The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-18

near Ninth East aud Seventeenth South
ssree;s, point several miles below the
proposed place of diversion into the Big
I cottonwood conduit. AT this place there
IS a practically constant flow Of about
i4-oeVVV0 gallons per. day An option has
eeen secured subject TO your ratification.
the sum of 1885, 600
In order 10 utilize the waters Ct Spring
creek II Is proposed by the eng1 aeer TO es-
taDliSh a power station at the mouth of
Parleys canyon. where the water drops
10 feet from the Big Cottonwood conduit
70 the Parley's canyon conduit 81 a cost
of $4,000. and pumping station near
Spring creek which will pump Tho water
to such an elevation that ii can be de-
lEered into the Big ditch. in lieu OF some
OF the water OF Big Cottonwood for which
an exchange mas been effected. The re-
ihalnder OF IL is 10 be convened as far
north as may be necessary to permit OF
Z ITS use in exchange for the waters OF
MIL creek and Parley's creek. until an
aodltlonai supply of canal water is OBJ
tanned through the government develop
ment OF tab lake or otherwise and then.
II desired. the Spring creek water can be
mace 10 supply the southern and western
portions of the city for domestic purposes.
Inc estimated cost of establishing the
pumping plant and bringing the water to
I Twelfth South street is 5000
me engineers report also shows that.
D
which aDepars from City Chemist Harms
analyses Of this water, il Is Questionable
whether the purity can be maintained.
and that careful examination may disclose
/ the fact that a satisfactory title to this
/ water cannot be obtained. and that for
these reasons il may not be desirable to
! exercise the option 10 purchase Spring
creek.
Supply From Utah Lake.
The engineers report also shows that
no has
canal water fro"2 Utah lake. If supple
mented by the Spring creek water. 60
furnish all the water that is required for
exchange purposes and that IT, for any
reason Spring creek Is not purchased
Immediate provision should be made for
securing at least an equivalent quantity
OF exchange water from Utah lake. and
at the same time for perfectng the city's
right in this important source of supply
and that this may be accomplished by
the expenditure of the $4,000 named
IN the estimate for the purchase and
pumping of Spring creek and will afford
sufficient water TO exchange for all the
mountain streams, including Little Cot
tonwood
He also recommends that, in any event
the item of $4,000 for the proposed Par
leys canyon power station should be
retained as its value to the city would
more than compensate for its cost in
fsnding and disposing OF sewage for the
lower portions of the city if not needed
Tor pumping Spring creek water.
Total Needed For Water, SS5o,oO0.
II also appears from the engineers re-
FORT that, in addition to the amounts
above given. there will he required for
the payment OF bonuses for exchange of
water and reDairS 10 the Jordan and
salt Lake City canal. $4,000: for addi-
tons TO the city mains 100000. and for
the purchase and eXtingushment o.
power rights and miscellaneous expenses
$4,000 making total of $4,000
The committee has been assured by the
Ncity engineer that the above estimates
are ample for the purposes mentioned
and so II, seems reasonably certain that
the city can acquire, for the total sum
named. an increased water supply. de-
livered into its. present reservoirs and
mains. four times az great as that which
II now possesses. which will be eQuivs-
lent to the present supply per capita for
q population of $50 900.
The city has already secured. by eX-
change, l3.60,0oQ gallons per twenty-four
hours of Big Cottonwood water, and il is
reasonably certain that by the time the
conduit Is completed this quantity will
have been increased by additional eX-
changes and lease for Big Cottonwood
and Mill Creek. 10 the full quantities con-
temDlated.
When the water from the Big Cotton
wood conduit shall exceed the capacity
Of the present Parley's canyon conduit.
the engineer proposes the construction OF
suitable means to carry such excess on a
high line TO the east and north benches
of the city al an eleva ton OF about 200
feet above the Thirteenth East street
reservoir. and 100 feet above the Capitol
Hill reservoir.
Money Needed For Sewer.
While investigating the water question.
the attention of this committee has been
repeatedly called TO the necessity of
sewering the southern and western DoF-
lions of the city below the gravity sewer.
The land in those parts of the city being
almost impossible for the people TO have
proper cess pools, and therefore the need
of sewer system is most imperative.
This cannot be properly accomplished
with the present inadequate supply OF
water but when the supply is increased,
as contemplated by this report we think
that provision should be made for the
construction Of a sewer system for the
lower pare Of the city which previous
estimates Of the city engineer show Will
cost about SlO000.
Your committee. therefore. recommends
that the plan for increasing the water
supply of the city. as outlined in this re-
port be adopted. and that proper sewer
ing be nrovided for the lower part OF the
city. THE committee also recommends
that a proposition be submitted 10 the
taxpayers Of Salt Lake City 10 authorize
a bond issue of $4,000 for the proposed
increase of the water supply. and also
that a proposition be submitted author
sizing a bond issue of $4,000 Tor the con-
Struction of said sewer. making a total
bond issue of 100000 bearing interest
at the rate Of per cert per aunum.
The committee also recommends that
an election be held on Dec 20. 1904, for
the purpose of voting on the PROPOSE
lions to issue such bonds. Respectfully
submitted,
FRANK J. HEWLETT,
GEORGE ID. DEAN.
F s. FERNSTROM
RTLON S. WELLS
Committee.
Having had general supervision Of the