Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-03

n special report as soon as the work
shall have been completed. Inshe
meantime,
ASSURE YOU
that this Il the moet creditablo and en-
during work ever undertaken 10y the
city and must remain n perpetual
monument 10 the wisdom u the C0un.
Gil under whose authority It was in.
augurnted. Through Il stream equal
IN quality aud executing In vol
ume that Of City Creek hns been added
to orr water supply through tho pipe
syten, making Ii double what Il was
one year ngo, nnd Increasing the sup.
ply OF two wears ago by more than
one hundred aud nifty per cent From
the streams now made available we
have an ample supply In seasons Of
greatest scarcity Tor population OF
100000. All L. Of the
puRFsr MOUNTAIN wATrRs,
brought In by gravitiiion through
works OF the most substantial and eu-
during character, ana requiring the
least possibl, outlay for operation and
maintenance. In brief, the change
effected In our water supply during the
past two year has been TO provide u
generous and at all tlnes clean and
pure supply for population OF 100000
In place Of mcagro ana Mt times
muddy supply for population OF only
$4,000"
Ofthe amount expended In 1891, for
extending the water service, the sum
Of slOi 1920 was collected by assess
ments aud water credits given for lis
repayment rs previously explained.
The details Of the
WORK ron THE YEAR
In procuring water are ret forth In the
| city engineer, water master and
/ superintendent VI water works reports.
The water mains aud service have
been extended to some parts OF the city
not yet thickly Inhabited. This Ia the
! emf Win prove TO bee "a good policy.
when the demand for city lot for &C.
cupation becomes active, their i'm.
provcmonl will he greatly facilitated
| by the fact that water II within their
/ reach. No one Will improve or try To
occupy lot where water cannot DO
procured, ard nothing more strongly
| Invites improvement than n good wa
ter supply.
This reference 10 expenditure for
water supplies aud service above made
are
rNcLusIvE OF IHE AMOUNT
expended for the maintenance aud
| Improvement Of the irrigation system,
I for which the SUN OF S32,0a2.40 wa
expended Ia 1871.
The want OF good sidewalks was one
Of the things which required special
attention. During the past year there
have been conntfuctod nearly eleven
| miles Of permanent sidewalks. The eN-
| pense paid blythe city for cTosswalks and
| lts share of the sidewalks l. s21, 5b3.H,
/ Agalnst s933l IS Tor like purposes In
/ 1900. The good result Of this work Is
% apparent that no comment Il neces.
sary, and the sidewalk system is now
| In such "a forward con Hilton that II Will
not fequlIea large city outlay ia any one
| year, and II can b. carried ON yearly as
| clrcu INSTANCES may require.
| Sewerage ia one Of the important
/ things required In the system Of i'm.
| provcmonit. II was begun more than
| two yenrs ago; the past year 81, S3S.OS
was expended fOr this purpose, OF
/ which II ,732 70 was received from
special assessments. The System Ia
/ well Organized aud In
PROGRESS OF EXTENSION
rs fast as local districts call for 1t
aud are ready ~ meet their share
/ OF tue expense. When thu system
| IL extended and the How 10 the outlet
increased, aud 1t is not improbable, aud
/ that difficulties iu the handling and
| disposition Of the sewerage ut the
terminal may nrlae and necessitate
.
/ ticable method Of converting the
sewerage Is devised. The length Of
sewers no far constructed Ii 81, 1855 feet,
or 10 1900 miles.
nun LITTLE HAS BgEN DONE
toward paving the streets. So many
things were required that all could
| not be- done NJ once, aud water, slde-
works AMI sewerage naturally come
before paving. But few streets were
/ ready for paving or the DeOplo ready to
incur their share OF the cost. The
work OF paving COMMERCIAL street
with asphaltum was begun late last
fail anu was completed this springs uJ
80 lar has given entire satisfaction.
A contract has been awarded
the Pacific Paving company OF Utah
for putting down \ bitumlnOus rock
pavement on State street between
South Temple aud Fourth South
streets. Considerable ptepo rR.ory
work has been done and the work will
he hurried TO completion ~ soon "a
favorable weather Will permit.
The report of the police department
Shove the force has been active aud
efficient In its public service. The ex-
prnSe Of the department has been
] ~ gAGg. Ia.
expense Uf 1890. There has been at
times u want u harmony In the force
which resulted
IN A MlsRORTuNE
very greatly 10 no regretted. II ~ be.
lleved harmony has been restored and
there IL no reason TO think II will not
he maintained. Tn. force Is smaller
compared 10 tho population than that
OF most cities, and the large district
covered by the city In comparison
with Its population prevents any ell
Client patrol beyond tho central part Of
the city. IL II probable the force
will have o. be Increased or some
auxiliary force provided for under the
charge Of the department to patrol paris
u the city which the limited force can
not efficiently reach. \ comparison
with some OF our ncighboring
WESTERN CITIES
may not be out OF place 10 show our
city has not M large police force Tor
It's size aud population as II should
have. Salt Lake City, total number OF
police 3s, Portland 100, Beaver $780, and
Omaha 81.
The fire department IN In most ell 4.
Client and satisfactory condition; 1t was
increased and well organized IN 1890.