Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-04
WATER RIGHTS BID
AGAIN PASSED UP
Knudsen & BagIey's Latest Offer
Is Rejected by the City
Council.
STREET SUPERVISOR SAT ON.
Raleigh Told 10 Obey Orders and Item
ize His Accounts After This
Black ON War Path.

After meeting in the committee of the
purchase of the Knudsen & Bagley wa
ter rights in Big Cottonwood creek.
the city council held a special meeting
and decided to offer $4,000 for the
rights. Mulvey was back in the har-
ness again after his recent futile at
tempt to resign, and urged that the
council meet the owners half way and
offer them $50 500 for the water. At
torneys w. II. and S. A. King were
present at the meeting III behalf or
Knudsen & Bagley, and stated that
$4,000 was the least that their clients
would take for the rights, as they
were easily worth S45,0 600 for power pur-
poses alone. Mayor Thompson made
a speech, In which he declared that $780,
600 was all the rights were worth, and
that he would not favor paying cent
more This apparently settled the
matter, and the council voted down
Mulvey's amendment to compromise,
and voted unanimously to offer $4,000
for the water.
Knudsen & Bagley first asked the
city sea. 900 for the water, and then they
came down to S50,000 and finally to
$4,000 The rights are very valuable
to the city, as the water is needed for
the citys improved and extended wa
ter system, by which the waters OF
Big Cottonwood creek will be brought
into the city through the new conduit.
The conduit, intake and reservoir at
its outlet are all now completed ana
ready for the water to be turned in
and Mulvey argued that II would be
unwise to allow the conduit to stand
idle for the sake of $500 while the
case was being fought out in court.
70 an
amendment to offer $4,000, and said
that the owners OF the rights are i'm
proving them every day by erecting
additional power stations and that
delay in settling the matter would mean
that the city would have TO pay larger
damages for the rights when IT seeks
to condemn them in court on account
of the added improvements made by
the owners.
After Mayor Thompson made his
speech IN favor of Offering $4,000. the
roll was called on Mulveys amendment,
and IL was lost. Those who voted for
the amendment We're Mulvey, Ferry,
Fernstrom and Tuddenham Those who
voted against It were, Black, Crabtree,
HOLIDAY O'Donnell and Davis. Black
then moved that the council offer $780,
600 for the water rights, and the mo-
ton was carried unanimously.
1t is more than likely that Knudsen
6 Bagley will refuse the offer and the
city viii then have to press Its con-
demnation suit which is now pending
IN the district court and secure the
water in that manner and pay damages
for condemning the same.
RALEIGH ON THE CARPET.
After the council meeting the varic Is
committees met and considered matters
which had been referred to them. The
streets committee had quite lively
time with Street Supervisor Raleigh
in regard to his failure to comply with
the provisions of Blacks resolution
which requires all the departments to
itemize acquisitions for labor and sup
plies. Mr.. Raleigh failed 10 itemize his
requisition for December, hence II was
held up by the city auditor. He was
asked by the committee to explain his
action, and replied that the work In
his department was such that he could
not itemize a requisiton for labor in
advance. He insisted that II was I'M
possible to do So In this stand he was
backed up by his clerk, T. S. Atkins.
Ferry informed the supervisor that
an order had been made by the council
for such acquisitions and that 1t must
be obeyed and the committee would not
approve acquisitions in the future
which were not itemized. After fur
Their attempts TO convince the council
that he could not itemize his requisi-
tons Raleigh produced a requlsition
which was itemized and 1t was APP
proved by the committee.
Crabtree then wanted to know II the
members of the committee might here
after be permitted 10 make suggestions
to Raleigh's department or II the SUI
pervisor was to make all the sugges-
lions TO the committee.
Black then wanted TO know If the
members of the committee would be
able 10 get information when they dc.
sired II from the street department
office. Raleigh asked Black when he
had ever been refused information at
the Office OF the department. Black
replied that he had ASKED for informa-
ton as to the work tn be done by the
new street flushers which the mayor
recommended to be purchased and
failed to get any light on the subject.
Raleigh retorted that he would give
that information to the committee
when II demanded It,
The meeting was brought to close
and the differences between Raleigh
and the committee will rest for the
present but NAV break out anew at