Show 1 SYSTEM BEST SOLUTION WATER PROBLEM P n bat a filtration sa system stem for each the coin communities es interested ina in a ter suppa can be installed ang aiji h cheaper than a pipe line can 1 n ca tex built badt from colton that such ss 3 as nov now babilt take out not only aing sediment but matter in ili solution to d kill baberia bateria ba teria w ggs as the statement I 1 Bc chief hief engineer A C watts watt of he utah fuel compa company nir who his juat turned arned from a two months trip in ver wyk east eist investigating water supply ot 01 bi when he was wai asked of f taby aday afternoon aft at atene the water meet t sets nig bis n on the situation the tile is ting dec bev eloped loped a further fact I 1 1 re it most of the thu corporations along ia ici river and ad tributaries either int re if have completed sanitation syo u r ms or are planning their install an a on the meeting was called by e city etty council of price for a dis it a assion Ms sion b all those interested in the brnt addition of water in price nver raer ather ther from a standpoint of domestic 1 be e or from i t standpoint of its al a B led pollution 1011 those present were adit oril G williams attorney ir rd dinand inand erickson and chief ancl eer A C witts watts of the utah fuel general manager george murphy of the independent coal coni nd coke company attorney G A erson ierson of the carbon fuel company ay Hi vision superintendent racey of uhe he rio ric grande general manager 11 fist lems lewis of the Stin standard dard coal corn any sup A E gibson 0 the spring canyon coal company R Y gibson of the tile ameron coal Com piny fred hanen of the town board of wellington him amstein stem and steve gianotti of the ity council c f helper silas rowley glen maior george A botton oot ton councilmen agathis goetz aann inn and And andeeson An deison etson city lerk gilmour city attorney F U E woods aal cita cit physician C A cherry merry cf f price F S danley who has done some sonic work for the city council atia wi also present and about a boxen ti sens of price came and went baring the meeting mayor wootton cotton billed the meeting to order and e ev ewed the events leading up toab to tip i ion sion lie ile declared anat the s i against the tile coal companies wre ret the the tile desire of many of the citizens of price and anat it wa not now co the desire to push them until til other means of remedying condi eions along atice river rier hid irid been tried he ile spited that the pre present ent council had investigated the supply of water at cotton colton springs and had also investigated the financial end of installing a pipe line it then became foi fol the council to turn its attention to the thu light plant and it had been busy ever since with the solution of the ight question mr wootton emitted that puce river is 13 the natural drainage drai dral nige wige bed led for all the land adjacent to it and that it is impossible to avoid a luge large amount of refuse to get into the river he ile declared that tho th ad vance in real estate in the commini ties most interested would more than offset the cost of the system on the request for the organization of the meeting mayor wootton was chosen chairman and gilmour Gil secretary discussion was then in cited anil anti it was opened by the question from 11 E lewis as to what price had in mind dr goetmann as chairmen of the water committee of the city council replied th tint it pa puce ice had no definite plans ind that his committee did not belie believe c that it waa was up to the city council of price to offer a plan but that plans should be evolved by the meeting following the discussion of the question he ile suggested a stock company with each corporation interested taff davd d ac cording to its population for its pro rata of stock he fie also aho mentioned the tup of the committee with engineer ineer dunlevy for the purpose of measuring the springs at this point 11 E lewis interposed the tile question as to the ov or net ship of the springs it the present time di D doets mann replied that all t the h 0 springs belong to the liver and can be used for domestic purposes wootton amplified the stat b admitting that there were sei several eral prior claims such as that of the D it G which will h hive oc to be atken cue of nf the report of mr danley was ther reid showing that the ilow flow of th tho four springs at the present time is 51 5 cubic feet per second mr murphy asked if this supply wis adequate and the reply was that it was ample foi fot peo pie mr watts wis then called up on foi a atit ement as to hi his trip and its results he ile stated that he nad made full investigation of the water supply in making nia nis pl ins for castle gate he ile called attention to the fact that the figures of mr dunlevy were the results of measurements neasure ments when the water is iii high ii and that it might be found in dr dry weather lier that the supply was not cd ed equate he ile advised further measuring under varying yawn conditions before being adopted for the basis of definite r tion lie iho called to the fact that th at the assured purity of the water ater would indol involve c the burch purchase pur chise se of exten extensive sic water sheda sheds he ile then went into ili hii trip stating that it bud had mule mide purposed eeli seb to in vesti gate te rapid sand filtration plants he ile stated that he had found a sy s tern tem which was w 14 absolutely guaranteed and which hac been found absolutely under the most trying conditions he ile was convinced after a roost most garefal study of all features that the cupid sad filtration system is both practicable ind desirable for communities along price river 1 in answer to questions by emmett emme tt 01 son and it R J turner mr watts stated that the system demot removed ed not only the sediment but all m matter atter su sl oh h as ackal held in solution it also kills all germs but does not injure the water so far as essential to badten are concerned reader render it unpleasant to drink mr r on page 5 I 1 filtration tia N SYSTEM from spage a 1 I watte iho called attention to the labor and material market and to the ec esIe cot of a gra g acty ity system fram colton springs to price even if it labor and m roi tenal ere salable avii aa lable replying RePly inz to a question from mr nir mr watts stated that it would be cheaper and more de desirable for each community to put in Us its on a n plant rather than to pat in one large ca operative plant above cameron lie ile called attention to the fact that the LOI lot and maintenance of a pipe line from cameron down in case or of one ont pi int ya v again beun objectionable feature but that in the cabi a of sep se pirate plants no community coni should would have an appreciable amount of pie pipe line to construct he ile also stated that ane hiter filter ft was as al ol too fool piou fand wit ind edaily I 1 clean cleaned is often as desner mr lewis spiking as an individual ta of carbon count rather than a as a representative af a fuel corporation at thi i point suggested the naming of a comil committee littee he ile stated that three plan seemed to be worth con on s aeration de ration th tint thit it of a big filter plant above cuveron Cu Cit neron individual filter glints or a pipe line froni front coltun colton lie e suggested a chit committee nn attee of five three members to be competent engineers the two others othera from price and felpel to determine the tc t c aid aule at colton the cost of a pipe line the th cost coa as it should bo be dt divided idea among those in tt attested the cost of a plant above aboe cameion and the cost of separate panta foi rot each community lie ile also rail call d it tt to the tile fact thai that tile he lost cost of a pipe line would bo ib sol uell until afeei the war but he believed that it ought to be as ag a it factor in the dis cassion cus sion superintendent A F gib son explained the tile water and sewer age are system of the spring cannon canon coal compin at stating that his h c gnip it ill an ample cupply of good 1 baring water piped nto into tin tilt town and thit it had no interest tir the subject from a standpoint of more he ile llao explained thit the camp had had a complete be wet system with bektic tanks ev eer r since ice the tile compani was organized and that all manure ind gibbage is ii hauled awa aay daib and dumped on a buining pile dr wherry asked if everi tol toilet let in the camp was connected with the septic and bec aed the dai wr that there were oab two or three thit u ei e not th tin i boctot took the po positron poa itron that even thebe these two or three could cause trouble mr ill gibson pointed out the fact that dut dunaga ing a large part of the 3 ear chete e is 13 no drainage from hn hii part of the tile cana canon on ir to price I 1 ivet and inv at I 1 I price irice rice and felpel to bend ax nd i lominkit t tee teet to mike ough with the assur anLO thit if his ills loni pan could be te shown show n that it w v its re spon aible for tor an contamination Lont of price river st it would t tike ike pat pan i in al assisting to leall i solution I 1 mr M r lem speaking on behalf of hi lit coil compan pan stated that stand rd v tile had 12 miles of line which tap ped underground gravel and brought to his camp sufficient supply of splendid water it was originally inq installed it lit a coat COA of and during the past months has ben spent in the installation of i sc v rage system s stem and septic tanks which will be comple completed tod within two week he is thoroughly convinced thit his compin comp in is in no way re for the oe contarina contamina con tamina of price river superintendent race racel for the railroad stated that the D A K I 1 U G cin and will take care of its on se seepage age tage but th thit it that is ai far as aj it will go air mr murphy fao lavoid ild the suggestion of mr lewis as to the appointing of a caminit committee ee and slated that his company was interested interest ed in gatting a better bei er water budd ly for domestic lotti estic purposes at mr lir williams stated that the utah fuel company wai wa willing to pie t nt my any contamination and anti ready to price in solving its water tern tm but bit he questioned the position the company would take on a joint ownership of any system restated he stated that the utah fuel company ft put in its own ov n filtration plant at castle gate and offered to the meeting the services of mr fr watts in the use of the elaborate eh eli borate data he had un the water supply and the filtration I 1 plan G A iverson Ive lver raon zon speak speaking inc for the N carbon abon fuel company that PUM PUN water for price coald relieve the ca coil 11 companies of any charge of being responsible for contamination ion of the tile mci and from froin that standpoint his company w wis ts willing illing to go into the matter and see abat hit conditions were aej av I 1 hat might be done R Y 0 1 stated that his ills gnip ft is a now getting very good water as it wis was above all the othea camps and awa from much of the tile pol te ami anti tint it would not bo be interested in A ss em 8 stein slated stated that helper a ais a is most anious for foe rood good water ater ami join be beartel artil tn in any plan that mi might ht be evolved to accomplished that end bilas silas howle said that spring oita vivi auto tt it had 1 good future and was willing to eo ull till it could to get a good cupply it would cooperate eop erato with othlie in a iscem frad hansen au stated that e wellington was interested in getting good water but that it could cold not do much in ili i financial way but that it would do whit tt it could to help an all feasible fe isible plan along dr kose in ili the suggestion of II 11 E lew s for a joint committee dr 0 A gi g i acs his opinion that if the kansas towns visited by mr watts would go a into tho the mountains for a pure supply of wate water the would not think of the tile filtration hit ration u ss tern tein lie ile pronounced i filter to be mend it Goemann dr defended the filtration atin and the the litter filter as a success R J turner gave as u his its opinion that a on plant would bo be a lizzie lizzle and nd slid that the tile thing thin to be done to insure cooj water wu to go to the springs sm att in put he lowis suggestion into motion lut it was gasn wasn ri er ed mi all murphy then sug arge ed thit the committee be aiom i ont price lilt litt that it get all the dati dat I 1 in tile poss POM loll of mr watts watt emmett noll ishii on the tilt condition of the tile on oil the at that the companies comp intes were responsible judge krickser Kric ksen commended the tile spirit of it the call of the meeting and stated 1 that his company wits to co operate as far as possible he ile it ie fe ned to the litigation between hirl per and hia his company and spited the utah fuel company was itada to prevent co contamination of the river regardless reg of cost the are now waiting the decision of the court in older that their progress pro giesa giess may con farm to court instructions the tile 0 10 o operative ope ritie plan in the opinion of tin tilt judge is not legal ind and he lie quotilda kuolt d i much law to fortify his po poil siHon tion he lie abo called attention to the tile fact th it if nil all the coil camps vere v ere the would still be con eted b thy tho dead animals and anti alith along the enire entire canon all 1 the tile atta drained he ile ili not bf aliee tie re di of the r i el ei priti cable F E wood lily city att ciney for irla stated that in lih opinion the tilt legal i to toco co 0 pet atit e action could he novt acorne that if everybody pre sent nt minted tu join in a system it could be worked out that it did not seem that all wanted to join that it wis the right of anyone to lo refuse and the right of prue to light firlit A motion to adjourn prevailed ane city council has held hold no discussion of the te outcome of the niec meeting ting and none of the members predict pi edict what the next step will bo be the filtrate on pi in t for ill ice appeals aa t to a large number of as the alst im fm ine mediate diate so luion ion some state that if a hiter can be installed for aill boi bea soo goo I 1 investment even if ian it pipeline can be built aroff colton or from huntington Hunti neton canyon after the it is an admitted fact thit even if the water left helper absolutely pure it would not be fit fora for a human Pon consumption after its course through h canals ind reservoirs for which puce rice alone in is responsible tt it is aso also admitted that if the river is to be made trip arte rte from contamination by law lawsuits suite i litigation will have to be begun against scores of duals who lue lie along along the chinnel elrin nel the more it is considered the more i favor faor R shown the filtration eystein |