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Show uu WEST OGDEN TO HAVE WATER foreman D J. Taylor, in charge of construction of the West Ogden water system, is busily engaged In I fighting the waters of the Weber riv- er in an effort to lay the pipe across I the stream. It is not an easy thing to accomplish, but progress is being made and it is possible that pipe on the east side of the river bed may be ! laid this afternoon or early tomorrow j morning. The flow of the water is practically I under control, baing been diverted to the west side of the river, but it is dimcult to control the quicksand and loose gravel found in the bottom of the river. The trench for the pipe has to be dug about three feet deep, all of which has to be done in quicksand quick-sand and gravel well filled with water. wa-ter. No sooner is tho trench opened than it fills, notwithstanding the fact that wooden casing is placed in the trench as rapidly as possible to hold the walls intact. The sand and grav-el grav-el works underneath the casing and fill the trench about as fast as the shovel men dig it out. The mayor and recorder have signed sign-ed the agreement respecting the matter mat-ter of the city usinj; private ground of the Union depot &. Railway company com-pany to build the pipe line across the south side of the new freiu,ht depot, and there will be nothing in the way of the city proceeding to connect with the water mainat Wall avenue, a few rods south of the viaduct, as soon I as the pipe is laid across the Weber i river. i |