Show concerning utah lake the following communication was written by israel evans esq of lehi editor deseret news I 1 see in a communication signed millpond an assertion that the water of utah lake has been appropriated pria ted there is a bar at the head of jo colban an river elver about or yards wide w e which it if dredged with two or three other places in jordan or balay by layma helof a pipe or main low enough at the head of the river would draw irom from the lake in addition to what now comes an amount of water equal in bulk to 25 miles long and 8 miles milea wide area square miles two or more feet deep which would fill a reservoir of 10 square miles 49 feet deep this vast amount of water is yet pria ted or used and can be drawn off during the thea dry months of the year and by proper management at the dam near the point of the mountain could be replaced during the winter with water which would otherwise run to waste every year ear this amount of water in addition addition the lake now furnishes would certainly create a su supply va sufficient for the wants of salt la lake e county and city for ages to come all this work can be done under the compromise point or level established d by the high council at provo a few years ago |