Show PARLEYS CREEK CANAL CANA editor deseret news being being a party interested in the action of the city ity council as to the route of the parleys creek canal now under construction I 1 take the liberty libert to tate state ray my views upon the matter I 1 I 1 am told that some members of the council are an in favor of ef drop dropping the said canal down some feet la in elevation below the original survey and to thus BLUNDER of a former council in the cons construe trac tion ot of the jordan salt bait lake canal cana which blunder this council have acknowledged by a recent order to construct the canal upon an even grade from above the tee to this city the very thin they sa say should have been done by tue former council it would indeed be singular it if while correcting correct ine one error they should perpetrate a similar opp one and should this drop be madu made a future council will no doubt concur in the idea of WATER FOR CAPITOL HILL grounds and vicinity and will throw away all the work done from the drop and continue the canal upon its even grade along the side hills rua ran ning up to near the upper waterworks water works and crossling cros cross asing sing city creek and following down on the west side bide of the callon coming on top of the hill bill above the site of the destroyed magazines thus covering the capitol grounds and a large tract of the city lands which would with this water sell for enough to construct 10 or 12 such canals as the one of so much concern one objection is that tbt we are taking in too much land Is it not a tact fact that some of the council who can ye ue named told lold us the water we were vere getting had bad irrigated oi of land and toe the land now new emor acea f from rom south temple street to the canal will loot exceed aw acres an other is the light expense to build the canal c on such soch a down grade but in thip the they are deceived lor for af after ter the canal is dug a flume must be placed Zher therein eln to i IT KOM FROM B W WASHING ASKING and instead of being a lighter expense it will be lanfier larger by three times or more A aim similar ar swap to the one made for parleys creek may be ex pecked at no distant day and the tae waters thus obtained conveyed with that of parleys creek through this canal giving ample water for all the laud below and supplying the water works then city creek could be used on lands still above tilly this must be done in the near future it is folly in the extreme a drop in a canal in thia country and he who votes to drop should be dropped at the next election yours SAXON SAXO q I 1 |