The daily sentinel., 1907-07-09
BACK FROM HANNAH CREEK
Mayor Wentworth and Aldermen En-
thusiastic over What they
Saw.

Ia q
|6 About nine-thirty o'clock last q
/ a evening Mayor J. r. Wentworth q
| a Aldermen Plank. Matthews, q
] a Boyer. Davies Hudson, Hertz q
| a and Drew. Water Superintend- q
/ a ent B. w. Vedder and City En- q
] a gineer ]. F. O'Malley. return q
/ a ed to the city from their inspc- q
| a tion tour over the proposed q
/ a Hannah Creek mountain water @
/ a pipe line and to the headwaters q
/ 4 of the mountain stream, from q
! a which it is proposed to supply O
/ a the city of Grand Junction with q
| q water. O
To say that the gentlemen are en-
/ thusiastic over what they saw and
] that they are most favorably Impress
ed with the conditions on Hannah
creek, the possibilities that stream af-
fords for a source of water supply
and the feasibility of bringing Kan
nah creek water to Grand Junction,
is making a conservative and truthful
statement.
The desire of these aldermen and
those city officials who have never
visited Hannah Creek, to have per
sonal knowledge of the situation, was
responsible for the trip made yester-
day and that the officials who will
/ probably build Grand Junction 5
mountain water system should be
I familiar with the leading proposed
source of supply most important
Yesterdays trip was a wise one.
The party left here at an early
hour yesterday morning in carriages
The survey made for the pipe line
was followed as clearly as possible
and wherever possible the line was
inspected closely.
By early afternoon the party was
far up toward the head waters of the
beautiful mountain stream.
Long before the party reached the
creek the roar of the mighty rush
of the cold, clear waters. coursing
down from the snow clad mountains
could be heard and as the city otIic-
lals gazed upon the everlasting stream
1t surely was not hard for all of them
to realize that HANNAH creek is the
practical, feasible and desirable
source of supply for Grand Junction $
water system.
Mayor wentworth and the alder
men interviewed this morning state
that the creek is not at a high water
ebb by any means, in fact it is just
about at its normal condition. Alder
man Plank, who spent last summer
camping on Hannah creek, states
that the water at this time Is just
about at the stage he found it the
last days of July in 1906.
Alderman Matthews, who has had
much experience with water volumes
and rights stated that he believes
that there is at least 1900 and per-
haps 1000 inches of water in Kan
nah creek today and 1t is about at
itts normal stage. However, Mr..
Matthews believes that along in Aug
ust the water will get considerably
lower.
When it is taken into consideration
that the city of Grand Junction today
is not using daily in excess of 200 in
ches Of water that Hannah Creek is
flowing from 500 to 1000 inches
right now at normal stage 1t is easy
to see there will never be any dan
ger of shortage of water If the sup
ply is secured from this steram.
If Grand Junction had a popula-
tion of $4,000 instead a population
of 5000 to 0,000, as at present,
Hannah Creek would furnish all the
water that is needed.
Mayor Wentworth stated that the
party visited the point where Juan
ita ditch. that supplies the big Terna-
han reservoirs has its intake, carrying
4 ZOO to 900 inches of water from
\ Hannah Greek and he declares that
standing at a point just below the in
take one could hardly discern any
noticeable reduction in the size and
volume of the creek.
i The gentlemen visited the site OF
the proposed intake for the Grand
Junction system and were highly
pleased with the environments. II
is an ideal point for an intake.
The water was found to be pure
cold as ice and clear as crystal. Alder
! man Hertz brought home a bottle oi
the delicious fluid in its original state
it appears as clear and pure as tho
distilled water.
The party visited scores of points
/, along the creek during the day. The
/, gentlemen We're after practical in
r formation and those officials who hat
| never visited the creek before wer'
/ given much valuable information a'
5 the inspection progressed by thos,
, officials who had made previous Wis
1 its to the stream.
l The trip yesterday was one of tn,
e initial important steps toward bring
. ing to speedy and successful culmin
alton the work of building n noun
tain water system for Grand June
ton.
/ "BIlly" Hamilton, the railroad mar
who as announced yesterday was TAX