature 1 deliberation mini t d 10 he b douht In ln the theo Cot o th tb folle III as lo to t wither whether or ora a ahI ot of laler bo be suit I 1 UM anI whether the tho theto thoo o J II I or not Th The that It In r element or of an nn annual to the ut 0 t 11 hut hy the rarity B t I o e v by I MI time the Ie IS nil m time tile l bacteriological n r mb th t thet h ht ot 01 the III t tn t IhiL II Th fl rater from Cram lie M 1 fly Park lark hould not a am It that I the wells ells ita lbs to 10 do anything II hh jr r t th the rumor and the ea must le be cleaned anti Its labors jabors the tho following report The rca rea re which follow aro upon milton thu lito Investigations and conch slona Int of ot your our whose original orl reports are nrc attached hereto and a part hereof upon tho the of oC many mun s men civil and hydraulic nigh engi engineers lawyers City state statu and go govern vein mont ns tt well OH as upon ho tho re rt suit fult of oC personal Investigations con eon conducted ducted by the or of this com corm c In formulating this plan for tor the tho Im tnt Improvement provement and anti extension of ot tho water system as nil herewith presented your our committed him has considered the tho fol tol follow following low lowing I UK Important factors 1 The population 2 The present water sup supply supply ply Illy a Tha Tim reasonably certain Increase In III population and lt its water vater The certain of oC additional witter supply anti and tho time quantity to bo be secured a cured by their th h development 6 This rhu of oC any scheme Boheme de devised for tor the accomplishment of thE thu purpose desired lle fills rila latter Is tho most mORt Important con can of oC all nil for tor Cr without tho tile necessary sary ellry funds any plan Illan would prove provo fu to futile tile Therefore we wo present for tor your consid consideration the following suggestion for tor a n nt 4 t per pur vent cent bond Issue payable at nt the tho option of ot tho the city after 10 years the de tie details d tails of oC which are based primarily up upon upOn on the time assured right of ol the municipality ty t to It Its bonded for tor the time purpose under discussion dIscus Ion and anti further upon tho the natural increase III In Inthe the th population In time tho assessed valuation valuation lull tion lion of ot tho the city and In tho the earning capacity of DC C the time waterworks Improved anti now new ones sunk As A to tn the th permanence 11 of ot this water supply be a 11 difference of opinion and while It Is probably true that the th Immediate of this water could Hot not be termed a II true artesIan which can con only be found by b t 1 n a strata of oC rock rook these wells generally ore are only stink the tho wash foundations of oC boul 1001 boulders d ders dr rl gravel l i awl onel sand deposited from tram till tho of the canyons This strata of ot drift may nm be bl likened to a n grent gr at sponge that has absorbed ab the mountain Hoods seepage etc elc forming nn an tam 1111 subterranean nn stream of ot water which when tapped In wed gives out the Iho supply In this connection the figures are arc of or Interest The Th Big Hie nl Cottonwood stream huts haa been uen measured for tor years and tho the flow near nearly nearh nearh ly h h determined that tile Oit tl t 49 41 mlle of watershed give ge gallons per square mile of ot time the recorded now Mow In the canyon stream This would tc about 19 10 Inches of annual rainfall for tor that entire watershed at Turning ruining to time the Parleys canyon watershed with SO 0 miles of we by b the time same fame method of figuring lIeu ring that only gallons per er square mile pass lube down the tho stream or about ns aa much ns as flows In m the lug JIll Cottonwood and while time the Ih precipitation tation of or the time latter la is doubtless much than In the time former the time conclusion Mon sion Is III Irresistible that much of lit the Par Parleys leys les canyon water wlter has hns from the reappearing again lower down In the th artesian basIn It Is la true that n II porphyry dyke emits cuts that country amid am It Is 19 possible that to n a certain extent this thit last In t water finds Its lis way In elsewhere perhaps Into I Cottonwood canyon Itself It ctr The other I question of ot expense In the matter of or I artesian water cuts CUtA no imo great figure O ur as RS I time the Interest upon the sum that would bo t nr to procure thIs thin water else elsewhere where would thin equal the cost costor Of or Cm pumping ns as IS Iii i shown In the th sub Buh subcommittees subcommittees committees report r port the hole CUt cost of oC tills supply Icing nt at about per ler million 1111 on gallons allons dally daily during that portion of ot time tha year ear that tho the system would be h operated The Time period of oC the th consumption of ot water July 15 U to tn Sept S pt at nt a 1 time when the tho tholow low llos from tho the canyon stream Is light rBI cot nn the tho we estimate during this timIs time nt at gallons pr W itri capita dally daily and It Is upon unon this basis basH that we have made our ou calculations Inc for if It time the water ater system can an stand this strain Jor lor forGO CO GO days It ft can cun care rare for tor Itself the remain dar dor of oC the time year ear NEEDED Tile The other danger period in ts during the th winter months month when the canyon streams are nearly n frozen rozen up ur or the frost Crost prevents Ue he water from coma running Into the time streams anti and to meet both hoth of oC these wo we advocate time the building of ot reservoirs especially the boo In Parleys canyon which Is I expect expected ed to Impound gallons C lons with 1111 witha a n darn only 1043 fet feet high This quantity If It it 11 Is soon after being filled OIled or say sa In between July Jul 15 and Sept Sopt opt IS 16 would give the city between too COO and gallons dolly daily thus thull more titan than doubling what the time city ell had hall during that season the tho present year ear and time the reservoir being again partially tilled would provide abundant tire pro protection for the time winter rt i 1 Th Tb The grater greMer ter use ue u e of laks Inkt iak water depend IMd largely upon tho the CO nt work that may be tie done under the recent legislation l passed by Congress anti and our plan xo so far Car an RII It egos o c U is t un In hi harmony with the Idea of ot re rt receiving all legitimate te benefits b possible pO under time the th operation of ot that law but the uncertainty regarding the tho mAttel matte precludes R your from Crom directly Including that proposition In these roe roc Our idea Idon Is however that thal the Interest In Utah lake should bo be held fast and In every wity u possible Indeed time tho cita safety In time tho matter of ot the tho control o ot of Parleys canyon water vater depends upon n the tho use lake hike Water sater ater In iii exchange AVAILABLE A In further considering the tho possible po available sight should not be ho lost loHt of thy the following Conditions to which reference lIce IH Is made In tn the reports imports of oC those of your subcommittees In hand the tle Invalidations of the thi va ye various 1 rious canyons In this timis valley II II ey viz vl 1 The rhe underground How lIow chown to exist by n II comparison of the annual precipitation on the time various ls with timo tho re ye recorded corded How lIow lit the different stream tream For Instance the recorded How no of oC City creek creele tram from rota Oct J i 1001 1 01 to Oct 1 19 to gallons gallon or an on average of approximately gal gallons nl Ions lons per day which Is U equivalent to tI nn an annual rainfall of oC SW SO on the tha entire 1515 1015 square miles milts embraced In Inthis inthis this particular watershed The rue since of oC thes will he be readily seen when It Is IB understood d that In tho the seasons season II the precipitation on tile tIa city creek Is It double do u Inches tho time recorded How of oC the time stream I tho the difference evidently being largely lost lout by b seepage in time thu th formation This condition Is round found to tto exist to a P greater grenter or less extent t In ull 1111 the canyons under tinder consideration It U Is III the judgment of ot competent com engineers that most of or this title lost tater ater can caim be he saved by b the time building of dikes or subsurface dams damns which would require the tho employment ot of the best engineer obtainable Ihl Is l doubtless one olle of oC tho time ninny J questIons question that will ilI arise for tor determination lion tion by tho th proposed mater ater commission c and so beyond thus titus calling attention to the time matter your our committee o has imaH no rec to moke make In this title cornice connee connection tion In recommending the development of springs sprIn s II and anti artesian vt ls Mil and the building of oC time the Parleys canyon mind and Little Valley reservoirs your tour our had imad In hI mind the time obtaining of ot a II 1 clent cleat supply of ot water vater for tor the Immedi Immediate ate future with particular reference to Limo tho possible needs during the low Jow will vat water willer er Cr season July 15 to Sept SeN 15 16 1503 The Time Increased supply which In time the opinion of your oUr would wold be thus obtained Is shown as us follows IN IK Gallons Uy lIy tho time development of springs In City Creek canyon canon per day for Cor the time timey year y ca r II Uy Iby time the development of oC springs In Emigration I canyon cuny lI per day tin for or year 3 oar II 4 Uy By the Liberty park wells per day for tor the time your 0 Total 4 I I Add to this th s the time supply July 16 15 15 Iii 1902 OO Total supply for tor two dry Ury months months July Jul Ini 15 to September 15 1903 Q QA AVAILABLE A IN 1001 IDOl Ily By the time Parleys canyon reservoir per day dllY for tor two 1 OOOO By Uy the time Little Valley otle reservoir per Ier day da for tot two months Total I I S or I Add to this the time available supply for 1903 II OO I I I I Total supply for Cor two dry iry r months Tho Time extent to which this thiA l might be b further Increased by the tho sinking of oC artesian wells along tho the line lino of time th Jordan river and Suit Salt Lake LaJe City canal canalla la Is of or course a matter of oC speculation The conditions at nt present surrounding the time Gordon water r right ore are such that your committee deems de lOs It wise III to make no concerning It ItIn itIn In III closing this communication we ve would say SI In tn regard 1 to o time the plan of financing this scheme schem should objection be made on tho the ground that tM tho generation lion should not lx lit bo taxed for tho those o to come conle co 1 that the purest way Iny to Interest men lOen and capital in the thc growth of oC the oily city In is to provide now for Cor time the future needs A 2 bond payable at lit the tho option after atter 10 G years is as IS long a II time bond as aim coull bo tO anti and It lt Is possible that thai long before these thea 20 Or 01 25 i ar bonds would become b come duo a n |
