Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-01
SULLIVAN WANTS IT.
Tho Well Known Contractor After
The City Sewage.
WILL TAKE IT OVER JORDAN.
Ills scheme 10 Reclaim Thousands Of
Acres OF Arid Lands.-Ihc
Project In Detail.

The present CITY Council have
wrcstltd with good many iranchIsos
during their terms Of Office. But the
biggest problem which they have
had to deal with SCI. Ia the way OF
granting privilege to corporations or
private individuals will DO one which
10 now being prepared for presentation
and consideration.
The applicant In this instance IL
J. w. sullivan, the well known rail-
road and canal contractor who IL
very anxious TO secure control Of the
entire volume OF sewage which Will
dow through the gravity outlet sewer
when completed. He IL anxious to
have HIS claims Investigated at once
In order that the city need not pur.
chase land for sewer farm aud fac
tories. II will mean, he says, saving
Of thousands Of dollars to Taxpayers.
Mr.. Sullivan does not intoud--at
least he has not signihed such inten.
tion-to purchase the sewage outright,
but simply PROPOSES TO take care Of II
for what he can make out OF IT, With
this end In view he viii seek a fran.
chise for term Of twenty-five year.,
the extreme limit under Tho law for
which u eau be granted.
10 a NEWS representative today Mr..
Sullivan saic: :" My scheme cOnttm.
plates the securing Of a perpetual right
10 uso the sewage from the outlet svWe
for irrigation purpOucs. lnnumrmble
OIL tests have been made showing
that 50 per cent Of oil sewage ~ liquid,
containing only sufficient solid matter
for leriilizing purposes.
snow, l intend, " my petition 10
granted, 10 take possession Of the sew
age whore II leaves the main conduit
aud convey II by meapH OF canals aud
/ fumes over the Jordan river.
/ The topography OF the country Il suoh
that 1 con easily distribute the water
towards every point Of the compass.
There are In that section thousands
upon thousands u AcrtE Of arid land
that can easily be- reclaimed by the
proper application Of this sewage,
which | propose TO sell 10 farmers. The
land In good and la many Bpois M rich
~ any IN tbs valley. AstO the portion,
Astounding In alkai had sufficient
experience 20 know that sewage com
pletely non,-aliyor shst NJ neral aud
Ia short time onrichos the ground 4
M incaiculnble UKtom
"The whole Of the city Creek, Emf
grafton aud PaTley's Canyon creek
viii eventually .gass through the cut
lot sewer. Ihu waters from then
will easily irrigale from 10000 1,
10, 900 acres Of lhnu. l can without
great difficulty dispose Of every act,
and IN my minu's eye can see hun
dreds OF farms and happy homes lusI
over the river. know that my mos
sauguine % expectations In this respect
viii bn realized whether my scheme Ii
successful or that OF come other man
"Dcnvor has long been attempting
10 put ita sewerage 10 just such use bu
where Il empties iutU the Platte rive
the country Is low, the depression "a
tending fOf great distance In every
direction. A scheme Ia ON foot
though, TO pipe II for some hNcef
miles TO Brighton and irOm there dis
Tribute u over the prairie"
| just how this scheme viii strike Ia,
Council IL not known, but IL IL believed
that n big bonus will he asked iO
tho sewage. And u II said OF
the quiet, that even Mr.. Sullivan vii
10 willing 10 give handsome annua
figure for IT, use.
Engineer DOremus months agt
stated TO n NEws reporter NJ publifhe,
In these columns NJ the time that hi
believed there would be competitive
bids for the sewage offered by capital
it, and that the system would not Onl,
he telf.suppoTtir < Tut would afford
revenue TO the city second only to tn,
general taxation.