The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-08-20
WATER SHORTAGE
STILL PRESENT
Not Much Immediate Prospect of
ANY Improvement.
NEW DISTRICT is FORMED
RESIDENTS ON THE HILL WILL
BE GIVEN CHANCE

There was pronounced shortage of
water in all the higher localities of
Salt Lake City yesterday morning, and
the end is not yet. for the drought
promises to continue for many days,
there being no visible signs of rain.
At one time during the early hours
of the day the pressure on the gauge
in the Office of superintendent Frank
l. Hines was but forty pounds, but
later in the day 1t slowly climbed up
until there was an indicated pressure
OF seventy pounds at one time. This
was not held. however, and a decrease
TO sixty pounds soon followed. The
7 normal pressure is eighty pounds
Ordinarily the depth of water in the
Thirteenth East reservoir is from six
teen to seventeen feet, but at o'clock
last night ii was but three feet, and
was still going down.
May Be Better Tomorrow.
Today being a holiday. many manu-
featuring plants will be shut down and
the use of water will be greatly de-
creased throughout the city. and it is
expected that by tomorrow morning
there will be Il much larger visible
supply.
The sprinkling carts were all out on
the streets doing business yesterday.
and they will be out again today 1t
Is intended to keep them going as long
as the water supply holds out
The manager of the Alta club yes
terday solved the lawn Sprinkling prob
lem effectively and satisfactorily by
putting one of his assistants TO pump
ing running water from the gutter
This water was going to waste. and by
turning it upon the lawn 1t was put
to useful purpose. The city officials
say there is no Introduction on the use
or gutter wafer and that all nj
zens are privileged TO pump all they
can use of it out of the cutters and
apply it to their lawns
1t has been suggested that in some
parts Of the city the sprinkling carts
might get their supply of water from
the cutters 1t is usually clean and
would answer every irrigating and
sprinkling purpose.
New District Set Apart.
1t has been decided by the water
department TO establish a new district
Tor sprinkling purposes. This district
VIII be east Of S street and will run
up TO Popperton and down along Thir-
teenth East street to Fifth South
street. The residents of this district
viii be allowed to sprinkle Monday and
Thursday from Z to 10 d. IN. Added
to this district will be a portion of
North Main street, State street and
Canyon road. The reason for estab-
nshlng TINS district Is that persons Iiv-
ing III II have been unable to get water
when sprinkling was being done else
where in that section of the city.
The latest date on which accurate
figures as to the flow of the city's water
supply Is obtainable is Aug 10. 1905.
Or that date the supply was Is, 900 600
gallons. On tire same day. Aug 10. of
the five preceding years the flow was:
1900, 10 100000 gallons: 1901 400. 900
gallons: 1902 IS 100000 gallons: 1908.
1890, 600 gallons: 1904. q. 400. 900 gallons.
The average for the five preceding
years. including the exceptionally low
1900. was $4,000 600 gallons, so that the
supply of Aug. 10. 1905, the last date
for which full reports have been re-
ceived by the city engineer. was $780,
coo gallons below the average of the
same date in other years.