The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-01
Much Pipe But No Water.

Dooly and Thompson boldly announced
when they asked for the money that they
intended to spend $4,000 for pipe. 1t will
be observed that after the solemn pledge
that every cent would be spent as
promised, $4,000 and more was spent on
the iron pipe. in which DoOiy protested
he was not financially interested. This
figure is obtained by adding the items
improvements in distributing system
and City creek pipe lire" Experts agree
that only small amount of this was OF
immediate necessity at the time.
The money spent in PaTley's canyon Sc
cured no tangible increase in the flow.
Land was bought bat la many Instances
City Attorney George L. Nye did not in
Clude the appurteEant water rights IN
making ont the deeds, and trouble re-
suited. The principal result was the re-
mOvaf of stables from the banks of the
creek Criminal prosecutions for befoui-
ing the stream would have obtained the
same result although it is conceded that
this expenditure has improved sanitary
conditions.
The building Of the Thirteenth East
street reservoir proved 60 be wise sep
Nor is objection made to the legal eX-
peuscS charged against the fund
Work was begun at Utah lake. but II
was dropped. The only thing the city has
10 show for the e2oendtUr Of S3p.S0i Il
charged 10 Utah lake and Jordan improve
meHts is the land on which The pumping
plant now stands, This cost $3.50.
The mattress factory water rights are
of questionable value. Tho " cher river
and other Investigations resulted in no
good to the city,
Waste or Worse.
Perhaps the most fragrant item OF all
is the stand pipes for street sprinkling.
age the ThOmpsOn-DOOly shOuteTs were
loudly demanding that Utah lake water
he used for sprinklin@. This same
Thompson DCOly Clique received $500
from the people of Salt Lake City on the
solemn pledge that with it they would
pat in a system of mains and stand-pipes
for Utah lake water 60 be used in sprin-
king Every citizen of Salt Lake knows
they violated that pledge, Cor go mains
nor stand-Dipes were ever put in. But
over 5000 is charged as having been
spent for this purpose
An investigation OF the auditors books
shows that S2,S0406 was paid TO Keller Il
Rush on one contract for -eXcaVating
1e0l4 feet of old kalomein sewer pipe from
the ground along Fifth South street. This
pipe was found 20 be absolutely worth
less, but nevertheless il was taken from
the ground and piled in Liberty park.
The rest of the money was spent l., this
way. The sewer had been abandoned.
The pipe could have been lcft In the
ground. The only excuse given by the
administration for this absolute throwing
away OF thousands of dollars was that
it wished to find Ort if the pipe could
not be used for water mains.
Mare, However, Trotting Fast.
However, "One-Story Ez" could not be
expected to look out for such things. as
his time was occupied in more weighty
matters. As the result OF considerable
study during this period, aided by friends
he h@d concluded 10 buy fcsta & and
prepare TO enter her in the horse races
Of the succeeding season.
The precipitation was heavy in 1901 aud
there was plenty of water in the streams.
The platform on which Dooly's Ezra
went before the people for - lection
claimed credit fo- 'iucrea sin. tne water
supply" Whether this v.es buncombe
and whether Ezra Thompson and his al.
mtnfstration were guilty of breach OF
trust in their handling of the $250,Vo
turned over to them BY the people may
be judged from the foregoing
Right or wrong, Thompson was re
elected and began his second term with
the year 1902. He signed his name 10 a
message which went TO the council Jan.
IS of that year. and which dealt with the
water supply Improvement as follows
Suggests Needed improvements.
On the 18th day of November. 1901. the
land and water commissioner made two
appropriations Of water OF Parleys and
Mountain Dell creeks. claiming the sur
plus and flood waters of said streams
for the use of salt Lake City. 10 be de-
veloped BY building reservoirs. Farley $