The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-13
CONVINCED Mr.. DOOLY
Mayor Takes Party to Utah
Lake for Bankers Benefit.
SEEING WATER PLANS
SHOWING HOW CITY CAN BEST
GET MORE WATER.

For the benefit of Chairman John E
DooIy of the board of public works,
Mayor Thompson and members of the
council made trip yesterday to the
outlet of Utah lake and TO the Jordan
narrows Whether the trip will result
in any benefit to the municipality can
not be told till Monday night
1t had been intended to hold a meet
ing of the council committees last night
TO discuss the chunks of wisdom
CLEANED by inspecting the site Of the
improvements proposed TO be made at
the lake outlet and along the river
narrows in order to secure the largest
supply of water possible from that
source, but not all of the citizens who
last July issued an address to the tax
payers urging that the bonds carry on
the pledge that the money would be
used for certain specified purposes, had
been invited to attend the meeting.
Desiring all of the citizens committee
to attend the conference, at which il
will be proposed to divert the bond
money unexpended to purposes other
than for which the pledges were given
by both the council and the taxpayers
committee, a Dostponement was or
dered till Monday evening.
knockers Represented.
Those who were known to be at least
partially favOra BILE to the project to
make Utah lake do its fullest duty as
a reservoir were either not invited to
go along with the official party or were
not urged strongly to view the situa-
ton from a practical standpoint.
WaterWOrkS Superintendent Hines, who
is on record as favOring a scheme to
use the bond money 10 pump water
from near Liberty park into the pipe
system at great cast, was conspicuous
yesterday at Mr. DOOly'S elbow. When
it is recalled that the Jordan Narrows
Power Plant company is watching for
the city to abandon its work at the
lake outlet so that it, the power COM
pany, can jump the city's location, it
is not to be wondered at that the pro-
jcct to develop more water from the
lake is meeting with opposition from
outside influences.
The only cOuncilmen who were in the
party were Canning. COttren, Hewlett.
HartenStein and Thomas The city S
legal adviser was represented in the
person of Attorney Franklin s. Rich
ards, who is probably better informed
than any other lawyer in the state on
the legal aspect of the proposition TO
make Utah lake the reservoir for Salt
Lake CitZ's needs, Just as has been
advocated ever since the pioneers set
tied in this valley All five Of the
councilmen and the mayor had made
the trip before when nearly every city
official studied the question in hand
the dam site at the lake outlet and
the riVer-dredging and channel
Strengthening work on the small scale
visible and since he was to be instructed
the trip yesterday was made for his
benefit
Inspecting Places of Work
Arriving at Lehi a drive was made
to the lake outlet, where at the dam
site excavations have been made for
the proposed masonry dam and head
gates that will be used to raise the lake
level in winter and flood times to a suf-
ficient height to assure all the water
that may be needed for the ensuing
summer. From the outlet could be seen
the excavations made to straighten the
channel so as 10 make it possible. af-
ter dredging the bars, to draw down
the lake level a foot and a half lower
than it was possible to do the past dry
season when only a foot and half of
the lake level was reduced, not even
reaching low water mark
Engineer KelSey explained the FEAST
bility of the pIS>ect and made it clear
that no advantageous exchange could
be made with the owners of Big Cot
tonwood water for share of that plIra
clear stream to be piped into the citv
until the municipality is in a position
to guarantee sufficient flow of lake
water through the city's canal taken
out at a point seventy feet higher than
IS now DONE This done the city would
have plenty of water for exchange and
ample left to be conducted into town on
a higher level for irrigating and street
sprinkling purposes.
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