Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-01-22
CITY COUNCIL.
Interesting Report of the Water
Commission.
EXTENSION Or eLkeraic LIGHTS
AGREED UPON.
Reports OF Ci,s 0meers. water
asins.-The Investigation,


Aains.-The Investigation.
The City Council met in regulal
session last evening, Mayor Arm.
strong presiding.
n petition was presented by J. H
Give, asking that a resolution b,
pass-s authorizing the mayor to cor,
rect a certain deed. The petition
Was about 70 be referred 10 the altor.
ney, but that officer stated that he
had examined t,e petition, and as il
was THE same as the Woodruff case.
one heretofore fully examined, the
resolution was read and PASSED and
the mayor was authorized to make
the correction.
a petition was presented by Sam
uel J. Newton, asking for the
extension Of water mains and claim
ii;S that injustice had been done the
petitioner by the council in neglect.
;ns TO take any action on theft for
mer petitions. RcSifed to the COM
mittee o., waterworks.
I \ petition from Barzillai II. VIII
liams was presented, asking ;h,t the
street supervisor be irssfuc ted to fill
up thestnee. "a front of his residence
nes- the brick yard, ordered done
some years ago. Mr.. Mccormick
thought the statute ofIimitations had
run against it, but IL was not &c c,p-
sidered by all, and the petition was
referred to the street supervisor.
\ petition was received from w.
n stshl asking that = license be
Issued during HIS pleasure in view of
] certain circumstances show n Iby the
! petitioner. Referred to the commits
tee on licence.
\ communication was real
rom the secretary OF the Chamber
oi Commerce, inviting che City !
Council 70 meet with them Thurs
day evening next to consider seye-
raj subjects which they wished the [
City Council to consider. The in |
yitatiOn was accented.
\ Communication from THONGS
QusSie, Tor the Parley's CaHyop
commission, announced. that as the
conditions on the part Of the CITY in
Transferring 70 the farmers certain
waters had not been fulfilled, they
considered the contract as n6t
binding. Filed for information.
TWO liquor licenses were granted.
a communication from Chas. p.
BROOKS, stating that in view Of the
slckEess Of David James a full re-
porto the expense of the sewerage
during the past year could not IL
made, and asking for further time.
was received and fled.
The following was then read:
WATER COMMISSION REpoRT.
10 ne Honorable Iie NSyor ont. Gu (
6oURcE q Sal Lake Cslg:
Gentlemen--h our commissioners.
appointed an the early part Of last
April to investigate and report upon
the best means of effectually increas-
ing the water supply Of Salt Lake
City, are now prepared to report to
your honorable body such progress
As has been made in the objective
direction by US during the last few
months.
Although some members of the
Council have at times shown unpec-
essary anxiety in suggesting to the
how and when its report
should be Presented, We have no
apology 10 offer for submitting this
no sooner; conditions were not such
that we could.
The committee accepted with its
n problem which re-
CURED an immediate partial sOlu-
ton for imperative existing de- i
IL is one which usually re- /
the several drainage or catchment | !
Basins, together with the amount OF :
thereon;and a measure
inent Of the daily flow Of the streams
kept up for several years. so as 10 =
ascertain the maximum and mini
mum discharge from the respective ,
1t is rarely possible, during the !,
limited time granted for preliminary :
10 observe the streams
during a minimum year; but the !;
of the one lust mast :
have been remarkably fitting for :
his requirement, and such ipforma- ,
-ion has been obtained as will en- .
able US 10 make provision for the a
season Of greatest scarcity ever :
likely To occur again. :,
The culinary requirements Of the \
5000 inhabitants Of Salt Lake Il
City is but a small proportion Of the !,
enormous amount Of water needed !,
or irrigation. i
The usual beauty Of our city de- i
lends upon an elegant system OF =
during period Of five z
months. between May l and Sep !,
ember 81, when the flow from the =
espective sources is at its lowest. Il
The official survey Of Salt Lake ;,
1ity shows 1t TO cover about 400 :,
cres OF ground, excluding streets. q
The standard adopted for cal :,
ulating the irrigational supply n
n Utah is one cubic foot per second q
D the loo acres. Then TO properly N
rrigate our 1900 acres requires n :,
tream flowing forty-two cubic feet n
er second, or %, I4S, 434 gallons per n.
hours. T.
Omission of statistics is intention =,
J, but the fact has been satisfac- J.,
1rily determined that seventy-five n
allOns per capita Is the usual supply II
sed in twenty-fOur hours by in n
ahitants Of manufacturing centres. l..
that We safely adopt it as the
asis Of calculating ours. With n,
1000 inhabitants and our popula- ~
lon increasing, cur culinary sup q,
ly must be at least 800. OjO rs
ailons per day. This 3.75O.OOO a,
allons, plus the irrigation sun =,
ly OF %, i3, 49, gallons states =,
he city's total requirement of r.
very acre that is cultivated, and n,
lch inhabitant uses his full quota: T.,
ut while there are hundreds OF
cres uncultvated and scores built ~,
pom, and several thousand persons -
hose daily consumption is beneath =.
lie quota, and the number who use -
excess not proportionateIy great. -
e may safely state 20, 500. 424 gal O.
ms per day as ample for every re- 5s
lirement- -
The commissions first official n;
ep was 10 institute examinations,
oh as would enable US 20 suggest of
easures contributing TO immediate No
liefas well as to the obje give per- re,
anent result. -
CITY CREEK. TIC
The City Greek canyon was SUBJ M
,ted TO reconnaissance early in
ay. Controlling features were 10,
refully observed. Our ,,oslclusions ~,
ere soon formed, and the. measures or,
ggesfed 10 Nnnr honnrahle hnd,- e