The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-08

Acting upon the suggestion r- -..
city s attorneys, Mayor Trar--...- ....-
Vened the city council i'm e-..... ..-
sion last evening, to appr.r. r---.--
helsey's maps Of the ur.u.z.s r-..l
lake reservoir site, and TO dire. .l. en-
gineer to file the maps in Oh. t---.r
States land office i'm con-u..-..-. ...- .--
municipality. recent APPROXIMATION NJ
the right 90 raise the iey-. If -r. rst--
nFe teet for storage of water Tr.-.F--.
Buckle anu CUUuCilmen Carwr. I'M
JrelL GemmelI, Hewlett, G.. d. HON.
ILQdennan and NuiJJem8r. u.... rr..-
en- i-s
AS soon as the purpose ur Tin. m4.--
ING Edd been explained h- EI.v.-
thompson and Engineer k....v Ill.
Io-io"i ING resolution was Adopted br
unanimous vote
be il resolved. That the man. M
Utah lake reservoir which hay. been
prepared by the city eugll..r .ar -..
purpose Of showing the reservoir s-.
claimed by the city, are hereby anrr.E-
ed, ana the city engineer ls directed d,
( ME- the same in the United States land
office, IN accordance with On. law and
regulations pertaining t5 reservoirs
Striving to Guido a Rival
With one Of the maps viii b. f-.I
about tnirty typewriter pages VI f-.f
notes and general data. a representa-
tive Of the city viii make tr. H..r- In
the land office early this muu.E. and
thus il is hoped by the almfu.-.rat..r
to again tOre8-au Mr.. Lausul u lis
efforts TO acquire the-ri-at ts u-.. The
- 1. e.r
from the lowest or present point ut ai-
version.
The large maps and the SURVEYS
therefore. represent an outlay off about
&,lO0- The surveys and plating or n-
JORDAN river reservoir site from r.-
lake outlet 10 the old dam uaU cost
about $500. These Two sums ru-a.E--
with S1,C3l for the purchase Of land lu-
dam site at the lake outlet represent
Ule total outlay TO date. and IN imu.-
date prospect for what has been don.
by authority of the city council. with
out dissent, in acquiring rights thu.
are deemed to be WORTH millions of dole.
lars 10 the city, ana of in.aIcU.eb-a
value in solving the municipal water
problem. 1t is, however, but the rII-
minatiOn of plans that have been cher
ished by every city administration tr
the past thirty years
Beating Back the Shore.
The approved maps Of the Titan lake
! reservoir site, reserved by il- govern
ment for such an appr1pr.s,ar as this
city is, show the meanler shore lines
of The lake on the present compromise
level and the lines to which the shore
would run If the surface were -aIs1
five seet, to where the lake shore ran
in 1854 On the west shore the Two
lines would be d very narrow parable.
while on the north and east. as far AS
the SpringviIle sloUshs. the swamp land
would be inundated from few feet %
half a mile, but i'm the area around
Lehi. American Fork. Pleasant Grove
and Provo, no valuable property would
need to be acquired cy purchase or c'E-
demnatiOn. However. the 51ug1s West
If Springville. Wes- of Benjamin ana
north of Goshen at the south end NJ The
lake, would back up from half FL m.-
to about a mile, but no land other tlll
pasture land would be submerged by
eleVating the lake Level five -e---
Purposes In View.
The certificate of the mayor and the
engineer printed on the maps Te.-- ..-
fact Of the city having alI.'ll------
Utah lake as a. reservoir SITE ACCORDING
to the plans outlined I'm order J1 amor.
Salt Lake City an ample supply .-
water through it's canal from jordan
river run on the highest grade l.-
possible for Supplying irrigaul- H-...
TO the uplanGs in Salt Lake ana DAVIS
counties. for street sprinE-uE. sewer
and gutter flushing, and all other 1.-.-
fetal public purposes In this D.-t. anu
for efecting with the Big Co-t"H"0-
farmers an exchange OF cana. water -.
pure canyon creek rights. rl- HOW
which is intended to be canoI.l9i -
the city through a pipe line
Whether these plans VIII DE- .a.-.--
90 fruItiOn soon depends upon -ae --
suit Of a vote Of the taxpayers 10y ~-
thority to issue bonds i'm Sll.-.---
sum TO pay for the Improvements IL
MAJ be found necessary Co raise pug
lake level only a foot or two CD -..---
the city's water supply Ior The next ---
or twenty years for irrigation ana 80
change purposes. No further ar eA,.-'
sive work viii be done on The ..,g DR.
propriated rights on Utah -a<. .-
the government department a- "a@
ington approves the CiJyr SELECTION
the reservoir privileges.
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