Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-10-12
Big Cottonwood Flow Will be
Turned Into Conduit Accord
ing to Promise.
ABOUT THE KNUDSEN CLAIM.
That and Similar Cases All Provided
For--KEocker's Organ Finds aud
Tries TO Hatch Mares Egg.

The Knockers organ this morning
sprung another wild and groundcss
scare on its readers. Referring to the
water plans consummated by Mayor
Morris and his associates for o. greater
Salt Lake, It declares badly and false
~ that the city pays for rights and
gets no water That IL cannot turn
waters of Big Cottonwood into con-
duit as promised. That IL is controlled
by II, Kuudsen. and that st win cost the
city q cool nifty thousand dollars to
get II, etc. etc.
OF course It Is all intended for po-
litical capital and has all of the TRIM
m.ngs that that class of stories usually
has. When Mayor Morris was seen to-
day he was not in the least disturbed
over the matter ana said there had
been mo blunder made" and that the
waters of Big Cottonwood WOULD BE
TURNED IN, that the city would pay
for nothing it did NOT GET, ana that
there need be not the slightest fear In
Telation thereto. The case which the
Knockers organ has just got on to-
Syas considered In all It's phases and
discussed by the mayor and the ciu-
zens' committee. other claims ANA
rights were included and more than
that, they were specifically provided
for. The Knockers organ says 1t VIII
take $50 900 TO get IT, But II wont, and
even If It did, the citizens address 70
the taxpayers made it clear that there
was TO be $4,000 for that very purpose.
So the discovery" just made Is simply
Tribune mares egg from which noth-
ing but unpleasantness can come TO It's
IYguppnintaI and OBTAINING mind
FACTS IN THE CASE.
Commenting on the facts in the case,
Hon. +. S. Richards, who has been
acting in the capacity Of special water
counsel with city Attorney Dey and
Mayor Morris, today said;
These are the facts concerning the
Knudson power right on Big Cotton
wood creek as ! understand them. Mr.
Knudspn has "a small -four mill which
has been run by water power When j.
was proposed that the city should make
exchanges for the Cottonwood water
It was understood, OF course, that this
right of Knuison's would have to
be acquired. either by purchase or con-
domination. I have never had any con-
versation with him myself ON the sub
iect. and do not know how the negoti-
uliOle net rs ttll illlll olth lAl' WY lNNN
stand hut there can be no serious dr.
houlty I'm the way OF the city acquiring
this right by condemnation, upon the
payment Of reasonable sum, If ncgo-
cations for purchase fail, which / do
not expect viii be the case, There need
not be any delay or embarrassment
| to the city. because. under the statute,
| Il could use the water pending the liti-
CATION, and before the damages are as
sessed. The compensation which would
| have 10 be paid by the city for this
right cannot be large, because the prop
| erty itself IS not OF much value, and,
after the water right Is taken away, the
mill could still be operated by electrical
| or other power The city would only
have TO pay for the damage sustained
| by reason Of having to change from
| water power to some other power.
81 do not understand that Mr. Knud-
son has any other water right there
| and he could not have acquired any
! further rights, because the city has
| filings on the entire stream, which were
| made long before he asserted any claim
or did any work TO secure additional
| rights.