The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-22
COUNCIL VOTES TO ASK
100000 BOND ISSUE
Only Black and A. J. Davis Against Great Water
and Sewer Proposition al the Finish
Wood Leads Fight For Amendments in Favor OF Little Cotton
wood Scheme. But LOses-SpecaI Election
Is Called For Ian. 3.

or the pumping proposition and The an
nual expense TO maintain IT, and see II
we cannot secure other waters equally as
good and at much less expense
A. J. Davis Seeks Delay.
A. ]. Davis offered an amendment to
the amendment providing that the
whole matter be referred To commit
tee of three. expert engineers before it
was adopted by the city He said he
did not doubt the integrity of the COM
mittee, but he thought the matter
should be given more consideration. He
said his opposition to the proposition
was that the city did not acquire by
purchase one gallon OF water.
FernstrOm spoke in opposition TO the
( Davis scheme he said if il were
adopted the present council would so
! out of existence with nothing done as
to water. Seven years the council had
4 been working on the matter. he said,
and they had a better show Of getting
a supply Of good water now than ever
before.
: Hewlett spoke for the committee re
port He said the committee had
worked faithfully, that it had the
benefit Of the experience Of F = Rich
ards and A. F. Doremus. that referring
meant simply to kill time and lose the
/ options and that an address would be
issued explaining the whole matter for
the benefit Of the voters.
/ Wells said to defer meant to defeat
/ the proposition He said If time were
lost the options would expire and he
considered these Of inestimable value 10
: the city. He explained the Spring
, creek proposition, said the city was not
obligated TO buy the property or use
the water-it was an alternative As
Il the S95 00O for miscellaneous items
! he said every item would be carefully
4 sCrutinized by the council before a
/ warrant was issued in payment of any
item, said the power rights IN Big Cot
! tonwOod must be disposed of before
/ the water could be taken out OF the
| stream by the city.
Vote of Confidence.
Hartenstein said he would consider
his vote for the report a vote Of con-
fidence in the committee that sub
mitted the report.
Holiday said he was in favor Of Sc
curing water for the city, but he
favored referring the matter TO
board Of expert engineers
Tuddenham said the committee and
Engineer Snow had the reports Of three
previous city engineers TO guide them
in making their report. He said under
the plan submitted the water was
tSken out much higher up in the can
Won which was worth much TO the city.
He said that State Engineer DOremus
favored the plan, and he understood
/ that if the bonds were voted Mayor
Morris would recommend that Mr..
Doremus be employed as consulting
! engineer in the prosecution of the
work. He said in acquiring the water
from the canyons the city did not
favor leaving the farmers without
water-no one wished to make desert
of Salt Lake valley.
BIack. conceded that the COMMITTEES
worked hard, but he said under the
plan proposed the city was getting
title to no water at ALL that it was
taking or a long line Of lawsuits and
trouble He criticized the form of the
contract entered into with the farmers
and thought the city was getting the
worst of it.
Martin said the matter was being
railroaded too much. He thought ir
an injustice to ask the council to jump
. into the proposition and favored re-
ferring to a board Of engineers. He
wanted light and information.
Calls Delays Dangerous.
f. H. Davis took the position that
delay was dangerous. He favored
placing the matter before the people
! and let them say whether or not they.
- wanted more water.
r Preece said that every argument that
, had been offered against the PROPOSE
: ton was really an argument in It's
, favor He demanded to know speCif-
cally about the sewer provision. To
, him more than any other member OF
D the council is given the credit for pro-
viding for the sewer.
= Amendments Are Lost.
: The vote was taken on the Davis
/, amendment TO refer to a special com
mittee. 1t was the first test and re-
suited in victory for the mayor and
- his friends. Black, A !. Davis. Hob
s day, Martin and Wood voted for the
9 amendment. Barnes, Il. H. Davis
Y Dean, Fernsrom, Hartenstein, Preece.
Tuddenhan, Wells and Hewlett voted
against II.
The vote on the Wood amendment
y was taken next and only Black, Hob
: day and Wood voted for it. Wood then
: I offered another amendment providing
that the report state specifically IL
. Spring creek was to be bought and If
= not what was to be done with the
n money. He said there was a niger in
/ the wOOdpile and that il was out
! "a geOus and q disgrace. Black, A J.
. Davis, HOLIDAY, Martin and Wood only
o voted for this amendment and II was
d defeated.
The vote was then taken on the mo-
z ton to adopt the committee report and
: il showed only Black and A. j. Davis
d opposed to it. Several Of the members
explained their votes
4 Provides For Citizens Committee.
= a resolution was next adopted au-
H thorizing Mayor Morris 10 appoint q
n committee Of five citizens to cooperate
= with the special council committee N
q preparing an address 10 the people eN-
!, planning the proposition III all It's oe-
tails.
A resolution was also adopted raIlIE-
ing an option taken by the mayor Ior
n IS. $50 addition water in Big COTTONWOOD
rs held by the Big Ditch Irrigation COM
ST pany. the Big. Cottonwood Lower CaIliA
- company and the Hill ditch.
= The special election for the cona -
81 sue was provided for i'm another resoiu-
IL ton that was unanimously adopteu iI
Sc provides that the election be held "a 7,
= 5: that four voting places be prUFluet
p for in each municipal ward, and tAal an
q provisions be. made for the election.
ri An ordinance was passed without o.
90 position 10 carry cut the provisions 81
IN the report Of the special committee ~
~ provided that the bonds. Si.OIt,t9 Iol
~ the water supply AID the sewer. saili
a. not bear more than 4 per cert lltefess'
az that they shall run for twenty years
payable in ten ye4rs. and snat siaA-
a. Continued On rage -