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

alley the stone aqueduct nov
built along North Temple Street.
r isz canyon contains several site
ror the construction OF small ressr
Toifs, or impounding basins, ava,
from the main creek, the principa
one OF which Il Little Valley. II
the Courtesy Of Mr.. c, i. Stevenson
who made thn aesesSafy surveys, ",
are Indebted for an estimated cost O
/. storing $4,000, 900 gallons at the Ia,
ter place, which he states can :,
done at a total cost OF sll.5Oo. o
: S55a,9a per million gallons. we q,
q hot recommend reservoir ecrssr4ie
: ton in thfs eaByua, Gniess a serie.
Of small ones should be built, bu
!. me Gust per million gallons I'M
pounded by this means would be a
, least 200 per cent greater thar
: would be the cost Of storing in ohl
large reservoir. and the latter Is oh.
Jectionablo Ia standing a constant
menace to the city; for while no en-
gineering difficulty b-sets the con.
struction Of : Substantial and safe
dam, the bed has not vet been
pfoven fit for the requirement, and
: the sedimentary deposits would soon
become troublesome. 81,
1t Il our opinion that the plan OF
development already applied, aud
which has been productive Of the
marked inrease above uaiss! should
be vigorously pr55ecuted. Ifresults
simiier8 those already attainedchar-
aeterize future operations, the cost
OF increasing our daily supply from
the City Greek will be nominal com
pared with the method Of obtaining
the same amount by small reservoirs.
We therefore recommend that the.
work OF development be continued.
RED BUTTE AND EMIGRATION
GREENS,
When gusged 81 Ami % tbe
How OF Tsed Butte was I.O94. CSC
gallons, and that Of Emigration ,oI3
~ per twenty-four hours. These
streams were temporarily augment
ed IN May by storms and raniliy
melting snow; but by the middle Of
June the flow had recedet below
the discharge OK April %, and the
average How Of each has not eN
ceeded l 200, 900 gallons per twenty
four hours for the season.
The only water available from
Red Bate canyon ~ any amount
which may be in excess of Fori |
Douglas requirements. We are
reliably informed, though, that the |
original settlers of the section now
embraced in the Tenth and
Eleventh wSrds male due appro-
priation Of this water, still it has
been diverted from them. aud no
compensation rendersd,
The supply from Emigration
Greek can doubtless be increased
very materially by the method of
development applied in City Creek
canyon, since f.pTl1 examinations
made Vt lind that the flow few
miles up the canyon is greatly di-
minished at its mouth. This canyon
contains an excellent reservoir site
at Its mouth, which may be utilized
II ever necessity demands: but il is
objected % on the ground that We
object to constructing any large
reservoirs in the direct course ofany /
Of our canyon streams
PARLEY's CREEK.
The city corporation has acquired
claim to eighty-two one ilundredths
Of the volume Of this creek by right
Of purchase and Of exchange for
water to be drawn from the city
canal.
On April %. 2,H9, s5s gallons Of
water were running into the ciiy's
ditch, constructed across the east
bench from Parley's canyon. and
LIZ, $50 gallons We're passing down
the canyon, making a total daily
flow of 1857, 235 gallons, exclusive
Of a considerable amount used on
farms in the canyon. On May q
the llow was again measured to ap-
portion of the city's share, but the
storms of the week previous had
augmented the daily flow TO $751;
40 gallons; so under the conditions.
those ent l5a ley Y the iiss city with tbs
finally divided on June 5, when the
daily discharge was found to be
!, 20, I35 gallons, the farmers in the .
canyon at the time using the full
amount claimed by them.
A condition Of the trade fo- the
Parley's Greek water provides that !
the original owners shall resume
their claim to it whenever the canal
water fails.
Owing to unprecedented low water
in Utah Lake and the condition OF /;
he canal il failed TO deliver to the :
farmers n substitute for their CANYON ! )
water, so they were compelled to .
Enforce the conditions Of their
and when it WIS most
needed by the city the water was :
urned of. Although the water .
he'd creating this stream j. greater
han that Of City Greek, its topo- n
graphical features are of such n ma /
ure rs to occasion r heavier flood i
discharge in the spring: which, =
however, diminishes 10y Ar--.ss to a !,
-olume not greater than that Of 4
lily Creek, so that the city;s right
o S2-lO0 Of il, without further A
development, in seasons similar to =
he last, amounts to about three :,
million gallons daily. Since this 4
upply is suitable for either !.
culinary or irrigation use, and !,
will flow by gravity TO any :
Necessary elevation in this
ity, it becomes at once an object II
worthy of the greatest effort to Sc =
ure. Hence we would suggest the q
wisdom Of apprOpriating every op- a
to increase the city's in
crest in the canyon; not alone be- z,
ause they should own the water. :.
ut also because they should have o
he power to keep it pure by remoy- n
ng the outhouses, stables and ma u
Iure piles which Mt present tend to n
efOul il. - 4
Through our examination of a,
waris Of rights, made by the board q
water commissioners acting by !,
uthority of legislative enactment Of .
$50, we find that Ice acres were en-
owed with primary, and forty-five =,
cres with secondary water rights: 7
4 all 2O1 acres Last summer water .,
or the irrigation of betweer five Z,
nd six hundred acres was takes =,
'om the main creek in the canyon.
We emphatically suggest thst a
lore judicious act than the pur- n
base OF these water rights cannot :,
e considered by the city. -
Parley's canyon has an excellent a,
aservolr site in the Mountain Bell y,
orge- This contains n storage ca =;
acity for every drop OF surplus
.ater Parley's creek can ever fur =,
ish. IL
We report no estimate of the cost :.
utilizing this site, because We do y
ot recommend the construction Of a
'servoir there at present, since i'm a
'ovements suggested in other direc- ~ u
Ons can be more Immediately ~
fected, and this site LEFT for future ~
acessities. y
From careful inspection OF Par '. "
US canyon we are fully convinced "a
at the supply here can also be a. al
eatly augmented by every means ~
10 =. FNss-- | III