The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-16
CITY OFFICIALS FLOP
Opponents OF Water Developing
Plans Change Front.
BOND MONEY PLEDGES
WORK ON UTAH LAKE SCHEME
AND IN CANYON TO GO ON.

At last the Knockers have been 81
fenced and pledges will be renewed to
the people that the uneXpended proceeds
OF the water bonds shall be used for the
purposes originally intended of securing
a larger supply OF water for the city, as
far, of course, as the money will go,
leaving to the future the matter of rals-
ing $4,000 more by issue of bonds to
complete all of the plans for solving Salt
Lake City's water problem
At the end of a lengthy discussion Of
the ways and means at hand for going
ahead with some of the projects for in
( creasing the city's water supply, it was
agreed last evening by a number of city
officials and a committee of citizens TO
recommend to the council this evening
that the work of making Utah lake do its
fullest duty as a reservoir should be
prosecuted as far as possible in the ut
most good faith toward the point OF ac-
tual accomplishment of the full plans
and that the remaining proceeds OF the
bond issue should be used in the develop
ment of the right TO save the seepaSe
and underfow water at the mouth OF Big
Cottonwood canyon.
officials Flop Over.
The conference at which this under
standing was arrived at was held IN the
Thompson, Chairman Dooly and COun-
Gilman Thomas were opposed to having
anything done except TO merely hold the
city s most valuable additional water
developing water rights in Utah lake,
and to lay some more pipes without water
TO put in them. but last night they eX-
perienced change of heart
Those present at last evenings confer
ence were Mayor Thompson, COuncilmen
Thomas. Tuddenham and WhittemOre,
Chairman an Dooly, Spencer Glawson and
works, Engineer Kelsey, Attorney F. s;
Richards of counsel for the city and
MeSsTS- c ". Penr3se w y, Preston
mittee, which last July joined the cOun-
eli in an addEess to the taxpayers. urS-
ing that the water bonds be voted.
The mayor had nothing to say, Mr..
DOOly was the mouthpiece of the public
works board and Editor PenrOse was
but for all that there was great deal
said and all were interested IN the ex-
sey and Attorney Richards and in the
resulting discussion
Engineer Smiths Views.
Councilman Thomas as chairman opened
the ball by reading a letter from J. Few
son Smith, Jr-, saying his father had been
going had directed him TO express his
sentiments on the situation. The letter
from Mr.. Smith, jr., stated that his father
authorized him TO say that he enphati-
cally favored the plan OF Strengthening
the Jordan river channel and dredging
It's DdrS SO as 10 make II pOSSlDle 10 draw
of more water from Utah lake when IL
is most needed and also the project to
save the lost Seepage water and develop
ing the underfOw near the mouth of Big
Cottonwood canyon. The senior Smith
was further REPRESENTED as urging. thar
the pledges made to the taxpayers that
the money raised from the bonds would
be expended in these directions be rigidly
adhered to and that the work be carried
out fast as the means at the city
command will permit.
This endorsement of Engineer KeIsey's
plans added TO the concurrence in them
by Engineers Geumell and DOremus
seemed to have influence with the as
sembled sOlOns, for they went right into
the subject on the lines suggested and
made haste to inform themselves on poi ats
not already known by them as to results
and costs
Pledges Not to Be Broken
Referring to the address issued 10 the
taxpayers last July and the pledges made
then that the money from the bonds would
be expended for stated purposes, includ-
ing the lake reSerVOiring project Editor
PenrOse took the ground that the $4,000
saved from the abandonment of the