Show THE HIGH WATERS WEST AND THEIR REMEDY THE tue amcie article on stagnant waters 72 which appeared in the NEWS of last saturday week has elicited ell bli cited some further information on the subject which claims attention we had a call from br edwin rushton of the oth ward and received a nate from col J C little both of whom have been interested in the subject and engaged in efforts to thoroughly drain the land referred to eoin foin tho the visit and note n I 1 bad and subsequent in teme teVe W lievi I 1 with col litlo lune and bro rushion lon ion we hayo baye obtained ilie the information informal 1 to which reference la ig made As we believe the draining of the land between this city and the jordan is not so difficult an undertaking as might bo be imagined colonel little entered upon the work of draining last spring with his accustomed energy means having been raised for the purpose and cut a canal from the west end of north temple street to hot spring lake to drain the bottoms of the water accumulating there there Is a fall of seven feet and two inches from where the canal commences to its terminal point at Ho tpring hoth Hoty Spring lake which is perfectly sufficient to carry the water off and the work was prosecuted with such energy that it was almost com corn pleated when the high waters of the past season rom rop roso rose and compelled those laboring upon it to suspend operations before the canal was finished to carry away the on entire tire volume of water that should go in this channel however the canal wi will I 1 I 1 require to be widened so as to al low city creek to find an outlet in that way instead of emptying into the jordan as at present to preserve the road running west ivest for the tile travel in that direction a levee lovee was thrown up by the territorial authorities on the west bank of the river so that when ewhen swollen by the spring floods its waters might be prevented from 0 in that direction but this forced the water over the east bank on to the bottom land between the river and the city and along on the east side of the river doing a vast amount of damage and increasing not entirely forming the stagnant waters to which reference has been made to remedy this the public made donations of a considerable amount of means and a large amount of work has been done in throwing up a levee lovee on the east side between the ath ward bridge and the church pasture as well as in making the canal alluded to this levee is not however completed there being a gap in it still to fill up and it is estimated that it will require something like to fill this gap there should also be a levee thrown up between the ath ward bridgland the jordan bridge on oil which work has already been done to the amount of the owners of land between the two bridges would be willing to aid liberally ii in constructing this latter levee with the canal widened and with these levees built from the pasture to jordan bridge the land on the east side of jordan in the vicinity of i the river would be kept free from water and would be very valuable as it is perhaps the best soll soil in the county the importance of this matter is beyond question whether or not the desired object can be gained in the man ner pointed out and as cheaply as estimated however opinion may run with regard to the water west of the city being a cause of disease scarcely any one could be found who would object to even a supposed source of sickness and mortality being removed even if the expense were considerable the less philanthropic reason of bringing the ground into available use also has its weight an and we hope the liberality of the public will be directed towards the widening of the canal between jorda jordan u bridge and the hot spring lake sufficiently tog toy carry earry off the full volume of water that can be taken in that dire direction and the completing of the levees now partly constructed the territory the county and the municipal author atles we have no question would cheerfully aid in the accomplishment of so desirable an object should it be deemed the best thing to do and we understand considerable means means hasteen has been received from this source for the furtherance of work already done it has haa been suggested to take out a part of the water of jordan on the west side about a mile above the ath ward bridge and carry it to th the white lakes thence through the three mile hollow to boas slough and from there to salt bait lake edke or to take it out at jordan bridge and convey it to the lake but there is a serious objection to this the water of salt laue lake is found by actual survey to be nine feet higher than formerly and the tapping of jordan at either of the places named and carrying the water towards the lake would result in the submerging of a very large and valuable tract of efland land should i the water of the laka lake continue to rise and the mountain streams running down the east side of this valley increase in volume as they have for a year or two past serious difficulty may have to be encountered from the backing of the waters but as this is a contingency which may or may not ari arl arise seit it is needless discussing it t now we hope though that the work of draining the land in vtha jhb neighbor 3 hood lood of t aj city will III be prosecuted with energy fj vay pay a and ana n 0 pecuniary ecru I 1 ary i considerations and that atthe tb t owners of land in that neighborhood th tha municipal county and territorial authorities with the public at large will adopt such measures and carry them into effect as shall accomplish the greatest possible good in the matter |