The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-04-02
ENGINEERS SMITH & DORE-
NUS.
Not Opposed to a Canal, But OBJ
jectlng to the Canal as
Surveyed.
SALT LAKE Cry, April l, 1880.

T. SALT LAKE CITY, April /, 1881
! Editors Herald:
:; In your editorial of to-day 5ou an
= nounce the discovery OF a "manites
E opposition to the pr posed jordan and
e Salt Lake City Canal
Now, Mr.. Editor, if you will allow
!, US space, we will define our position
in this matter unmistakably. In the
first place We do not oppose the build
ing of a canal, nor have We advo-
Gated any particular N ethod OF OF
tanning supply of water for this city;
though the suggestions OF some cor
respondents in regard to the reser-
voir system is, We think, deserving OF
= careful consideration, rs numerous
instances of the success OF that
method can be cited. The great cry
for months past has been for a canal.
Where or how the present plan o:igi-
mated is OF no interest or importance
to us. We want water, and must
have it. And we want the greatest
necessary amount for the least pos.
sible cost. 1t was presumable the
data in possession OF the Council
was sufficient and the deduc-
tions thereirom ample to enable
them, by intelligent comparison, to
adopt that plan giving the greatest
necessary result by the least possible
expenditure. Acting on this suppo-
sition We certainly should have voted
yes" But when Justly, and in
compliance with urgent and repeated |
requests of voters, the Council finally |
made public the plan. which they had |
not only adopted but were actually |
carrying into execution, and after
carefully reading which we claimed |
as our own IN common with other
property owners and voters of this
city t. whom it was addressed; and
as such owners we did, not only as a
right, but also as duty to all whose
money was to be used in the execu-
ton OF the work, examined the sub
mitted plans from professional point
of view and published the result as
you are aware. We did this in as
modest and courteous a manner as
possible, and the conclusions to which
we then came remain unsltered, aad
we DOW repeat that the proportion of
the various sections OF the proposed :
ditch to each other is such as must !
result. in a failure to deliver
more than one-sixth the quantity of
water which the Councils address :
warrants US in expecting, and we
should feel blamable did We not en-
oha!ically manifest opposition " to
10 ridiculous a plan. That certain
amount of water will run down and !
De discharged through the canal there I
8 no question. But If our object is to i
obtain the greatest quantity of water :
With the least expense, We must so J
liter its proposed proportions as to !
ecure uniformity of discharge through :
a III section. In the plan adopted +
me sectioa of the ditch THAT of least :
Iischsrging capacity governs the use o
illness of all; and if this section OF Z
east capacity is sufficient. why make +
be others six times its capacity if
economy is an object The plan q
imply proposes an unWarranted and >,
xtravagant waste of work at the q
PIPER or an enlargement to undesir- n
bic and expensive dimensions at the .
over section of the canal. Now, be- 4
ause we point out these defects, in 2
Ian for which we are asked to SUBJ a
cribe means, we are denounced az =,
fault finders" and jealous conspira- y
ors." WHO dog-in-the manger. like, T
object ID everything that is done n
imply because we do not do it," n
We nope you will not construs this n
ITO q personal criticism of the City a
ouncil. We are not discussing =
ersons, but plans. The individuals u
Iho are responsible and the degree of T
ensure merited by the adopters of :,
} curious a canal philosophy we n
ave for others to determine. r.
One more question. Admitting, as II
OH say, that Mr.. Dinwoodey ia a -
lccessful and competent furniture r
ealer, ia that evidence in the least h
lat Mr.. Little could not suggest a #
ew railroad plan OF which he was -
reviously ignorant? Or rise Uersa? =
II that the City Council because they h
re all honest and impartial men and n
have made a success of life" can h
OF learn of others what they them n
slves have never studied? n
In conclusion, and for the informa- ri
on OF voters 1.-THE matter having been Il
sferred to by "Oompos Mentis, Co." II
| YOUR issue of this morninp) We l.
ill say that from actual and r.
Exhaustive experiments made by T
,versl eminent engineers, it is found =,
lat in order to prevent securing OF ~
IL channel q greater velocity than
lat shown below should not be &
lowed in canals passing through i,
lie various materials as follows: h