Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-07-19

Have you made arrangements to
that end?"
ono. sir. the facts are the men who
are backing me are interested In the
solution OF the water problem In SAT-
Lake. The city viii owe them an
everlasting debt of gratitude when We
prove what we have done for the public
good"
DO you object stating who they aref'
81 most certainly do. that Is one thing
win not diyulge az this stage OK the
operations"
why not"
81 must decline 90 answer that ques'
ton. but viii add that they are among
the wealthiest and most influential cit-
zens OF Salt Lake. they have not gone
into this venture blindly Some of them
nave had a good deal Of experience In
pumping water out Of the earth and an
have the utmost confidence In The ulti-
mate success Of the undertaking.
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE.
Now, then, a word, Nr Hill, as TO
what you have done
well ] viii show you" and taking
the writer to a shaft In which "a pump
was working said. "Wo have been aC-
lively at work for two weeks and have
driven a three inch pipe forty-cight feet
into the ground and so for have sue
ceeded beyond our most sanguine eX-
pectatlOns. The Tow OF water Is great
er at this depth than we had reason 70
believe
The reporters attention was then d.
rected 90 stream of water that was
being lifted out OF the shaft boy the
pump. He was then asked 90 sample IL
and did so with q relish. Having "a few
DAYS since partaken freely of the water
that comes from the Liberty Park wells,
he was astonished az the similarity IN
taste. Certainly IL was cold almost TO
iceness. as clear as crystal dew drops,
and delightful TO the palate
That" said Mr. Hill IFS not surface
water. as Is that which comes from
the tunnel driven by the city farther up
the canyon. This comes from below
the bed OF the creek and is from one OF
natures great reservoirs. Talk about
reservoirs there Is one here between
sandstone walls that Is so much cheap
er ard better than man can build, that
there Us no comparison From this shaft
forty-eight feet deep. ] can now draw
over 100000 gallons OF water each
tWenty-four hours. AZ Il u.s. it Is now
I'm the way and we are compelled 10
defect the most of L but about 800 900
gallons as you see, Is being pumped out
each day
SOME SPECULATION.
some speculation was then INDUCED
In by Mr. Hill He said he had had
experience IN this sort OF work before
that Emigration canyon, while It's
mountains were not as high as some
others, Il had a large water shed and
had a great water receptacle under H.,
enough he said. ito supply Salt Lake
city no matter how rapid its growth
for the next fifty years From this spot
alone / know as we'll as a human being
can know anything. that we can get
from 100000 20 20000000 gallons every
"a hours The cost too, win be COM
paratively trlfing.'
"The men who are behind you. they
expect 20 set their money back do they
note"
Eyes. and 7 think they Will"
'Have they any understanding with
representatives OF the municipality"
~ cannot answer that ! am slmnly
hired by them and as they are WELL
to-do and influential they VIII come
out all right. They viii expect the city
TO deal justly with them and believe
Il will"
OK PRIVATE LAND.
The shaft Is being sunk on an eighty
acre tract secured from the Sells Land
and Cement company, the terms,
however. were not disclosed, and only
those Immediately concerned are aware
OF their stlDulations.
AN INTERESTING EXPERIMENT.
What the outcome Of the experiment
will be cannot. Of course. be told az
this time. but the operations viii be
watched with uncommon Interest and
n successful as the promoters appear
TO fully believe, revolution In the wat
er question, so far as II Affects SAT-
Lake. may take place.