Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-27
As They Near Salt Lake Even the
Elements Oppose.
ONLY STRONG COMPETITION.
Committee May Have the Elegant New
water Wagons Drawn Through
the streets, garsd. Fashion.

The citys new street sprinkiers,
twenty-five In number. are near at hand.
being whlrled along by rapid frelgh,
train over the Rio urandc Western.
within the next day or two they Will
be rc,dy Tor use providing they are
necessary. Ever since they were or
dercd b. the City Council there has
been crying demand for them. hut
strange to relate almost Immediately
after crossing the Utah line the very
clements afraycd themselves In op.
position and brought down such fall
VI rain and snow an II seldom Witness
~ at this season OF the year. The fc-
suit was that dust heaps were speed.
Ily converted into llquid mud while
bitches that were empty and dry be-
came rivulcta Of the lovllcat character.
should the sprinklerr prove "a cf-
fcctivc az the Storm King did on their
approach towards the city an entire
community Will fifc W and call them
blessed. And there ~ APPARENTLY no
doubt ~ 10 their success. II II known
that they comprise about the best dust
nllayinK apparatus In existence. II N
o. certain na anything can be- that they
VIII give satisfaction aud prove u most
seonomlnical and wholesome invest
mgnt They Coat the city 1880 each
or a total OF tp.s25.oo laid down. They
VIII, say the railroad officials. reach
here tomorrow and be put upon the
streets Monday u will require but lit
We time 10 put them In operation NJ
they are ALREADY upon the running
scars and Will only have TO walt for the
olllng u aNicn and iiling OF tanks.
Chairman Patrick Of the street
tprinkiinE committee IL keeping well
lpsted on the approach 81 the Hprink
lng train which not only has upo II
twenty-five rprlnkicrr for falt Lake
but nv. for ogden and one for Pocn-
trllo making thirty In all. Speaking OF
that MrQuiglcy. local agent Of Rtudo-
baker ltruthcrn said to n News" man
today--and he said II with a good deal
N pride The work upon these wnE-
Gus was commenced In the factory on
the frrt day Of April aud on the 18Th
the last one was finished. placed on
board the cars ana the train started
towards fnit Lake with them. That
y feat that could not be nccomp-
llshed by any other factory In the
world. The News" presents pho
toEraph " tho train taken Just a. IL
pulled out nun South Bend, Indiana,
for the wcrt ON the 18Th Inst. Rubaa.
uuenfly Feat ttrcamcrn were display.
cd on either ride 81 the train benrlnn
we inscription For Salt Lake and
The sprinklsrr appear to have been
constructed with both durability and
rightlincas In view. The tanks arc
made OF cypress or white pine and Rra
circular IN shape and 20 nut together
- 10 prevent shrinking and swelling.
The tank md frame are built together,
the latter supporting the former The
TANKS arr painted cream color with
blue stripes and tho gear Vcrmlillon,
Win black stripes nnd fine white lines.
Ih' tanks aru made ~ various Sizes.
Ihg order Tor this city comprises six
win q capacity ~ Gao gallons FOR tho
Ne.p Erndci streets, sixteen with 80
gallon capacity for tho principal
slrecisi two with similar capacity for
the pavei districts. hut provided with
dlherrni spraying apparatus aud one
INV onc-raine slEe. with hrnad tires
Tor Hprinkllng Liberty Park and the
East boulevard, II n probable that
We entire shipment viii b. drawn
through the principal streets 81 the
Guy In single Me. parade fashion. ~
the committee II working 10 that end