The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-31


the Constructions of Large Res
ervoir to Provide for Emergen-
cies-TotaI Available Water Sup
ply of the City-R Effort
Endorsed.
The following is the interesting an
nual report of the waterworks depart
ment for last year:
Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. Is.
lR. N. Baskin, Mayor.
Dear Sir:-I submit herewith for
your inspection and approval, detailed
statement showing expenses incurred
by the water works department for
the year ending December 81, 1893.
The cost of maintenance during same,
amounted to SS4,576.92. The cost of
new construction amounts to So, 960.62
and improvements have been made in
the system to the amount of 0,782.SS.
Work and labor have been done for
various city departments to the amount
of s544.70 and for private parties to
the amount of $61522
We have on hand material, ETC., to
the amount of $26,9S9.05 as per inven-
tory accompanying this letter.
During the year, there has been laid
745 feet of water mains making a
total to date of 119 and 4693-52S0 miles;
lis hydrants and 157 valves have been
made to the mains requiring the lay
ling of 1890 feet of lead pipe; 491 ap-
Ipications to connect with mains have
been received.
The following work has been COM
pleted during the year:
| City Creek canyon
Nine thousand nine hundred and
thirty feet riprapping, repaired; 3,t08
feet of riprapping constructed, 3x2; 15,-
| 01S feet of the creek bed cleared; los
feet of rock work has been rebuilt in
/ Twentieth ward dam; ~ feet of rock
work has been rebuilt on Capitol hill;
| two fishways have been put in; one at
Twentieth ward and one at Capitol hill
dam.
Emigration canyon
| A retaining wall S25 feet long by 4
feet by 10 feet inches, has been built;
considerable excavation and leveling
about stump has been done. Debris in
stream has been removed, some springs
have been opened through tunnel and
trenching outlet, ten feet deep has
been completed.
PARLEY'S CANYON
| Five hundred and thirty feet of rip
rapping has been built; catch basins
sufficient to care for the gravel, ETC.,
been built; reservoir has been cleaned
and a considerable amount of debris
removed from the stream.
Necessary repairs to the system have
been made in order to keep same in
perfect order.
At the time 1 assumed charge of the
department, August Is, 1893, I imme-
diately had an inventory taken, of all
material etc, L could locate belonging
to the department Under the system
employed by my predecessor all this
material had been charged out to the
various accounts, although same had
not been used The inventory taken
lat that time, showed the department
had on hand material, ETC., to the
value of $29, 1880.
l would respectfully recommend that
the department be allowed to do the
work necessary to perfect a system of
permanent records, showing: First
drants in the city, by numbers. Sec
ond-The location of all valves, and
Third-The location of all curb boxes.
This is necessary for the reason that
in the event of a break in service or
mains, the exact location could be de-
termined in the office, and where men
are being constantly changed. a famil
Iiarity with the system would not of
necessity be essential to good service.
The fire department is also interested
in knowing the exact location and the
number of hydrants in the city, as in
case of fire, same would be required to
do efficient work.
That the wooden pipe line used in
City Creek canyon, for supplying the
Capitol hill and Twentieth ward lines
be abandoned, and the water necessary
for these portions of the city be sup
piled through the high line system.
This can be done by laying about elev-
en- hundred feet Of 8-inch pipe in order
to make the necessary connection.
This change would insure a purer sup
ply of water, and at the same time.
would very materially reduce the ex-
pense of maintaining the City Creek
system.
That riprapping be done in City
Creek canyon for a distance of at least
ten miles. Some of that already done,
shows very good results; not only pre-
venting ice forming in the creek dur
ing cold weather, but to a large extent
doing away with the mud and
debris that heretofore have been
discharged into the creek during
spring freshets and storms. These de-
posits have been source of continual
expense, and by the construction of the
riprapping in question, would tend to
tenance, but would also remove the
cause of q. great many complaints on
account of befouled waters and the
cost of flushing mains in consequence.
/ desire also, to call your attention
to the dams and water ways, or gate
houses; they should all be changed
where necessary and reset at an angle
of, say, about 40 degrees with the
course of the stream, to better enable
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the leaf" season. The expense at
tending these changes would be but
slight and the service very much inn
proved. The wagon road in the canyon
should be repaired; the trees should re-
ceive attention and all overhanging
branches in stream and road, should
be cut off and removed.
'Parley's canyon, which supplies the
city with about 100000 gallons of
water daily, should receive attention
during 1894 The stream which sun
plies us with water, should be put in
order by cleaning out all the dead
brush and timber deposited in it. and
should have some very necessary re-
pairing done. Others are interested
with the city in this water, but they
are not affected by it's condition or
quality. Some provision should be
made at the reservoir to prevent muddy |
waters from entering and befouling
the water in same, during and after
storms and freshets. This can be done
by constructing a wall at the upper
end of the reservoir and putting in |
necessary gates, also a "a inche pipe
through center of reservoir, connecting |
with flushing pipe at base of reser-
voir, at lower end of same; by putting
in necessary valves it could be SO ar !
ranged that when the stream is flowing
muddy water same could he di,ro,.t "a |