The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-06-29
NORTH BENCH WATER.
THE Dry Canyon Supply Insult
ficient.
ris Also Said to be Unwhole-
some.

way it IS generally written pei'eVe
suggest that we who have inhsb-
tied the dry north bench, lot IN
GLIDING the east tench or any other
benches surrounding and cont 'guous
TO Salt Lake City, have within the
last sixteen years been in the habit
n forwarding petitions TO our City
Council, praying in the most humble
arm, as dutiful children OF most
august parenC, FOR tue great privilege
of having a por ion of the immense
Win Of surplus" waters flowing
from City Greek Canyon down to
the vast POOL Of the Great Salt Lake
yesrly, TO the advantage OF nothing
living that We know Of. hut have
been refused. We ask how, why?
for we can form no sensible rea
son, and never had one formed for
us by orr City Fathers-why are
things THUS and so? What harm can
II do to those " no in city Of 10000
inhabitants, whose City Council
declare they have the vested rights
TO control sail" the waters which
flow Into this city? Why, I again
ask, cannot the City Council
agree to allow a small
portioa OF the diurnsl millions
of tons OF water escaping through
their outlet to the Great Salt LsBe
instead of doing some good, flow on
to the very dry bench, 50 that the
poor and severely toiling hundreds
Of inhabitants may be saved from
death and misery, and exc ssiye
unnecessary toll?
We, the citizens OF Salt Lake
City, who have been compelled to
choose the benches for our homes
because there was no other place
We could reach, have repeatedly and
humOly petitioned our City Coun-
Gil until petitioning has become 3
thing Of the past, and patience no
longer virtue, for some eupp;y of
water to make our homes oesrable,
but the only reply, 81, as an indi-
vidEal," and my toiliag thirsty
neighbors received from them is,
"if We give you watec you W II
plant tIees."
Suppose we should 30 far depsrt
from the rules Of trict propriety IS
to plant seme trees en- ths ber ch
lands, who would receive AM in
jury through the iTpr0prlety ?
Would it depreciate the value OF
the property OF those who have pro-
claimed through the City Council
that they only had the UeSted right
to the waters flowing into Salt Lake
CIty-they cannot use the surplus.
We do not seek, and as far as I i
know, never have sought, to Ge-
prive anyone of his rights, vested
or otherwise, but the question with
US is water or nothing. Plsce any,
enc who opposes our earnest cry for
water in our place, and see how
soon indeed he would change his
tactics. The time may come when
some of those unjust ones may call
for single drop of water and fail
to receive q response.
This brings to my mind such a |
fow Of Scriptural texts that l must |
refrain from mentioning more than
one. The man who lived as never |
man lived, who has been declared |
By all the Christian world to be the |
Son CT the Almighty God, eaid |
Glove enc another" and not to inf |
dels, deists. atheists, pagans, etc
No, but to those who believed on
him. and resolved TO do his WORK.
Had / Thousand tongues to tell
with, or the voice of thunder TO
make our City Council hear, I do
not think my mind expansive
enough or my orat0ry good enough
10 proclaim in their ears with suffi-
Gent force the need of the inhabit-
ants Of the dry north bench, be-
cause there are none so deaf as
those who will not hsar. What have
The PEOPLE suffered in the many
Years that are gone, and what would
they suffer in the years which are
to come If they have to be wholly
dependent for the life-giving fluid
provided for them by the City
Council Of Salt Lake City,
but our kind and indulgent City
FATHERS have given 80, 600 to supply
Inc north tench Of the Twentieth
bishops ward with water for dos
mestic pIlrposes-something perms-
nent, not surplus, never to be taken
away until death does us part; hut
II We drink the water Of that Dry |
cSnyon from its impure fountain we |
snail not have long to live unless |
the really Injurious portion of it be
excluded.
Astounding newsI How do we
know? By our going and attending
70 our Own business ourselves and
not trusting to our avowed and ex.
pressed enemies; excepting those
honorable members of the City
Council who have bumanely and (
win desire to DO their duty ext
erVed Themselves to reply favorably |
10 our petition, they are all well |
EnOWD to usE
we nave as delegates fropt the |
north benchIg0ue to Dry csnr Oh and
nave personally inspected With care
aho attention for the benefit of the
L49Ilc the several sources from
v wnich are smalgsmated the waters
opposed Tor our use and do declare
ION our inspection the Injurious
lb1 at 81 EXCEEDED, the balance owned
~ ~, NE city is wholly insufficient
tont Ihe use Of the jnhabi.
ian Iants Of the moth henob