Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-28

ION la hs 10 lhe water
CITY ENGINEER SNOW
city Engineer George A, Snow then
took the floor and made "a long state
mont. lie said THE club rs not called
10 discuss the location OF the conduit
as chat Is something The englneers VIII
have 10 decide. As TO the criticism OF
the Real Estate association, 10 is well
known that II n important 10 have %
conduit Tor water system az high up
as possible The ASSOCIATION has crltl-
clzed the position Of the conduit We
have got to have it as high up on the
east bench aa we Gun II would be pos
slbe with the IAN OF water that could
De- obtained By the scheme tQ Install a
power plant From TINT the cry could
get 900 90 $50 horsepower. The sew
age would have 90 be elevated 80 Feet
and the plant could be used for that
purpose. But whether II were used 20
pump water or to pump sewage such a
pumping plant would be q valuable as"
sci for the city But that N Incidental
The item of 100000 FOR improving the
pipe system in me city Is also neces-
sary. The pipes IN The city would have
10 be altered with 30 much more wa
ter coming In, the system would nave
20 be enlarged
Unless we are prepared 10 bring wa
ter from the Weber or under the dlVlde
from the nuchesne only the voters lh
the neighborlng canyons are available
The city owns so per cent Of the wa
ter that comes into the Jordan MT
Snow strongly advocated the Spring
creek proposition as q good one for
The clty 10 adort as there n supply
~ a. 600 200 gallons NJ fine water there
lilo called attention 10 the fact that the
civ would get the farmers water from
Big Cottonwood an the year round
while the city was supplying wafer
from the lake TO the farmers almost
entirely between Aprll 10 and Oct 10,
the lake water being 20 per cent more
I'm volume thau what was secured from
the creek. "rhen the farmers are ap-
prchenslye." he said. 'of the city from
his being a corporation AGAINST which
lhov could not expect TO hghy success
fully and so demanded special saie-
guards IN tho contract they d'mahd
that II they do not get their la"e wafer
as per contract they viii Ret thelr cane
Won water back AZ the same time,
from the nature OF things I would be
practically impossible to forfeit the
contract TO the farmers as there Is
plenty ~ canyon water II IL possible
10 supply the water 20 the farmers as
agreed and the trade rs aa absolutely
a purchase ms n the money were paid.
THE big supply OF water in Utah lake
may be made to supply the place OF
money" In referring 10 the conduit
question again. Mr. Snow held that
high line conduit would be worth more
than the $4,000 extra required TO con-
struct higher up, as Il could ultimately
take IN Fort Douglas and capitol hlll'
ABOUT POWER
There was some discussion over the
reference TO the horse power suggest
ed by the city engineer and us bene-
M 10 the city when Councilman Fern
strom showed that existing franchises
only gave the city 80 horse power
which was utilized entirely in the city
ana county building, and leave TO
string wire on certain lines Of poles
MIR Blerer was inclined TO believe
mat the contract with the farmers
would be unfair to the city, 1.-THE
measurements" said he ARE taken
June rs. then on July 49, In June the
water h at SIS highest point, and that
Is used ais basis for calculating. on
That calculation the city would have TO
furnish the farmers with water during
the next 80 DAYS and In the time when
the water IN the creek is gradually d.
mlnishing The city VIII be called up
ON TO furnish the maximum amount OF
water In the creek and 20 per cent be-
Sides
MIR, HALLORAN EXCEPTs,
w. J. Haloran rose TO take excep-
tons to statements made that there
would be no danger OF the contracts
ever being forfeited and this brought
out from the city engineer that It was
true the contract was susceptible TO
modification, and that the farmers were
amenabc to reason and Mr.. Snow
again remarked. III we ever take pos
session the farmers WI never get IL
back again. In response TO questions,
Mr.. Snow called upon State Engineer
Doremus 10 explain as 10 measure
ments. and the latter said
THE measurement az either time Is
immaterial The city must figure on
the low-watcr stage Of the creek. IN
fact, 70 Is "a low-water proposition alto
gether. There IL always a maximum
amount that the farmers can use, They
cannot use more than their canals
would hold. II figures were made or
the basis suggested by Mr. Bierer The
farmers would have more water thar
their canals would contain Besides
there Is no difference in the catchmen
areas OF Big Cottonwood ana that Of
Utah lake There will always be enough
water Ia Utah lake to correspond viii
that In Big Cottonwood creek. IL a GER
! tain amount Of SNOW and rain falls I'm tn
Big Cottonwood watershed, there vii
! be a corresponding amount In the Utal
/ lake watershed, II there is any doub
as TO the supply from Utah lake, WI
can rest assured that when Utah LAX
| fails there will be no Rig Cottonwood.
Failure IN the past has been due I,
! the appliances, and there Is not suCl
another reservoir IN the region as Utal
lake for there Is any amount Of waite
| there"
DOOLY WAS ROUTED,
After some debate between Mr., lib
| balls, Mr.. Love, the city engineer am,
| Mr. Cannon on measurements an,
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