+------------------------+--------------------------------+ | | I.--July volume, in | | | feet per second. | | | +-------------------------+ | | | II.--September volume, | | Streams. | | in feet per | | | | second. | | | | +--------------------+ | | | | III.--Ratio of I to| | | | | II. | +------------------------+------+----+--------------------+ | City Creek | 119 | 32 | 3.7 | | Emigration Creek | 24 | 8 | 3.0 | | Parley’s Creek | 72 | 29 | 2.5 | +------------------------+------+----+--------------------+ The comparison is not decisive, but it seems to show that the problem demands for its solution a careful examination at the “critical season.” If the Ogden and Weber had been measured in September, as were the other streams, their volumes would probably have been found less than in October; and this consideration appears to throw the balance of evidence against the competence of the rivers to water the contiguous lands. But if their incompetence shall be proved, it does not follow that the lands must go dry. The Bear at the north and the Jordan at the south have each a great volume of surplus water, and either supply can be led without serious engineering difficulty to the lower levels of the delta of the Weber. In the following table are summed the agricultural resources of the Weber drainage basin: +------------------------------+--------------------------+ | | Square miles-- | | Tracts. +------------+-------------+ | | Cultivated | Cultivable. | | | in 1877. | | +------------------------------+------------+-------------+ |Kamas Prairie (northern edge) | .7 | 3.0 | |Peoa to Hennefer, inclusive | 8.5 | 9.0 | |Parley’s Park | 3.2 | 3.2 | |Uptown | .5 | 2.0 | |Echo Creek | .3 | .9 | |Croydon | .4 | .5 | |Round Valley | .5 | .5 | |Morgan Valley | 6.0 | 6.9 | |Ogden Valley | 4.1 | 8.0 | |Delta Plain | 91.0 | 219.0 | | +------------+-------------+ | Total | 115.2 | 253.0 | +------------------------------+------------+-------------+