Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-09
american" Party Leaders Now
Pronounce Great That Which
They Once Condemned.
WATER FAMINES ARE PAST.
Plenty Of High Quality Fluid for a
Vastly Increased Population
In Salt Lake.
Completion of Great Waterway Being
Celebrated by Inspection Trip
Over the system.

The completion Of Salt Lake Citys
great waterway. the Big Cottonwood
conduit. IL being nttingly celebrated
today by city officials of the present
administration and also by members
of the administration of former Mayor
Richard p. Morris, by trip of insnec-
ton of q large number of the officials
OF both administrations TO the conduit,
through which the waters OF Big Cot
tonwood creek are now being brought
into this city TO supply the needs of its
fast increasing population. The con-
dult is one Of the greatest waterways
In the United States and It was come
pleted and the water turned IA on
Tuesday, Feb. 3.
THE PLANS EVOLVED
For years the officials of salt Lake
City have realized that It would soon
be necessary to secure the Big Cot
tonwood waters in order to meet the
demand Of the increased population OF
this city. Plan after plan has been
suggested TO secure these waters. but
It became the honor OF Mayor Richard
p, Morris and the members OF his adj
ministration to put a feasible plan into
action and TO provide means for bulld
ing the conduit and securing the
water Soon after Mayor Morris took
charge OF the city's affairs the water
problem was brought up and special
water committee was appointed by the
council TO take charge of that matter.
Months of hard work We're put in on
the preliminary plans for the conduit
The work was carried on quietly and
contracts We're entered into with the
farmers of the county who owned the
water rights Tor an exchange of the
Cottonwood water for Utah lake water
| 10 be supplied through the citys canal.
| MILLION DOLLAR BOND ISSUE.
When the plans had been properly
! formulated fun statement Of the
| particulars OF the scheme was drawn
| up and submitted to the people Of the
| city and they We're asked 10 Vntc q
| special bond issue of Sl,00O.0O0 for
| the purpose of building the conduit,
! purchasing the water rights. enlnrg-
| ing the city's pipe system and improy-
| ing and extending its sewer system.
! The bond issue was carried by safe
majority and that. too in the face
| of the strongest opposition on the part
OF members of the American" party
| which is now in control of the city
! and which has carried out the plans
| conduit which stands today one OF the
greatest achievements in the history
Of the city.
CONTRACTS LET.
The contracts for the construction
of the conduit We're awarded to Con-
tractor p. j. Moran of this city on
Sept. 6. 1905. and active work on it
was commenced on Oct g. 1905. The
conduit proper was completed on Aug
10, 1906, but the big dam at the in
| take and the spill at the outlet OF the
conduit were not completed until Just
| recently, the dam being completed on
| Feb. g. 1907. when the water was
! turned in,
The conduit is made of concrete and
| reinforced with steel bars. II is seven
| miles long three and a half feet wide
and four feet high. The sidewalks are
| eight inches thick and the roof is six
! inches thick. Originally the sidewalks
were six inches thick and the top four
inches thick, but the present adminis-
! tration increased tho thickness 10 the
| dimensions first given.
coNDUIT's CAPACITY.
a total of 82,s0O.oOO gallons OF
water daily can be accommodated in
| the conduit beyond where ii crosses
| Mlll Creek and from that point on 10
| Parley's where II ends II has ca
| pacity Of assoc. 600 gallons daily. Tho
| increased capacity from thnt point he
| ing due TO the greater fan OF ths
| grade. Since the water was turned
| ~ last Tuesday there have been
] 25,000,00O gallons OF watcr daily low
ing through H. The waller was turned
/ into the conduit az b:I1 o. m. and it
/ reached Parlcy's canyon whore N joins
the water from that conduit at 1888
| j. m.
TERMS or EXCHANGE.
Under the terms OF the agreements
| Of exchange and also the purchases
made from the farmers aud owners
| of power rights, the city now owns
| 27S slXtieths OF the entire dow OF
| Big Cottonwood creek until July OF
each year and 500 siXtieths during tlie
remainder of each year This VIII give
the city all the way from 7,000.u00
| gallons daily during the low water
season up 20 an the conduit can carry
in the flood water season. All OF this
In addition 10 the clty's former supply
OF water from city Creek, Parley's
creek and Emigration creek.
The dam az the intake OF the con-
dult Is built OF concrete reinforced
with steel street car rails II Is 04ia
foct IN length ANA has wing on each
| side 20 feet long. ii Us . foot and
inch I'm heighth from the ground
20 the top OF the cornico aud has two
woirs 80 feet long ana Three feet derp
COST OF CONSTRUCTION.
Tho total cost Of the conduit CONS
plete, including the dam and spill W
Si20, 600 The city has paid ont clU 81
TO S100,0oO lu the purchase OF wat
rights and bonuses for the eNchnr"i
OF waters with tho farmers. BefoNf
the distributing Hystcm NJ the city WIZ
be able 90 fully handle the increase
supply OF water from Cottonwood I
VIII be necessary to enlarge the ana n,
IN different parts OF the city az 81 -
OF s227O00 This work has air
been decided upon by City Engn
Kelsey and the city council has
thorized the advertisement Tor
for the Improvement
Mayor Thompson. city EHnlt
Kelsey and Councllmen MulVey ana
Black have visited tho conduit once
slpce the water was turned IA ana
they pronounce Il a great success NJ
every respect. with the enlargement