The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-04-08
THE CANAL.
Uno Hoes Plans for Obtaining
Water-S0me Startling Pro-
positions for the Councils
C0nderati0n.

matter that 1 took very little interest
in until I found that the folks voted
yes. and thereby virtually placed
$3.50, 600 in the hands OF the Clty
Council. This alters the case mate
rally. 1t is now a subject OF some
importance. Il is not probable that
the members will appropriate more
than about $40 600 each OF the SUM,
so that there will remain 10 be ex
pended on some intelligent plan OF
operations something over SSO,UUO.
Now this is what l am after, to intro |
duce to the Council and their advie-
ers, through your columns, my plan.
The plan of DeLesseps Of the Nine
teenth Ward, Of building a series OF
massive and c0paci0us reservoirs OF
solid masonry and them transporting
them by rail over the Twin Peaks,
would evidently cost more than
100000 and would therefore be i'm
practica BILE.
My plan differs materially from
any yet suggested. 1t is as follows:
To place over Salt Lake, at a
suitable elevation, large conden-
sing PANS to secure a portion
of ths immense amount OF water
which generally evaporstes from that
great reservoir and bring it over, the
CITY at such altitude as may be
deemed necessary, erect tower Oh
equal elevation, and then let the
chief of the fire department stand on
the summit OF the tower, with a large
hose pipe, and squirt the water around
to fall in gentle showers where 1t will
do the most good. The chief advAn-
tage of my plan is that when the
weather Is hottest the supply will be
most abundsnt.
1 asked a certain gentleman if be
would not Ike to hear my views on
the water question, but be bolted
ike a shot, exclsiming that ne had
his bellyfuI of water and never
wanted to hear it mentioned again as
long as he lived. I pat down my
head moment and considered. l
said to myself here ia another matter
that will deserve careful consideration.
II one man has belly full when we
are all short OF water what does II
show? Why it shows that there Is
something wrong in tie distribution.
Captain Esds, OF the Sixth Ward,
/ wants to dredge ont the mouth
of the old church canal by
| means Of ietties, but I don't believe 1t
will work any better than tae inter
national plan, or that other plan o.
binding the canal on trestles. | be-
lieYe in the Monroe doctrine, 4. G.,
dig your own canal on your OVID
ground, and not have it dug by
Cinnamon in Europe, or elsewhere,
and then import it; although It may
seem cheaper to import, yet 1t viii!
not answer in the long run. Neither
90 I approve this idea of putting in
locks-it is an insult to any commu-
nifty to put lock OF q public canal;
besides, who is to carry the key?
The canal plan has many oblec-
tons. Now, my plan is as follows.
and l think you will readily admit
that it is the only practicable plan yet
introduced: Let large masses of fbrous
and absorbent material, such as cot
ton, be planted at such depth in the
ground as to be fairly in contact
with 3 large supply of water,
then let this mass of material in the
form of ropes or sheets extend upward
to such a height as may be necessary
to reach the level of the highest part
of the city, and as fast as the upper
part fills with water by capillary
attraction, have powerful presses force
it out into pipes, and then conduct 1t
where you please.
This idea of drying the water up at
Utah Lake and t-us ccndepsing it
like condensed milk and packing it
10 the city on mules is perfectly
ridiculous, for the reason that We
haven't got the mules, and then, Its
too slow, to say nothing of the danger.
You can't trust a mule, although
you may safely give him creditor
force of character. Still, it is poor
policy to endaDger life IN order to
save it. It would be much safer and
! quicker to bring it on bicycles.
The more l think over this water
question the more importance it as
sumes. Several letters have been
written and plans proposed, but the
subject is far from being exhausted.
l have 10 doubt that some of the
readers are nearly exhausted or will
be before we all get through. but the
main question is only just broEched.
1t does not seem to have occurred to
| any one that we shall need much
larger supply of water this year than
last on account Of the temperance
movement. If you forbid people to
drink whisky and brandy and wine
and beer you cut off most Of the i'm
ported fluids. What then? Then
we fall back on our own resources,
milk and water, and as the COWS
manufacture milk chiefly from water,
We may simply say water. Now the
question for the City Council 10 duly
| consider Is, where Is all this additional
water TO come from? It's unfortunate
that this temperance increment
was introduced just when i. was, when
We we're so very short o. water, but
1t Is now too late to cry ''spiIt milk"
We must look this question squarely
in the face. ard meet it like men.
The City Council are on trial; they
have now placed in their bands the
first great public trust of the people,
and if they can come out ike men,
stand unitedly shoulder to shoulder
and vote, like the voice of one man,
for my plan, and give me that
$50, 000 surplus, all will be well, and
they will come of with flying colors,
and when there shall be another
similar vote on yes or no Though any
should stand up and cry no north i
no south ! no east ! no west y the
people en- masse will unitedly ex.
claim yesl yesl yesl We know no no.
II my plan is adopted it will be S
success; if not-not. UNo Hoo.
Suicide
Cleveland Tho bodvy IF Ibart