The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-29
City Engineer. Submits Results of
His Investigations.
DATA WILL BE STUDIED
SUPREME COURT INJUNCTION
STOPS IMPROVEMENTS.
Ice Company and Farmers Under
Kennedy Ditch Threaten Trouble
Fer Short Water Supply-Mayor's
Draft of Sunday Saloon Ordinance
Referred.

City Engineer Kelsey'S long-expected
report on the results of his investiga-
tons FOR a larger supply of water from
Mill creek was submitted TO the city
council last evening. Consideration OF
the report was made a special order for
| Saturday evening, the council to sit IN
committee of the whole. The report
covers sixty typewriter, pages, includ-
ing Profiles. photographs, abstracts OF
| proposals for exchange of city canal
water for farmers rights to canyon
water, estimates of cost Of extending
| the conduit TO Mill creek and other data
on the subject. The Big Cottonwood
and Utah lake sections of the engineer S
report will be submitted in couple of
weeks.
J A communication from Waterworks
Superintendent Game called attention
to the fact that lowering the supply
pipes below the frost line on Third
East street, recently graded down,
| from First South to Brigham, exposed
stretches of three and four-inch pipe
feeding six-inch pipe at either end
The superintendent suggested the adj
visibility of having the smaller sizes
of pipe taken out and six-inch relaid
while the trench is omen.
Recalling the recent decision of the
supreme court in the waterworks in
junction case, Councilman Callister
maintained that the council could not
authorize the department superinfend-
ent 20 have this little job done, no mat
ter how advisable it may be to improve
the water distribution system. Coun-
Gilman Patrick remarked that Callister
put strained construction upon the
supreme court decision
A motion to authorize the board OF
public works to proceed with the I'M
provement by calling for bids from con-
tractors was carried by vote of to 3,
Allen, Margetts. Patrick, Siddoway,
Weller and Barnes voting in the mega
tive. Councilman Romney was alb
sent.
Immediately Councilman Allen urged
a reconsideration, which was carried, 8
to 6, Diehl, Fernstrom and Howe vot-
ing with the proponents to reconsider,
and Weller voting in the negative.
Without dissent Aliens motion was
then carried, instructing Superintend-
ent Caine to lower the small old pipes
in accordance with the councils former
order.
Another Estoppel By Court.
Councilman Allen called up the report
of the waterworkS committee favoring
the extension of a twelve-inch main
and lateral from Parley's conduit on
lows college grounds on the southeast
bench and the county west. The re-
port proposed that the department su-
perintendent be directed TO proceed
with the work, but Councilman Robert
son. having in mind the supreme court
decision, moved to substitute the board
of public works for the Superintendent
of waterworks. This substitute would
have necessitased other, amendments in
81 far-f-
it was recommitted, to the committee.
Councilman Weller mentioned the
fact that last Thursday evening the
irrigation committee, after hearing
grievance of the Mountain Ice conf
pany and farmers under the Kennedy
ditch that they were not getting. their
snare of water from Rarley's creek, d.
rected the Watermaster to request the
city engineer to raise the headgates,
but that the engineer had declined to
act Weller now wanted the council
to order the engineer to relieve the
source of the complaint or the aggriev-
ed ones would make their threat good
TO tear out the weir
Without directing the engineer TO
raise the gates. the committee was in
structed to thoroughly investigate be-
fore next meeting, tine question of
whether the compliments are entitled
to any more water than was apportlon-
ed to them last year.
Liquor Ordinance Referred.
Only Callister. Diehl. Patrick and
Wallace Directing, the mayors draft
of the radical ordinance to suppress the
sale of liquor in saloons on Sundays
was referred on motion of Howe, to
the committee on fire and police for
opinion as to the necessity and proba-
bic effectiveness of the proposition.
The report of the committee on mu-
nicipal laws was adopted declaring
the city council has no authority TO pay
the. retained percentage due the Cul-
mer-Jennings Paving company on its
street paving contract for work not yet
finally accepted by the board of public
works.
Councilman Patrick reported the
storage of the city's thirty-siX street !
sprinkling carts in the state. exposition
building for the winter and, on his mo-
ton. the committee on sprinkling was
to have the carts insured !
against fire in the sum of $4,000.
Reporting upon Fire Chief Devine's
of William 7. Ayland a |
member of the fire department to sue
coed Bates Noble. resigned, the COM
mittee on fire and police recommended I
of the appointment. The |
report was adopted
NGpNi. tOWclDIL 10 De dl-
lowed to bore for natural gas in Ger
tain streets of the city was denied, on
of the street commit !
tee.
Money For Pioneer Park.
Through the urgency of Councilmen |
Siddoway and Wallace. $500 was appro- /
priated to meet the expense of con-
structing walks and planting lawns in
Pioneer park
The city recorder submitted the bid !
Of Dangerfield Bros. & Richardson in |
the sam of $3.50 and also the proposal
Of H D. Folsom in the sum of S675 for /
repairing the roof of the police station.
The bids We're referred to the commit
tee on fire and police.
The following petitions and COM
were referred TO the ap-
oropriate committees:
From Emma 5. Lewis. Administrative
If the estate of John S. Lewis. de-
ceased. offering to sell 1S3 acres of land
near the sewer outlet for SIS an acre.
From Ned L. Wright. to run "a. noise
ess advertising wagon" on the streets
or one week before Christmas.
From John f. Cox and others. for an
ire light at the intersection of Ninth
EAST and Parley's avenue.
From H. F. Heath and others, for a
arger fiume for conducting storm
water across Second South street, at
he intersection of Eighth West.
II. 3. Clawson and others. for the
abatement of the canal nuisa nee on
Nit l. L.