The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-02


city was depriving them of a large por-
ton of the waters of Emigration creek.
! to which they are legally and justly en-
titled. An agreement was made be-
tween the complainants and the city
in the year 1880 by which the former S
share of the water was fixed at one
seventh of the natural flow of the
stream. The compliments stated that
they We're not getting nearly that
amount Of water, while City Engineer
Kelsey declared they were getting
about one-third of the stream. The pc
titiOners. however, declared, through
their spokesman. Mr.. Harris, who was
very vehement at times and somewhat
unreasonable, too, that the city, in de
veloping new water supplies above the
veloping new water supplies above
headgate of the petitioners, had
tapped the sources from which Emigra-
ton creek was supplied, and thus had
reduced the amount of it's natural flow
so that even if they got one-seventh of
the present flow, it would not be as
large volume of water as they are
entitled TO under their contract They
claimed that the natural supplies of
Emigration creek were diverted into
the tunnel and the sump." and the
stream thereby reduced. The city en-
Sineer did not agree with them alto
gether on this proposition. and it was
not quite clear whether the petitioners
claimed one-seventh of the original
stream or One-seventh of the additional
water developed by the city. in addition
to one-seventh of the original stream.
Some little friction was developed be-
tween the city engineer and Mr.. Har-
ris and other of the petitioners. the
latter being very blunt in asserting that
their rights were being flched from
them by the actions of the engineer.
In this they were not supported by the
members of the committee. several of
whom very plainly stated that Mr..
Kelsey had simply carried out the in
structions of the city council, and if
wrong had been done, the council was
to blame. Mr.. Harris seemed to have
a very decided objection TO any system
of measuring the water and much pre-
ferred the old plan by which he and
the other petitioners guessed at the
amount of water they were entitled to
under the agreement.
The matter was referred to the city
engineer and Watermaster Seldom to
confer with the compliments and en-
deavor to arrive at a satisfactory I'M
Outstanding.
Mr. Moore, the old gentleman from
Parley's canyon who sent q communi-
cation to the council on Tuesday COM
planning that his garden and orchard
were suffering from the action of the
council in causing the abandonment OF
the canal in Parley'S canyon. appeared
before the committee on irrigation in
support of his request that he be al
lowed a little of the irrigating fluid.
I The committee, while not conceding
that he had any legal right to it, favor
ed allowing him some water, and will
probably so recommend to the council
next Tuesday evening.
JOHN STUBBS' COMPLAINT.
John Stubs was there in support of
his petition that he be given employ
ment in some of the city departments.
He went before several of the COM
mittees, notably the sanitary commit
tee. and told how on account of his
socialistic proclivities he lost a fine po-
sition in the service of her Britannia
majesty and had been forced to leave
his native land, and finally had an
chored in Salt Lake City, but found
conditions here worse than in England,
he having been Disseminated against
and treated with great injustice by
those in authority in this city. He had
a special grievance against Mayor
Clark. who he said was the tool of the
money power and of the church digni-
taries and didn't give the poor working
man a show. He had applied 80 times
to the water department for work. and
a large number of times to other of the
municipal departments, but ineffectu-
ally. John said he really needed job.
His little property was mortgaged and
almost on the Joint of foreclosure. His
wife was very sick and had been op-
Grated upon in the hospital several
times and now was nigh unto death.
John is a crank as everybody knows,
but there was a good deal of pathOS in
his plea and when he said he was will
ing to work with either a pen or a
pick. the committee felt they would
like to help the poor old fellow. John,
however gave it to be distinctly ur-
derstood that he would die in ditcn
! rather than abandon what he called
the principles for which he had already
suffered so much. He left thanking
the committee for their promise to in
terest themselves in his behalf.
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
Peter Moffatts petition to be allowed
500 for injuries done to his eye While
he was in the employ of the city, came
before the committee on claims, which
will probably recommend that he be
given something.
The contractors making some altera-
lions on the Alta block will, if the
goes, D6
allowed to erect a scaffold over the
sidewalk on giving sureties relieving
the city from responsibility in case OF
accidents.
The sanitary committee referred the
petition of James Nicholson for the re-
moval of barn recently erected near
his premises on l street, to the city
attorney. Mr.. Nicholson claimed that
i5the barn is public nuisance.
Consideration of j. w. Wardell's pro-
position to operate the crematory went
over for week.
The suggestions in regard to g
method for increasing the citys water
supply to the council last Tuesday
night by Councilmen Howe, Mar2etts
Weller and Watermaster Seldom. was
not their report as a special committee
| but was made voluntarily by them, af-
ter a great deal of labor and investi-
/ cation in the matter, and in the hope
! and belief that it will be of service tC
! the city.
! The very handsome bouquets pre-
scented to the members of the council
] the officers thereof and the reporters
! last Tuesday evening. came from Lib.
erty park and the thanks therefor are
due TO Chairman Siddoway, of the pub.
! lie grounds committee and the gard
eners at the park.
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