Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-15
IS NO BETTER
AND NO WORSE.
Condition Of ParIey's Canyon as to
General Cleanliness.
SAME AS FOR YEARS PAST.
hut Conditions WIN he Improved
None OF the Water Being Used
for Culinary Purposes.

A vast amount OF lung power and Ink
have been employed to eulightcn the
long-suffering public anent the santa
ry and unsanitary conditions prevail
ing In the canyons. whence comes
the city'a water supply. Yesterday n
Council committee with superln,end-
cnt John r. cnine. watcrmas,cr Hed-
don and Engineer Kelsey and others
made n trip M Paricy's canyon and
made n most thorough investigation Of
farm surroundings. such az refuse
heaps. outhousea. pig pens and other
unpleasant enclosures. The committee
wendell It's way up to Reaches place
and back again. arriving In the evening
Impressed with the view that u was a
good and proper thing FOR an lnvcsti.
cation 10 be made. and that u VIII
without doubt be source of great
satisfaction to the citizens. but what
new and startling discoveries were
madc7 None whatever II was as-
ccrtaincd that the canyon II In prac-
ticnlly the same condition that has
been known to exist for years. In
some respects Il II possible a little
worse and In others little better. For
Instance. the unusually high water II
NNfUlUk UNNn lhNNNlNN W N'Ntf'
that has not been exceeded for NUM-
Der ~ years. The underbrunh In much
In evidence and II catching consider
able rubbish that contributes to the
pollution OF the stream. number
OF outhouscs and barns are located
land has been this way ever since the
advent Of farming In the canyon In
close proximity TO the water, catu.
and sheen used TO abound In great
0ttt.ala.Na un tANAftnh BuflQNfu Much
frcighting and travel has been carried
on, all OF which do damage 10 the wa
ter. Now. for View OF the other side
OF the case.
There IL no necessity" said n mcm-
Der Of the committee. TOT the people
60 lose any sleep over the water qucH-
tlon at present. at least. 80 far NJ Par
ley'a canyon Il concerned. Whyl For
the simple and obvious reason that the
water from that place In not beinE used
and has not been used for long time.
And Furthermore. the people can rest
nnrtcrd that none Of II VIII md It's
way into their culinary departments
until after vigorous cleaning NJ takes
place. Another thing. thorc has been
less cattle and sheep In Pnrley'n this
year than for many winters. and people
living IN the canyon declare that their
cattle have not been permitted TO enter
the streams only during the winter a
certain frclrhtcr. who has Travelled M
and down the roads for number OF
years. claims that the canyon n clcan-
or now than II has been for ycarr. The
patrolmnn says that he has notinoi
the farmers TO keep their places clean.
The farmers say that they are doing
40, that they are hauling the manure
onto their lands for fcrtilixinR pur-
poses. There II some talk To the cf-
feet that AN effort Il being made 10
change the travel from paricy'r "a
Emlgration canyon. aud 10 keep out
sheep and other stock"
The committee viii make n full re-
port OF Its discoveries nj their meeting,
and II II safe To say that work on the
streams win be- pushed to completion
ere long.