Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-04-19
WATER SUPPLY
INEXAAUSTABLE
Description Of Many Springs
Developed by the Waha
Company

Water, water, every where and every
upon visit to the numerous great
pom a visit ii the numerous great
springs developed by the lewiston
Waha Irrigation company upon their
property in and around Lake Waha.
a visit to these wonderful fountains
Of water sets at rest, for ever, the
question as to the suf5c,ency of water
for both domestic and irrigation pur-
poses There one SwilI md developed
single springs that alone would sup.
ply large city with domestic water,
and that too of the purest quality
possible.
For some time the company has been
working a large force of men in the
hills surrunding Lake Waha and the
famous "21' ranch, opening up and de-
yeloping the many springs that for
years have been known to furnish a
perpetual flow of pure spring water,
in a limited way.
Enormous Flows Secured.
! Observation and study by expert
engineers led to the opinion that by
following a1one the c9nSe OF these
springs a larger flow could be dis
covered, and the results obtained with
in the past year have more than sus-
tanned these conjectures. until today
there is found chemically pure water
in such vast quantities as to insure
an adequate supply for all time to
come, for all the needs, both domes-
tic, and for irrigation, far beyond the
possible demands that may ever he
every acre of irrtgable land be placed
under water, and a city of quarter
Of a million people be built up in this
vicinity.
The springs upon which the major
work has been performed are known
the big Spring" Irwin spring. and
Little spring.
Springs Not Connected.
The springs are all loo 1te1 III differ
emf localities and have no possible
connection one with the other. They
are located at various attitudes and
vary from each other Is grea' a dist
ance as mile and a half, They also
\ vary in size and volume, but the
\ waters are of the same chemical
| purity and are a wonder to ali those
n WHO have bad thu pleasure ~ a visit
to them.
The spring known as the Big
spring is located near the "21" ranch.
at the bottom of the Sweetwater can
4 yon. This wonderful fountain has
been developed until it nears the re-
sourcefulness of mountain torrent,
and is of itself capable of supplying
sufficient water for a large extent of
territory. Its supply is unlimited, it
being but a matter of developing the
generous amount
Flow Is Never-Failina.
Already considerable work has been
done toward securing the entire flow.
which is known to be tributary to
this fountain, there being over $50
feet of tunnel driven into the mountain
from whence comes the direct supply,
and out from every foot of this rock
tunnel comes evre-failing supply
the finest spring water possible in
any mountain country.
From the main tunnal there have.
been numer)rs branches driven
at right angles to the main tunnel,
and strange as it may seem every
one of these branches have tapped
large fiows of water proving, as /: were
that the whole mountain covers an
immense storehouse of water, which
up to the time of the present Develop
mnt has been drained away through
some subtraneous channel
The "Twin" Springs.
The Twin" springs are located or
a hillside east of the "21" ranch and
considerably higher. This spring has
been named the Twin" for the reason
that side by side from out the solid
rock flows two immense bodies of
water, the sound Of which as 1t gusn-
i. es forth may be heard almost half
mile away.
Like the big" spring the flow is
inexhaustible, and before its confine-
ment into a great capstain, rushed
down the mountainside a perfect tor
rent.
The water from this Twin sprIng
= has been all conversed ami brought to-
: ge!her into one large :Amerte: e:T uE-
house, or capstain head. from VINE" CO
) it will be conducted through huge
; pipes to the plt". II ure.
) Little" spring is still to the east
: of Twin" spring and has been de-
) veloped from a mere ordinary mour :
: tain spring to a gusher, sending forth
: its life-giving powers to the parched
: acres that lie below and eyond.
9 Construction Work Permanent.
) The construction work in cennec-
3 ton with all these springs is of the