| OCR Text |
Show neer wTrote of the low level of Utah Lake and since 1920 there had been a population increase of about 20,000, and once again there was a flurry of activity. During 1928 the Board of Commissioners, at the instance of Mayor John F. Bowman, also Commissioner of Water Supply and Waterworks, appointed a Water Supply Advisory Board composed of Sylvester Q. Cannon, a former City Engineer; William Peterson, A. Z. Richards, and H. C. Jessen, then City Engineer, Chairman. The Mayor informed the Water Advisory Board that its problem was to make an exhaustive investigation of possible water sources and to recommend a program of water supply development which would " provide for a minimum population of 400,000." Surely, and however belated, this was foresight indeed. In March, 1929, the Advisory Board filed its report. The Board's investigation and report covered a broad field under two general headings, " Local Sources" and " Outside Sources." S. L. Tribune 33. Sugarhouse. The business district of this thriving section of Salt Lake City is in sharp contrast to the farms which, not so many years ago, were irrigated from Parley's Creek at this same site. 34. Hillsden Drive, located in the heart of the Cottonwoods, is one of Salt Lake City's newer suburban districts. Developments such as this mark the intermediate stage in the transition of farm land, dependent upon irrigation water, into urban residential districts requiring culinary water. mm |
