Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-03-30
WATER FOR THE DRY BENCHERs.
supt. Ottinger's Plan to settle the
Cries of Dry and Discontented
Citizens.

Superintendent Ottinger has at last
matured a plan for furnishing the dry
bench people with water without in
fringing on the rights and privileges OF
the residents OF the lower wards. He has
also provided means-so far as a FEAST
BILE plan goes-by which, at the same
time, the Fire department service will be
materially improved. These plans and
specifications will be submitted by the
Committee on Waterworks to the City
Council this evening, and there is little
doubt but they will meet with unanimous
approval.
The project in brief is TO convert the
large brick building which was erected
Just above the old site of the Empire
mill for electric light works, into a pair
of mammoth reservoirs, with capacity
of 100000 gallons each. This will give
to the pipe water at the intersections near
the Eagle gate a pressure of SO pounds
instead OF the present 80 pounds. This
in itself will make it easily practicable to
pipe large supply along the side hill OF
the Eighteenth ward, taking in the
locality around "Blue Blood Avenue
and an immense area of the Eighteenth,
Twentieth and Twenty-first wards. The
most important good to be accomplished,
however, is in the construction OF so
foot tower or stand pipe, from which
the whole of the north bench can be sup.
piled with water for culinary purposes. 1t
has been asccrtained that the base OF
this proposed reservoir is on n perfect
level with the ball on the Eighteenth
ward chapel on Prospect Hill, and with
the pressure that can be concentrated in
the stand pipe the water may easily be
distributed over the greatest altitude OF
the resident portion of the bench. This
stand pipe will have capacity of $500
gallons, and will be supplied by flume
in the already constructed canal which
taps the creek half mile further up the
stream.
From this system it is proposed to fur
nish all residents north Of Fifth street, al
which line the capacity OF the two reser-
voirs ceases to extend. By this acqui-
sition the Fire department will also re.
ceive q desirable benefit, in that there
will be pressure OF 125 pounds in the
business centre OF town, which is almost
equal to the force supplied by the engine
now in the possession of the department
With these facilities Chief Engineer
Ottnger expects to be able to
cover the necessities for the Fire
department with much greater conven
fence and incomparably less expense
than by the adoption Of score Of fire
engines. OF course, the greatest benefit
will accrue to the residents of the upper
wards, and this, too, without the slight
est impairment to the present privileges
to others.
Mr.. Ottinger estimates that at the pres
ent time there are not less than 10 900 OOC
gallons OF water conveyed through City
Creek every twenty-four hours, and with
the proposed reservoir system the great.
est possible economy can be practiced
The present reservoirs, mile lower
down; have n capacity, the three of them
of only $3.50 gallons, while the two
proposed new ones would contain 26O, OOC
gallons, saying nothing OF the stand pipe
One of the most pleasing features
about the entire proposition is that the
total expense OF constructing the reser-
voirs, fumes, ETC., and furnishing and
laying the necessary pipes can easily by
kept within 100000, and may fall far
short OF that figure with care. Mr.. OF
finger has been devoting much OF his
time to scientific investigation OF the
plan, and during recent trip East con.
suited the most eminent engineers.
From one of these gentlemen he oh.
tanned knowledge of the practicability
OF constructing stop valve for regillat
ing the supplies, and especially for pre-,
venting breakage OF pipes by unusual
pressure. The superintendent is de-
lighted with the plan, and is confident
that it is both the most feasible and
economic one that can be devised.