Show rile dhe THE DRY BENCH PROBLEM A RESERVOIR the city council committee to ivhon the petition tor lor a supply 0 of vater water yater for the dry bench was referred det met in the city I 1 hall hail all ali last evening to consider the matter many of the residents t dentson of the bench we were represent present ae besides lawyers brown and ud williams and other interested parties col stevenson presented plans plan specifications and estimates for the construction of a reservoir at little valley in city creek canon cannou which he thought could be easily accomplished at comparatively little cost aad of dimensions sufficient to afford an ample 1 e supply of water to the suffering district I 1 strict mr air edward pitts a contractor said he be had examined the figures and estimates and wao familiar with the tile locality of the proposed reservoir ile he i would take the contract to do the required work and furnish the necessary material to make the reservoir for the sum of give bonds to the city tv lor for the faithful fattlis al performance of the cob coh contract tract surveyor general gedral salomon said sald he had bad recently visited little Valle vaile valley vailey yand and was ivas surprised at the natural adavto adaptability of the place for tor a reservoir the r I 1 e valley vailey Is oval and the bott bottom orli which iras lias but little slope is already lined with a deep layer of pure solid clay that would be totally impervious to water ile he thought the estimate e of cost was not too high A natural dyke exists at the lower end of tb the tho valley which would render tender it unnecessary to make a very lon ion long iong dam asa As a result of the reservoir he thought an aln ample ampie supply of water for the needs of the tho petitioners petition letitio ners ers could he obtained the water for the city could settle and be clear the pressure oa on the mains would be greatly increased and justice would be done to the part of the city in question wm jmj J silver said he lic had carefully examined little valley and anck deemed the project under consideration a feasible one lie ile knew the natural dyke was sufficiently strong to hold back any ally body of water that co coald could ald ild be latU dabove above it ile he heartily endorsed th the e plans of col stevenson Kt evenson but could pass no opinion upon the estimated cost lie ile was conil confident delit that a proper larn iain dalit lain could be so constructed as to take alvarita advantage ge ot of one of the most fia natural tural reservoirs that r re e ever saw he said there was a strong prejudice against reservoirs in the minds of those who were ignorant of their construction but bat when properly iliade made there Is no reason why they bould should not be successful cess ful in india there are over fifty thousand which were built by bv hait halt civilized natives hundreds of years ago and are still in good condition and he thought the city ought to be able to make one successfully he ile further stated that if it the city would not do it a company would no doubt be formed who would it they could get the city council to grant them ge the privilege under proper re ro strict lom low ile he sat down amid abild considerable tr able aule applause several residents of the dry ony bench enumerated the great disadvantages es of the scarcity of water for garden and house use under which they labor in some instances people in ity had actually suffered for the want ot of sufficient water to drink during the hottest weather they were ob obliged liged to pay ty cents per barrel f for tor or the ne necessary 9 liquid and often were forced to buy two barrels at once ar arnone none and before this was used it would become foul and unhealthy A great many wells varying in depth froin from CO 60 to reet leet lad iad had been dug in the vain attempt to get water but at the bottom the earth was generally as dry as at the top I 1 winder said the canal supplied all who live below it with a reasonable amount ot of water and that io G had laud a force fored of men at work en urging the channel which conveys ater ter from emigration creek to the v Y bench and he thought the supply that chat region could be made twice as it as last year all the waters of creek not used in the mains are a from 4 a ameto amito in to 10 pm six hours flow r ne helas was used use by b anybody who it ottinger said he had lueen prejudiced against build to in the soli of this tills terri very 7 much ch if they ey 1 care a success but since th tha natural bacill tie tic ties 3 tiia tija mining in little valley he was there favor javor favor of constructing one stalls tuso gave some interesting water sice vice rn in the amount of ferent s loters the trie city in the dif dlf dlf dif the year he thought naf the cost of construct 5 was fair and that the |