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Show ::-: » =!:•>! :: T::: i: ***'""" 4, if - » « » ^^ H? IH^ fe-* m$ W0-: 5.1. Tribune 3. Salt Lake City as it appeared in 1853. This picture is reputed to be the first ever made of this city. On January 10, 1865, Brigham Young spoke of the " beneficial results that would accrue by irrigating and cultivating an increased amount of land." He said that " the bringing of the waters of Utah Lake would be the means of sustaining a population in Great Salt Lake County of one hundred thousand inhabitants." A committee of the City Council was appointed to look into this proposal and numerous surveys and reports were made. On October 21, 1879 the " Committee of Aldermen" reported to the Mayor and City Council in language reminiscent of reports upon the same general subject in recent years: " Your committee of Aldermen, appointed to act in conjunction with the Mayor, to investigate matters pertaining to the construction of the contemplated canal for conveying water from the Jordan River into this city, and to take the necessary steps for commencing said work, beg leave to report that they have had the matter under consideration and find that the past season has fully demonstrated the fact that the supply of water from all sources to this city, in 4. Looking northwest from North Temple and West Temple Streets in the 1860' s. Water to supply the acreage around each dwelling was, even then, a problem which taxed the ingenuity of the inhabitants. 5. L. Tribune dMj% . ~~~ » « * 1^ -* *• , i - m^ mF******^' |