Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-02
DEsEREr EVENING NEWS SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1909

Iwners. The agreement provides how
he commission shall be organized one
gent from the city, one agent by the
rimary owners, they two shall elect
third member We have always
hosen that third man from Salt Lake
ity, although we have the power to 70
uslde Of Salt Lake City TO get him.
ut ] want 10 say that we have never
been injured by that third man.
This year the water IN the canal has
been low and before the time Of meas
urement OF the canyon stream we were
hort Of water and had 10 make de.
maud for more water, az the same
time the city was turning the surplus
water OF Parley's creek on the uncul-
tivnted lands Of Mountain Dell,
When Il came time 10 measure the
canyon stream / consented to a low
measurement for the reason that |
lake, believing the farmers would be
willing TO bear part Of the shortage.
The amount Of water for the city to
deliver 10 us Is SSOO,oUO gallons per
"a hours S2la per cent Of which changes
for canal water, l7i5 per cent (Which S.
increased TO 20 per cent TO make up for
tFdlOld AlpH utlNetl IthtINNlT anu
head Of ditches), to be allowed 20 flow
down to the farmers whose land lies
above the canal, and consequently
could not exchange water.
So that Salt Lake City should fur
nlsh to those who exchange water with
It 100000 gallons every "a hours,
This amount was apportloned by the
commission 10 the several bitches en-
titled to II on the second day Of July
Gin lgures),
At no time since that day has the
city furnished that amount, the
amount has varied from nothing up TO
20 per cent with an average probably
OF % or 30 per cent Now about the
spring water. TO make mp the def
cheney the city by It's agent, MIR. ]. NJ,
Fisher measured the spring water,
which rises in the bed Of the creek near
whore the city canal crosses said creek
the waters Of which We have always
used and have never been measured for
the purpose OF exchange This action
on Mr. Fishers part brought on the
controversy and even after he was in
structed by the city council committee
not 70 measure Il, he stlll persisted In
doing t. In the meantime since the
second day Of July, the owners Of wat
err exchanging with the city, living
along the canal north Of Twelfth
South street, most Of whom live within
the corporate limits of salt Lake City,
have been almost continuously with
out their share Of water They have
suffered more than the other portion Of
the people Of Sugar and Farmers
wards because the latter have had at
least the spring water. And | consld-
err II an outrage upon those people the
action taken by the Sity council last
evening because they live
IN the city and dared to complain they
must be punished and one of the city
councillors lives in that vicinity!
Now, Mr. Editor probably this COM
is too long already but q
few words more concerning our trip
to the canyon the other day. 1t IL
true We went prepared to turn Parley's
rreclS down its original channel, Mr.
Fisher asks why did we not examine
the weir in the creek near Twelfth
South street and we would have
found that the canyon stream was
coming down TO us?
We did that very thing an o'clock
p. m. ana found three -eighths Of an
inch of water on a five foot Weir
Figure 1t up. Remember the canal had
Entirely failed that day and almost
he day before. Mr.. Fisher had prom
sed the day before that canyon water
would be turned down.
In place, of having at that point A.
1882 gallons daily we had give us
.hree-eighths OF an inch on a five foot
weir say again, figure It up, the enor-
nous amount Of 59062 gallons per "a
lours to irrigate 1850 acres Of land
When we went up the canyon Mr..
Fisher was on the lookout and he
10 Mr. Brown at the reser-
Joir to be sure and have all the stream
.urned down by the time We arrived.
why did he do it? All right, It was
he water we were after and we got il
Without resorting 10 force, II was af-
erwards turned back into the con-
luit, after we had left the place ex-
'ept two men We left there as watch
rs.
In closing, wish to state that I
AVE said to Mr. Fisher the farmers
would meet the city half way in his
forts TO furnish the quantity Of water
hey were entitled to this season.
JOHN GABBOTT, Agent.
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