Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-01-22

e lover than that Of the city cana
y where il crosses the bottom in which
!; they use. IL falls 4 hundred feet Il
q the Hanauer smelter, for whose us,
J. u is appropriated, and flows theme,
Is 70 the Jordan I1iver. During Nav
: II had a daily flow OF II $50. eSt
e gallons, which by September had
i declined to-, 200, 900 gallons. The
v Pratt Brothers, recent offer was
based on their appropriation Of this
5 stream after IL has passed the
: smeiter. i---.
y Your commissioners are Of opiniou
4 that the diversion Of this water from
0 the JORDAN river. into which we are
!, reliably informed il has run since
e the first settlement Of the Territory.
I cannot be maintained, except by
direct purchase from all parties in
E tetested In lis use BELOW the point OF
r confluence with the jordan. We
, Therefore pronounce this plan not
: suitable fcf present consideration.
The Husler MIL stream is created
! by springs In the vicinity Of Mill
Creek. The claims upon II arc
! similar TO those Upon the Hanauer,
eonsequehtlyit cannot be thought Of
for the eity's use.
Near The point Of The mountain. al
the sodlh end ofthe valley, end To-
Gated considerably abote the city
: canal, are several Springs of warm
water, suitable FOR Irrigation. only.
This water can b. Turned into the
canal AZ very ttiiling eSSsstt, and can
lie purchased, we are informed, but
no price has been stated. In case of
n future emergency il might then be
! well to consider thes.:. $3.50.
ARTEsIAN WATER.
| The idea Of tapping this source
was suggested at time Of scarcity
when Il had become urgently neces-
sary 10 adopt some measure provil-
ing the earliest possible relief
The spots selected for tie sinking
of the FIRST we'll ale Ia The city's 10 |
acre lot a. the southeast corner Of |
Liberty PARK, aud is at the eonfiu- !
ence or The water. sheds at Red |
Butte, EuiiaratiOn ard Parley's |
canyon streams, where the surface
indications are excellent.
The work of sinking was entrusted 1
to your commission, who solicited
bids for letting it out by contract.
The prices asked by eastern parties
for sinking and furnishing well cas-
ing Varied ffonl = 10 $40 per foot,
and in each ease guarantee OF
profitable amount Of work was re-
quired. Finally the Offer OF Mr.. F.
L. ROChe o. Cgdeh was accepted. A
machine owned by him was guar
anteed to penetrate to any required
depth OF strata similar to that an
ticipated by US. His services being
required on the Bear River Canal.
he would make no contract, but
offered 10 sell the machine and guar
antee its successful operation IN the
hands Of men he would furnish 10
run II.
This was accepted by authority of
the Council.
The cost NJ the machine was
s25o0, $3.50 Of which was paid down,
and the remaining $1,000 held in
reserve by mutual consent until a !
flow Of water satisfactory TO the city |
corporation, or n depth Of 1000 feet, |
was attained.
\ nine-iuch well was started on
the ist OF August. By the 2lst Of
the month 4 depth OF lis feet was
attained and fine stream OF clear,
cold water was in the pipe four feet
above the surface Of the ground,
and flowed at the rate of over half
n million gallons Per tweRty-four
hours.
Driving was continued, however,
with the object Of drawing from
still lower streams, which we then
believed and have since proved 10
exist.
By September 4, 2l5 feet were
driven. Here the breaking Of the -,
cable and consequent dropping Of
the tools to the lotion Of the well
was occasiOned by the pipe buckling
about seventy feet from the surface. :
Efforts TO recover the tools proved
futile, and were abandoned when it
became evident thatto recover them
would cost more than their value.
BY cutting the pipe at the ll5-fOot
level the half-milliOn gallon flow can
be had at any time and Is in itself
profitable return for the outlay.
The actual cost Of sinking and cas-
ing the finst lis feet was $50 per
iH8t :, heloy this the average cost Der
The possibility Of obtaining good
supply from this source being demon
'trated, negotiations were entered =.
INTO early in November with Mr.. 4
Charles Il. Beckwith of Redwood.
Union County, Ohio, which resulted :
N his contracting To sink a number :
II wells, the cost of which shall be - Z
ser foot, the city 10 furnish pipe. =
and fuel. I |,
And IL work amounting TO :, 600 | u
5 furnished the contractor, il be- Z
'omes optional with the city whether o.
lie shall purchase the machine for -,
1000 or receive uniform price Of y
l.75 per foot for the total number u
lie has sunk. Pending the result of ~
he work, he receives only 50 per q
eut Of what becomes due. III
From experiment with n number ~
4 dive wells in the vicinity of ~
liberty Park, some Of which are u
own $50 feet. we find the most
pipe for the artesian wells re
o be one Of a diameter of not less Oi
han 5 inches, for the following rea- W
ors: The difference between the gu
low OF the 2-inch and the 9-inch ac
ipe is in about the ratio Of the Ut
quare Of their respective diameters. ga
Jr while the flow from n 2-inch pipe 81
} 81, 500 gallons, that from the g. III
nch, at the same depth, is fully el
co., 600 gallons per day. "a
Moreover, we have demons. rated az
hat Il flow Of water from n 9 inch OF
ipe is obtained ut about one-third III
the cost OF obtaining the same II.
mount from 2-inch pipes. ~
Pursuant 10 special instruction co
-om the council, number Of drive AZ
'ells were sank to supply the urg- W
Mt demands for drinking water in -
arts Of the city not provided with liz
Minis. These were mostly 2-ineh su
fpes, and varied in depth from 90 Ga
, $50 feet; the sum Of their depths 10
to 5,5a6 feet, and their daily aa
oW aggregate n little over 400, coo | ~ y
allons. TIC
We desire to impress the fact that ur
daily supply Of $1,000 gallons ar
IN be secured in the vicinity Of eA
liberty Park, by sinking about ue
wells; twelve to the lis Gu
'ot level, and twelve to 260, the on
1st will be about $3.50 per foot, at III III
total Of $50, $50. Nj
Such supply will flow by gravity ~
all lands below the northwest IN
Jrner Of Washington Square and {
,uth and west Of the Utah Central w
epot, or it may be turned off and pc
ecome n reserve. for seasons of scar lri
'y similar to the past W.
To conclude this reference. the az az
ally flow from the city;s wells VI