The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-23

laid UP Wheeler Creek and extended
down below the Power company
dam, where 1t can be connected TO the
main conduit This proposed line.
with a now concrete intake on
Wheeler Creek, would prove a vau-
able addition to the canyon portion
and insure to the citizens better
and purer water supply up to the ca
pacity of the summer flow of this
creek. The Improvements which I
have outlined for Cold Water Creek
should be undertaken this fall; those
OF the upper portion OF the main line
and Wheeler Creek not later than
next spring.
In operating the system as il now
is. the manager has no margin of safe
ty in case a break In the main feed
pipe and a fire were to occur at one
and the same time. | realized this de-
feet when the works were built, but
no money was then TO be had for ad-
ditlonal feed pipes. and IL is a surprise
to me that 1t has never been remedied
before. To make the situation under
stood. / may state that there is but
one feed pipe from the reservoir to
the city and that If any serious break
occurred in this line the city would be
without water Fortunately this con
oition can be easily remedied and the
remedy TO my mind Is to extend an
| independent feed pipe from the new
! reservoir 10 connect with the twelve.
inch main on Washington avenue.
This new line should not be less than
sixteen inches in diameter and a pipe
eighteen or twenty inches would prove
more economical in the end Perhaps
the best route for this pipe would be
down Twenty-third street. The pres
sures should be controlled by pressure
regulators In manner similar to
those on Twenty-ffth street. This ex-
tension would not only provide an in
dependent line, thus permitting much
needed repairs on the gates of the old
line. but 1t would take its supply from
the new reservoir. which would really
duplicate the plant as far as the dis
tributIng system is concerned.
"A large number of new residences
have been built on Washington ave
nue. and vicinity at the south end OF
the city since the works were built,
and the Washington avenne main
seems TO be overtaxed during sprink-
ling hours. To reinforce the pressure
on this main and to afford freer cir
culation of water | would recommend
that the twelveinch main on Quincy
avenue be extended first south and
then west and connect with the main
on Washington avenue. The twelve
inch main on Quincy now extends to
| Twenty-SlXth street and a siX-inch
line is laid to Twenty-eighth street.
These two blocks of siX-inch pipe
should be taken out and replaced with
twelve-inch, The line should then be
extended south and east along the
best route obtainable and finally CON
nected with ten-lnch main on Wash
ington avenue
other extensions between streets
will be required from time 10 time,
but these need not be considered at
this time. The improvements in the
canyon conduit and the extensions
within the corporate limits OF the
city herein recommended call for no
large expenditures of money. The
profits derived from the sale of water
for the next two or three years should
provide the required amount of funds
for the improvements outlined.
"It has been suggested that the
city purchase the stock of the ogden
Bench canal. The priority OF this
water right has never been questioned
and there is no doubt that IL would
prove In various ways, OF value TO the
city Parties who have the best In
terests of the city at heart have ad-
vocated the purchase OF this right and
the construction of new low pres
sure plant for the city. I would favor
the purchase of this right providing
the water could be diverted at the
present water works intake on Ogden
river In that case separate system
would not be required In case the
point of diversion cannot be changed
to a higher point without mourning
heavy damages, | do not think this
source of supply possesses a high
value to the city In the first place.
it would involve the construction OF a
new system, and In the second, the
water would be more or less polluted.
Ogden canyon is destined to become
one OF the most popular summer re-
sorts in the Rocky Mountain region,
and it is rapidly becoming crowded
with summer campers and cottages
from one end to the other. Such be-
ing its probable condition in the near
future. a water supply obtained near
the mouth OF so narrow a canyon
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