Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-20
SERVES A NOTICE
UPON THE MAYOR
Water and Electrical Power Go
Diyerts Flow at NarrOws,
ACTION WAS NO SU RPRISE
Eject the Taking OF the Water Has
Upon the Cty-Lessens the
Pressure.

on Thursday OF this week the Salt
Lake City Water and Electrical Power
company Of which Allan G. Lamson Is
president and manager turned the
city's water out Of the Jordan river at
the old Narrows dam into the Salt Lake
and Utah canal. permitting IL to flow
back into the Jordan and Salt Lake
City canal, thus returning It into the
channel which brings 1t into the city
after II has passed over the power
wheels Of the Lamson company.
This action on the part Of Mr., Lam
son created no particular surprise
among city officials and is in accord
ance with the terms Of a notice Of ap-
preparation nled by hanson some time
ago, and which Is being contested by
the city in the courts.
SERVED NOTICE on MAYOR.
Yesterday afternoon the water and
electrical power company served the
following notice upon Mayor Thomp-
son.
I'VE desire TO notify you,as the execu-
tive Of Salt Lake city, that in accord
ance with our appropriation heretofore
made. we have constructed Hume con-
Meeting our water wheels with the canal
owned by Salt Lake city and known as
the Jordan and Salt Lake City canal
and are prepared to use all water the
City Of Salt Lake Is entitled 10 Cow
through said Jordan and salt Lake City
canal past the point where our tlume
connects with said canal. IL Is our in
tention 10 place the CITY Of Salt Lake
In exactly the same position as 10 the
delivery Of water In its canal az and be-
low the point where our iiume connects
with the canal as though such water
had been flowed down the canal from
It's headgate to said point And, there
fore, we now notify you that we VIII
at all times, upon the demand OF the
person delegated by the city to control
the supply Of water flowing In said can
al, turn into said canal from our fume
all water which the City Of Salt Lake
is entitled TO use through said canal,
leaving the question Of determination
of such amount to the city itself.
we also notify you that II desired
we will attend to turning into the canal
the amount Of water at any time
deemed necessary to be turned in by
the city, or, II the city prefers. we will
permit a representative Of the city to
control in our flume the nowage into
the city canal Of such amount OF water
as he may deem required by the city
under lis vested rights. our construc-
ton makes this entirely feasible. We
have completed our construction and
are now using the city water and re-
turning II to the canal.
our appropriation recognizes all
vested rights on the part OF the city
with respect to the amount Of water 10
be flowed down the canal from the point
where our flume enters the canal, but
we demand that the headgate Of the
city canal be and remain closed so long
as We furnish through our flume into
the canal the water belonging TO the
city. In case the city unnecessarily
opens the headgate and floods the canal
al any point we will not be responsible
for ensuing damage. but will continue
TO use the city water in accordance with
our vested right so 10 do"