The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-27
AT THRIFTY TOOELE.
The Enterprise Displayed by the
Water Company.
THE TWENTY-F FOURTH AT LEHI.
1t is Also Celebrated In the New State of Idaho
General Territorial
News.

The season, thus far, for Tooele city, mas
been prosperous, quite an abundance OF
water and very good crops.
What also has been of great benefit to
the place, indeed, almost the life of it, has
been the putting in of water system for
the use of the inhabitants of the city, fur
nishing them an abundant supply of good,
pure, mountain water for culinary pur-
poses. The water is being brought from
large, beautiful, cold spring, one mile from
the southern part of the city. On the hill
Immediately to the south of the city we put
in a large tank, 25x40 feet and 1919 feet in
depth, blasted out of solid rock, inside of
which is built an is inch concrete wall,
thoroughly plastered, and all OF the best
Portland cement.
The walling and cementing of the tanks
was done by Elias Morris, of Salt Lake
city.
| The tank is also closely rooted in and
made secure, will, no doubt. answer the
purpose of its design for a great length of
time. The fall from the spring to the tank
is l20 feet, and the fall from the tank to
the lower or mouth end of the city is 230
| feet
| Six miles of mains have been laid and
over twenty service pipes, also, before the
water was turned on. One mile above the
tank is laid with sewer pipe from eight to
six inches in diameter.
Five miles of mains in the city of
Puget Sound iron bound wood pipe from
eight inches to two and inches in diameter.
| The work has been done under the en-
cheering of F. M. Lyman, jr. David
James, of Salt Lake city, has furnished all
the material pipes, plugs, hydrants, ETC.,
| and has put in the entire works.
The putting in the system has furnished
a great amount of work for many men in
this city.
1t has been just 100 days to-day since the
first blow was struck and the first shovel
full Of earth removed on this undertaking.
The men who have been most energetic
in the accomplishment of the work and are
the directors are Francis M. Lyman,
Alex. Heron, George F. Richards, H. S.
Gowans, Peter A. Droubay, Flancis NJ.
Lyman, jr., and John Gillespie.
In times past, particularly in the sum-
mer season, the people have been of neces-
sity compelled to use water more or less
filthy; but with this water system running
through every street in the city, north and
south, east and west, every family at a
nominal cost may be supplied with good,
pure water summer and winter, the price
being but about one half as much as is
usual in other cities, the following being
the cost per year: For family use, s.;
|
or horn stock, 80 cents per head; sheep 1e
cents per head, and all other service in
proportion.
Whether the enterprise will be immedi
ately patronized so as to pay interest on
the investment or not, remains to be seen
the cost of the system not being less thar
S1S,000 But it is fact that the work il
, complete, the water in, and for the people
and was so proclaimed on this day at tn,
public celebration by Apostle Francis M
e Lyman.
There has also been another water sy
u TEN put in near here this season. Mr.
Moses Bruneau, Frenchman owns
ranch about three miles east from Tooeie
City on the Dry bench. He has mournet
much for water, and searched the hill TO
+ prospects. At length he located water il
/, one of the most unlikely and forbidden!
: places imaginable places among the rocks
L. is true that, at certain seasons of tn
d year, small seepage of water might b
v seen and, after digging, blasting and tun
= neling some distance in solid rock, he sue
y ceeded in getting fine stream of excellen
+ water, and in bringing it to his ranch,
distance of two miles, in a four-inch pipe
Seemingly about as much water as the pip
can carry is discharged at his ranch. Th
fall is about one hundred feet. The Wor
has been done at 4 cost of 81 800 and ha
e added to the value of his place at leas
$1,000.
" Mr.. Bruneau says that the story of hi
+ ancient name-sake shifting the rock an
d bringing forth water, is no longer mys
is terry, having himself smote the rock an
obtained suf1 cient amount of water
e. have quenched the thirst of the entire cam
y of Israel
n l hope others may be induced to exercis
y as much faith as the Frenchman and be
successful, No doubt much water will
obtained by like processes, for the mou
ID tains contain much of it, as we'll as of oths
y. good things. '49ER