Show r advantages of water system pointed out logan utah may 1 7 mr M J 0 bex president town board randolph utah dear dearer De arMr mr rex I 1 have your letter of april 30 1 I am very much pleaded to note that you are attempting to put I 1 in n a batet for the city of Randol randolph lib ahls should have been done twenty years sears ago I 1 knew randolph when it lied had a greater population than at present the much needed improvement of a jilter system seems seems to have resulted from rack lack of faith in n their own community I 1 do not say my this in criticism iriti cism I 1 will say cuy it because I 1 believe the first essential in the building up othny city Is to have hapy and satisfied homes when I 1 visited randolph last lasa summer 1 I was impressed with the many homes that have been built mid ti thie inconsistency of having a water system ir ip a surface well near the back door or too often near the corral gate 1 I made some inquiry as to the depth of water and I 1 was wag surprised to find that generally the water table was too close to the surface you have been espe especially dally fortunate in these past years in using water which can not help but be leechen leeched from the many yards yard sand and out buildings Nill dings that you alave ilave n ilot t had an outbreak of an epidemic which may cost very seriously and even een the lives of the people who live there you say you have some opposition this Is not to be pondered Iron dered at for very town tow n who attempts to make some progress has always met with nu position randolph js is located in a high valley ey very well adapted for dairying I 1 growing of beet beef cattle and sheep rl the be poultry industry might lie he developed with profit but if either of these are to succeed the homes must lie be satisfactory and up to aldard andard tan dard and you will find that it if tike tie water is put in people will wonder how they iler e got on without it those splendid homes should be 14 fitted with baith and toilet and during the ion cold winters water in the house I 1 is more colv convenient existent than amny thing it will reimburse buise the coro coin many many times over for the expense in putting in the system I 1 should like to fo advise advice your town hoard board to be careful when the water is put punt in that the money be well pent ent in the type of equipment that will be lasting and efficient be sure the amount of water to the town Is equivalent to that regularly used it if there is to be sprinkling of of lawns during the slimmer dimmer the tit n mount of water should be bc at least the equivalent of from IW to gallons galion ion per capita per day daiy if you should mention these thee the se figures and try to com lar them with the water ater you used arous your wells it is ii quite likely that some one will say such an in amount Is preposterous however the records shw show that the amoun amount t of water ate used in cities of the united states to cont ou franf to gallons per person per day salt sait lake alee fit Is s consumption Is a little above gallons i be sure that yoi have chosen a 4 good spring be sure that it is well protected that the pipe line leading 10 lo the town Is large enough and amit km I 1 distribution is equitable and safa sat l factory u al 1 am coming into the he county a if 11 alti later um possibly bibly the road Is iian uen through the mountains and if I 1 VM tin he be of ail to you in I 1 lifting thic this over I 1 shall he be jl glad d to fill rt fm 0 o very truly yours WILLIAM rF PETERSON TERSON director extension service |