The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-28

conditions, possibilities and Whatnot-
Councilman Robertson, as usual was
the instigator of the discussions.
Whether bent on making mischief or
actuated by a sincere desire to have
some measures of relief for the suffer-
ing people adopted on wise and con-
sistent lines, his reports served at least
to arouse d sentiment favorable 10
prompt and intelligent action IN the
premises, if not to stir UP the speclu
committee appointed month ago 10
devise ways and means for getting
more water.
IMMEDIATE AND FUTURE RELIEF.
Attention was drawn to the water
question by the following resolution
from Councilman Robertson:
That the city engineer be directed to
make the necessary surveys and meas
urements for reporting as soon as pos
Sible on the following matters:
/. The necessary changes to be made
in the present pipe distribution system
and the estimated cost of correcting
the defective and unsatisfactory con-
ditions in the system of water distri-
button.
. By what means an additional sup
ply of water sufficient for present needs
can be procured next season at a linn
r tied cost.
8. The most desirable method of OBJ
tanning an increased supply of water
for future needs of the city, and an
estimate of the cost thereof.
WIDE RANGE DISCUSSION.
Fernstrom opened the ball by char
acteriZing the purport of the resolution
a wildcat scheme, and besides, in his
opinion, there was no necessity of rush
ing matters.
Buckle told of the inconvenience and
suffering borne by the inhabitants in
the eastern part of the city for the
last three months because of the scare
ity of water He expressed the belief
that there had been careleSsness, al
most criminal on the part of the Of
fcials whose duty pertained to the wa
ter supply and distribution, in permit
ting such conditions as complained of
by everybody to exist He had prom
iSed his constituents there would be
relief, but he had been compelled to
break faith with them, through no
fault of his. He opposed the motion to
refer the resolution to the special COM
mittee, because he had no faith in the
committees good intentions.
Chairman Howe of the special COM
mittee expressed regret at Buckles
predicament before his constituents.
He added that no relief could be ex-
pected this year, but there may be
something good accomplished for the
future. He had used his best efforts TO
get his committee together, and it had
been arranged that it would go out to
Mill Creek and Big Cottonwood today
TO commence negotiations with the far
mers for trading canal water for a
portion OF the canyon creeks. In an
other week the city engineer would
have all he could attend to in making
surveys and procuring other necessary
data.
wallace oorao5 ,,,;+t, How +1,o+ A.,
matter of unequal distribution should
y be referred to the waterworks commit
tee
Allen spoke for the adoption of the
resolution.
EXPRESSIONS BY ROBERTSON.
Robertson announced his opposition
to referring any part of the resolution
to the waterworks committee. 1t was
the special committees duty to look
into the question of additional supply,
and the engineer was the only one
qualified to ascertain if any of the sew
eral proposed plans were feasible. It
will be next year, and probably later,
he contended, before a supply from
new sources can be brought to the
city, but sources already owned by the
municipality can be developed and pro-
tected Before surveys are made it
viii be impossible to know from where
tanned.
Callister also opposed reference of
the resolution TO the special commit
tee, because it had done nothing in the
premises and had its hands full of
plans to be considered.
That part OF the resolution relating
to faulty distribution Of water through
the pipe system was referred to the
waterworks committee and the re-
mainder to the special committee. AL
len, Buckle, Callister, Diehl, Robert
son and Siddoway protested with their
negative votes.
NO FAITH IN. THE SPECIAL COM
MITTEE.
Councilman Robertson followed up
his previous effort by offering the fol-
lowing:
whereas. on Aug. 80, the city engi-
neer submitted to the council a set of
recommendations for the protection of
the city'S water rights and the increas-
ing Of the water supply, which recon-
mendations were referred to the special
committee having the subject in hand,
and;
Whereas. Said committee has not
seen fit to investigate nor to make a
report on same; therefore be it
Resolved, That the report of the en-
gineer be taken from the special COM
mittee and be referred to the commit
tee on waterworks.
MORE WATER TALK.
Buckle again arraigned the special
committee for it's dilatory tactics and
Howe again defended the committee
against the charge that it had been in
different to its duties.
Fernstrom wanted to blame the far
mers who use P2rley's water by theft
and otherwise for the famine in the
city.
Robertson also took a hand in the
censure and visited a few compliments
upon City Attorney Hall for not re-
porting a bill for an ordinance, as di-
rected month ago, to devolve the duty
of protecting the city's water rights on
q special commissioner. Then Robert
son spoke of the waste of water in the
city cemetery and gave Wallace a
thrust by saying while the streets were
insufferably dusty Wallace's biscuit
factory alley could be sprinkled by the
city's carts. Robertson asked why is
this so?'' But the councilman from the
Second ward flushed UP and maintained
a rigid silence.
Weller of the special committee ex-
pressed the belief that his committee
was an eyesore and a heart burner to
some of his colleagues. He haG been
absent from town, but was now ready
to take UP the duties before the COM
mittee. It looked - him like Robert
son wanted access TO the treasury, so
the whole country could be surveyed
and the city engineers curiosity salts
fed Then he spoke of what he termed
the Emigration canyon folly and the
%.,Irf of ton. 60.