The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-29
Water Famine In That District Will
End Soon.
HIGH LINE TO BE TAPPED
ENGINEER KELSEY HAS ADVIS-
DRY SUPERVISION.
Probable Result of City Councils Ac-
ton, as Recommended By Water
works Superintendent - Engineer
Declares No Permanent General
Relief Can Come Till Pipes Laid.

Before this week is out the water
works department will undertake to
readjust the distribution system in the
hope of giving relief to residences on
the east bench, which are deprived of
water supply during the time of heavy
draft on the entire system in daylight
The changes to be made will be rec
commended by City Engineer Kelsey, in
pursuance of the city councils seton
Tuesday evening.
The city engineer devoted yesterday
to familiarizing himself with the latest
information on the prevailing condi-
lions, ana today ne Will prepare a set
of recommendations that, if adopted,
he thinks will afford relief to the east
bench portion of the water famine dis
trict without depriving the lower dis
trict of an ample supply. The proposed
changes will be inexpensive, compare
lively, and he anticipates that they
Will be put into effect almost immedi-
ately, or not later than the middle of
next week.
AS Engineer Kelsey CONSTITUTES the
action of the council, he is given ad-
visory supervision of the work of cor
recting the defects in methods of water
distribution through the pipes on the
east side. Yesterday the engineer said
he had accepted the duty imposed by
the council without any sense of spec
ial qualification nor of regret, and his
purpose is TO recommend the best things
possible to be done under the circum-
stances.
May Extend High Line District.
While the engineer declined to state
what his recommendations would be,
because he had not yet fully deter
mined, it is believed that he proposes to
connect the City Creek high line with
the east bench system by the raising
of a valve. In order to conserve the
supply at night it will be advisable to
close the valve. raising it each morn
ing, but a pressure regulator may have
to be installed before the plan will be
successful and to prevent the high
pressure from breaking the service
pipes and house plumbing.
City Engineer Kelsey strongly advo-
Gates the immediate commencement of
work on the improvements TO the
waterworks system in the eastern part
of the city and the charging of the
City Creek mains, which work the city
council ordered done a couple of months
ago. but was enjoined from execution
by three prominent "diSinterested' citi-
zenS. The engineer said last evening
that no general relief could be given to
water takers in the eastern part of the
city until this work is completed. He
IcsdIuS the SOlutlO0 OF the east SlOe
water question of greater Importance
than the companion project for greater
pressure in the business district
According to his plan as adopted by
the city council and for the success of
which he stakes his professional repu-
tation, an expenditure of about ST., 900
would bring permanent relief TO the
inhabitants of the thickly-settled por-
ton east and south. In brief the plan
is to run supply pipe of large capac-
ity from the Parley's conduit dewn
Fifth South street to Twelfth East,
connecting with the laterals diverging
from that point. Then, to provide am
pie pressure for the lower district. a
fourteen-inch main from the Parley's
main on First South would run down
Eighth East street to Sixth South. con-
Meeting at the intervening streets with
the cross pipes. This would put an
end to the folly of attempting. even
when water is plentiful, to feed six-inch
pipes from four-inch pipes which were
laid years ago, but for which blunder
neither Superintendent Game nor the
present administration is responsible.