Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-27
A BIG BLUNDER.
40 ATTENTION PAID 10 GRADE.
Tho System Pat In at Cost OF $685.,
OOO.-0nc Mile Il Already Taken
Up..-Who is Responsiblel

There has been great deal Of talk
during the last few Jays about an al
legged oxtravagant b.uudor by the city
waiofwOrks department on the north
bench In laying tho high waterpipe
line lnsi summerHnd fall, and It Is spid
That determined but unsuccessful
effort was set on foot 10 hush It up. Dur.
iug this period "A representative Of the
DEsEnEr NEWS has been iuquiring
Into the case aud ~ result has lounu
that tile eight miles Of pipe laii on the
Forth bench during the last yeas at
cost of $4,000 were put into tho
earth without reference " grade.
Now that the discovery has been made
nobody iswilllng to shoulder the iespon-
sibllity. Blame hiss been Immediately
thrown on tue city engineer for not
having established the grade. A NEWS
reporter made soveral attempts to In.
terview that official today hut he was
not ut this tiilce when the newspaper
man called. Councilman Hardy,
however, took 1t upon him.
self TO defend Mr.. Doromus. He
said that gentleman was not RESPONSE
ble In any degree for the costly mistake.
10 was "a matter OF record that Mr.
Dorcmus had opposed the laying Of the
pipe ON the north bench, which was
entirely uninhablted. Tho city
engineer performed his work
largely under the direction
OF the CITY Council and had
never been Instructed 10 give the
grade for tho north bench system.
Ryan laid the pipe anu no one else
had anything 10 10 with the matter 20
far as he knew.
MILE W PIPE EXPOSED.
Mr.. J. X. Gillespie, OF tho
real estate firm OF kelsey x
Gillespie, was seen today and
asked for n statement OF tho oasc,
He said: Time aud again the council
was petitionod by property owners for
the fixing Of grades on the north bench
before the new water system was
built but no attention was paid TO their
appeals.
III sce." said the reporter, "that In
constructing the boulevard on Flew
enth street you have uncovered the
watur pipee."
"rhat 10 right; we were compelled
10 do IL and II comes from
the Council ignoring the property
owners. The boulevard had TO be cut
down TO grade and, acting under tho
direction Of the Council, II took up far
below the pipta-as much Rs seven or
eight feet In many places"
Glow much Of this pipe have you
exposed2"
IA little more than a milo-About
oneymile, think"
"rhe city will have 10 replace Il will
II not, Mr.. Glllespie7"
Certainly, aud for no other reason
than the foOlishness Of la members.
The cost OF relaying could easily have
been avoided by laying the system TO
grade. ASH 10 Il will have 10 be torn
up whenever a street is graded"
SHOULD HAVE HEN LAID ON THE
SOUTH.
l.. p. Kelsey, who In conneo.
tlon with Mr.. Gillespie owns
great deal OF North beach
property and who has had
charge Of the boulevard construction
up To date, Tehiiirmed what Mr.. Gilios-
, pic had said. The whole difficulty could
have been prevented, even a the ignor-
, ing OF grades, provided thatlplpes had
been laid ON the south side OF all
streets running east aud west. This IL
7 because the south side OF tho streets
: il much lower than the north. There
would have been no cutting or filling
In giadlng the streets.
WHAT RYAN SAYS.
"Yeg," said Superintendent OF Wat
egworks Ryan, "Kelsey and Gillespie
! have uncovered mile Of water pipe,
. a part OF the new system ON Eleventh
. street, ia constructing their part OF the
. boulevard, and leit It hanging In this
, air. then ordered the Joints burnt
/ out aud had the Pipe rolled up on the
4. hill 10 save It,"
. "Undsr whose direction was tho
: pipe In question laid, Mr.. Ryan,"
asked the reporter.
"rho work was done under my
a.. supervision. No attention was givon
To the matter Of permanent grades, tho
ground being followed over the entire
eight miles Of the system"
t'Has the system ever been used2"
emo, sir; water has not been turned
= In II yet"
, "By the way, Mt. Ryan, were not
these pipes lald by the force Of election
hnbOs you had cllonize1 In the Fourth
= precinct last fsliY"
. 10 this question Mr.. Ryan hung his
a head and smiled family but did not
a reply.
Councilman Kelly declares that II
. will cost at least $1,000 to relay the
pipes torn up along the route Of the
! boulevard, aud commenting thereon
, an anti.Ihberal councilman said todayi
F. Urhe entire high line water system
!, was, put In TO give employment
60 election liboIei las, fall, anu lmark my
/ word, the same kind of u gang viii
b relay the pipes before the next election.
II Is only part Of the game"
II the statements OF certain city
a officials count Tor anything, there will
z be- lively time before this matter Is
' satisfactorily explained.