The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-20

to Twelfth South street there is a fall
OF twenty-five feet and with this fall
II would be an easy matter TO take out
all the water in the river, leaving the
bed dry from Twelfth South street. run
ming north. In order that this canal
be large enough to take out all the wa
than seventy-fve feet at the bottom,
and, taperiug up, would of course be sew
eral feet wider at the top. The length
of this canal would be about seven
miles After passing through Cohn' S
sloughs the water could be turned loose
over the big alkali flats and the present
barren wastes would soon be washed
clear of alkali and would become more
valuable and some time In the future
would make good farm lands, Below
Cohn's lake there Is enough fall in the
land TO give the water a splendid op-
portunity TO flow Into the Great Salt
lake. and with the entire river turned
ln there is no doubt but that the water
would soon cut another channel through
which the water would flow, the same as
II Is now doing at the mouth of the
Jordan river II is about six miles from
Cohns lake TO the Great Salt lake. and
he ground in the Black Slough district
to the lake is seven feet lower than
the ground at the mouth OF the Jordan
river. This is quite natural. The river
lelta gradually rises, being made higher
oy the continual washing in OF soil. and
he river sediment piles UP the ground
N the vicinity OF the river
Taking out all the water from the
Jordan river by the surplus canal. from
I'D channel for the snow. rain and high
pring waters of City creek Red Butte
immigration canyon and Parleys canyon.
md the old channel would be large
nough to easily take care OF all this
jater.
A canal or conduit would then be
'ade. tapping the river channel between
-hth and Ninth South streets. the ca
al to run. east TO Sixth West. taking
n all the fall possible and then turning
outh on Sixth West going. through all
ne present lowlands and sloushs, con-
inuing as far as Thirteenth South, talk
ag in all the present slough land at the
.hurch farm, which is now owned by
ne Rio Grande In tapping these
or. q franchise from the Rio Grande to
uild n conduit along its Park City rail-
Dad tracks to a point somewhere on
would be tapped, All the slough water
n the entire southern part of the city
and county could then be taken care of,
and in places where the water now
with this drainage system installed II
would be possible to build houses and
also 10 dig cellars five feet deep. The
along the Rio Grande tracks. would
cross the canal at Sixth West and would
be turned into the old channel OF the
ow Twelfth South street.
From Sixth West. going east on Mint
South street, the present canal could be
lone away with by making a conduit
going as far east as necessary 20 tap
he storm sewers of the city. A short
conduit would have TO be built from
'inth South TO Tenth South street to
take care Of all the spring water in that
locality, The State street conduit could
be built under the sidewalk. the city to
pay for the conduit and the adjoining
property owners for the sidewalk. BY
doing this State street could be paved
its full width, which at the present time
Is impossible The canal on Tenth
South street could he deepened and still
pass over the drain canal on Sixth West
street, and this would carry away all the
water in the spring coming from Immi-
grafton and Red Butte canyons.
with this system installed south OF the
city. every foot OF land would be thor
oughy drained from Ninth South to Mil
Creek below Thirteenth South streets
and from the Jordan river to the foothills
on the east covering two and a half
by three and half miles, or $500 acres
of land, nil of which would be doubled
In value the moment the drainage sys-
tenn was completed. Or for that matter,
started
With the drainage system completed
south of the city, attention would be
turned TO the northwest part OF the
valley. A canal ought to be dug com
mencing about two and half miles
north OF Beck's Hot Springs lake. tap
ping the Jordan river. This canal should
run through the center OF BeclSs lake
draining that big slough. which physi-
ci@nS rave said iS = ~rea- y>~-n~c ."