The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-02-27
Hand of the Hierarch.

Kelsey before any perccptblo amount OF
water lis running through the Big Cotton
wood conduit.
Hand of the Hierareh.
In the first place the Utah Light and
Railway company had much to do with
the conduit just aS II had much TO do
with other Important Legislation" dur
Ing the two years that the church con-
trolled the Council. The fact that the di-
vldinS station has been placed one mile
below the intake and opposite the old
Granite paper mill. when the original
proposition was to place II one and one
that the hand OF the church was In the
matter
Aided Hierarch's Trust.
As the conduit was placed one and one
half miles further up the canyon than
was originally Intended, for the purpose
beon filed upon by the city, II can readily
be seen that by placing the dividing sta
tion one mile from the intake. instead
OF one and onc-half miles, the city gets
only two-thlrds OF the water that II would
have secured Ind the dividing station
been placed as nj first agreed upon.
The Utah Light and Railway com
pany. however. concluded that II wanted
the extra water let out opposite the mill
and the Morris administration ordered IT,
Situation in Brief.
Again, the present apologists for tho
Morris administration are not giving the
public square deal. They howl because
OF the extras recommended aEgregating
about s75.eO0 How about this? The orig
inal cOet OF the conduit-as set out in the
address preceding the bond issuc-~as
95Cco. The contract was let for s236,ooo
and II was claimed after the contract was
let that the work would be completed for
S275. 600.
After Gang Was Defeated.
After the defeat OF the Norris admins
trauon, however. former Assistant City
Engineer Bacon prepared n statement for
city Engineer kelsey. under whom he
was then working showing that he cstl-
mated the tota! cost OF the conduit Mt
$e}S 600. OF course had the Norris nd-
would have been no howl. as IL would
have been pointed out that the original
estimate OF the work was $4,000 and the
Morrlsitcs would have claimed that they
were doing even better than they had ex-
pccted 10 do.
Cost of Engineering.
So far as the cost of engineering. to the
FIRST Of the year. is concerned the figures
are appalling, and more especially so
when II Is considered what the city has
the present year the engineering bill on
the conduit was Sl6,0S5. while the entire
expense of engineering on the gravity
outlet sewer. which cost more than 800
COO was only Sll,334.9S
Changes Proposed.
NOW, as 10 the changes In the work as
recommended by the City Engineer and
Board OF Public Works The present ad-
n Hinistration Is abundantly able to pass
upon this most important matter In the,
nrst place. Mr. Kelsey, the present City
Engineer, recommends that the conduit
be plastered. He declared at the commit
tee meeting Saturday that no conduit
built according to the specifications being
on this work would hold water
He supported this statement with the fur
thcr statement that he had tested 200 feet
or the conduit and found that the lonk-
nee over the entire line would amount TO
10000 gallons a day. Mr Dorcmus. when
asked II he would recommend plastering
II a saving OF even 600 gallons n day
could DO made, replied In the Affirmative
I his work Will cost sl7.o0O
Thickness Of Walls.
As to the Increased thickness In the
walls at cost OF S33. CO., as recommended
by Mr.. Kelsey and the Bonrd OF PuhIIc
Works. there Is diversity OF opinion.
but there is virtually no division OF opin-
loE as to the proposition that much of
the work should have more strength than
six inches VIII give. Mr.. Bacon is quoted
on number Of cOnduits as to the thick
ness OF the walls. but there Is no state
ment as to the conditions surrounding
the various works. Under some condi1
uons two-inch wall might be sufficient
and under other conditions according To- |
Mr.. Doremus, twelve inches would not be
too great.
the conduit at cost OF approximately |
$4,000. and there Isn't n man perhaps. In |
Salt Lake who does not believe that this |
work should be done. 1t VIII protect tho |
conduit from breaks and be q big saving |
In the end.
II completed along the present lines
there would be ono and one-half miles OF
the conduit above ground This Is q per |
cent of the entire work and not 10 per |
cent, as has been erroneously stated by |
apologists for Morris.
Kelsey Consulted Others.
1t might also be stated here that the
OF Mr.. Kelsey that |
changes be made in the work. have only
been made after mature consideration
Mr.. Kelsey also has consulted with Mr. |
Brooks of the Board of Public Works. |
who Is an engineer Of recognized ability
and Assistant City Engineer CLANCY. who |
has been connected with the office OF tho |
City Engineer In this city for the greater |
part Of thirteen years
Engineer Chaney's View.
AT the time of the first inspection OF the
condutt by members OF the City Council |
and Board of Public Works, Mr.. Chaney !
the work alone. On the trip back TO the |
city. he said to a representative of Tho |
Tribune. that while he believed Contrac-
tor Moran was living up to the specifca-
Hove the conduit was being properly con-
structed.
much work Exposed.
Mr., CLANCY pointed out at that time
that too much OF the work was exposed |
adding that che difference between the
on the inside and that on the
outside, during the heated spells would |
cause the conduit to crack. For this rca-
son, ho said. he believed the conduit
should be covered for the entire distance
Mr.. CLANCY also expressed the opinion
that the work was not properly CON
structcd where 1t crosses gulchcs The
great length of the spans he thought
might cause the conduit to sag and break
Another Fault Found.
Reference was made furthSr by Mr.
CLANCY TO tho fact that, In his opinion
the conduit should have been built fur
Lher into the hill. AS the conversation ot
that time was confidential, Mr. Chancy
explaining thnt he did not wish to bo
quoted. as he did not know what con-
cIuson city Engineer Kelsey might ar
rive at in the matter. The Tribune re-
Trained from using II. Now that tho
changes have been recommended, tho
matter Is mentioned as going to show
what the Assistant City Engineer thought
Of the work at the time of his first in
spection.