Show BRIGHAM CAN HAV CAM EXTENDED its up to you gentlemen it if you need the water and want to get it our company will deliver twenty five second feet to you at the present terminus ol of the east lateral of tile the hammond canal at the rate ol 01 of 63 65 per acre oc cr time or 60 per acre cash in this statement mr george M cannon cashier of the salt lake security trust company summed up the matter ol of extending the east side canal on to Drig brigham liam his words are plain and imply just what they state stale ille canal company is not anxious to build tile the extension but would prefer to let the people of this city and intervening section assume the ownership of 0 it and they the canal company will deliver the water at the intake and have no further responsibility sivility lity in the matter tile the meeting held in the commercial club rooms tuesday evening was not attended by the throng which has characterized the other important meetings held for the purpose of discussing big questions bearing en tile the interests into rests of this community but a great many of tho most prominent citizens and businessmen were present and took a lively interest in the proceedings ce mr air cannon outlined briefly the experiences of salt lake city in providing water tor for the cites c needs and declared that a few years makes a wonderful difference in the amount of water a city needs and stated mat it brigham city has not already possessed herself of sufficient water for or future needs and he bad been advised that tile the cit iannot Jl henh is given now an opportunity that will never come again for the waters of 0 bear river are rapidly being appropriated and no corporation having a filing cling on them and is not lot using the entire amount filed upon can long holi hold it unless the water is is put to use for this reason mr air can nan was tearful fearful that the right ot of the hammond ammond II canal to the stream it now claims on the contract with the utah idaho sugar company may be forfeited for the reason that the cast side canal lias has rever never yet used all the gatei the contract provides for ile he stated that it Is the feeling that eventually the encile system ought to 10 be owned by the farmers located joe abed under it and for that reason ills his company would much prefer to let local people work out the matter of extending tle the tl e cast lateral on to brighom cit city y and ana the canal company will deliver at the present terminus whatever water is desired df sired but thought that the minimum should be fixed at 25 second feet which Is 1 enough to supply water for 2000 acres of land allowing ono one second foot to every 60 0 acres the price asked for tile the water would be the present price of 0 65 per acre OR on time 25 per cent cash down and the balance jr in three annual payments drawing interest at 7 per cent it if it is preferred to pay cash tor for the water the price would be 60 per acre the matter of getting the water up high enough so that it could be dropped into the creek in this city at such a point as would enable the alie transferring ot of SuM sufficient clent water from the canion on stream into the city water mains tor for culinary purposes as well as to lo admit 0 of tile the transferring ot of irrigation irrig atio water from the low lands to the up lands was discussed at some length tile the present survey of 0 the cast later latent to bring it on to this city empties the water in box elder creek at a point a 26 few rods west orf of tho the stone bridge on main street tile the follows th alie e mountain side down to a point about half a mile east of the home ot of bishop brigham wright an aej then it veers off to tile the sou th and comes out at the point stated r 1 i foual toual TO Ual OR pate BRIGHAM CAN HAVE canal EXTENDED continued from first page only one eighth of box elder creek would be available for transfer under this arrangement as there are but two streams coming north each carrying one sixteenth ot of the cites share of the canyon stream by continuing or on through the city the water of the south field ditch could also be trai berred in exchange jor for canal and thus more high lauds lands could be supplied and a greater amount secure for the cites water works system by ic iu stalling a pump at the point where the canal leaves the mountain near bishop wrights place and raising raisin ali water some five feet then a lot of the high lands on the fourth ward elal could be provided with water the meeting finally authorized tue t ie ali airman to appoint a committee to go into the matter and determine just what can call be done toward getting the canal extended on to brigham th committee appointed Is composed of r john D peters R L fishburn Fis liburn J C r george D reeder wid C 0 roskelley Ra skelley and these gentleman gent leran were authorized to gather all the information fornia tion they can and make a r n port to 10 a mass meeting which will be called when the camill committee attee is prepared to report its findings |