The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-20
RESERVOIR FOR
pARLEYS CANYON
-, officials Bent Upon Provid-
ing Larger Water Supply.
ure FOR DAM Is LOCATED
-1L FLOW THROUGH CITY CA
NAL COMING TODAY.
src FOR DAM IS LOCATED

a-siust another droUth next sum-
while every one will admit the
lssitv Of providing in one way or
-..ser for a larger supply of water,
s,sncis1 embarrassment Of the
-ici,alitv is recognized as a most
&c nroblem. which seems to have
..,,-ioo only in another issue of
80 the taxpayers consenting. The
- NOW most favored for assuring
adequate supply of water during the
nor months for several years to
- is to throw dam across the up
"a Lodges in Parley's canyon. about
-, miles up from the canyons out
~, and convert the basin into a man.
III storage reservoir to hold the sur
-. and flood waters of the canyon.
Ire Of the initial moves toward car
-srg out the rcservOiring project was
Kan Yesterday by Mayor Thompson
"a ritv Engineer Kelsey in making
a. sppropriation of the basin at the
y.,rgbprg ranch as the site of the
-..-osad reservoir. and locating the
s,- site at the point where the can
20 narrows The dam site is about
t.f mile below the junction of
vou7taip Dell fork and Parley's can
,or The acts of appropriation in be-
t.f of the municipality are declared
i, b i'm accordance with and in fur
,bsrsnce of the city appropriation of
surplus and Unappropriated waters
towing down the canyon and its forks,
fsd upon Nov. 30. 1901
In the notice Of apprOpria ton filed
yesterday. it is stated the intention is
4 oil 2 he in
t5s canyon stream owned primarily by
The city. together with such waters as
nay be acquired by purchase or con-
tact Of exchange. the reservoired wa
tars 10 be conveyed down the canyon
creek 90 the intake of the conduit
which supplies the city pipe distribut-
i1g system.
Artificial Mountain Lake.
Already "a force of men has COM
menced &c prospect for bedrock. Until
bedrock is found. it will be impossible
% make an estimate of the cost of con-
stuctug the dam or 10 determine what
kind Of a dam ought to be thrown
across the canyon. No surveys have
set been made but il is the intention
10 send out a surveying corps in a few
days. it is known. however. that the
bed Of the canyon is 40 feet below the
Rio Grdnde Western railroad track.
and that a dam Of not excessive height
would back up the waters of the can
y0n 90 a point above the forks. At
any rate. it Is roughly calculated by
Engineer Kelsey that all of the waters
which could be impounded would not
reach a height to make il necessary to
have the railroad track moved.
When the city bought ranch lands
and water rights in the canNon To in
crease and purify the creek flow the
loungbeTc ranch was offered for S. 600.
il was without water right. however.
and the question of purchasing or ac-
curing the property by condemnation
Proceedings for a reservoir site was left
i'r later consideration. There are also
q couple Of smaller ranches in the ba-
sin and mountain side which would
have TO he acquired by the city. if the
reservoir project carries. IL is prob
able that 100000 would perfect the res
evoirinE scheme. anG to meet the out
Jay another issue of water bonds would
be necessary.
The action Of the mayor and city en-
gineer yesterday is in pursuance of au-
houty granted by the city council re-
Gently when il was resolved to deter
mine the feasibility of establishing res
GtolrS IN the canyons opening into this
valley There being no ServiCeable ba-
Nn IN city Creek canyon and no adj
tQuate watershed in Emigration. the
Inquiry naturally leads to Parley's can
lon. where. at the place designated. is
lat only suitable reservoir site within
1leen miles Of the central part of the
city
More Water For the Pipes.
There was relief Yesterday 10 an an
lfeela bic extent from the water famine
Nnlen mas taxed the patience of the
people Of Salt Lake the past ten DAYS.
AePlns upon the action of the council
monday night in closing negotiations
,'f share of the pumped waters of
lldh lake 10 increase the how Of the
NN canal Land and Water Commits
TI,onsr Fisher promptly had the flow of
Iel'ey creek turned into the conduit.
men leeds the pipe system through
-.- thirteenth East street reservoir.
'-s nsht flow almost filled the con-
s'e-lued basin. but during yesterday
'h'ns it was evident that the canal
would not be sufficient to ill the
N,nd0s- contract until a portion of
~. pumped waters from the lake were
.'t 'n- 10 then became necessary to
sr "a portion of the canyon flow
supply the needs Of the farmers
SlEdt ana Farmers wards.
. zen Mayor Thompson was appraised
~ ne situation. he lost no time in
-.-L''inS Of the councils action in ar
e.aS with the East Jordan Utah
san Lake and South Jordan Canal
". ldhieS Tor the delivery of a fourth
"a -t pumped waters 81 the lake into
--y guy canal The presidents Of these
.-iahleS met promptly and concluded
81. contract and immediately after
'.ler was given To turn into the
,... .a-.. e fourth of the augmented
n.y. -'" amounting to about fifty
-.rl per second. This added vol
---- "il- reach Twelfth south street bv
So -e-aI- and then the entire ex-
.a-sed flow Of Parlev's creek
80, -.',iAE 20 about 1000 OG0 GALLONS
So. ."enty-four hours. will again be
t's.hS the city's pipe system.
Putting Down the Dust.
WIN the assurance that the c;+,-,s
-. supply would be doubled. Water
s.-AS superintendent Hines had the
i,s >'tlnNlins carts put into serv-
~ cry yesterday morning to settle
rgi,L -->t- 30 many days had passed
- Joy Sprlukllng cart working that
I-.- Gus, N the streets was several
iD --ep, and clouds % the sicksn-
u-s,L >1U'tating stun tioated around
hs.--- every EuSt OF wind. and as We
~, moved along In this condition il
ny. ~ impossible TO harden the dusty
h.,, satisfactorily until the carts
g-. e.-. over the ground repeatedly.
49,. .'--ilendable progress was made
go. .-'.f. and the carts viii De kept
a. 1i~1t and day until the normal
~,-'a or the streets is restored.
So .hclrS Of the distress from the
r-,.-t~t n water supply. for the re
49, ot This season at least. was
49, " 3tn delight by every resident
M. '-'a 2rroDe SoreIy vexei at the al