The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-22

terday nine witnesses were examined
for the plaintiff. The gist of the testi
mony was that when the transfer of tn,
system was made under the lease t.
the defendants, the city had a fairly
good waterworks system, and that the
defendants used some portions of the
old material in the construction of the
new system, and that they also sold
some material which was part and par
Gel of the old system
Attorney Allison informed the court
that the remittitur from the supreme
court had been received by the clerk
| of the district court instructing' Mr.
Dee to turn the waterwOrks property
over to the defendants, as we'll as the
cash on hand. Mr. Allison said that
| Judge Dee had turned over the property
as we'll as $4,000 in money. There was
still some cash on hand, and not wish
ing the receiver to appear in contempt,
Mr.. Allison asked for five days time
when the question of Judge Dee's COM
pensation would in the meantime be as
certained and fixed. The request was
granted.
JAMES B. HOPKINS.
James B. Hopkins testified that he
saw material in use in the old system
w. d
load of crosses and tees were hauled
to the yards and probably sold. Wit
ness said he was familiar with all parts
of the new system, the operation of
which was begun in the fall of 1890. The
new pipe was laid between the curb
ing and the old pipe and nearer the
sidewalk The city was never sat any
time without water Twenty of the old
hydrants were used in the new system,
1yaY1 re in
the hydrants were placed under the di-
rection of the city officials. A tempo
rary connection was made at Twenty
fourth street and Adams avenue, be-
tween the old and the new systems, be-
fore the latter was completed, and that
connection lasted six months. Some of
the gates from the old system were
used in the new, where the old hy-
drants were used, none of the old ser
vice pipes were used in the construction
of the new system. The old service
pipes are still in the ground near the
new ones. The old crosses and tees
were not used in the construction of the
new system; they We're not suitable
Some of the old gates, however, We're
used.
JUDGE DEE.
Thomas D. Dee, examined by Mr.
Macmillan, said he had resided in the
city of Ogden for So years, and was,
during that time, off and on, connected
with the municipal government in var
ious ways. In 1889 he held a position
with the defendant company, when it
secured control of the system. The city |
had a good system at the time the de-
PENDANTS obtained control of it. The |
city used all the water the old pipes |
would convey. The pipes were laid on |
an incline, and thus pressure was OBJ
fr,E -.
Messrs. Pingree and Boyle measured |
the flow of water entering the reser-
voir from all sources. Witness esti- |
mated that the flow was 1850, 900 gallons |
every q hours. The wooden pipes were
in good condition, and would have done |
service for quite a long" time. The sup
ply of water from Ogden canyon was
at about 100000 gallons
every "a hours.
In cross examination by Mr. Kimball
the witness said. in winter the water
from Strong and Water Falls canyon
was used. He denied having reported
to the city council as member of the
water committee that the water system
was inadequate. He did, however, re-
port in 1889 that the supply would be
next year, because it was
the population of the city
would increase.
BOUGHT MATERIAL.
z. B. Leavitt, examined by Judge
Dey, testified that he had purchased a
number of pipe attachments which
were i use in the old system from
Manager Spirey of the new system
That was in 1892. He paid about SIP
1 ton for the old material, which in
GUIDED old street car rails. 1t was sim
ply scrap iron. 1t included a lot of
crosses and tees.
James Johns and Charles P Elsey
we're examined about pulling up the old
lydrants and other parts of the old
system, but nothing of Importance was
.licited from them.
PROFESSOR FORTIER.