The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-11-22
MUNICIPAL MATTERS.
The Repairing Of the Jordan
& Salt Lake Canal.
EAST BENCH WATERwoRKs
Mr.. Ottinger's Views-His
Forthcoming Report.


strong as to the condition of the Salt
Lake and Jordan Canal fume, as pub
lished in the minutes of the City Coun-
Gil in The HERALD of yesterday, caused
SON little comment, and the commit
tee to whom the matter was referred
will probably have some difficulty in
arriving at the conclusion as to what is
best to be done under the circumstances.
Some Of the members Of the City Coun-
Gil are understood to be In favor of
rebuilding the entire canal, pavingit
with cobble stones, similar to the
aqueduct on North Temple Street, and
then covering the same with heavy
tagging solidly pinned together.
Q hers believe that hard burned
brick, with an arohed top, would be
more servicabIe and lasting. Coun
oilor Smith, however, does not view
with favor any plan that will afford
friction. He says that the smaller the
friction the greater the volume of
water that can be carried through in a
given time, and while not prepared to
give details, he has expressed himself to
the effect that perhaps piping would be
the better system after all. There is
one thing, however. that should be
AIKEN into consideration, and that is
the stagnation that exists in the canal
between the Big Cottonwood and the
Sugar House fumes. For distance of
about nine miles, the canal is almost on
dead level, and as a consequence the
current at this point is so slow
that, compared with it, the Jordan
is a wild and seething torrent. Mea-
surements taken some time since
showed flow at the Big Cottonwood
hume of Is COO, 600 gallons every twenty
four hours, while at the sugar house
there were but 8 600 600, or in other
words loss of 9 900 .000-50 per cent. -
in the flow Of nine miles 900 gallons
per mile. The attention of members of
the City Council was called to this mat
ter some months ago, and it was limited
that the route of the canal would be
changed so that it would get the benefit
of the forty-foot drop low existing, and
thus increase the velocity OF the stream
and therefore the volume of water at
this end of the canal. The idea of o.
100000 gallons of water being wasted
every twentY-four hours is something
that no ones cares to contemplate when
he gazes at the ruined orchards and the
sum baked drv benches.
Councillor Young, however, takes the
view that before any great amount of
money is expended in repairing the
canal. the committee to whom the mat
ter of repairs was referred should take
into consideration the question as to
whether the future use of the canal will
justify the expenditure of q large
amount-at least $35 900, if the repairs
spoken, of are made. He is OF the
opinion that two more such years as
we have had in the past will so diminish
the Jordan, that the city will have no
more water in the canal than will sat-
isfy the demands of those who were
formerly interested in Parley's Canyon
Greek
The committee will, of course, take
all this into consideration, and will
probably report on Tuesday evening
next. In the meantime, the holes made
in the streets by the caving in of the
canal top will remain fenced. As the
mayor. and. Mr.. Ritter put it, prompt
action is necessary. and there is no way
in which this issue can be lodged"
THE EMIGRATION RESERVOIR.
The offer OF Henry Wagner to give
the city the use Of certain lands near
his brewery for reservoir purposes under
certain conditions caused considerable |
talk yesterday The grounds referred |
to are large enough to admit Of the con- |
struc ion of a reservoir holding billions |
of gallons, and afford q supply of water
sufficient for all purposes to which it
will be put. The one great objection to |
Emigration Canyon water, however, is |
the large percentage of lime it contains, |
there being no less than 81 grains in |
each gallon, compared with % in Par
ley's. "a in City Greek. II in Big Cotton
wood and in Little Cottonwood water,
Mr.. Ottinger, when seen at his desk |
in the Firehan's Hall yesterday, was |
ousily engaged upon the reportrecently |
asked for by the City Council as to why
the pressure on the mains on the east |
side is so small, and also on the cost OF |
q system of waterworks to be estab- |
lished on the East Bench. He did not |
speak very hopefully of the Emigration |
reservoir scheme. He is, however, |
heartily in favor of the establishment |
of reservoir aud a system of water |
works on the East Bench, which could |
be supplied from Parley's Canyon |
Creek. my idea would be- he said,
ito establish this reservoir at an
equal hei ght with the reservoirs of our
upper system in City Creek Canyon,
and connect with valve, so that, if
it became necessary during IRE or by
an accident of any kind the city could
be supplied from either or both sources.
AS to the division of the water, 1
should say that the best method would
be as follows: Let the Eighteenth,
Twentieth and Twenty first Wares
obtain their supply from the upper
system, that part of the city west of
Fourth East and south of south
Temple the Nineteenth, Seventeenth,
Sixteenth, Fifteenth and other warda,
from the lower system, while the east
ern part OF the city should be supplied
from the system to be established on
the East Bench. / do not, of course,
give thess IS the exact boundaries, but
| believe distribution similar to this
could be made" and with the M st
results"