Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-03

above named streams which il now uset
for Irrigation
Two.thlds OF the waters " MN Green
ana BR Cottonwood Crock are used on
lands WING Under The present City canal,
e en9 lGe quantity Per day of 3 hours that
can ut procured hy Immediate exchange
from those streams 10 as follows.
m Gallons
MlIl creek ...,....,...... 5l010D
bg Cottonwood creek .uiSlOOON
Total .uu,.,. ........u23 10000
Already options for exchange. running
Iil July J lH' have practically been se-
cured subject to Your ratification. Tor
90 per cent of Che waters NJ Big Cotton
WOOD creek. and negotiations are lu
progress for ihe exchange of the remain
luR 10 per cent which o. under the pres
emit city canal
Il is assumed that similar exchange can
pe ohtcled for the waters Of MIL Creek
IN ADDITION % thC waters proposed 90
De secured hy exchange ii appears prac-
lc1ble t0 acquire the remaining ono
lalrd of the waters of Mlll creek and Blk
COTTONWOOD Creek by lease which Would
FURNISH a daily supply as follows.
Gallons
Dig COTTONWOOD trcek 10000
Total .,....,... ...,.......ll.e00W
Tho committee has assurances that
leases can Doe obtained Ht a reasonable
rental lur The waters which are used
abuyo the cry canal during tho period
ron about August 49, tlll the beginning
uI lbo next years irrigation season.
L.Ulo Cottonwood creek does not ap.
pear ln r'thcr of the last two tables Tor
me reason that The committee is not ln
possession ol che data showing the toln.
we quantities OF water from ln3t source
which are used above and below the pres.
tht canal hut % ~ assumed that .prac-
tlcHlIy Nl or Noe Little cottonwood wa.
tpr can bc acquired either by exchange
on lease, Whenever th9 necessities VI the
CITY may require
To make the water Of Nm Greek AMI
1913 cottonwood Greek available, it W. pro.
posed to construct o. conduit rom th9
taiI raro VI the Utah Light aud Railway
lumplnE.s lowest power station On Big
cottonwood Greek. TO che mouth OF Pat.
ltNs canyon, which will discharge the
water approximately lSJ feet above the
present Intake VI tho par.eys Canyon
conduit through which u viii be con.
Noyet to ihc city This conduit has 90
capacity 9f over @W0OO gallons, while
mere ls only about OnC.fourtn that guam.
uty Oh wstpr available from parleys
creek during The low wutCr season
10 10 proposed To- construct the Biz Cot
l9hwgod conduit 40 a permanent manner
~ sulhclent capacity 10 deliver an the VS.
ten 10 ls ultimately intended 10 obtain
from that stream and from Min Creek
ana Little Cottonwood Creek including %
suitable connection for admitting the wa
iets of MIL Creek. The estimated cost OF
,hls conduit complete, Is ND000
The report shows that, In addition 70
The mountain sources above described.
there II supply which can be made
available from what Is known as bpring
creek which Is o tributary OF Bis Cot
tunWoOd Creek forming Junction with
the latter near on East and 18th South
streets. point several miles below the
proposed place Of diversion into the Big
cottonwood conduit AT this place there
ls practically constant Tow Of about
llUVpp gallons per day An option has
been secured subject TO your fauhcallon,
Tor The city 90 purchase this water for
the sum VI t25Q0000
la order tu utilize the waters Of Spring
Creek IL h. proposed by the Engineer To
establish power station az the mouth of
P0rlCys canyon. where the water drops
l0 feet from the Big Cottonwood con-
duit 10 the parleys Canyon conduit at
cost Of 100000, and "A pumping station
near Spring Creek which Will pump the
delivered into the Big Ditch, IN lieu %
some II the water OF Big Cottonwood
t0t which an exchange has been erected.
Tho remainder OF 10 can be conveyed
as lar north az may be necessary 10 per-
NIT Of he use In exchange for the waters
OF Mil Greek and Parley's Creek, until an
additional supply OF canal water 10 OBJ
tained, through the government develop.
ment Of Otan Lake or otherwise. and
then n desired the Spring Creek water
can De made To supply The southern anu
western portions of the City Tor domestic
purposes The estimated cost " estab-
fishing the pumping plant and brnglns
the water 10 ilth South Street Is SN,0oUl
The Engineers report also shows that
Notwithstanding the satisfactory show
lug which appears from city Chemist
Harms analyses OF this water. IL rs
questionable whether the purity can be
maintained, and that careful examination
may disclose the fact that satisfactory
title 10 this water cannot be obtained
and that for these reasons, II may not be
desirable TO exercise tho option to pur-
chase Spring Creek
The Engineers report also shows that
the city now has an ample supply u
mented hy the Spring Creek water, To
furnish all the water that Is required for
exchange purposes, and mat II, FOR any
reason. Spring Creek Is not purchased
Immediate provision should be made for
securing at least an equivalent quantity
Of exchange water from Utah Lake. and.
az the same time for perfectlng the City's
right In this important source OF supply,
and that this may bo accomplished by the
expenditure Of the t2lb000,0O named In the
estimate Tor the purchase and pumping
Of Spring Greek and win afford sufficient
water 10 exchange for all the mountain
streams. including Little Cottonwood.
He also recommends that, IN any event,
the item OF ti0. 5000 for the proposed Par
ley's Canyon power station, should be re-
tuned aa us value 10 the city would
more than compensate for It's cost lu
handling and disposing Of sewage Tor the
lower portion Of the city. u not needed
for pumping Spring Creek water.
10 also appears from the Enginees re-
port that, IN addition 10 the amounts
lboye given. there will be required for tho
payment Of bonuses for exchange OF wa
.er and repairs % the Jordan and Salt
Lake city canal. 100000 for additions 10
me civ mains 500 O0O. and for tie pur,
chase and eytlnguishment Of power rights
ind miscellaneous expenses s95.00Ol,
making total OF tsjO.0QOoQ
Tho Committee has been assured by the
City Engineer that the above estimates
are ample for the purposes mentioned
and SO II seems reasonably certain that
me city can acquire for the total sum
named, an increased w0ter supply delly-
red into ts present reservoirs and mains
Tour times as great as that which II now
possesses which Will be equivalent 30
NE present supply per capita for popu-
alton OF 2O00O.
The city has already secured, by eS-
'hange 100000 gallons per q hours ~
Blk Cottonwood water. and II Is reason
lby certain that by the time the conduit
g completed this quantity will have been
by additional exchange and
ease for BIG Cottonwood and Mil Greek.
20 the full quantities contemplated
when the water from the Big Cotton
wood conduit shall exceed the capacity
n the present Parleys Canyon conduit
De Engineer proposes the construction NJ
suitable means 10 carry such excess on
ligh line TO the cast and north benches
Il the city at am elevation 81 about gn
eet above the 18Th Fast Street reservoir
md l9 feet above the Capital 1911
cseryolr
While investigating the water question.
he attention N this committee has been
epoaiedly called TO the necessity 0t
ewerlng the southern and western por-
Ions Of the city below the gravity sewer
'he land IN those parts Of the city being
ow. with water near the surface t s
lmOst impossible for the people 20 have
roper cess pools and therefore the need
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