The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-24

even reasonably safe. to drink
The time will come when Ogden
VIII need such street sDrinkling, sew
er flushing, and locomotive engines.
but unless it can be cheaply bought. |
do not think the payment of a largo
sum would be advisable At the pres
ent time.
The question OF steam pollution
brings up the need OF greater protec-
ton In This regard on the watersheds
oi both Cold Water and Wheeler
creeks. | understand the city has al
option on a large portion of the water
shed OF Cold Creek and | hope it Will
soon be in a position to acquire sim
liar holdings on Wheeler creek. One
can hardly oyer-estimate the value OF
these two creeks in maintaining the
health OF the people OF Ogden. No
better water can be had, and It Is OF
the utmost Importance that both
sources be kept pure. I notice that
a number OF camps have been estab-
lished on Wheeler Creek. This can
yon is so narrow that it will be i'm.
possible 10 prevent filth of all kinds
from entering the stream. The day
| visited this canyon q woman had be
gun to wash a large pile of dirty
clothes, The tub was within fifteen
feet OF the edge OF the water and
could not but wonder where she
would empty the dirty water 1t does
not matter how careful these campers
may be, Glth and garbage OF the
camps must he deposited somewhere
and the first midwinteT th0w or food
te h, Ia In cr
OF the kind into the stream
The South Fork.
For the future needs OF the city
one must look. | believe, to the South
Fork OF the ogden river It will be
only a question Of time when supply
will have to be piped from that source.
The consumption, / am informed. is
Increasing at a rapid rate; more wa.
ter Is being used for parking. manufac.
turing plants are increasing, and the
railway companies are using much
larger quantities every year.
Filings by the city have been made
on three reservoir sites; one of these
is located on the South Fork at Mag
pie creek; another on the same stream
at Cobble creek, and third on the
Right Hand fork of the South fork, n
short distance above the forks. OF the
two South Fork sites l prefer that at
Magpie as being safer and less eX-
pensiye 10 build Nfr Parker's esti-
mate of the cost of this dam when
raised 10 the 16O-foot level and stor-
ing $50 million gallons. Is SAT- 900.
/ am inclined TO think this estimate OF
cost too low. Single-handed. the city
could not undertake an enterprise OF
this magnitude. but there is a posi-
bility that the farmers who desire ad-
dltional water supplies for irrigation
may unite with the city on some such
project For this reason l think IL
would be well for the city to strive
to retain possession of this site.
The site on the Right Hand fork is
quito different from the other two.
High vertical walls of rock rise from
the stream some twenty-five feet apart
TO a height OF sixty feet To my mind
dam could be built on this site at a
low cost; and in this connection |
have to offer the following sugges.
tions;
Combined Storage and Power Under
taking.
The city needs more water and its
citizens are paying high prices for
electric current for both lighting and
power. II it could be properly man.
aged and financed there is. In my
opinion. an excellent opportunity to
procure both water and electric cur
rent for the city of ogden by utilizing
the natural conditions at the mouth
OF Right Hand fork In the South fork
of Ogden river The plan. as pro.
posed by City Engineer Parker, and
as modified by me, may be briefly
stated as follows; Build dam at
the narrows so as to raise the water
$50 feet, then divert the flow of Lett
Hand fork into this reservoir. EX-
direction of Huntsville. some six
miles The total available head at
the end Of this pipe line would be
over 500 feet, which, with the com
bined flow of the two creeks. would
generate sufficient power TO deliver
about 1000 horsepower in the form OF
electric current. In ogden City
To convince you that the rates Tor
water are reasonable and that the
rates for electric lighting are too
high, | have selected a number OF
typical residences in Ogden and ascer-
tanned the rates paid for both water
and light for 4 period Of twelve
months. The result is as follows:
The rates for electric lighting on resi-.
deRces would seem to exceed those
for water all the way from 35 to 200
per cent. For business houses the
difference is greater. Last year
Wright & Sons paid S2.470.S5 for light
and $305.34 for water for the building
at the corner of Twenty-fourth street
and Washington avenue. The Reed
hotel pays nearly three times as much
fer light as It does for water
The gross revenue from the water
works system amounts to about S75.-
900 q year. On this showing the
gross revenue paid by private citi
zens for light would amount TO a
much larger sum. This does not in
clude the sums paid by manufacturers
for power or for the current used by
the arc lights In the city. The bills
OF the ogden street railway for pow
er and the city for arc lights amount
to about $4,000 q year.
a plant such as l have outlined
would serve q two-fold purpose It
would not only generate energy for
power and the illumination of build
ings and streets. but it would also
store and convey I'm a closed channel |