The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-01
MORE DELAY ON
WATER SYSTEM
Plans Must be Approved by Consult
ing Engineer A. F. Doremus.
RITTER MAKES STATEMENT
UTAH LIGHT G. RAILWAY CON-
PANY ALSO HOLDING BACK.


the speedy beginning of work on the
city's proposed extension of its water
and sewer systems. But in a commu-
nication to that body City Engineer
George w Ritter announced that he
was awaiting the approval of his plans
and specifications by Consulting En-
gineer a. F. Doremus. He also called
attention to the delay of the Utah
Light & Railway company in closing
the transfer of its power right on Big
Cottonwood creek which is provided
for in the ordinance consolidating and
extending its franchises, which it has
not yet accepted. Mr.. Ritter said:
To the Honorable President and Members
Of the City council. Salt Lake City,
Gentlemen-In the matter of construc-
ton plans for the additional water supply
nom Big Cottonwood creek l beg leave
20 inform your honorable body that the
plans and specifications for the conduit
and other work necessary to convey the
canyon to the intake reservoir at the
mouth of Parley's canyon are practically
complete, and are now being put in form
the consulting engineer on this work.
Provision in Plans.
The plans provide, in a general way,
for a conduit having capacity of Nifty
cubic feet of water per second. which is
as much as the combined flow of Big
Cottonwood creek aud Little CottonVyood
creek during the low season. with in
creased capacity after leaving Mill creek
to take care of such water as the city
may hereafter acquire from this addition
al source.
The estimate made by my predecessor,
Mr. George w. Snow, OF the cost of the
conduit, including the diVertinS dam at
the mouth of the canyon and a dividing
sIatlon near the Granite paper mill, was
$350,O00. Careful Investigations indicate
that the preliminary estimate ample,
ana that the work can be done for this
amount of money 1t is contemplated in
these plans that the entire flow of Big
, Cottonwood creek will be diverted at the
mouth of Big Cottonwood canyon and be
carried through the conduit to a point
near the Granite paper mill, where a por-
ton will be turned back into the original
channel to supply the canal companies
whose rights the city has not yet ac-
escape by seepage and evaporation be
tween the mouth of the canyon and the
Granite paper mill will be saved and used
Light Company Causes Delay.
The detail plans for this work have been
held in allegiance for some time. awaiting
the outcome of the bond issue and pend
ing settlement of the rights claimed by
the recent franchise granted TO the Utah
Light q Railway company the clause I'M
70 the city all its water rights and power
rights below the company'S lower house
provides that the company shall have the
rlSht TO build such regulating reservoirs
as may be necessary ON any of the lands
to be conveyed to the city including a
reservoir of one million cubic feet ca
p9city Immediately below the tail race
While the Utah Light e, PajIv,axz Com
pany has not yet accepted this franchise
II is necessary to determine in detail just
| now the required room for the reservoir
that IT Will be satisfactory to the light
ana railway company and still enable
est possible point As soon as this fea-
ture is settled and the consulting engineer
passes on the sufficiency of the plans,
contracts for the work can be let
In the meantime / recommend that
someone be authorized to negotiate for a
right OF way Wherever the conduit is to
run across land owned by-DriVate parties
GEORGE w. RITTER,
City Engineer
The communication was referred TO
the engineering andsspeciaI water com
mittee.
The request of Attorney F. s. Rich
ards, made through the means of a
communication from Mayor Richard p
MOTIFS TO the city council last night for
the payment of $500 as part compensa-
ton for his services as special attor-
ney in the waterworks controversy
caused a long and acrimonious discus
sion, in which nearly all the members
I Joined.
After numerous objections to making
! the payment from CoUncilmen Black
: A j. Davis, Martin and Wood action
on the request was deferred until next
Monday night, and a motion that Mr.
richards be required to put in his bin
Tor services rendered up to July /. made
by Councilman Black, was adopted
Councilmea Wells, Fernstrom and
Tuddenham were of the opinion that
MI Richards had earned all the money
asked for his services and should be
( paid
Councilman Holiday said he did not
/ doubt that Mr.. Richards had earned the
money. but he wanted 10 know how
/ much more Mr.. Richards would expect
If paid the 81, 500.
| A resolution directing the city treas
I urer to sell scrip issued against public
! improvements assessments, and provid- -
! ing for paying the assessments in five
annual payments, introduced by Coun-
/ Gilman Black. was adopted.
The council, on request of the city
. engineer, appropriated $500 to pay for
making thorough and complete sur
| vey of the proposed water system
city Engineer Ritter, in letter to the
] council, told of bad sidewalk construc-
( ton in district No So, in the northeast
part of the city. The communication
( was referred back to the city engineer
/ with instructions to consult in regard
/ to the matter with the city attorney.
Engineer Represents City.
| Mayor Norris notified the council
/ that City Engineer George w. Ritter had
/ been selected TO represent the city in
/ the measuring of the water to be re-
ceived from the canal companies and
j the farmers He also notified that body
/ that Joseph A. Cornwall, secretary of
/ the Big Ditch company, had been Sc
! lected to represent the farmers in the
/ water measuring. These two will select
} the third man. If they cannot agree
/ he viii be selected by Governor John
( c. Cutler. The appointments were con-
I firmed.
City Recorder J. S. Critchlow notified
/ the council of the resignation of H. F.
! FernstrOm as clerk in his Office and the
: appointment to fill the vacancy of J. r.
! Tuddenham. son OF Councilman Will
! liam j. Tuddenham. The appointment
was confirmed.
| Fire Chief William H. Bywater an
nounced the following promotions and
/ appointments in the fire department
/ which were confirmed: Lieutenant
| Sprensen promoted to captain William
/ S. knight promoted to lieutenant, Fred
| erick Meury appointed to fill the vacan-
cy caused by the resignation of William
| ]. Lloyd
"Sane Fourth" Ordinance.
An ordinance introduced by Council
| man Neuhausen prohibiting the giving
| or selling TO minors of firearms, air
/ guns or other destructive weapons, was
| passed.
An ordinance by Councilman Tudden-
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