Show alx aya ABOUT abour wayer WATER indiaola NOV 14 1883 deseret mews news lol loi water Js JB money moneys the old ad ages time is moneys should change to the above proposition which I 1 propose to demonstrate by merely stating that a large proportion of all plants is water and as all wealth comes from the earth and the fertility of the soil Is ia largely depan dependent dent upon water therefore the above proposition Is ia correct having long been a resident of this territory I 1 have heard a great deal of contention in regard to the right of water the thought occurred to me if all the tho water that talia falls from the clondes could be utilized all or nearly all of the land in nearly all the valleys of rtuh utah could be successfully cess fully cultivated A great proportion of the water from all the mountain stream streams runs rung into the different lakes and is 13 not used for irrigating purposes which might be utilized by making d dams a ms an and d reservoirs in the coune courle of those at comparably small email expense so BO that all might have all the water they need without contention or strife when I 1 was wag east I 1 noticed the manner in which some cities especially cleveland and chicago chicaro obtained their water I 1 then thought how much more easily this people could obtain an ample supply of water and instead of forcing water up ups merely save that which comes down then there would be penty for all I 1 have made some calculations in regard to the expense of reservoirs and I 1 find that reservoirs for water will ja in no cage case cost more than ten dollars per acre that is a reservoir large enough to contain water enough to Ir one hundred dred acres of jand land will wiil not sot coat over one thousand dollars and in most cases will not cost coat onet enthof that amount I 1 propose to bati bate all the water that runs in these streams during darlne the fall winter and spring and then apply it during daring the summer in some cases it may be necessary to so construct them so as to be perfectly water tight if bos sos so resort must be had to water line lime cement or clay that can bo be rendered impervious to water in sach buch a manner that springs will not break out be bei 1 low but where it can be done make all reservoirs in the course of the streams st reanis themselves then if springs do break out no damage will be done and no ones right will or can be to in ter tor ared bred with if such buch an arrangement ran gement could be entered into thousands of acres that are now lying dormant would become rich fertile farms luxurious with beget vegetation a and thousands 0 hsands of people could make comfortable homes in these valleys volleys that are now emir emigrating rating I 1 merely design to throw out hints for others to enlarge upon in regard garito to the construction of these fountains for water various methods may be adopted according to locality and the various circumstances of the people there are some localities where there are streams which run only a part of the year and where the ground Is too porous to be made to hoid hold water in such cases resort must be had bad to either pipes or lumber conductors and cemented reservoirs As I 1 said I 1 hope some one will tell us how to con eon construct these weirs dams reservoirs and fountains jn in the cheapest most durable and emm efm lelent efficient manner I 1 have noticed near pay Fay payson and also in this place several thousand acres that are now vacant for want of water when at the sam bam a time a great amount of water Is ru running nning to waste you bait salt lakers takers might not like this idea considering that you bring a largo large amount of your water from utah lake ianke but you must utilize your mountain streams jn in the same way and from past experience and observation we learn that as vegetation increases in any locality water increases in like proportion if this be true utah uta luske lake will wui remain about the bame baw e Re resort ja had to artesian wella ivella and dry farming which may prove profitable but I 1 think the saving of the water we already have will be much more so ja H E S H |