Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-20
NO CHANGE NEEDED.
Purify oil City Water Supply Cirs.
fully Guarded
UNDER PRESENT ARRANGEMENTS.


AZ tho CITY Council meeting la,t
evening the iull committees on water.
works aud jordan canal and irrigation
g,poued against the pfop5'il5n 90
place the policing OF Cty Creek anu
P,hoy's cauy1ns under c5utfJl Of
the health department, aud Tue CUun.
Gil adopted the report. Tho tcasUus
Of the committee los tclyiuE toe
request were given 10 tue following
I report:
I 10 tho Honorable President aud CITY
Council, salt Lake Guy, UhN;
GuulItmuu-Wc, your committee 90
wuteTwOtha aud J1t1nn cnual ani ifri-
ration, have most carefully aud thDu
/ oughly Investigated tho uqIts. Of the
I b.HrI VI health, "fhnt the p1liCiug Of
| Ui CITY Creek AM paIlUy's canyon
| bl placed IN charge .nd control VI tue
utulth uUIug. mtuth and Tor the 10.
| formation Of this C1uucll nui tue
cancellation o, thu Inhabitants % Salt
Lake Guy, beg leave 70 fUpJft 90 iJi-
| lJHt.
Ia Guy Greek clnyou are employed
I've men, three of which arc on the
btiCa tauk, each WurEing Bishi h0urs
Per Jay o. "a monthly salary u 500. Il
% Their uuty Co keen tho tCItuns C.Uau
bri0tc tue water flows into tho tank
Hud g. regulate its now ff1m Inc tank
into the maiu. To keep tho wafer ffesh
and putu tho tauk % emptIoI uu4
thoroughly cleaned OvUry Sunday.
The creek Il rip-tappud Tor Two mlos
az tue canyon.
Ihu two Iatrolm1n WORK twelve
huufH each Day ata monthly salary Of
$50, each lufuiahrs bis own horse ant
vehicle. IL IL tbs duty ui each %
patrol during us shiit tho canyon Tor
Ten miles W, anu from My % OslobgF
hc must " several tlntsa week four
ten miles east 20 the head of tue eau.
you 10 pluyobt sheepmtu ifUm driving
thuit hocGs through the a.lCam OF near
a.
These two men have also to watch
tho higb-llnu tank, clean out the
several tuuuels, anu when nrC,iGuy
help to clean nut The bctugus nud ufigK
tank. They have ttriC! instruction O.
tcfmlt no D colo parties 90 camp or Clio
Their hutbCs near tue stream, or NO
ttart nfu In tho cauy q. No PCT.
s0n IL permitted To cut Oh uny brush "
tfcgf which OverihadUw tnu stream
anu which keopa tho water cool aud
fresh.
There 10 also employed one man two
days each week ut Sl.75 per uhy, who
cleans out tue Twentieth wafl tack
aud helps cleaning tue brick tank.
Another man e. omploye ed from Nay TO
November 90 q 20 Per day VINO at.
tends 10 the Capitol Alll reservoir anu
tue Thirteenth East conduit, where
he sprinkles ana cuts tho lawn Auu
watches tue dow vi the water
Tho foregoing ought ~ DO sufficient
10 convince the Council aud the cltl.
Gems that noihing 10 l0ft unlOne 10
keep the eight million gallons VI wntef
n1wiug daily intO the city frum CITY
Creek canyon A. pure, clean anu
honlih'ul 90 II can or uVoi be, and We
DO not believe that u clI,d bp i'm,
proved " tho board Of health hal
control OF the ati o IN, which,t ~ granted,
would mean tho employment OF one or
two more men a. 81 expense Of 500 o.
800 per month.
The Paflcy's canyon water IA turned
Into lhv pipe system aud through II
used by tue citizens from the middle
% June 10 the end VI September, And
judging from the snow aud ice
~ this season Of the year
stored 10 CRY Creek canyon II may
this year not BIO ueeieu before tie
middle VI July, When tue wAtof Is
iuruol lniO the pipe Byalem it ia clear
on crystal, When there Is u cl0udbuut
or wash.out ny the canyon, the water
g. st once shut %, no ~ % Prevent tue
pipcl from gottiug full OF mud. The
water isom tue creek runs npt in'o
reservoir from lhUro through a pipe
ltto large tank, then into The COO.
duli. For the three or ious IN nlhs In
VIC year when the water from that
source is needed tue city gets about
ten millions Of gallons daily. The
balance OF the water running down
the creek 10 used tor Irrigation puf.
poses.
Toe t0sety ir and tank ore guarded
by enc man VINO II under supervision
OF the superintendent Of wnterwofks.