Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-07-02
JORDAN ASn UrlH LAKE


Tue most far.fcaching decision yet |
rendered ty the Stale Supreme coufii
ana one % enc most important ever
made in Utah, 10 that given 10 tho
NEWS OF Wednesday evening. In the
case Of Salt Lakc Ci,y e, al VI ,. II.
Collage IT al, involving questions a.
10 the usr ~ UIah Lake % a reservoir
Tor itflgallrg great portion oi Salt
Lake county. The opinion was wilton
By Judge Baroh. and states the chse
with much clcarne,i; IT, value 10 this
regard Il such that II should be care.
fully read by everyone Interested Ia
tho ifrlgAllng canals from Jordan
river, ami 10 irrigation msttofs gen.
orally. SO far ~ concerns the points
touched upon therein, we do not
care 10 elaborate; hut there ate
come Incidental matters connected
with the case which arc OF deep inter-
Get, and which the decision necessarily
is not an explanation Of, yet aro I'm
portAnt TOT the public TO understand.
III Aut UAhfl""a NsiNs ''"s Nv '''''N
to the whole issue, there have been
raised many complicated questions.
has been too tedious ior tho pubic mind
to follow these, and now the decision
dispotrs Of them all 10 very simplciofm'
But In reaching that conclusion vast
amount OF research was necessary,
both on the part Of counsel In tue case
aud Of the court For complete pre-
toutalion oithe case 30 that the equities
thereof could DO reached, II was
essential that thorough understands
log Of tho principles OF hy'
dTsulles and hydfostaties as np.
piled to the issues should BE- Invoked;
snd for the mastery way In which
this was done, we cannot refrain from
Sgmpiiny niing Hon. i. 3. Richards,
0; COUNSEL for tho plaintiffs, whose
action Id this particular manifested n
o0mprehehsijn Of the subject thai
was Tar beyond the special interest In
his immediate clients, and embraced
lie value and Importance 10 the public
generally.
Many ytau asp there was a dispute
NJ to how much OF n dam the canal
companies could mfintaln In the
jordan river, ~ tho outlet Of Utah
Lake. without Infringing upon tue
rights Of land owners around
the lake. In 1855 there were
I'VE ifrgaung ,nnals drawing
water iot lanIa In Balg Like county
the Jordan ani Salt Lake canal to
this city anu tho Draper canal on tho
East side oi the river, aud three big
canals wet Of tho Jordan. Ia that
year these canal comranies entered
oaconttacy With tll tho land ownrfs
around Utah Lake. A. 70 tho dan
which might 10 maintained la tho
uvsf aud tho utb u tho late as d
reservoir, anI how nigh tho water
might be falirI Whom tbls c5m.
promise point was agreed upon, Il wa,
also AslcoI that there should DO a lake
oommislon Of I'VE, who should
determine lust what boards might be-
placed IN the dam TO keen IN, Isv,i
Of the wAtgtuptoa de,lfeI mint for
the use OF the canals
In 1898, dispute, arose a. 1, tho bigb
water mark, and mspy aunt, were
brought sgains tho canal c,mp,pir.
Tor damages alleged 10 nave b.,n
caused By keeping the wntsr,t.,bI,r
The companies made punrr,ps ,r',,.
10 have thele settled tv,IbIr,,,i,' nn,
no satisfactory agrsem,r, ca,,I "a.
reached. FINALLY, SAD l,t, g,,,' ..,.,
The canal csmp,ris. r,-n,,t sa'
Agaius, the land ewpsu +, ss,,,,,,a.
iuu what hight me vs,s, c,n'i
be mulntsip,d A. vn., -. 80
lion. mt.l, '''''N''
Jordan 10 hold ue y.f,. t,.r
AMI to euJolu ur rr..,r.. ~