, 1891-04-22
new WATER ORDINANCE
Lawn Irrigators to Get Fair Show
This Summer.
Recently Presented Ordinance We
toed by the Mayor.
Appropriations to Run the Various
City Interests.


The city council held their regular
meeting last night, all the councilmen be-
ing present excepting Mr.. Bond.
READY TO GO On.
MI. jerks of the water committee re-
ported that no work had as yet been done
towards laying the water pipes for the ex-
tension of the system owing to the uucer-
tain condition of the sale of the water
bonds. He had, however, called for bids
for hardware in the way of tools for the
work and submitted bids from the firms
of Arp & Hammond, Wyoming Hard
ware company and f. Schweickert
The bid of Arp 4 Hammond was found
by the water committee to be the lowest,
and 50 the contract went to that firm.
The water committee was instructed by
the council to go ahead and make arrange
ments for the laying of the pipe and to
provide means for paying for the same I'M
til the money shall be available from the
sale of the bonds. Mr.. Merrill of the
finance committee reported that they had
been corresponding with buyers and had
received a conditional bid for the bonds by
telegram.
IRRIGATION ORDINANCE vEToED.
The ordinance passed at the last meet.
ing of the council regulating the use OF
water was returned bv the mayor with the
following objections:
l herewith respectfully return to you
without my approval an ordinance to
amend an ordinance concerning the
water supply Of the city, for reasons here
matter stated.
This ordinance was introduced March
II, 1891, and laid over under the rules,
aud came up for final passage April .
and passed the council.
This ordinance provides as follows:
Section l. That section 8 of an ordi-
nance entitled an ordinance concerning
the water supply of the city and fixing
the water rates and for other purposes,
approved June g, 1883, as the same was
amended by ordinance approved Sent.
30, 1890, be and the same is hereby
amended so as to read as follows:
Section s. Water for irrigation or
%sprinkiing shall be used only from 6 u.
M. to 8 a. m, and from 5 p. IN. to 8 D.
IN. during the irrigating season. which
shall commence the LIST day OF May and
end the last day of September in each
year. and during the other seven months
of the year water shall be used for irriga-
ton and sprinkling only on Saturdays of
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it shall be unlawful to use water for such
purpose at any other time. Water for
city park irrigation and ~sprinkling shall
only be used between 10 a. m. and 4 d.
IN. each day during the irrigating season. "
| do not wish to be called upon to en-
toice this law, as | think it is not for the
best interest of the city. Section S of this
ordinance provides that water for irriga-
tion ana sprinkling can only be used from
6 a. m. to s a m. | consider that this is
not sufficient time for s~prinkllng lawns
and irriRating trees, especially for those
who have grass plats and trees along the
sidewalks. | recommend that this time
be changed to read from 6 a. M. to 9 a.
M, and from 5 p. N. to s p. IN.
This ordinance further provides that
the irrigatinG season shall commence the
first day of May, and end the last day of
September, and the other seven months
of the year water can only be used on Sat.
urdays of each week from 4 p. IN. to 9 D.
m. If this law is enforced it would work
a great hardship on those who have trees
and lawns. The council should encourage
this class of citizens, and place no obsta-
Giles in their way, as it is these people
whom we may thank for making this des-
ert blossom as a rose. During the month
OF April there are a great number of trees
and shrubs planted, and it is necessary to
use water. To pass a law to prevent the
use of water during the month OF April is
equivalent to preventing the citizens from
planting trees and shrubs, or making
lawns to beautify their homes. [ recon-
mend that the irrigating season commence
the first day OF April and end the last day
of October Of each year.
This ordinance further provides that
water for irrigating during seven months
OF the year can be used only on Saturdays
Of each week from 4 p. IN. to 9 p. M.
consider that there is no necessity for
this restriction. The city engineer made
II test on the 10th day of December, 1890,
and found there was $50, 900 gallons OF
water over and above all the demands Of
the city flowing out of the city reservoir
into the lakes every day. 1t is estimated
that the new water system which will be
completed by October Will give us a sur
plus during the winter months over and
above the present demands OF the city OF
,000, 600 gallons per day. / recommend
that the citizens beallowed to use some of
this surplus water one day in each week
from the first of November to the first of
April. On acoouut of our high altitude
and dry seasons trees require more moist
ure than in other localities.
This ordinance further provides that
water can only be used in the city park
from 10 a. m. to 4 p. M. In thirty days
the to~urteen-inch main pipe to run from
the new reservoir to T~wentY-ninth street
will be completed, there to connect with