Show EDITO D 1 TO it rials TA D A rei BRI ramble BAMBLE VISITING wize tue TUB SCENES AND characters OF bv jor JOB TORi torian da AX A tiresome bat bag with withal 1 ou u lint inter T etine eting e tine ting day A NEWS nv VS reporter was rudely awakened from his slumbers we wed d morning with wital the tho word if you want to 0 catch the train youve got to hurry the tho quickest possible time times aud proceeded to the utah sou Bou southern bouthern thern thorn depot where he vas vaa T met 0 t by att aft a ft fend tend at whose whole invitation t vi th we 0 scribe WAS about abndt to take a trip to the iha jordan bam dam end and vicinity wo we were tendered the the road by hon jak jag sharp aad nad wre wro coon aboard the tha t train iain lalu along toward our destination in the courso course of bf timo time the point of the M mountain I 1 ouri ourt wai wa reached where the tha iron lion ho horsa checked up sufficiently to allow the two travelers to dismount no barou barouche eho ebo waa was la in waiting t to 0 convey ua us to our objective pointy and the glories and difficulties of a long tramp then began to dawn upon UP us no time was to be lost loat hol hoi however vever and tho the start was made with alacrity and arid spirit A tedious marob march of about a mile and a half happily dowa hill over and through snow of varying depth brought ula lia to the r dro niu BIG DIO dau DAM which id la juit inside the salt bait lake county line it is a work substantially constructed having a floor and nun nud nurun ao ouk bus ous gates by means of which th the water above can be raised or lo 10 lowered w ered ored it forms forma also a solid and convenient bridge at this point two streams are to be taken from fram the river the eist rist jordan and ind the west jordan canal canals 3 A areata are a moun t ot expended right light 1 1 here hore nol not only buly on th tue tuo dam itse itself 1 r but CA embankments etc A gentl gentleman man mau named turner lives fere fero iere and fit lil employed to see we that nothing gots dives wrong with the improvements which have cost BO so much we informed ua us that a short distance above and west of 0 etwo menbere men were prospecting for coal the notion being belog prevalent that in hi the immediate neighborhood that valuable e combustible could bo obtained it is a fact generally known among old gott sott settlers leTs that not liot far atlow this place a cam v pa UY bor ae m miners iners ia in early days erected a forge sharpened and rep repaired aired alred their tools and und used stone coat coal for the purpose the idea prevails and with no reason to doubt its ila truth that they discovered it near by the late dr di dunyon was an enthusiastic believer ini ift the presence of coal in that and with the agitation ov over erthe the fuel question in his nis county its IS reasonable to suppose ahat that a thorough 4 ua forit THE west JORDAN caan CAAL which when cimpl completed eted 1 fa expected to water thou anus mutis of acres on the barren barron jordan range and the sand 1 dge 11 has his cost considerable sid erable menne F eo fo o farand much yet remains to be accomplished the bulk of the work is done ila lla Jia however wever where will come cowe out on the feivel plain where excavation will be aisy and pr pro Krees ogree tj apida the really costly that along the western bluela of 0 the jordan era in a worthy and common commendable dable manner to get the depth of the Burh burb iceoN oot the river will havo have to bi b saleed some bome two feet above aho ahe th present level and to this many people of utah county will object knect even then ho however weLver we were told that tha t high water mark would not be joe reached no pirt particular loular trouble is anticipated in coming to jd an ami babiel arrangement on this point As far as we could bee see work was stopped though we were assured the bul SUL suspension was merely temporary THE EAST jrrdan camal CAMAI taps tiie the river a few cods above the dam and anti runs along the foot of the bluffs on the tha east side and thenea thence northeast acroca aares tho vailey valley goodr borm igro paie pale of grea greater le security ia is ming being put iu in place between these tw to r S bf tb 1641 a abong ong evee levee has been 4 the tuo river turned from its girse and a new hew channeL arranged ed for fot foru fortt it this labor r cost goine mie and ed bir fir Weeks Tt yura surd iaac ah thirty this canal whish which lel lei a feet wI wide widean deat dent at the botton nan ran d will willI carry hix six feet of water when completed will bring large tracts of land under cultivation and will near the Cotton cottonwoods cottonwood woods it U is li the work of private individuals who have organized theba theia themselves selves into luto an incorporated compan y ru pursuing ruIng our way for about a mie ale down the tha river along the banks of the last mentioned canal we after tum bl blea estand and repeated returns to now ow banks banka for missing overshoe overs hoel hoea the starting point of the tile i JORDAN CANAL this thib 8 is sin in full operation ani and an has been for some bome BO me years though the stream ia Is not very verj large larke it V id continuous and an absolute necessity to the settlement it out on the east side aide of the jordan takes tabes a circuitous route a short distance and is carried across to the vest west side tat 0 ube aven aver in a flume daring I 1 19 bhart correo on the east side it jec receives elves the waters of br a number of beautiful little warm and aud ep ephings springe rings just where the crosses the river Is the commencement of work on the SALT iare lare CITY AND JORDAN carali U bout about which so much hasteen hab haa been baid said and written within the last tew few months and which was the main attraction of the days travel it ia Is really intended to start at the same point as the south jordan ditch but whether it will have a parallel course counge or whether it will occupy the enlarged channel of that thai stream has haa not yet been decided BO so work has been commenced a short dia dla tance below the head standing on the point where the work was commenced our view embraced teams and men in busy groups all along the bluffs as far as we could see it was getting late so we could not stop to gaze long on the auf aul animated scene but continued oui way along the line of the canal the work is let iet at oud oat in small contracts usually in most instances the contractors doing their own portions many acquaintance acquaintances were recognized and shaken by the hand band and at nearly every evary crowd an hospitable invitation to lecome come to camp and get dinnery din nellt neilt vv was waa s is zv celver we thankfully declined being already provided with eatables furnished by a kind friend at sandy who had packed na Vs an ample lunch lanch basket we passed scores of these honest industrious laborers and were convinced by the dull report of blasts before and behind us and the general air ol 01 industry among all hands that the work wab was being pushed with rigor vigor cheruy A ai M cmur Cmar cannons ions lons homestead e entry eniry y where were tho spot where the tho ly oung young man mac swenson of spanish i ablah fork was vae killed by p a falling bank on the uIt tois sad accident threw a twee still lower down a number ol 01 you young men were working on a contract trac trae ng t the preparatory work ol 01 which was the removal of some small seow drifts the frozen moisture had to be plowed and cr aped away like so much soil soll than which it was considerably harder to handle these wert melt in thir the thin ir work have n buman five nive feet ten tea ten inches it C mee tee in length and aud shaped stone evide n ily a parti partially illy llly completed pipe I 1 bowl they arga aria dott pott done donl i anu and in shorten 1 1 ba I 1 expecting i r n g uhe THE RETURN we had no time for aurthor per ns and indeed very litile little alb als position disposition so the remaining crumbs gt of our basket being dispatched we started for the railroad track A young man with a venerable pair of mules offered us a ride which fortha forthe age of his team didiot did not prevent us from accepting wo we accompanied him some distance when fearing we should be too late for the train we bade bado him a fond good night might and told him we would travel that is afoot and he could jeome narn hed bed st mo dating train officials slowed up fot fop fo ua us to get aboard and ands selecting pe softest unoccupied pi ed beata seats in the car we recapitulated to each other the days doings taken altogether the tho work on the canals has been carried forward with an earnestness and determination which should be appreciated the great difficulties in the way specially at this thia frosty season are met anet ana overcome and the day ia Is not far distant when whon hen the whole beautiful valley will be converted by the assistance of them the water bu supply p thus obtained and the tho industry of the people into a landscape of smiling fields and fruitful gardens the utah southern train rolled nto into the depot on time timo and two tred red ired footsore passengers pase engers got off the nar and into bed the day was bright and pleasant the atmosphere balmy yet bracing and the night a fitting termination to such a day was peaceful and undisturbed |