| Show NOTES TAKEN ON THE WING ahe tl little giant route nor mora snow wanted waters ot of utah lake boom talk CANON CITY col llarch lot ism 1888 editor deseret Deser tt news A ride ovir over the famous scenic 11 from salt lake into C colorado ol orado is sufficient to convince one of 0 the fact that the sn knowls owls 1 l thus lar far this winter nas has been RO go exceedingly light that there is r liable to be ft 9 scarcity of water for irritating purposes during the coming season at no place along the route not even CWB upon the Nars marshall ball pass where the road bed attains as an altitude of teat feet did the bauw iv appear as viewed from the train to be more than a foot in depth whereas during previous years at about scout this season the surface at most ot of the higher points along the route has baa been covered with the beautiful to the depth ot of several feet by the way it seems a pity that the waters of utah lake so much needed for irrigating the soil of salt lake county should not be held back instead of being allowed to run to waste down the jordan until the proper er season arrives for its utilization ft it is said by tn se who claim to know that if weare put in the dam of we utah salt lake canal across the jordan river eiver bed clear to the top of the piles so far from causing the utah lake to rise it would not even check the ripple in the river if 11 this be true as it is said the survey made by colonel locke some years ago at the instance of utah I 1 county people and those of other civil engineers engin eera since then have demonstrated st the hubbub raised by owners of land on the shores of utah tall L lake ke about that dam being the cause ol of the overflow of their lands and the claim for damage as a result were bete without substantial foundation and notwithstanding the compromise agreed upon on that hypothesis a should be had bad and t the e use of the lake as a natural reservoir for the benefit of salt lake county during sued such a season as the present be allowed to the utmost extent extend possible without injury to utah county to effect this a lock higher up op the river would probably be required sufficient loss was sustained by owners ol of land under the utah and salt like lake canal last year through failure to get water for their cropco more than e of the land along the a shores g ores of utah lake ilande to be submerged by high water since then another assessment of 2 per share his has been levied upon their water stock lor for the purpose of having the canal deepened and now another failure of crops is probable from want of water to nil fill their canal I 1 bad some idea of stopping over in emery county johniy a snort short time on my way to colorado when I 1 left home but bat on reaching price was deterred from doing BO by the prevalence of a snowstorm at that point and the improbability of finding ready and convenient transit to other towns the talk among passengers in the train en reuie houi was very largely about te ake salt lake real estate boom which seems seema to be creating a good deal of interest elsewhere as well as there cards of salt lake real estate dealers are to be found at every station along alone the way and travelers eastward from salt lake are eagerly plied piled with questions as they alisha from the train about the progress of the boom colorado towns apparently taking the cue from salt lake are doing their best to work up booms of their own rest resl dents of grand junction are confident that their village to is going to attain a rapid growth as it possesses superior facilities as in an agricultural agrical and grazing region and two other railroads heading beading for salt lake city have been surveyed through the townsite te upon which it is hoped that work will soon be belu in operation real estate however la Is said to be very cheap there set jet canon city the verr p place ace from which I 1 now write is also in hopes of a boom it is a well built substantial looking place the capitol of fremont county and has a population of about it sports three wi weekly ekly news newspapers pers enjoys such modern conveniences as the electric light and a complete system ot of sewerage is the centre ot of a good grazing resi regi resin n has valuable coal mines located near by with an extensive output and Is also the site alte of the state prison an imposing structure chichis said to have about inmates who are very generally employed in burning lime in huge kilos situated near the penitentiary making bricks and cutting stone a very good variety of 0 which is found in abundance close at hand prom from here I 1 so go to pueblo still lower down the arkansas river and thence to denver respects respectfully ally L |
