, 1888-07-07
WILL BEGIN TO-DAY.
Work Which Will Bring Oceans of
Pure Water
From the Artesian Reservoirs and
Wells to Cheyenne.
The Work to be Completed in
Ninety Days.

When Moses led the Israelites out of
Egyptian bondage he was stopped on the
margin of the Red sea by floods Of water,
but while he hesitated there, with the
mountains on either side, the sea before
him and Pharaoh and his host behind
him, he heard a voice saying, Speak
unto the children of Israel that they go
forward" He did so and found drYland,
but when the people of Cheyenne, seek
ing to find a way out of the dry Sahara to
the fountains and streams of pure water,
they were confronted with from 200 to
300 feet of very dry land, but when our
Moses on the water question-Don Miller
told them to go, not forward but down,
they did so and found an underground
stream six miles above the city from
which there can be pumped more than
l,00O,O 600 gallons per day of the purest
kind of cold water.
The readers of THE LEADER have al
ready been informed of the fact that this
water has been found, but the question
has been asked of late many times, "Wil
1t be brought to the city, and if SO when
and by what means2'
Subdividing the question and answer
ing it section by section, it can here be
said that the work which, within ninety
days, will result in bringing this water to
the city will begin to-day.
NJ. P. Keefe with his workmen will
begin operations this morning above the
old city dam and will proceed to excavate
and place in proper condition the neces-
sary wells. reservoirs, bitches, etc., from
which the water is to be eventually taken
on its way to the city. The size of the
pipe to be used wherever this article will
be necessary at the head ofthe line is to
be thirty inches and of the best material.
Don Miller, the city engineer, is to
have the general supervision of the work
to be done all along the line. From the
head of the water line the water is to be
brought by means of fifteen inch pipe
round near the upper lakes and from
thence to the city, but it will not at any
stage while in transitu or otherwise be
mingled with the lake water which now
comes to us through the city hydrants.
At present the specific details of this
enterprise cannot well be given, for many
of them have not as yet been arranged,
but it will suffice to state in a general way
the outlines of this undertaking which is
of such transcendent importance to our
city and people.
The contract for excavating the ditch
and laying the pipe from the head OF the
line to the city has not as yet been let,
and Mr.. Miller stated yesterday that on
account of the non-arrival OF some of the
pipe and other necessary material the
whole matter would be for the present
kept under the exclusive supervision of
the city. The contract for this portion of
the work will, however, be awarded very
soon and it is safe to say that the predic-
ton of the city engineer. to the effect hat
the work will be completed in ninety days,
will prove true.
The children of Israel saw too much
water and wanted dry land. while the peo-
| pie of Cheyenne saw too much dry land
and wanted pure water. The first got
what they wanted. and now we are in
sight of what we have sighed for "since
the days of '67."