The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-21
Plan to Store Supply For Pipes
Adopted.
THE SESSION TONIGHT
COUNCIL DECIDES TO BUY Is
MORE SPRINKLING CARTS.
Meters to Be Provided For Large
Consumers Of Water-Land and
Water Rights offered to City
Wall From East Bench. Farmers
Over Annulment of Contract.

After procrastinating for nearly two
months, the city council last evening
adopted the report Of the waterworks
committee favoring the completion of the
big reservoir at the head of First South
street, according TO plans and specifica-
tons made By Engineer Kelsey. The
purpose IS TO line the hole in the ground
with cement and make ii capable of hold
ing 100000 gallons of water, To be stored
at nights fer day use and for fire protec-
ton. As adopted, the report directs the
Seard OF public works to advertise for
BIDS for the work, estimated to cost
SS0e, and report 10 the council. The
matter of raising funds for this and other
work in the line Of advancing the pubiics
water interests VIII receive the council 5
attention later.
On the adoption Of the committees re-
port only CottFoil and Edgar Howe voted
in the negative However, both explained
that they favored the reservoir project
but voted as they did because the matter
was taken out OF the hands of the com
n1ittee of the whole, where it has SUM
bered for a month.
For the consideration of the plan Of
laying a series OF feeding mains in the
at a cost of $500, as estimated by En-
sfneer Kelsey, to improve the water sys-
tenn, II was voted TO hold &. special meet
ing this evening. Canning. Thomas. Tud
denham and Buckle gave notice that pre-
VnouS engagements would prevent their
attendance at the special session. Cot
Creu voted IN the negative.
Fifteen More Sprinklers Ordered.
The committee on street sprinkIing
recommended that four Studebaker
spr7nkHnS carts of 80 gallons capacity
anu FOUR 6co-gaIlon carts be purchased,
Howe (Ddgar) moved to amend by max
ing the NUMBER TO be purchased fifteen
ana robertson amended to call for bids,
and Howe accepted RobertSon's amend
ment
Buckle and Thomas pointed out that it
tnght De advantageous and more ecOnOm-
ical 70 make the thirty carts now owned
oy me city do duty day and night.
Beatty favored anything that would
lead 10 the sprinkAng of a greater num-
per OF streets more efficiently this year
than heretofore.
Robertson showed that it is far more
important TO secure a larger supply Of
water for the Sprinkling carts and the
people.
Over the negative votes of Canning.
Gemn1ell and Wlhfttemore. the commit
lees report. as amended. was adopted
Waeerworks Superintendent Hines called
attention 10 the adv5sahlity of ordering
ana placing, at consumers cost before
july l. OF 2l9 water meters TO measure
water used in twelve dyeing and cleaning
eStabliShmentS, forty-tWo manufacturing
places, lOl hotels and buildings having
over twenty-five rooms. fifteen iaundrfeS
Urnrty-one livery stables four bOttling
works, tnree breWeries, seven railroad
yaTuS, TWO ice factories and in two cold
sUOrsSe pants. The matter was referred
10 the committee on waterworks.
Public Work Contracts.
The board Of public works reported the
acceptance of the bid of Daniel Smith to
construct a tflirty-six-inch brick conduit
10 replace the WORKOUT canal fiune at the
intersection Of Fifth East and First South
streets Ier a distance OF 100 feet Smith s
IgS,d. in the sum Of SZS, was the lowest.
The board recommended taht its contract
with Smith be approved and that in the
contract provision be made for converting
into a brick conduit ninety feet of the
canal f1ume on FOuBth East street, above
First South. at a cost OF s47s.25.
me council approved the contract, as
recommended by the board
TLfe board of public works was author
lzed 20 employ an inspector to supervise
work for which contracts have already
been let.
The board also reported that it had. as
authSoT ~ called for bids for construct
Farley s conduit on Ninth South and Sew
enneefHh East streets, to All HalloWs'
college new grounds.
Land and Water Proposals.
/ A communication from r. N Baskin
stated that he would like to hear what
I disposition had been made Of his propo-
sluon to sell $40 acres in the City Creek
ties desire to lease. Referred to the com
mittee on public grounds.
w W. Taylor offered to sell the city
ninety. acres Of land and primary water
| I1ght IN Parley'S canyon for s. 600. Re
! ferTed 10 the mayor with the finance com
mittee associated.
A. Il. Sawyer, manager of the Farley 6
canyon Ice company. asked that the coJ1-
Gil give him an opportunity TO buy or
lease for long period five acres of lsnd
IN Farley's canyon hollow, which IS suit
anle only for an ice pond. Referred to
the committee on public grounds.
George T. Adkins request for a. lease
on the southeast quarter Of section 8 and
the northwest quarter of section So. town
snip north, range east, for a period of
ten years, was referred 70 the COMMITTEES
on public grounds
r. b. Wicl1s secretary of the Pleasant
View Irrigation company. notified the
council that unless the city's water is
turned ON in the companys canal. the use
or which was ordered abandoned last
week by the council. the company viii
hold the city responsible for any loss IN
the farmers crops. The matter was re-
ferred TO the committees on irrigation and
municipal laws, with the city attorney as
sociated. ~