Show MOKE MORE AND BETTER WATER FOR MANTI the messenger interviewed mayor anderson tins this week with reference to the work be ing ing 0 done by the tile city to increase the water supply the mayor is enthusiastic over the favorable prospects for more and better water and when asked what the city proposed to do in the matter said cEng engineer ineer F frank rank 0 C kelsey of salt lake b has as been employed by the city and is now preparing preb plans for making the water system of manti first class in every way the plans cannot be carried out immediately without bonding 0 the city but if a moderate su sum in is expended what whit the city can afford each year the system can be completed in about five years the plan contemplates fire hydrants all over the city and plenty of pressure for fire protection mr kelsey believes that the present mains can be made first class by covering them with galvanized steel bands the pipe used in constructing the present main is bored wooden pipe wound with hoop iron iron the hoop iron iron soon rusts away and while the wood is as sound as the day it was laid in the ground it will not stand the pressure necessary for fire protection mr kelsey will make a test with steel bands to demonstrate whether or not his theory is correct the first step looking looking t to the consummation of the new system is to lay a pipe line from the present tank to the power plant springs 0 a brittle little more than a mile which will give alie the city sufficient supply of pure spring water this work will be done this year and the line will be constructed of vitrified sewer pipe the next improvement if the plan is carried out will be the building of a tank about four fo u r or five times as large as the present large tank to prevent the waste of water as it will be large enough to store all that runs in during 0 to o night and afford a sufficient supply from which to draw in case of fire this will cost from to the plan lan next contemplates the improving of the present main as above stated and the laying of a si six inch main on the east street of the city which will connect all laterals run ning east and do away with all dead ends on the east side the dead ends on the west will then be connected and a complete circulation through the whole water system established insuring fresh pure water at all points in the system the whole improve ment will cost probably about and this can all be done at the present rate of revenue in about five years without going one dolla in in debt the present revenue of the city is is about per annum 11 uncle joe cannon can run the cong dong al at machine hold the politics of illinois it in check and preside over a national convention but when in malaria alaris tackles him he lie has to go to sea the republicans are making a strong appeal to agriculture 0 this year senator fair banks was born on oil a farm and president roosevelt knows what it is to shuck the down row the history of our government from 1854 1851 to 1904 will show that all au the advances Adv ancog which have been scored by the united states have been due to the antell intelligence gence progressiveness an and d courage courage 0 of the republican publican Ee party the capitol building at washington A C is the largest buildt building ng 1 in n the un united cited states the corner stone was laid december 18 1793 by pres washington assisted by other masons it was partially destroyed by the british in 1814 the present dome was begun 9 arun in 1855 and finished in 1868 1863 the tile flag flay 0 of the united states floated from it december 1863 the cost of the entire bui building ldina 0 has been something over its length is feet 4 inches width feet it covers 3 acres of ground the di distance stanco from front the ground to the top of the dome feet diameter of dome 1451 feet making fifth as to size with the greatest domes of the world there are within of as many persons enrolled in the sunday schools of this country as in the public schools there being in tho the former and in ill the latter the total sunday school member ship throughout the whole world is 2500 |