The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-10-26
THE WATER Wall.
Hess Meeting Of the Dry
Benchers.

p,ooeedings of the mass meeting helC
:, the Twentieth Ward schoOlhOus'
~ne,day October 21st, 1884, pursuant Il
.,sn by the chairman.
Netting called to order at7.30, about
% persons present, Edward Osborne
secretary.
The chairman read an address with
.oo,t of the laws of 5aIt Lake City
.,Iotive to the duties of the City
Sonncl and their aids in distributing
the waters flowing into the city equally
among the inhabitants thereof, re-
lied the result of a fire on the 18th
gstant. absence OF water, property
Snrned to ashes.
The committee appointed by the
.aoDIe to wait on President Taylor
Rere called upon to report.
The chairman, Mr.. Z. Howe, reported
Tery favorable and courteous recep-
gon by the President; he would not
Ectate TO the Council on political
eaters as they were entirely free to
tske such measures as they might
deem best for the general welfare
II the city, but the Inhabitants
~ the bench lands were neglected
Sbich he regretted and would use his
tnAueuce as a church member to induce
lbem to do their duty by their brethren.
Mr.. Howe requested the committee
Be discharged as having performed the
Suties they were appointed to; they
we're accordingly discharged with vote
Of thanks.
Il was proposed by Mr.. Howe that
committee be formed TO enquire what
the City Council propose to do under
The circumstances. SO that we have q
3ednite answer and know how TO act.
A committee was called as follows:
Nessrs. Howe, Timms, Osborne, Walsh.
Benson. Greive and Bywater, as COM
nittee to wait on the City Council.
II was then proposed that a fund be
seated to meet expenses.
4 committee wa appointed on finance
somposed of the following gentlemen,
those duty it should be To collect from
those interested a fund to meet the ex-
0ense attendant upon obtaining dis
Interested analysis of the water which
Ae Council proposed to supply TO the
benches for domestic, irrigation and
ether purposes.
Mes5rs. Peterson, Hill, Radden,
sainsbury, Axton, Auerbach and
SuithsOn.
Mr.. Walsh addressed the meeting at
Some length upon his past experience
n such matters. He never heard of
such q state of things. Always found
chat corporate bodies appointed to adj
minister the peoples rights endeaVored
70 act fairly by their constituents.
Mr.. Osborne feelingly addressed the
meeting, urging upon the people the
necessity of obtaining their equal share
Of water now, not to allow it to flag
at all, but press on for the benefit OF
themselves, their families and succeed
ing generations. The seeds of sickness
and death were in UnWholesome water,
and the man or men who would suffer
their families to partake Of that which
would injure their bodies, and SOW the
seeds of disease and death. were respon-
Hble before God anC man, if he or they
did not energetically try to to avoid the
sEil.
Mr.. Howe addressed the meeting, re-
porting several with him who visited
Dry Canyon and measured the water
very carefully. He reported that there
vas not now nor had been more than
10000 gallons of water per day. 1t
was measured by cubic measure, and
run into measure to time, many
times in order to be correct /;
also he laid before the meeting
some very interesting specimens of
Of deposits found in the fumes, tons OF
which could be obtained easily. The
reports given in the Nel0s being unreli-
able, We would like to have the water
analysed by disinterested party.
After remarks by several present to
he same purpose, the meeting adj
burned subject, to the call of the chair
man when he should consider it ne
cossary. EDWARD OSBORNE,
Secretary.