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Show uu PROPOSED JHEHmi OF IEA SOUTH OP THE CITY Mayor Abbot R. Heywood, Commissioners Commis-sioners Jones and Flygare, Engineer Joseph M. Tracy and two news writers today made a comprehensive inspection inspec-tion of improvement work in progress prog-ress and proposed improvements throughout the city. There's "something "some-thing doing," they observed, in every section, and something now proposed for every section. For example, after completing the general survey, tho party was in the far eastern section of the city. To his chauffeur, the mayor said: "Full speed ahead, Gold, to tho south city limits." Here they inspected tho overflow over-flow of water coming In from the county at Hudson avenue and Thirty-sixth Thirty-sixth street, and planned, on the spot, the immediate remedy. Reservoir Improved. Inspection of the reservoirs showed the work on No. 1 almost completed. The big vat, which has a capacity of 7,500,000 gallons, has bepn thoroughly cleansed nnd the senms In the cement caulked like new. The big leaks in tho intake havo been remedied by the repair re-pair and reconstruction of the redwood conduit, with a heavy sheathing of ae-ment. ae-ment. Within ten days, the commissioners said, the reservoir will be filled to high level with water. The present supply in No. 2 is about eighteen feet, which also will be greatly increased. Both reservoirs are now clean and attractive. attrac-tive. Site for Big Reservoir. Adjoining tho reservoir on the south side, the city dads pointed out, nature has constructed lor Ogden's use a site for a huge reservoir capable of holding, hold-ing, perhaps, more than sixty million gallons In perfect safety. It is a vast bowl, only requiring deepening and shaping up and concrete construction The city recently acquired six additional addi-tional acres in the reservoir district for future use. The commissioners said the immense im-mense new reservoir, to be built in tho futurp to serve the needs of a city of 100,000 population, easily could be kept from present water resources, but a now distribution would be required, re-quired, oC course. Park Work Progressing. Development work Is progressing rapidly in Glenwood park. The huge hole that formerly defaced the pleasure pleas-ure ground has been filled with refuse by the clean-up brigade more than 500 loads and on top will be packed earth and street sweepings. The now lunch house is going up'and the other buildings are being made ready for public use this summer. "There's the zoo houses," said the mayor, "comfortable cages for the monkeys and what-nots and a fine big pit for the bears." The Ogden Pictures corporation is constructing a unique outdoor studio on an island In the river opposite the park. The Lincoln avenue paving Is being rapidly completed by the J. P. O'Neill Construction company. They are now working at Lincoln avenue and Twenty-first street. Annexation Proposed. While inspecting in the south Washington Wash-ington avenue district, the commissioners commission-ers discussed the advisability of proposing pro-posing the municipal annexation of four or five blocks, extending nearly to the golf links, in which reside a large number of families. If this were done, they said, the city would be able to improve that section and provide the residents with city facilities. The advantages would be great to all concerned, con-cerned, they said. "Everybody Gardening." In every section the residents are plowing up every vacant space and preparing to plant gardens. In the south end the gardens are extensive and attractive. Here a large flock of sea gulls follow the plowmen, devouring devour-ing he bugs and worms. "Blessings on the sea gulls," said Mayor Heywood. Hey-wood. "birds of bright omen. 'You would not harm the eagle, you shall not harm the dove,' and we must include in-clude the sea gull, always mobilized to devour the undesirable insects." He told of the olden days when the sea gulls decimated the grasshoppers and saved the Utahns from famine. |