The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-10
Los ANGELES sOLvES|
BIG WATER PROBlBl
w. F. Shelley of the CD
City Talks of the Great
Project.
COST IS MANY MILLION
Head of Aqueduct Is Mar
Miles Distant From
the City. u.
COST IS MANY MILLION

That the proper solving OF iho -
supply problem win play an ali 70
ant role in the future growth am9p
Neloplnent OF salt Lake is the holt,
w. r.. oh'lleI. secretary Of the bic
angeles aGueduct project between g.
river and the coast city. Win ca. o"e
tcrday hero. Few men have m. r, y"
much time and study To water ,sa-., -u
and MI. Shelley is recognized as s.e1
bic authority on such matters. rTs
ih" right hand man OF T.lr,,ten.r, ~ "
cral Adnn 4, Chahfcc. chalrman :, -
a1ueduct board of construction an
leading mclnbcr of the Los anocisr u
OF puShc works and harbor improvn,,,e9
nhfeIu. VINO is foremost among ,i.-
WORKING Tor the coast citys welfare y"
Mr.. shelley was registered at ths Ne
son hotel during the afternoon. and A.
AT late hour for Los AuroIas ~,
Limited. When interviewed by a n
une representative he ou,husI,s,,
explained the entire Los Angelica e.
nu't Sch'me. and declared that Salt -
would eventually find THAI tho h,esz
step toward her riGhtful destiny would
found I'm tho establishment OF an i
said.
Five years ago leading men n, +.
angeles r"Anzod mat the growth OF h
city 10 cosmopolitan proportions dcn,s~
cd an adequate supply OF water for +
ripuS purposes. How 10 get fbis NJ
I'M enormous quantities was The ~
lem that confronted them. Water ahonr
ed on all sides Of the ,,itr. nut If /, l.
been used the orange groves Hould II
been lost and the city would haye T.
fHT"d incompre ehensihly. A giant So
supply being essential to the ei,y'r i
tnrc, The scheme was evolved whereh,[
almost incXhaustiblc supply could bs h
BY The construction OF 2s0-mll4 an.
tII 4 -t,Hs
10 point lust outside the city.
Will Cost s24, 900.
"The entire project will Involve an
penaitur" OF $4,000. 600, IL was ptIf
vote before the people OF Los kna.|
and won out. Work has been soIur
vigorously under Il combination Of r.
ing engineers and business men.
project has been engineered b. WIN
Mulholland and 20 per cent OF il has n|
been entirely completed. at an cxpen|
ture of SlI. 50n. 900. The enormous e.
ply viii be connected with Los ApRt
and operating perfectly by January. II
The citizens OF Los Angeles cant inF<
dollar on the project. which will nay
Itself In Time. II sold today IL va
bring In round figures 5000. 900 600
Tho nqueduc' starts at a point r
enty Sniles above owens lake. on O0r
river, at an elevation OF 1000 feet. n
river is diverted and tho water is TAI
up and down ravines through cauo
= tunnels and syphons 10 the Haiwee n
9rvoir All improved natural basin sev
miles long, one OF the biggest resc1
sources In the country. seventy md
from the river diversion From Han
reservoir the water is syphoned 10 n
mont reservoir at Elizabeth lake. IN
here the aqueduct underGoes q serics|
big drops to the San Fernadc reserv<
forty miles northeast OF Los Ange|
,i,,Y. L.. H.. n
Haiwee Elizabeth lake and Cottonv(
creek. hydro-electric power plants n
been established which furnish power
operate the hydraulic dredses that
cutting the way for the aqueduct.
water follows tho drcdge TO tho last %
OF excavation.
Cement Plant Installed.
The city has established Gem
plant At Monolith near Mojave, which
furnishing cement for the project at
per barrel. as against $3.50 In the lov1
contract bid. The plant cost ah
S40h 600 and can now be sold for $160C
If the people OF Los Angeles wanted
DO so. We are discovering that mum
pally operated establishments and pr
ects do not fail but repay the citizenH
manifold ways. When the water pro-
is completed Los Angeles viii q
ahead with the greatest asset she @
II has been five or six wears slIice
visited In Salt Lake. When I Loo
around me today / hardly knew the pl4
We from Los Angeles are proud OF
city's big strides In every direction.
the last few years have found Salt ~
making The most OF time and mon
The growth and development here u
been wonderful: not less commondeI
than our own. There are no finer bIu
inGs in tho world than the kcarns. ~
house and other hg structures
Hotel Utah rivals anything ! have e
seen. Building activities alone have
transformed Salt Lake. Her sire
homes. stores. surroundings and splrit
onward and upward. n seems a fceI|
Of harmonious effort toward one
queen city is gathering.
IF the water question has not a'ro#
como before the people here. II Is q
tined to do so. for IN solving this Qu"
lion salt Lake win have removed
Of the bls obstacles from her onu#
path With your mountains and ~
50 close. tn" question should be soI
more easily tbau at Los Angeles.
Mr. Shelley also sp"k" Of tho contc"
mated improvements at san Pedro e
hor. He said $4,000. 900 had already
Invested by the people. Of Los AHee"
and community, md that IL was planI
To bring about an additional bond %
in The sum OF $40. 900. 000. The COVE
meni brcnkwatcr is now almost GO
plcied. hc said. and the inner and ooo-
harbor viii be made ono of the ~
on tho coast by the tim" the ran.
canal ic Dpsupd To traffic.