The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-28
COST OF CITY WATERNORE5
WATER COMMISSIONER REPORTS
TO TIE COUNCIL.
Total Cost Is Estimated at $257, 925
Proposition to Buy the strong's
Canyon Water Right.

At the meeting of the city council
last night all members were present.
The council held a brief open session,
followed by a lengthy session OF the
committee of the whole. The lighting
matter was again postponed, and like
wise no action was taken on the tele
phone ordinance. The committee on
claims made its report allowing num-
Der of claims and the report was &C
| cepted.
The financial committee recommend
ed that Daniel Hamer, the eN-county
collector, be reimbursed in the sum OF
800 for a warrant which he had taken
in when he was collecting taxes for the
city and which warrant was after
wards declared invalid, being one OF
the Thirtieth street warrants.
On recommendation Of the committee
on streets the telephone company was
given permission TO put poles between
wires and run a telephone line from the
north side of West Twelfth street.
The poll tax collector filed his regular
report.
THE TELEPHONE DECISION.
The city attorney reported that an
adverse decision had been given in the
case of the city against the telephone
! company in the Second district court,
| that the decision was not on account OF
the form of the ordinance imposing the
! license but affected the right of the city
TO impose such a license.
Conroy moved that the case be APP
pealed to the supreme court OF the
state. Wardleigh opposed this, and at
ter considerable discussion the motion
was lost, Browning, Conroy, Nash and
Pierce being the affirmative voters.
Later in the evening, after the meet
| ing of the committee of the whole, the
council reconsidered their action and
decided that the case be appealed.
The claim of Samuel Fortier for
| S265.05 for services as consulting engf-
neer in making estimates as to the cost
of the WaterWorkS system was allowed.
COST OF WATERWORKS.
A report was received from the water
commission transmitting an estimate
of the cost of a new WaterWorks sys-
TEN, as required by the city engineer
and Mr.. Fortier. The estimated cost
was: For reservoir and conduit,
! $7,709.20; for distributing system, $780,,
47S.7O; for engineering, supervision and
the like, $24,356.90; total estimated cost,
! $257 ,925.S0.
A communication was received from
| the advisory committee informing the
council that at a recent meeting Of this
! committee the purchase OF the water
right owned by the Strong's Canyon
Water company had been considered;
that. a subcommittee had been ap-
pointed to investigate and make a re-
port. The council was advised not to
buy this until the committee had mad
its report. In this connection letter
was received from j. ]. Cortez, agent
of the Strong's Canyon Water com
pany, Offering to sell the water right to
the city for $4,000 This WIS referred
to the committee of the whole.
CHEAPER LIGHT.
A resolution was put and carried, re-
questing the Union Light and Power
company to make a. reduction on COM
mercial lighting of SO per cent. This
resolution passed unanimously, and the
council then went into committee OF
the Whole.
In committee of the whole it was de-
cided that the water commission meet
with the sub committee of the advisory
committee, and consider the PROPOSE
ton TO buy the Strongs canyon water
right, and the water committee is to
report the result to the council at a
special meeting Thursday night. Ii
was further decided to reject all bids
for electric lighting.
An adjournment was taken until
| THURSDAY.