The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-17
THE WATER Wall.
:, and Again 1t is Heard

.oo;ated with hin, Ine lnn"O
y :. A II the North Bench. and being
'a ass sn, "il3 up there, declares to
'l''. hin that the ertioiea written
be puma tims to time, are indeed the
ION !. - ' tbs people, not of fe" per-
Valls u :, !. the entreaty Of the people
cons; !, ns = that justice and mercy,
iOr l1s s. poUt Of God, may be extent
tao at! ! Gsg Of + his suffering sens and
ed to . s0% On a the North Bench OF
d 5T. ate OJty. We have read that,
Salt Lax o. Wv there are few persons
on the B.9Ga T in tPst locality i 50
water , ggs'I not resi our writings, bat
they b bas1 n1isIead by the writings OF
nave Deo ~so do not want to under
oInssi' Gentlemen, the ten are many;
, ,ba ; 500 inhabitants are a large
me ;,. ~ Of the human life which it
mSlua"; u be the business Of the lev
LsT i;ng men to hsrrass TO death with
Ln l;i..tIa1ien1ents and to punish with un-
aiisIied n-omises, awhile raising their
s u,1 10 be soon blasted again. The
u uoapoIe veil know they are entitled to
pI narm anent supply Of wa'er, but the
aI ?or seems to be to wait. wait, wait.
Gs.ntIemen. what do you take as fort
Ia,a wa not waited, plsaded, hunbly
aia'de1 that We we're thirsty3 We
psnt water; We do not want lime.
We have not prayed to the Mayor
md Council of Salt Lake City to go
N the most unlikely place they could
And and gather up from little springs
n lime water q miserable pittance at
" great expense which ii we're god.
n5.e water would bs totally inade=
Gusts to the wants of the people,
Ne did not yesra ago pray the City
Council 10 expend Of the t1xes $20, co
In drill the mountain side for arteslan
water. 1, We had done SO it would
have met WITH the came result as ali
our preyers have, Wedo not Wish to
amend the pubic funds unnecessarily.
We ask for q very lIml ed Gu lay at
Drsaent, to bring to our help that
which you cannot uee; then ii your
mercies can be exssnj Jed for the bens-
ct of tais much neglected, but very
promising section of our City, you
can more az your leisure bring out oil
the foothills close to Us the Copious
streams OF water you haze never seen.
and do not know tia existence OF.
Let the people have water that you
can very well epare. because you car
not utilize ii any way. What ROB,
sense in the presence of such distress
IS this pesple plead they suffer to ast
them to wait until you can God tht
improbable, and perhaps impossible
bonanza OF water which we have from
the frst rejected aud do not now want
A few OF our reasons are, We ar
thoroughly satisfied the wstsr is total
y unfit for domestic purposess tozoug
ils excess Of lime and other minerals
ithm cst astonishingly dear, and v
believe il you had gone 70 Ensig
Peak, it would not have appears
more unreasonable, than spendiu
means in Dry Canyon to supply Il
people with water. l have 8 eamp
OF that water before nae. It was
pint for two weeks c0Fked up in
clear and perfectly clean bottle, the
emptied into a perfectly clean, neV
brown baking dish; the water is no
evsporated leaving q coating on Il
dish like saudpaper. It ia open
inspection by.sll interested. It nee:
no snslyzing. Such q thing take
into the system of msa, woman, chi
or any other animal will ipjure the
bodies by rendering the kidneys uni
to perform their functions; therefor
the blood becomes impure and if pc
sIstea in, and no remedy apple
death ensues, Atohison's diseas
Bright's disssse, stone, gravel, drops
rheumstics, diphtheria. etc., a
only the gates of death, which hS
Tor their CAUSES impure blood throul
impure water.
What the Bench people need is
supply OF pure water, especially
household purposes, that cannot
claimed and taken away from the
by prior rights; but how can D
Canyon water fill the biz, when n
Pepper claims it, aud only wishes
make his claim good for q futu
time, when the CITY Council m
have to wade through great 10:
difficulties. or pay very dearly for ii
impure water, which they are pi
sistently trying to force upon t
people. their own pc p If the sal
faith and baptism, and entitled to {
same gifts and blessings of Almigt
Go0 as they themselves can claim, q
perhaps moref
Now gentlemen, We would wish Y
TO show to tne public what you me
TO 90 IN the premises. How can "
Tor you are part Of the great who
excuse your conduct towards us. "
have been thus gathered, and hs
pertorce been obliged to locate {
homes on the North Bsnch2 c
you by sny means Justify yoursel
n steadiaslly refusing to Us water
drink, water to wash our dirty lin,
water to cleanse cur homes, and BIZ
more tor it cannot be done with