Show I THE PARLEYS CANYON RESERVOIR To the Dear DellI Public The city court coun council cun I elI cil should not order ci nor any sum I whatever expended on the present se selected heeled site of ot the Parleys canyon calyon res rca reservoir for or tIme tho following good and sum auth dent clout cont reasons Fit st The site chosen on the tho Young Youngberg Youngberg Youngberg berg property Is not well wel chosen for tor U It UIs I ItIs Is a gulch In the center of ot a n deep can eun canyon canyon yon where all 11 th time the flood fod waters from Parleys creek and und the Dell Del creek with wih eli all al their mud and filth mth will vIll wi empty di dl directly Into the proposed reservoir and whether the water to be bo saved comes from the melting incItIng snows of ot early spring or from tho Iho Ito more gradual melting of ot the tho deeper drifts piled ted in hI the canyons from the early winter deposits or from tho the cloudbursts or of summer all 01 mud and gravel and filth mth coming In the wa water water water ter from tho the above mentioned sources will w unavoidably bo tie carried Into this reservoir re There Thero will wi be no way o getting rid of behls title this matter only by hoist hoisting hoistIng ing lug the waste gate uto after Atter each storm and thus letting the receptacle cleanse Itself Iselt nail oni what a n waste of at the tho water vatar this would mean meRn Is apparent to the most casual observer Secondly The reservoir site sie would have to be he o deepened squared and trimmed up to the th amount of ot several hundred thousand tons of oC rock roc I dirt brush und ind so 10 forth not forgetting for tor forgetting getting Keln to mention menton the dead ded squirrels that this pool would Juice for tor the citizens to tl drink In case the tho site silo Is not Ilot tot thoroughly cleaned and scraped to nt at least eight or ten feet teet deep deell over oer the tho entire entre proposed recep receptacle tack Well Wel say MY those in favor t or of the tho present site the city con can ca and will wi do this but it k t may be truthfully said sal the city db cannot do this thin without going to needless expenditure of the tue peoples money mony for tor tho the city lands on which they could safely deposit this excavated matter mater are situated one and miles mies above the proposed many malY ten thousands of or dollars would need to tobe tobe tobe be expanded in 1 thus hauling away noy this extraneous matter ma Ier proposed reservoir will 1 entirely Interfere with wih the traveling public as ns coal haulers hauler venders of oC vegetables and Ind fruit trull etc elc to Park City and the general traveling publio be between between between tween Summit and counties countes and ond this city cl would be turned out from froma a 1 smooth pleasant canyon road up on onto onto onto to a I s precipitous and steep step narrow dug dugway dugway way to be bo traversed In a too neat near proximity to a 1 very vel deep and danger dangerous otis ous pool pol of ot water when one misstep from rom a 0 balky balk or frightened horse hon e or team would precipitate the tho load loa whether or er of or living freight Into an on unavoidable watery grave Fourth Then comes come the danger dalger to the Iho R n Q O Western railroad track of ot being water wlter soaked and ond loosened and Ind from tram nn cause from which the time safety sael of this track might be b lessened A Atrain Atrain Atrain train so 10 would woul go Into this deep pool pol of or water vater and drawing like rats In a hole would bo be b the probable fate tate of every elery passenger or r thing on onboard onboard board bOld Now sow tho the above are arc some of the time rca rea reasons ra sons eons why a reservoir r on the th proposed site sie of ot the Youngberg property should not be constructed Now No It is said and nd truly too that objections are II easily eaI raised but what remedy Is II proposed against eli all 01 these thee supposed evils evis or dangers danger This can be safely and Ind surely aure an nn answered answered In one ono sentence as nit I follows the reservoir on en lands hindi already owned by the city If It I tho the question Is I naked n ked where any anywhere where In the Mountain Dell Deli the mouth ot of Branches canyon conon Including IncludIng ing the canyon near the foot tot of at the Big nig Dg Mountain down along nong tho time bed bc of ot the stream to the sheep trail itch a 1 distance of four or five lVe miles mies where the city rt at lt present owns more mor than one thousand acres of land and IAd tour of ot the wa tva water Vo Voter ter supply passing through the tho Dell Deli and emptying Into Parleys creek cek nt at Jhc Jho the junction thus thul giving the city a 0 chance chanco to o bo be benefited by the th land dud And water Already owned by her er citizens With Wih nil all ni this land and water already In pos pea possession Pl session of ot the city by purchase or of f tens of thousands of ot dollars outlay the fl so F lecton lection reminds me mo m very er much of an on ancient king of ot Israel Isrel to whom the Prophet Nathan said Mid Ild Thou hou wert won not nt satisfied with wih alt all al thy Ihy great Jt Thou wert wet not satisfied Minified Thou didat takA the one on ewe ewo lamb Iamb possessed p by the tho jew 1111 and rob him of his only one And nd let It be stated here and now that hat should the proceeding of condemn reservoir be bo sub submitted submitted ln nt for tor city cl purposes to R a fair and Impartial jury Jit th they hey y In the limo th proposed site lie when the th place Is examined and antl the pose l in tn the Doll Dell also caw care carefully fully tulY pone gone Ion over with lb all ni the of f the latter later end and all ni the of t the former duly dul considered no citi elt len en n It Is believed d would have reason uon to o find fault with wih their tIr verdict for tor no noury Jit jury ury of B good od men Would for tor a moment consent to a n verdict that hat tha would rob rb her without he the widow widoW of or possessIons iny nY benefit to the Ih city ely elyo o ow the te above suggested way fray to Interference with the wagon rOd or the railroad In the tM canyon how Is It proposed proponed to save Be Ito tho clean water and und not Impound Im tho the storm atom waters when they th y are loaded With filth tUh The city already owns land In fronting on Parleys creek crek und joining the city cit lands above the trail thus thUA making a continuous right of ot wiy w iy almost front from the lie foot tot of at BIg Hie 11 Moun Mann Mountain lain tain to time the junction ot of time the two creeks s near heat shop Hardys old oll home borne hOlo Now aver orr these th le there thero Is quite a awater 0 awater millions several water waler canal conveying of at gallons of ot water already established st bl hejl and this his water way could lie be enlarged without great heat expense to tl catty carry ery the storm and filth laden waters mound around and above aboe and am parallel wIth AUth wih the reservoir bank Into Inlo the main creek Irek In Irs 1 Parleys then lien Immediately when whet he the creek crek cleared above the Intake of ot the tho the gate admitting the In Inflow inflow flow of ot the clean water could be hoist hoisted hoisted ed and the filling of ot the pool continued Hut lut another objection is offered that enough water docs does not come down the tIme theDell Dell Del creek lit iii It quantity to sup nun ply ly to so large a II receptacle as ni would be needed by the City CI for tor or the dry Iry season Well Wel now let us look lok Into Inlo this side aide of ot the a l little tte more closely For Por tho the last CO GO dayn d t there has been bean ben lowing from the Dell Det creek clean Clear snow Inow water The flow Ilow measured d at nt a I eon con convenient cn point Chews 20 2 cubic fOot feet of ot water cater rushing along at nt tho the speed peed of ot five second foot feet Now let any an chool boy reckon r kon this nt of or good Jo to l waste ute for CO GO day dabs and the amount might somewhat astonish the calculator for tor It would be found rould that a I largo large receptacle could be bo filled fled in that time Now for tor those CO GO days this Immense amount ot of good god clean water that mIght ml ht be b retained for tor times cean of ot scarcity has only been Jeen spoiled spoil pl ed fd and mode made unfit for the use ot of the tile citizens of ot our city by mIxing with wih tho the soil pol loaded waters water coming down from Lambs canyon cyon through Parleys can cnn canyon yon jon 01 creek Well Wel but says las the objector the of constructing reservoir cheapness a Q site sie on tile tho Youngberg property Is suggestive of ot which while Is very much needed when we consider tho the condition of the treasury This Is a n very er faulty argument for tor forIt torI forIt It I may be stated l here and now no with without wih wIt out any ni ami fear of ot successful contradiction ion tion ton the city cannot afford to build any ni more blare cheap reservoirs for tor this must surely be It an nn Improvement that stand the test of ot time and storms for tor wi need ages to como come a 1 sure SUI supply for tor tho the city cly In II ll times of at writer wAter scarcity for all 11 time to tl come for tor In the not very dis distant ver taut tant future this great water pool pl wil wIlland will and must bo be b surrounded by b trees tr and ami und and flowers that will wi add to the of ot Its Il banks and make tie very er water receptacle a a thing of ot beauty and ond a n 10 forever forer The he writer wrier was RN shown hown recently recent In ono one on ot of the eastern easter cities n I great geat water de depot deposit pot posit it constructed on a n high table land some Bomo 10 miles distant from ron a n large lake from which the water Was os pump pumped ed nil n I the tha th distance up hill hi front from the lake Ink to tl tile tho reservoir to supply a I city cUy of ot Inhabitants nt The advantage of our city over oer the above Is that water alor will wl run down downhill hilt hill hil Into a 1 reservoir constructed blow below our mountain and an we WI would not reed to go to the expense ot of f pumping bum n a g lake Inke 10 miles mies away nor of for far into this lake lae runs the of ot the thc city above bovo 00 alluded to tont mj numerous towns town also deposit all ni nt their filth this lake Comparisons art are ar odious sometImes and I 1 only on allude olude to to show hew how much more easily COl Salt Bait Lake can canU U 11 1 supplied with Alth lh a 1 never falling faIling supply of or pure puro water Impounded In let a t proper place at nt a a much le less s wet cost I t than almost any other city on the continent Now How to state slat more facts construct your our reservoir In the Dell Dl upon the lands miss 11 nil all ni the clean cle How of ot water running to waste down the Dell creek and after ater the he receptacle Is ts once flied filed enough water wlter comes come down the tho theDell Dell Del creek crek to replace all ni waste by evaporation evaporation oration and It If there should be b any ammy lack Inck IA k In dry seasons then enlarge the tho ditch and canal already In operation antI ml running Ier over oer the th lands lurS from Don C Young Lain IIII end nd and end when Ih n Parleys creek cre becomes clear clean cl u from soil noil 11 pluton after the storms or molting melting snow of ot spring turn In from said i creek rek over Oer the tho above named route all al the water needed This Title plan Nan han will 11 ollow alow the ll city to t construct a Q p permanent n nent reservoIr which t wi will not obstruct ob or Interfere with public travel trad either eller by b th the wagon on road rad I or railroad leading from SAlt Suit Lake county to Park City Ct and ad Summit and anda Wasatch a counties For lor or the good 11 reasons set forth In this communication the conclusion can only be b reached by bv the Investigator that the site dIe chosen clo n for tor a 0 reservoir on the th should be aban abandoned Youngberg r property non and Ind a more mr appropriate one chosen on city IY lands In the Dell D I Very Vel respectfully SEYMOUR your our fellow II n I citIzen |