Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-28
THE WATER SCARE.

Pure water for culinary purposes IL
essential to the health and general well
fare of the community. Every genuine
cnort 20 secure that boon should DO
commended Truthful exposure OF the
bofouling ~ st. cams used for water
supply Il for the public benefit. hut
bogus reports manufactured for other
ends. and which create alarm and rec
noot unfairly and undescrvcdly on pub
lie officers ought 10 be exploded and
reprohatcd.
Il does not matter 10 the general pub
lie what political party BE- made ~.
sIonsihlc Tor evils that 90 not exist II
public officers are charged with such
neglect as results IN poisoning the pco-
pie. or dealing OUT 10 them foul nuld
impregnatcd with disoaae-benrlng
germs, or vile organic matter. thor
party affiliations need not be considered
at all The question that concerns the
people as to the accused officials 10. arc
they guilty or mote But that r. not the
essential point In dispute. The vial
query r., are the people supplied cor
drinking purposes with the Kind OF
wutor thus deacrlbed7
In an illustrated article tending TO
alarm the public, the Salt Lake Tribune
on Friday sprung one OF ~ "aenia-
tiona" on the people ~ this city. scenes
at Mountain Dell. fifteen miles at least
from the city, were presented with nc
compunylng descriptions, that i'm
pressed many Salt Lake residents with
the idea that they were supplied with
water hcfoulcd by the means 80 pie
tured. In addition. the same paper
oditorially advised them not to rcai the
accounts until they had digested their
breakfasts. and proceeded 10 inform
them that 2000.O0O gallons Of that Kind
OF liquid was conducted lnto the pipes
that supply this city, daily.
The Deaerot News made Inquiries
from the persons who. above an otheis.
would know about this. and learned
that not any OF the waters VI parley's
creek has been flowing in those pipes
for about three weeks. II In not needed,
The supply has been shut on only a
small quantity not to exceed Two inchos
has been allowed TO eater the conduit,
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tlary and some farmers who have
claim on II. II is not turned into the
mains that supply this city
To meet this stubborn fact. the Trlb-
une prints the atldaylts OF three per-
soiH. who say they measured the wa
ter somewhere near the city. one
swearing u was seven inches ana the
others that It was nve Inches deep. hut.
mark IL. neither OF them says the wa
ter ontcv the mains that supply this
city, The conduit man at the mouth
OF pariey'H canyon says 10 does not. The
wnterworkH department declares that %
does not There DO plenty or water
without o. The two million galloue OF
nlthy water flow only ln the thoughts
OF those who made up the story
Nov as 90 the water Itself The pcni-
tentlary officers drink Il, 10 do the
prisoners Farmers along the line Of
rs How mud no fault with H. No one,
30 far au known. has been injurIoualy
affected By a. The appearance Of the
water below the reservoir ana screens
is an that could be desired. Il 10 clear
ana bright and pleasant II has no
mayor NJ talut ot any kind The SAM
piles exhibited are deception and a
snare Their exhibition Is fraud on
the public.
Abuse of the pesgret News docs not
0ffect the How Of the water nor Ntate
its purity. Nor does IL prove or die
prove any factH that have been alleged
mr. IauI4I I7ho.a N.hu IuuuIrH In DO aim.