Show suggestions suggestion ON T tim I 1 mr SUBJECT OP OF OBTAINING WATER SUPPLY urah UTAH penitentiary TIA luy ItY june jane 6 0 1885 mai JAI john yi cholson icholson esq no wonder the water and reservoir reservoir pi problems are engaging the earnest attention of the people they have entered largely into the discussions of the domestic policies of every community in utah from their first settlement now I 1 believe I 1 have in my mind a practicable feasible and comparatively inexpensive solution of the water supply and reservoir problems through and by which millions of tons of water may be cheaply husbanded hus banded and readily controlled without the fearful ri aks to life and property in made ade painfully probable through the callon canon reservoir system so much discussed my system is this on and near the summits ot the mountains are countless impressions OR OIL X NATURAL BASINS and small kenyons kan which if closed at the lowest points can be made inide to hold lame large areas of water and which would soon boon illi lill up from melting snows and the numberless sprin aprin sp ringlets geets if it a cloud burst should one or even several of these basins at the sailie same timeout time but little damage would follow because of limited quantity of water they sep hold and being located so near the tile summits of the mountain mountains sp the velocity or wo momentum of the gur pur currents rents iian lri iri lp be creat enguall todo to do very much da damase damage inage not far from the pass near the heads of city creek canon and the canon callon leading down into morgan county tl I 1 understand is a depression with an area of some soine fifty acres the outlet to tilis this tills natural basin could be easily chosed and an excellent and IN DEST RU RESERVOIR be formed with but little expense I 1 believe that thousands of such lake lets can be formed on and near the summits of the cast and west mountains surrounding salt lak lake valley vailey valley vailey and when copa co compared pa red with ane cot ot construction and maintenance ot the canal system already in vogue and the opposed dangerous reser reservoir volt voit methods the system covered by my suggestions would boc hot cost a tithe as inucci and be attended with very little risk I 1 will cite a case ir its point Fory for eor years sears earb eare the people of scipio miliard millard county have been getting their water supply supply from the natural above settlement sett bett lement the lal ial iclet is damned at its outlet and the water let out at dillof will x the water maser roaster big cottonwood lake is another illustration of the ohe of my plan ALMOST countless could thus be formed and at comparatively small cost be kept under tinder ine inn tn control and management of mounted patrolmen who should keep them in repair nor would it cost a very great deal it found necessary to put uhe ihu city and settlements below in telephonic communication with these patrolmen with this system put in practical motion the millions of acres of ef rich pari part pampas ipas or bench lands land how tiow lying iving idle in utah could bu be utilized anabe and bu made as productive and profitable as the tha bottom lands and such sparsely settled valleys as its juab and millard could be made to produce enough to support as many people to tile tue square mile as almost any other valley in utah does I 1 am confident that this system is feasible ful fut sible sibie and could be made profitable to water companies organized under territorial statute but I 1 suppose th tile ci tiesa nd counties countie would be ane best agencies s to develop and control these VITAL INTERESTS iam lam I 1 am apprehensive that large reservoirs built in the callons caf cat ions cannot be made to withstand the mountain freshets fresh f ets and torrents which of ten overwhelm everything in their pathway and which without iv arning warning are arc liable to cur occur almost any day of tile the year in my opi opinion filon nothing but reservoirs constructed of tubular iron could be made indestructible in the canons cannons can caf lons hons Nason masonry however strong most probably ryll would d be undermined by the impetuous and formidable floods which periodically take place in almost every cal caf canon lon ion in utah if mf illy suggestions are not sound will some one else who is bet better ter posted on this absorbing subject please up their impracticability and ancl greatly ug 0 oblige alge respectfully ail all yo etc A M Muss musser lint |