The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-10
CITY'S Title TO
LAKES QUESTIONED
Government Claims Property
Secured for Reservoir Site
by the Council.
POWER COMPANY PROTEST
TELLURIDE PEOPLE OBJECT TO
WATER BEING TAKEN.

That the city holds no title to the three
lakes known as the Twin Peaks reservoir
site-lakes Blanche, Lillian and Florence
for which the council paid 5000 in 1907,
is the claim Of the government and is
practically the opinion Of f. s. Richards
aud Ogden Hiles. special attorneys Iof
the city in the water suits
This came out last night at the meet
ing OF the city council when letter from
Mr. Richards was read, stating he had
been informed that the government was
about 10 cancel any rights Wnlch oalS
Lake claimed to these properties, ana
asking for a meeting Of the water CON-
mittee to get further instructions me
council instructed Mr.. Richards TO state
the facts in a letter to be submitted Mon
day night.
resolution on the same subject Gaining
upOn the city to file a protest IN the gov
Crnment land office here and 10 Ioi "aIu
q protest to the department or the III
terror in Washington against any pro
posed action by the department. rms,
however. went over until the report is
received from the special committee OF
attorneys.
History Of Property.
The city bought the lakes from J. II.
Thomas and H. 3. Cole. the latter SON
fu-IaW of Councilman Wood These Two
acquired the property from Percy j. An
SON Henry Barnes and w. A. Dykes.
This was i'm 1907 and il is claimed by the
department at washington, accoidlhs 20
Mr.. Richards that the water was iIled
alpon in 1904. This would mean that SAT-
Lake has no title to the lakes and that
s. 00G will be lost. There was some ques-
ton as to the legality of the claim OF Cole
and Thomas at the unes put the city
bought the rights.
Another formal protest by the Ielufide
Power company, through Lesne j. AheL,
attorney, was filed with the council
against the condemnation Of the East Jof-
dan canal by the city. The power com
panv claims this would take much OF the
water belonging to the company ana WlI
take the matter into court 10 keep tne
city from getting the additional water
thrOu IN the condemnation.
The slaughter house of Mcmillan q
Sons at Murray was granted a CITY ~
spect0r for sixty days more.
II C. WINNER, IT,, and other residents
along S street petiu0ned the council
for the asphalt paving Of 5 street from
South Temple TO Fourth avenue. IL went
10 the committee on improvements.
The plat of the Grand Haven subdiVl-
sion. just south of Liberty park was ap-
TbeTe will be nothing done to better the
condition Of Tenth avenue and c streets,
which viii cost $500. nor VIII the city BUY
q small asphalt plant for $1,000 until after
the first of the year
Woman Holds the Fort.
The story of a woman who has defied
the city TO Dust her from the reservoir
keepers hcuse at the Capitol nil resef-
voir was told by Tom Holiday, superln-
tendent of waterWOrks. The woman IS
Mrs. Began. whose husband was watch
man at the reservoir some time ago, but
is now i'm the state mental hospital at
Provo. The council instructed the city
attorney to take legal steps at once to
Dust her so that wOrkmen OF the street
Department can live in the house.
The request of the NeWhoUse Realty
COMPANY for q arc lights, which they
are 10 erect, but for which the city viii
have to furnish power, was defeated by
a vote of TO 4 and then Councilman i.
r. Black moved for a reconsideration next
Monday night. The lights are to be placed
on Main street. State street, Exchange
Place and Cactus street
The following appointments by Fire
Chief w. II. Glore, to fill vacancies, were
approved: Joseph T. Bowen. lieutenant;
Peter J. Gallagher and A. Flickenstein,
engineers; and G. c. Fallzner, S. J. Powell,
II. i. Jones. J. A. Rafferty,, Z. D. An
thony. Charles Martin and Jack Grim,
firemen.