Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-21
CITY ENGINEER
ISSUES REPORT
Work Done By His Office for
1907 Is Given Detailed
Treatment.
DELAYED BY BOARD OF WORKS
Information as to Expenditures Was
Not Filed Until Late, Therefore
Volume Comes Late.

The annual report of City Engineer
u. c, Kelsey has Just been issued. me.
i, report is included ina bound volume OF
= ls5s ma ges, and contains !, comprehensive
statement of all the work done and the
improvements made under the dlrectlon
of the engineers department during the
year 1907. That the report has not peen
+ published until nearly the end or the
year 1908 is explained by the delay IN
y filing of data relating to expenditures
"A OF the board of public works on differ
3 ent extensions of public improvements.
The report shows among the under
takings of q municipal character COM
plotted during the year, the fnlshing OF
the Big Cottonwood conduit, and the
4 practical completion of the main inter-
ceptinr sewer on Eighth West street.
During the year the report shows there
were constructed sos miles of main
sewer, 6.S miles of sewer l;tterals. s.24
d miles of water supply mains, AZ alnilcs
8 OF water mains in the distributing sys-5
tenn, $3.50 miles of sidewalk pavement.
X 3492 miles of asphalt paving. 1859 miles
o- nacadam paving, 13.50S miles OF,
curbing, and 14.2S5 miles of Sguttering.
There were 3,739 feet of walk laid by
private parties during the year. Ihp
total cost of public improvements for
tho year was s1.aoI160.4s almost $780,
provements in any otihar year. s, III
city's part was 1894 .I65.a5. In 1906 the
expenditure for public improvements
WAS 1855, i17.92
The caplcity5Sof the water supply
mains for the distributing system Is
the fastIy-increasing population OF the
city Mr.. Kelsey recommends that the
city acquire all water ghts in BIG
and Little Cottonwood and Mill Creek
canyons. Among the most suitable ba-s
\ sins for storage purposes are those In
which are situated Lake Phoebe, Mary,
Martha, Catherine and the Twin lakes,
lin Big Cottonwood. Of which surveys
are now being made. and the CONVEX
sion OF these would increase the city's'
water supply from 1000, 600 to %, 600,
/ 900 gallons daily. This would make
more dependable the citys water sup
ply and remove the hazard of q water.
famine The average daily consump-i
ton OF water In 1907 was 10, 900, 900 gall
Ions. ii
In 1907, 1900 square yards of stone
Psjhlock crossings were laid. The NUM-
her of cross walks laid in 1907 exceeded
the aggregate forlthe previous three
Years by 40, the number In 1907 being
\ of cement sidewalk was constructed by
pubic contract. Two and eighty-nine-3
( shuntlreths miles of sInacadam pave
y ment was constructed, but as these
pavements are only suitable for traffic.
i8of vehicles drawn by animal power, and
at best are expensive in maintenance,
n Mr.. Kelsey predicts the abandonment
of any material for the surface for
i road ways of a character not suitable
toSresist traction.
The total length of the city's street.
age was $40 miles. according to the re-
port OF which 14.494 miles were i'm
3 proved at the end the year, as follows:
Macadanl, 3.106; cement, .063; asphalt,
$3.50: stone. SIS; asphalt and stone,
AGO.
The assessed valuation for that year
y was $46,S00, 900. as follows: Real estate.
E $33. 900, 0CG; personal property, $lS.-
600, 900. The total area Of the city is.
shown to have been 3O,9s2.7 acres. of
which 1905 acres Is included in parks.
The center of the city was about IA
miles east of the Great Salt lake.
Y The total length Of the city's water
mains was 1889 miles at the end of
4 1907. The water is brought to the city,
by gravity conduits. with n daily capa-
city of 55000,000 gallons.