The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-09
DOOLY'S PLAN VIEWED
City Officials Inspect Canyon
For a Reservoir Scheme.
OBJECTIONS ARE CITED
SALVAGE FROM BONDS WILL GO
TO INCREASE WATER SUPPLY.

Since it has been agreed by the munich
pal administration TO put of till next
spring the work of making the canal
serve a duty of furnishing water for
street sprinkling by a stand pipe system,
the theme uppermoSt in the minds of
Mayor Thompson and members of his
official family is how the $4,000 set apart
from the anticipated proceeds of the $3.50
900 worth of water Improvement bonds for
this particular scheme can be expended
best in other directions.
With the idea in view of expanding the
money in City Creek canyon, a little tour
of inspection was taken yesterday after
noon up the canyon by the mayor, Chair
man DOoly Of the board of public. works,
City Engineer Kelsey, WaterwOrkS Super
intendent Hines and Councilmen Davis
Canning, Hewlett, Robertson. Tuddenham
and Whittemore. Through an oversight
IN sending out invitations, Contractor p
J. Moran did not go on the junket trip
Instead OF going with the rest of the
party, Mr.. Dolly, who is said TO have
suggested the trip, went in Mayor Thomp-
sons buggy, thus giving him an oppOr-
tUnity to exert his persuasive logic upon
the executive in furtherance OF his propo-
sition that the $4,000 should be expended
in City Creek canyon TO build diStribut-
ing reservoir near the high line tank.
about three and half miles up, and
make start on a new or larger main
down the canyon, which would cost prob
Money Can Go to Better End
ell believed that Il would be wiser TO use
whatever money will be available from
the bond sale. after other necessities al
ready contracted Tor are PAID, out to
ward Big Cottonwood canyon in making a
start to increase the supply OF water
which is not possible in CITY Greek can
yon- After making the Investigations the
SOlonS were more convinced of the sound
ness of their original conclusion
While it was admitted that it would be
a very good thing when the city can
better afford the Improvement to have a
! IL efr~1f
| lar to the one just completed at the head
| of First South street and that 1t would
| also be eminently proper TO have a larger
/ feed main down to the business district
] from the City Creek canyon tanks, 1t
/ was conceded by all except Mr. DOoly that
the first consideration should be TO IN
| crease the City's water supply. One way
/ suggested TO accomplish this IS to de-
/ velop the recent appropriation of the
| right to save the surplus waters lost from
/ the mouth OF Big Cottonwood canyon
westward and to develop the underground
It was pointed out in objection to the
! scheme to build a concrete and cement
| lined distributing reservoir near the hlgI-
| SO coo. The site intended is suitable for
a reservoir capable of holding only about
| 1900, 900 gallons of water and the sur
rounding earth is such that the walls
/ even below the surface, and the bed would
/ have to be constructed much thicker and
! at far greater cost than was necessary
! for the reservoir on the east bench, which
! holds 100000 gallons and cost about
| SZT 600
New Tanks Favored.
! superintendent Hines is anxious that
/ the rOtted fiume and dilapidated small
/ tank of the high line system be replaced
! with a vftrified pipe for the intake and
! a cemented settling tank of small ca
/ pdcity, built in such a way that IN future
/ years it could be added to and made
| part Of a distributing reservoir. The coun-
! cflmen composing the waterworkS com
! nnittee We're about persuaded that this
should be their recommendation to the
/ full council.
Such a thing as constructing anything
like large storage reservoir IN City
| Creek canyon was ridiculed by the Off
/ Gals for the manifest reason cited by
I Engineer Kelsey that there is no nat1Ira
basin adjacent to an up-t turned ledge any
! where in the canyon
/ Viewing the splendid road making worl
! of the city prisoners in the canyon called
| forth an exchange of congratulations tha'
/ this scheme was undertaken last spring