The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-26
CITY OFFICIALS
EXAMINE WATER
Take a Trip 10 Mouth Of Big
Cottonwood.
PLANS FOR THE BIG CONDUIT
MEANS GOOD SUPPLY OF WATER
FOR THE CITY.

Mayor r. J. Morris. Fire Chief W. IL.
bywater d-CoUHciman F..S. Fernstrom
drove out yestef,Iay 10 take look at the
different streams and bitches that figure
prominently ia The water proposition TO
be submitted 10 The people, at the special
election Jan. 3. The first stop was made
at Spring creek. Here a large volume
Of water Of apparently good quality was
FOUND. IL is estimated that the stream is
BOW running 100000 gallons every
tNentS-Jour hours. The water bubbles mp
RON Springs IN Il small area I'm the VI
entity pl che fish hatchery 1t Is gener-
ally understood to be underground flow
rom the Big Cottonwood Efforts are
uufing made By those holding interests in
this water TO clear up the title IN order 10
&c ~ q position 10 accept the offer made
by the city if the proposition is accepted
by the voters Of the city.
From Spring creek the officials Travelled
east inspecting as they went the Big
often, the Hill ditch and the Lower ditch,
al taking water from Big Cottonwood at
Salfferent elevations. Big. Cottonwood has
been divided into sixty shares by the ca
nal companies holding the primary rights
in the stream. OF these sixty shares the
Blg ditch owns twenty-one shares. the
5tlil ditch two shares and the Lower
ditch eight shares. On all of this water
the city has secured options and if these
options are taken up the city will be en-
titled to over half the water of the Big
cottonwood IF this is done the farmers
win b. supplied with Utah lake water
through the Salt Lake & Jordan canal
which Is high enough to water all the
land now watered by the three canals
named.
Conduit Starting Point
Following the Investigations up further.
the party passed the old paper mill, the
Butler saw mill up to the lower station
OF the Utah Light & Railway company
AT the tail race of this power station il
IS proposed to take the water from Big
cottonwood and run il through a conduit
70 connect with the present conduit in
Parleys canyon TO be thrown into the
city's water system at that point.
Ii is estimated that Big Cottonwood is
now running 90 gallons every TWEEN
ty-four hours. Half OF this would be
the property Of the city under the options
secured up 10 this time and efforts are
being made 10 secure still other options
on part Of the remaining water. Under
the options now standing the city would
get at the present time 100000 gallons
OF water every twenty-four hours. and
would have had over 100000 gallons
every twenty-four hours during the drieSt
part of the last season And this is con-
sidered the best water that comes into
Salt Lake valley.
Flood Of City Water.
The proposed conduit TO cost s35O0OO.
will be seven miles IN length Ii will
bring the Cottonwood water to the city
at q point as high as Fort Douglas. 1t
Will be big enough TO carry 5O.O00O0 gal
Ions OF water every twenty-four hours.
The right of way will cost little or moth
Ing for the conduit for the reason that
fl Will be so high up on the side of the
mountains where the land is of little
value The big advantage of having so
large conduit is that it would enable
the city tO bring water Ia from Little Cot
tonwood with a three-mile extension. or
from Mil Creek without any extension
a. all.
The party returned To the city in the
afternoon. Later in the day there was a
meeting Of the special council committee
IN the office OF Attorney f. 3 Richards
Al noon today The board OF governors Of
the Commercial club will hold q special
Fessi0n for the purpose Of discussing the
proposition As 1T comes up in the shape
q "A report iTem the special COmmerciat
club committee.
Monday night Mayor Morris viii send
IN 10 tho city council the name of State
Engineer 4. +. Doremus for appointment
RS consulting engineer TO City Engineer
snow on the proposed water system eX-
tension.