The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-02-18
wATERwoRks DEPARTMENT.
superintendent Dan Griffin is Max
ing a Good Record.

superintendent Dan Griffin is MAX
ing Good Record.
During his encumhency of the office
of SUPERINTENDENT of the waeerworks
Daniel S. Griffin has made a remark
able record and should his scalp lock
be removed by the scalpeI Of the mayor
the city will lose very efficient and
popular officer. The gentleman went
into Office in August last. succeeding
Billy RYAN. after that eX-official had
covered himself with mud and glory
of a certain kind, and the department
has become a model one in every re-
spect. It's records are in perfect shape
and with the aid of recent acquisitions
IN the shape of maps and drawings a.
person with little or no experience in
the DEPARTMENT could locate every
hydrant. valve and connection.
Acting upon the suggestions contained
in the superintendant's annual report
the committee on waterworks has two
or three very important changes in
view. changes which will save the city
large aggregate sum annually and
do away with much trouble and I'M
certainty. One of those changes is the
cutting out of the pumping station in
Emigration canyon. This can be easily
accomplished by putting in line of
iron pipe from the present stump, which
Is It's feet wide and 80 feet deep. The
fail would be sufficient to give the
water a good head and the work can
be ACCOMPLISHED with the expenditure
OF $500. At present the water is
pumped I'D out of the sun1p into a
the expense of maintaining the system
| is considerable Another change con-
TEMPLATES the abandonment of about
one and one-half miles of wooden pipe
in CITY Creek canyon. The superin-
/ tendant recommends that the Capitol
| hill property and the north bench be
added to the high line system and the
wooden pipe which supplies them at
present be abandoned This would also
do away with several of the upper
tanks and their watchmen. 1t would
REQUIRE but little over /, 100 feet of iron
pipe to effect a change which would
save the city a. vast amount of eX-
Denditure in maintaining the present
system. Superintendent Griffin feels
confident that the members of the
committee and subsequently the other
members of the council will see the
matter in the same light as himself
and order the required changes.
Among the recently completed records
of the Office is a tabulated statement
showing the daily amount Of water
measured at its lowest volume, of the
several water supply sources and the
territory supplied by each. It makes
the following showing:
City Creek Canyon, High Line-All
that part of the city north of Sixth
street from Canyon road to n street
and north of Brigham street, 1,1SS, 1864
gallons.
Capitol Hill Line-All that part of the
city east of First West, to east line OF
lplat and north of First North street
l943. S34 gallons.
Twentieth Ward System-All thai
Isection from Canyon road to N street
and north from Brigham to Sixth
lstreet and from Eighth East street
east and south of Brigham street, l, 143,-
I976 gallons
City Creek Brick Tanks-An thai
lpart of the city from Eighth East
street to West Temple street and west
Of First West street in northwestern
part of city, 5,1SS,160 gallons.
This gives a total supply from City
Greek canyon of 7,9S7,013 gallons every
twenty-four hours.
| Emigration Canyon = Tunnel and
pumping station and Emigration creek
All that part of the city from Canyon
iroad to n street and north from Brig
ham to Sixth street and from Eighth
East street east and south of Brigham
street 2,954.243 gallons.
Parley's Canyon, So per cent. of Par.
lley's creek-All that part of city from
Eighth East street, west on First
south side of Brigham street to West
Temple street and west Of First West
istreet in northwestern part OF the city
lS,5S5.0 gallons.
Salt Lake city's total water supply
computed on the daily delivery, meas
ured at the lowest ebb. is 1886, 32I
gallons.
BY means of novel devices the supply
of water from Emigration and Parley's
icanyons pass through relief tanks al
1.-THE intersection of First South an6
iFifteenth East, the elevation Of which
lis ATE feet above datum line and the
isystem is so connected with the Other
lsystems of the city as to admit of the
ldischarging of the water into all parts
of the city, except that section lying
north of Ninth street. The elevation:
lof the sources of the two supplies il
lquestion make it possible, however
lshould the occasion ever require, L
force the water as high up into Cit
which are at an elevation of 500 feet
The department has just inaugurateS
la system of numbering the fire by
ldrants of the city, Of which there ar
1850. A complete list and location mai
has been prepared and the hydrant
are now designated by their numbers
which latter are painted on that por
} ton of the casing above ground. If TIA
conditions which exist in Ogden Wer
ever duplicated here. this city would b
forced to pay $4,000 annually for tn
hydrant rental. Ogden now pays Sc
lper annum for every hydrant used ant
lmany that are not used.