The Phoenix herald., 1879-08-20
NARRATION DITcIEa as,
[rarsR NO. 3.l

ow to utilize the water of Salt
 T to the best advantage, with the
 possible expense, Is a subject
 feel hardly able to treat upon in
 gently It is a subject that we
 W has been talked about, and ar
 d upon among the farmers aad
 h owners, for several years.
 thin the past year it has acquired
 re importance and has been talked
 mt with moro interest than ever
 ore. It seems from past expert
 es that better and more su5stan-
 dams are required as the old
 ns hold but small portion of the
 ter, the remainder running through
 under them Hardly ever any
 fer runs over the top of them. To
 lid solid rock and cement dam,
 at willbe. strong, durable and tight,
 wn to the bed rock, and from bank
 bank of Salt River, would cost 8
 r large sum of money, more per
 ps than any one of the canal com
 nies can afford Certainly. to Mild a dam of this character for
 ch one of the canals, would entail bon the valley, an outlay that the |eo7le cannot afford From what we sve heretofore said, it would seem
 at something of this kind, was an Isolute necessity. How to obtain il now the important question. If c cannot build dam for each one Ii the canals, can we build one for he whole valley, say from Hayden's butte down. If this be feasible, and re are able by uniting together, to tut in one good, strong, substantial lam, can the necessary union of ia erests be effected to accomplish tlie york. We say, and we speak advis- dly, that it is an undertaking that no me of the canal companies alone, are lble to carry through successfully, nd if one company were able, and he balance were not, how much sould be gained, by the one dam lnder this arrangement. To be sure he farmers getting water from the ,nc canal with the good dam would rave plenty of water, but the others would be no better of than now. On he other hand, if all could join in he enterprise, and put in one good lam, and construct one good large anal, to take the water from the he river out upon the valley, and conduct It to the canals already made hen we are satisfied all could have plenty of water even in dry years md the cost of furnishing water to he farmers, could be reduced at east onc-nalf. If capitalists had lold of our canals, they would soon ind way to effect some such plan .s this, and would thereby be enabled o furnish the water to the farmers al css than it costs them now, and hey would be able to derive hand ome revenue from the sale of the water. We do not now see just how his can be accomplished, yet we are atisfied that it can be done; that it must and will be done, and that within a very few years. Cannot he leading men in the principal ca lals get together and talk the matter ID, and take some measures to fad ut if the plan is feasible, and fit is, what will be the probable cost. Thus having found out the probable ,r approximate cost, they can easily whether we are able to build it, without help from outside ;apital. It would be best perhaps, f we were able to do it within our selves, but if we cannot, would it uot ,e well to invite outside capital to lelp. The Territory is fast increas- ng in population, our mines are .urning out more and more bullion every week, and every week the de mand for our produce becomes greater. and we should prepare to compete with the products of California. To do this we must have cheaper water than at present, and some means must be de vised to obtaln it.
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