Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1889-12-11
CITY COUNCIL.
The Hydraulic Canal Co. Offers 10
Rerurchase Its Water Right
The CITY willDEFenprHE1l1Ir
TO LOTS IN PLAT.
faNoring Public Buildings. I'm,
"sshingtonlsquare Must Not
BE Used.

The City Council met in regular
, session at $50 O'Clock last evening
Mayor Armstrong presiding.
r ID. Wolstenholm and Others called
the attention Of the Council TO the
condition Of First North Street be-
tween Fifth and Ninth West streets,
the said street being almost impas-
sable. They asked the Council to
, have it gravelsd. Referred to the
committee on streets.
a petition was presented by J. o.
Lowe asking that deed he made
+ to him for part OF lots . and 3,
block l59, plat a, and setting forth
that he had occupied the properly
for twenty years and had obtained
certificate therefor from the probate
court Referred to the com mittee on
public grounds.
A petition was presented by
Joshua Midgley and others repre-
senting that several years ago, at
the petitioner private expense. they
conveyed water to their residences
and have since paid regular semi
annual water taxes to the city, and
that now it was the intention of the
city to extend water mains to their
vicinity south on Fifth East and
tax them, to which they UB,ected.
Referred to the committee on water
works.
Il petition was presented by James
Chesney and others, asking that
Fourth South Street, between West
Temple and Second West streets. be
graded and put int decent condi- /
ton and that fumes be constructed
and put IN place in the open bitches
on said Fourth South Street in the |
locality designated. Said street and |
| bitches are IN the same condition |
! that they have been for the past |
thirty years, very little, il any, of ]
the taxes having been spent there,
The petition was referred to the 1
committee on streets.
The Salt Lake Brewing Company
and Others asked that an electric 1
light be placed at the corner of
Fifth South and Tenth East streets.
Referred TO the committee OH pub
lie improvements.
y communication was received
from Charles II. Toll, per his
agent, asking that Second Street in
Glendale Park addition be closed
for eighty rods, in order that the
land may be replatted. Referred TO
the city surveyor, with instructions
to report at the next meeting.
The following communication was
read:
To the Honorable Mayer altd CITE
COsHc4 Of Sail Lake City:
Gentlemen-Having been informed
that some members OF your honorable
body have expressed dissatisfaction
with the transaction connected with
obtaining by tho city from Salt Lake
County Of a one-sixth interest in the
Jordan dam and its storage capacity,
we herewith make 4 statement and
proposition:
The undersigned are members Of !
the Hydraulic Canal Company, which
organization was party to the said [
transaction Z
On or about the year 1879 salt Lake
County built dam for the purpose Of / {
reserving the waters OF the Jordan 4
River that had previously run TO I
waste. The interest in tho dam and (
IL 81 Ii
six parts. one OF these parts was a
granted to each Of the following canal :
companies TO wit: Draper, North Ior- :
dan, South Jordan, Utah and salt '
Lake, and the Jordan and salt Lake | Y
City. The remaining one-sixth was I
still in reserve. 9
a number OF citizens, the under q
signed among them, learning that this 5
intereSt was still inappropriate and n
being aware that there We're large
tracts Of land which could he brought
under cultivation il the water right i
could be obtained, steps were i
taken to secure il. n
\ petition to the county court for n
the said one sixth interest in the dam 1
and its storage capacity was favorably
acted upon, the prayer being granted. q.
On the basis of this grant OF the :
county court to the Hydraulic Canal 6
a canal was located and c
and some excavations were Y
made on its line, lands were entered {
under the homestead and timber laws, U
and the usual amounts paid to the gov
eminent. r
Estimates were made for hydraulic /
plant, including machinery 10 pump :,
the water from the river TO an eleva- =
ton of over one hundred feet. An i
expert was brought from California, !
who made plans and specifications, all Il
Of which involved large outlay. O
While this enterprise was in progress L
the dry season OF lSSS arrived, and
Salt Lake City was distressed for Z,
water. Your honorable body became II
aware of the existence Of the before /
one-siSth interest, and the :,
matter Of securing il was discussed. I
This discussion resulted i'm the ap- {
pointment Of the following special
committee, who were directed 10 In I
vestigate and report: Alderman James '
Sharp and Councillors Bolivar Roberts 9
and John Clark. 4
After investigation. which We pre-
sumed thorough. the committee. find {,
ing that the Hydraulic CanalCompany |:
had claim upon the one-sixth in
crest IN the question, made an IN g
proposition, dependent upon :;
he consent Of the council, 10 the said :
company. II was in substance as fol-
Ows:
That II the Hydraulic Canal Company ,
you'd address the county court, surrender 4 =
NJ all claim 20 the one sixth interest IN the IL
lam and it storage capacity IN favor OF the bt
lty, the corporation would reimburse the
aid company for all expenditures made in .
lursuIf Of their enterprise, provided that u
he aggregate did not exceed $1,000" d
This proposition was accepted. and III
he committee reported to the council ii
IS follows: re
SALT LAKE CITY, L. T, u
October sih, lse9 III
To sie Honorable Mayor aad CIty Couaeil
ii SAX Lake City: III
Gentiemen-NOur special committee Ar II
oInted for the purpose OF negotiating for GO
he One-siNth OF the Jordan River Din ad- I :
ition . the one siAth to which the city Is -
niI:led. through the Jordan and Salt Lake q
anal respectful Y report that We have Z ms
ef0rmed the lab0rs assigned 20 Us, and nj
erewith submit the cost OF purchase OF -
AID one sixth interest IN the Jordan dam OF
nd the water OF said -Iyer and ask speedy ci
ctiOn thereon.
Very Respectfully,
JAMES SHARr, ut
JONI CLARK. til
BOLIVAR ROBERTS. o.
Special Committee. :.
This rePor. WAS adopted by the said "a,
Ouncil, as viii appear on the record Of =.
leir proceedings October 9. 1855. -
The result was that the transaction ~
as consummated and a deed was M
lade by the county court for the one
Xth interest to Salt Lake City. on
IL is stated as Introductory to the
,regoing statement that we had been
formed that dissatisfaction on this
inject had been expressed by some