The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-06

us.'-Oliver Hodgson, councilman y
> from First ward
Il am afraid to 90 out of the ,
= house. the way the people in my y
= ward are after me.''-George II. Ray =
y bould, councilman from Second ward. y
1t is the fault Of the pumping station
that the contractor is unable to go ahead
with the laying of sewer extension No
1S2 and that other sewer laterals are
not completed, according to the expressed
opinion of the members of the board of
works at the meeting last evening. And
il is largely the fault of the city engi-
neer that the pumps are not working as
they should. according to opinions ex-
pressed by the board.
Councilmen HOdgsOn and Rsybould paid
the board a friendly call last evening
following the resolution directing the hur-
rylnS up OF sewer extension No. 1s2 IN
the council Monday evening. They want
cd TO know from the board why this work
was not being 90 Re. They said their con-
stituents were becoming clamorous for
sewers to an extent that worried them.
1t was then that Engineer Kelsey came
in for criticism
IF the city engineer had left the pump
ing station alone" said c D. Ro0kIidge,
and allowed the contractor to run the
pumps for sixty days according TO the
contract, everything would have been oil
4iEnl Inc Z alEUdUkS-MOIHt company
would have put somebody down there who
understood the pumps, and there would
not be this continual trouble
All Fault of Pumps.
You can lay it all to the pumps" said
Chairman II. @. Mcmillan. They have
not been working half the time and there
seems to be something wrong with them
every time they are started. The con-
tractor cannot lay the sewer pipe until
the water is pumped out and no connee-
lions can be made until this trouble is set
tied. You folks down there will have
your greatest trouble With these pumps"
How about the outlet piper asked Z.
p Brooks.
THE outlet pipe is ali right" said the
chairman.
There are some good sized leaks in
it. all the same said George Cheney,
assistant city engineer. who had at
tempted vainly TO stem the rising tide of
criticism Of the engineers office
That's right said Councilman HodE
son. Il was down there the other day
and there are four or five big leaks and
at least twenty smaller ones
Nevertheless" said Chairman McNil-
Ian, the m lin trouble is with the pulGp-
ing station The outlet pipe will carry
the water"
Those engines can't be made to run
slow enough" said Mr.. ROoklidge. They
must go at certain gait or not at all.
No wonder they are breaking down. The
matter can't be remedied until the pumps
are kept running"
We'll they are running now" said En-
gineer Cheney.
IAN we want to know" persisted Coun-
Gilman Raybould, lis why this sewer is
not being laid. You told us three months
ago that il would be started in forty
days. Night before last water was run
ming out of the manholes on the west
side
Il don't believe the bulkheads are all
out" said Mr.. Rooklidge.
How About BuIkhesds?
a.,
question and ii was agreed that the bulk
heads were not all out, some of them
having only been broken down to let the
water past, leaving about two-thirds of
them in.
said Chairman Mcmillan. We'll, II
don't like the whole job, and never did.
Don't care for wooden stave pipe any
way. Only we must make the best of it
now
II was finally agreed that a notice be
sent to James Kennedy to proceed with
the sewer work and to get all the bulk
heads out of the intercepting sewer AMI
notify the board when they are all out.
To all this the new member, T. ]. Arm
strong, ventUred the remark that he had
seen wood stave pipes carry heavy pres
sure perhaps sixty pounds, without leak
for miles"
carry fifteen pounds pressure" said En-
Eineer Cheney
The board referred the needed repairs
20 the chief inspector and T. J. Armstrong
Extensions Ordered.
Ii was decided TO order four of the need
ed water extensions ordered by the cOun-
ell to be Gone by J. d. Hanley under his
1908 contract, as they were first ordered
before Nov. 30. when the contract ex-
pired. There are water main extension
No. S02, Eighth West from Mead street
10 Tenth South. estimated cost ].510: No ,
214. Eighth South from Jeremy street 10
Seventh West. $40; No. PA, Fourth South
from Post street to Niath West, $500: No.
90 Pierpont street from Ninth to Tenth
West, 81. 1928.
The other four water main extensions,
though badly needed, cannot be done un-
der the old contract and IT was decided
TO so inform the council
The extensions which must wait are
No. 22S Iudistla avenue from Cheyenne
to Montgomery street S7&S.93; No. 229
Eighth South from Twelfth West to Nave
10 street. Ss62. 81; No. go, Seventh South
from Emery to Cheyenne, theEce from
Seventh South TO Sixth South along
Araphone from Emery to Navajo and