The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-29


tax being lien on the property. 1t
can be paid in ten yearly instalIments.
each bearing 8 per cent interest, if so
desired. This makes the burden each
year in most instances comparatively
light
Water Problem Is Solved.
On December 9 last the new water
supply main from Parley's canyon res
erVolr down Fifth South street to Third
west street was completed and the
water turned in. This event was scarce
~ noticed, but it was a mOmentous
one as II marked the termination Of
the project of Mayor Morris 10 give
the city all the water it will need for
quarter Of century to come.
1t was on Jan. 3. 1905, that the neo-
pie voted S1,000.000 in bonds to extend
the water and sewer systems. OF tFfs
amount SS5O,00O was set aside to i'm
prove the water system. and that
amount has now been expended and
the desired result obtained. First the
Big Cottonwood conduit was built. In
order tc bring the immense amount Of
water secured from the creek into the
city the new main was necessary. To
Tenth East street the pipe is thirty-six
Inches in diameter, from Tenth East
TO Main street, thirty inches. and then
II decreases to sixteen inches at Third
West street.
Plans for Canyon Reservoirs.
A further addition to the water sys-
TEN is planned for the coming year. If
Is proposed to secure five small lakes
at the head Of Big Cottonwood cauvoD
for reservoir purposes In fact they
are natural reservoirs, and it will not
cost more than 500, 900 to make this
addition to the system. With these
lakes in reserve, the city will have
enough water to last It for all time.
1t is also proposed to build a reser-
weir in City Creek canyon, to hold a
large amount of water which is now
wasted during the flood seasons, be-
cause Of the inability of the city to
consume it. This reservoir will hold
when completed, 5000. COO gallons.
Salt Lake can now boast of the finest
water system in he country. and with
the proposed improvement it will be
made Perpetual an asset Of fnestf-
mable value to future generations. The
city is peculiarly fortunate in having
such vast quantity OF water at its
doors, and also because this water is
of marvellous purity. In order to in
sure its purity and its permanency. the
city has asked the national govern
ment to establish a forest reserve on
the watershed in Parley's canyon, and
this will undoubtedly be done. The
government protects the headwaters of
City creek, and Big Cottonwood is in
no danger of ever running dry.
Great Progress in Sewer Work.
The city during the past year has
made rapid strides toward a modern
sewer system. There is still much to be
done in improving conditions in this re-
spect, and there is every assurance
that the efforts of the past viii be
continued during 1908. The most i'm
pOrtant work of this character has
been the building of the Intervening
scwer from Ninth South and Main
streets, west to Sixth West street,
thence north TO Sixth South South.
thence west TO Eighth West and north
on Eighth West street to Fifth North
street. This sewer will drain a section
of the city which has never known the
advantages Of sewer connection, and
where the ground is saturated with
water. This sewer connects with the
gravity sewer, and a pumping station
is to be erected at this point to pumn
the sewerage into the gravity sewer.
In connection with the intercepting
H~fSA NAiSAN eiAG pLdiiiiEQ Il large num-
Der of laterals which will traverse the
whole western section of the citv and
give all the people in that neighbor-
hood proper facilities for disposing OF
their waste
one or these, known as extension 1872
Is located in the southwestern norton
of the city beyond Ninth South street.
and the contract for the work has al
ready been let and it will be completed
during 1905
Much Work Planned for the Future.
TIE north bench also was completely
severed during the past year at a
large expense. Another extension. No.
$50, in the section south of Fifth South
and east Of Main streets, comprises
about twenty miles % sewer, and will
cost when completed about $3.50 600.
Work has only been started, but the
contractor thinks he can finish it by
June 1 next, at the latest. A modern
system of sewerage has also been built
in the section west of West Temple
and north of South Temple streets.
The plan for the coming year is 10
build several laterals into the inter-
cepting sewer, and also to give the
people in the extreme southeastern sec
ton better facilities.
One of the greatest difficulties en-
coUntered in extending the sewer sys-
TEN is the failure of people living on
the new lines to make connections With
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