The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-10
INTERCEPT
AGAIN ON THE Pan
Mr.. Hall Introduces Resolution
Calling for Its Repair by
City Engineer.
REFERRED TO ENGINEER
FOR MORE IMPORTATION
Mr.. Clancy Says That the Pres
ent Cleaner Is Not Made
for the Work.

The iutcrminablc interccptlpg sewer
was on thc nan again al Thursday
nights council meeting. MIR. Hall, as
usual, was there with a resolution on
The subject. Mr.. Hall S resolution was
TO the effect that the iuterccpllng sewer
ought to be repaired, and the city en-
ginccr ought to repair it.
Mr.. Hall said the people IN the south
western part of the city are Nltally
interested in the intcrccpting sewer and
its completion. -,
'You may laugh. and you may smile
now" declared Mr.. Hall, with en-
phasis, "but pretty soon, when the sew
age begins to overflow and the people
begin TO bring suits against the cily
for damages. YOU Will smile no long
err said Mr. Hall, as If in warning.
Mr. Hall said the city engineer 3
forces could not get the cleaner through
the sewer, no matter how hard they
tried There was. an obstruction IN
the sewer, said Mr.. Hall, that wonld
not permit the cleaner 10 pass through,
and he was determined to find out what
that obstruction is and why the cleaner
won't 90 past it or over it., or around
it, or through it.
What the Estimate Was,
il was pointed out that An estimate
of tho city engineer for the rebuilding
of portions Of the sewer would cost
$4,000. Mr.. Hall thought this price was
exorbitant and out of all proportion 10
the amount that would he required to
actually find out why that cleaner
did. not 90 through The sewer.
~ helieve,' said Mr., Hall, "that
this estimate of the city engineer was
put in here Just TO frighten, 10 scare,
the council with jls enormlty. 1t won L
cost any such amount TO find out whcth-
CT there Is 4 bottom in that sewer or
not ] know there is none at point
where we drove four-by-four stake
down deep into the ground below IT.
If that part of the sewer has been
repaired, as | have been Informed 1T
has, we could have dug n few feet
further, and found out why the cleaner
was obstructcd there.
Mr. Hall said that the sewer ought
TO be put into commission and sug"
gested that If the city's officials we're
not efficient enough 10 do the work
awe ought to import somebody This
remark, however, Mr., Hall rctracted.
Engineer CLANCY Explains.
George O. CLANCY, the city engineer,
was asked TO tell what he knew about
the intcrcepting sewer, and why the
cleaner did not 60 through it.
81 have, from time to time, SAID
Mr.. Chauey, '.givcn tho council all the
information I have about the sewer,
The cleaner that VIC are trying to pull
through that sewer was never made
to go through it, and it will never go
through it successfully. The cleaner
was pulled through part OF it by
four horses once, but it will never go
through, because it isn't the right kind
Of n cleaner for that kind Of a sewer. !"
Mr. CLANCY told about tho work the
contractor had done in repairing the
sewer and said the contractor appeared
To be willing TO do anything he could
TO make the sewer q success,
Finally Mr Ferry moved that the
matter be referred 10 the city engineer,
and that the council be enlightened on
the matter, because, he said, the coun
ell did not appear TO know much about
it,
At any rate, the city engineer will
so repair the sewer that some kind Of
cleaner will 90 through it, and that
some of the sewage, also, will probably
go through it.