The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-24
TWO MORE BIG PUMPS
ARE RECEIVED AT LEH|
Seven in All, They Throw S46,-
100000 Gallons of Water
Every "a Hours.
Snecial TO The Tribune.

Special 10 Inc IrlDune'
LEHI. April 22.-Two more Of the Bis
one hundred horsepower Jackson pumps
arrived here this week from san fran
cisco and a force OF mechanics Is bGsllS
engaged putting them In place IN tne
Jordan River pumping plant THESE TWO
additional ones bring the total NUMBER up
10 seven, each capable of lifting l2o sec.
ond feet OF water In the beginning OF
the season. and falling slightly oeloW
this figure as the lakes level Is lo"ereG.
William a. Knight, the engineer IN
charge of the plant, has figured out that
when all the pumps are running tHes
viii aggregate about $50 suoic rect OF
water per second, which reduced TO gar
Ions. means that every twenty -four
hours the pumps Will throw 46sOOo,ooV
gallons OF water. which is propabIy more
water than any other pumping Plai,t III
America handles. and when divided up
makes over two hundred ordinary irriga-
ton streams. In placing the new pumps
over 300 cubic yards Of cement conCIeIe
were used as foundation OF tne Pu'ips
and the building In which they are
housed.
The new building is being constructed
of brick and next season the old ouiidlls
will be torn down and be replaced ny
brick structure. Running through .ns
whole building will be a travelling crane
capable OF handling any OF the ponGetouis
machinery. The two new DIG eteee,
motors are lis horsepower each hnu
when all seven OF them are running apout
500 horsepower of the electric current 10
consumed This power Will be furnlshcu
by the Utah County Light ana fo"e'
companv Sometimes an accident nap
pens To the power companys plant ana
during the low water season sucn bn az
cident would mean dry canals SAT- LeNe
civ has contracted to deliver 10 the
Cottonwood farmers a continuous stream
In exchange for their canyon water, SO
In casa of the electric current being cur
ofT BIZ accident, the city has instalieo
n ll5 horsepower gasoline motor ~hlcn
will enable them TO keep their CONTRACT
good ..t,- Tor
new gates. of which there are now %
feet While the gates were oelne ooi
etructed two other channels were Gu'
md through them are now beins uis-
crarcad over 500 second feet OF water
which because OF the bar at the heao OIL
the river having been removed, ls HoIe
than the river has ever discharged pe-
fore. , ,,,,o,,rt
Notwithstanding the immense amonns a
NJ water that the lake Is dlscharslns
tbro,,eb Jordan river. It's level is grad
nails rising and Is now several inehes
sbnye compromisc point, the highest
Inyel reached in the past dozen geais,
and Il must he remembered that the
high water season has but just com
menced "Compromise point Is the leN
el agreed upon between the land owners
bordering on Utah lake and the canai cann
companies of Salt Lake county 10 VIII, Will
the waters may be impounded AlreaoS
Ia 900 acres OF land. which have neen
dry during the past ten years. are hom n
flooded. and IT is probable that TOT ab
addi,ional land lying above compromise
Dojnt which Will be flooded TINS seaseh,
ibe canal companies will be mace ae
PENDANTS in damage suits