The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-22
City Council Declares For I'M
prOyement to System.
BOND DEAL HINTED AT
PLAN IS TO PROVIDE FOR BET.
TER DISTRIBUTING.
Cost Will Be s65, 900 and All Four
Projects VIII Require 100000
Benefit For East Side in Perticu-
Harlow Water Famine Can Be
Averted This Year.

By a vote of seven to six the city
council last evening, in committee Of
! the wnole, declared in favor of improv-
1 ing the water distributing system in
| the eastern and northeastern parts Of
town, at an estimated cost of $50, 900,
| according to plans recommended by
| Engineer Kelsey and approved by the
| committee on waterworks. President
| Buckle and Councilman Hartenstein
were absent, but they are known 10 be
IL FAVOR OF the proposition. There will
be, therefore, at least nine affirmative
votes out of the fifteen next Tuesday
/ night, when the report of the committee
/ Of the whole comes up for adoption
| The report Of the waterworl1s COM
! mittee, which has been slumberfng
| since Feb. 6, recommends that a six
| tean-inch pipe be laio on Fifth South
/ street from Parley's conduit TO Tenth
| East street, and thence north TO First
| street and west and north and west
| again to near z street, the pipe to be
| reduced in diameter at intervals 10
| twelve, ten and eight inches; that the
main be connected with the various
north and south laterals, the dead ends
| be connected, and that the distributing
districts be changed and pressure regu-
| latOrs be put in for equalizing the pres
sure.
The report also recommended that
| the board of public works be authorized
! to advertise for bids for the work; that
| bids be asked for WOOd-stave, cast iron
and riveted steel pipe for the sixteen
inch main, and that the work be done
| according to the plans and specif1ca-
! tons of the city engineer.
Engineer Kelsey Explains.
As soon as Councilman Robertson
was made chairman, Engineer Kelsey
explained, by request, the necessity
and advantage Of carrying out the pro-
jeet without further delay, if that part
OF the city to be benefited by the i'm
prOvement is to be supplied with water
, this summer, He said that the work
could be completed in three months,
and that the cost would be S65, 000 if
WOod-Stave pipe were used at the head
end. Metallic pipe would increase the
cost. Both Kelsey and Councilman
Gemmell, himself an engineer, We're
ready TO stake their professional repu-
tations that wOod-stave pipe will last
longer than cast iron pipe, if only kept
filled with water, and that its first cost
is much cheaper.
Answering a question, Engineer KEEL
sey demonstrated that the pipes in the
eastern and northeastern parts of the
city Of three and our inches diameter
are incapable of carrying the water re-
quired by consumers, and, moreover,
considering the fact that these small
pipes supply siX-inch laterals in the
rover district, the proposed improve
ment would remedy inefficient diStribu-
ton over very large area.
When asked to indicate how water
famine could be averted this summer.
the engineer said it would be necessary
to acquire all the water rights in Par
ley'S canyon and prevent waste by con-
sumers, but that the pipe distributing
system must be improved before, any
more water can be supplied in seasons
OF greatest draft.
Some Large Items of Cost.
Already the council has directed the
board Of public works to advertise for
DldS for running a main of sufficiently
| large capacity down City creek to uti-
ilze the creeks entire flow at all sea-
sons OF the year, and to assure ample
pressure Tor the central, western and
southern portions of the city. Only
Tuesday night it took favorable action
toward constructing a reservoir of a.
! 100000 gallons capacity at the head of
First South street. to conserve night
water for Gay use and FOR fire prOtec-
| NIOn- The estimated cost of these two
~4AASAASo II SO-sOUU- AUQ 10 IQlS
$4,000, estimated, for acquiring all the
water rights in Parley'S canyon not
already owned by the city and purify
lng this source of supply, and S65 900
for the project under discussion. the
| total sum of s167, 900 stared the council
| men in the face.
How to raise the fund to pay for
theSe admittedly imperative improve
mentS was discussed at considerable
length. All favored issuing bonds. pro-
Vfded the taxpayers, by their votes.
CONSENT and others declared that if the
bonding proposition is turned down the
responsibility will then be with the
people, but such result should not
deter the council levying a 4-mil extra.
tax to solve the water problem for this
season
Inasmuch as the four plans stated
are part Of harmonious whole scheme
urged by the majority of the municinaJ
administration, and that probably half
million dollars more would be re-
CURED TO bring in Big Cottonwood wa
ter and permanently settle the water
question for Greater Salt Lake. il was
tentatively agreed by the majority last
night that the very important matter
Of finance should be taken up as soon
as all the preliminaries are disposed
of and it is known Just what If will
supply Of water from Big Cottonwood
canyon. Then the council viii 20 be-
lore the people with a proposition to
vote an issue of bonds
Modification Proposed.
Fernstrom offered to amend the re-
port by substituting the engineers rec
concentration OF March IA 1899. which
proposed for SHIPS TO carry out the
complete plan of supplying water at
adequate pressure to only the east end
of the Fifth precinct beyond Eighth
East street.
1t was shown by Gemmeu that on
account of higher prices for materials
and labor. il would now cost fully sos :
coo to do what would have cost less
than $4,000 q year ago. Gemmell also
declared that probably some lesser i'm
provements in the $4,000 plan could
be left undone for another year AT a
saving of about $4,000.
Edgar Howe, CottreI and Canning
expressed the belief that the council Is,
biting off more than it can masti-
cate. The latter two declared they
would favor the $4,000 project under
consideration if the money were raised
by bonds, but they would oppose it if
the funds were to be raised by taxa
ton
Robertson and Thomas made strong
pleas for the adoption of the complete
plan recommended by the engineer and
concurred in by the committee. Both
pointed out the necessity of early ac-
ton to avert the threatened distress
from water famine this summer
Fear of No Funds.
Cottrell had a fear that the people
would not consent to the floating of
water bonds. but in reply to Beatty he
said he would vote for a bond issue.
Then why do you assume that others
are less intelligent that you are?" asked