Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-02-09
Inspect the Conditions Surround
ing New Reservoir Site.
WORK is NOW IN PROGRESS
city IL Owner OF "a Tract of Land at
the Outlet Of the Lake - Party
Driven 20 Jordan Narrows.
LsPEcIAL mo- THE oNEws.ol

ESPECIAL TO THE "NEWs."l
Lehl, Feb, 9.-For the purpose Of ex-
aiming the condition Of the Utah Lake
as a reservoir site OF the municipality
OF Salt Lake. Mayor Thompson and
members Of the City Council today
paid visit TO the lake. The officials left
the Rio Grande depot at S;35 this morn
ing for Lehl Upon arrival there they
were met by Bishop T. X. Cutler and
Moslah Evans and were driven by team
TO the outlet Of the lake. which is four
miles southwest Of Lehi City. In the
party were Mayor Thompson, City En-
gineer Kelsey, Attorney c. S. Varlan,
Attorney +. S. Richards. as counsel for
the city. Councllmen Thomas, Gemmel,
Reed, Hartensteln, Tuddenham, Whit
temore. Cottrel, Canning, Hewlett,
a News" representative. John W.
Hughes Of the Tribune, and Alfred c.
Reese Of the Herald.
AT THE RIVERS SOURCE.
Upon arriving at the source OF the
Jordan large force OF men and teams
were found az work excavating where
the proposed dam is TO be located, and
a CORDS OF engineers were busy making
a survey OF the Jordan river from the
Utah Lake down to the old dam, ten
miles north Of the outlet. The party
was taken over the grounds by Engi-
neer Kelsey, who explained TO them the
plan Of work that was being done where
the proposed dam will be located and
where the river channel Is to be
Strengthened and deepened for the pur-
pose OF drawing the water off 10 low
err level. This, he said, would increase
the available storage capacity OF the
lake about 10000 acre feet. The pres
ent storage capacity OF the lake, from
low water mark to Compromise Point,
a depth OF three feet. three and half
inches. Is about $4,000 acre feet. Num-
erous flags are set In the ground
around the lake. showing the contour
to which the water wifi be raised for
the proposed plan Of increasing the
deDth 10 Compromise Point Is carried
out. This contour Is five feet in eleva-
ton above the Compromise Point and is
the high water mark Of the lake In
1854
RECENT LAND PURCHASES
Recently the city purchased Of Robert
Norman OF Lehl 10 acres Of land at the
outlet, which Is on the east side OF the
river. and have made arrangements
with the Utah Sugar company for about
seven acres on the west side. The city
will then have exclusive control Of the
outlet. The price paid for the ten
acres is $l.o25, the total cost. includ-
ing attorneys fees, stamps etc.
amounted TO s1.03i.00. The deed OF
the property has been placed In escrow
with the understanding that the money
Is 10 be paid by the city before the
18Th inst.
UTAH COUNTY PROTEST
on Monday Of this week the county
board OF commissioners Of Utah, with
County Physician @. II. Robinson. Oh.
]. II. Slater. and Attorney Jacob Evans
met as a county board Of health to pro-
test asains 1.-THE raising OF the waters
Of the Utah Lake. as proposed by Salt
Lake city. The board was Of the opln-
ion that the raising Of the lake would
bring about n most unhealthy state or
affairs. as the drainage Of the Utah
county towns would be greatly injured
aud for that reason and others IL IL
said the board propose TO fight the
proposition from a sanitary standpoint.
OFFICIALS ARE DENIED.
AZ noon. dinner was served the party
AZ the engineers camp by al Iimpson
and his assistant, Ambrose Mason, ana
a fine spread II was. too. After the
ropast the officials drove down alone
the Jordan river 10 inspect the proposed
changes IN the river channel down 20
the old Gam. An inspection was also
made ol the canals Lamson's power
plant and the biz nnme At $3.50 the
party win take the train for home. The
News man was, by an ARRANGEMENT
with City Engineer Kelsey driven from
the Narr0ws 20 Lehi from where this
dispatch is sent, and back TO the party,
BY Mr. T. b, Gowan who handled the
reins like professional.