Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-08-21
PIONEER SPRING
"COBBLED UP. !"
New Industrial Concern Files on
Flow of Water That is Booked
As City Property
is AN HISTORIC FOUNTAIN.
Question is, VIII the City Permit the
Filing TO Go UncOnteStcd
Ia the Courts.

The Utah Ice s. Cold Storage COM
pany of this city Is new Industrial
concern IN Salt Lake, but the manage
ment claims to have caught onto some
thing that those much older In the bus
mess in this city have neglected TO note
and take advantage Of There Is a
spring OF excellent fresh water that has
been running out OF the ground on
West Second South street since when
the memory Of the Oldest resident run
meth not back to the contrary" il was
IN the fulness Of It's bubblng bloom
when the Pioneers came into this val
ley, and the oldest people IN the IN
termountain country have quenched
their thirst with its refreshing waters.
The spring originally burst from the
soil close by where the old county court
house stood. but when sewerage was
introduced, the spring was piped some
distance to the west and the water has
long been running "a waste, II has
been regarded as city property The
Rio Grande Western offered to take
care Of the water from the spring. but
as this would reduce the consumption
Of paid city water, the city council de-
clined with thanks And now the ice
company comes forward and does what
It contends the railroad company or
anybody else might have done-hles on
the spring, through the state engineer.
II AYERS that the city is helpless to pre-
vent this, and the Ice company will
thus secure ~ cubic feet of water ey-
cry second, or about $4,000 gallons Of
water every "a hours The company
viii build an underground tank and
pipe the water TO the plant. a distance
og / $50 feet, to be used for cooling the
amonIa gas and steam IN the cOndens-
ers The waste water VIII then be dis
charged into open conduits on Fifth
West street, and thence run into the
Jordan.
A GREEN RIVER SCHEME.
There is scheme about to be
launched for irrigatlng a large tract Of
land In the Green River country by tax
Ing water from the Green river at the
head OF Box canyon near Blake city
station on the Rio Grande road, and
the bitches VIII extend to the san RAJ
fael river. Application was Gled yes
terday afternoon. with the state engi.
neer for l,500 second feet by H. p. My
ton Of this city A. ~ Capron, Henry
=, Dubbs and oliver g 3.eli NJ Colora-
DO an Of whom ave ka5gn ~ Monat
men. There win be $4,000 feet OF ca.
nails and $4,000 feet Of fumes. ana Il is
claimed that q million of dollars is
behind the enterprise. The idea OF re-
claiming The great Green River desert
In Utah is no new thing. II was
preached 20 years ago, when Il was
proposed 10 dam the Green and set the
water back clear into the Ashley coun-
try and reclaim 800 900 or more acres
But the cost OF the dam prevented the
scheme from being seriously considered
a Colorado syndicate has Of late years
been proposing to divert half Of the
waters OF the Grand river across the
desert from above Grand Junction But
the expense Of tluming Is such that the
plan may not be carried out
OTHER WATER FILINGS.
ColouC 5. p. Miner has applied for
an appropriation Of water from several
springs In Iron county fer use In con-
nection with his iron mining operations.
Daniel N and Jacob Miller Of Logan ask
for 80 feet Of water from the Bear
river near Collinston for irrigating.
Electric pumps VIII be used 10 INT the
water 20 the irrigating bitches The
MaXiield Mining company. the New
house Mines & Smelter corporation, Mi
lando Pratt Of Pennington the Mt.
Badly Mining & Milling company. and