The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-07-27
WATERWORKS
BRING PROFITS
aenorf for HaIf-year Under
Municipal Ownership Shows
Net Gain of $21, 900.

.-+ of the waterworks depart
g,thmftted 10 the city council iast
n.t makes splendid showing TOT Ihe
rgIf wear under city ownership Inc
--1ss receipts 90 rounu hu sl6 - WIS
49,. 1nerating expenses, SlS-Uiu ana
l'- rrofit. $1,000. The report was
lt IN. rra special WaterwOrks commit
MAJ included a communication from
u KfrenFr. the manager ana tle
l.r-5a sheet showing earnings ana as
oa-.r7sr.s The report showed water
extensions on TWenty-elghJh street,
klIhfI g,-snrr Washington avenue, West
hl,o--.9r avenue and Euclid avenue It
-E.,-aT that the 10000, 000-gOllOn res
80 is about completed. Manager
r,-orar said that the plans or the coun-
n for improvements "ouiu GOilsullio s Slie
e- canes Of the system for the next tlVe
I-, President Browning OF the city
lta--n -af5 rna report was very crafty
-I-s fnaf the purchase of the system
- ara of the best things that ever nap
Ns On OGDEN. The revenues ne salu'
F, excess of expectations. and the
ZINC is a splendid one. Councilman
49, moved a vote OF thanks 10 Manager
I.- He said Glasmann would KICK
h- ~ showing. but that there were no
g-i-s fr b. and me hoped Glasmann
lid attack the report lie SAID II
.s9up5 more of an accomplishment thah
'.i-swsnu's or any other previous al
li-5.tTstf1n The text of the report fol-
lows. ogden. Utah. July g. 1919.
-- rs Srrg-aI WatCrwOTks Committee.
OGDEN city. Jtau.
csrfausu-I herewith hand you the
.-'-'irf condition of the WaterwOrks de-
..--r.-1.rr ending Jure 80. 1893; also gen
.--f balance sheet and statement OF the
---s earnings and operating expenses.
7rs fine receipts duU disbursements Tor
rbs term above mentioned
q would also state in a brief way that
me- have made exteI sions of a siN-inch
main on Twenty-eighth street from
washington avenue. crossing the Union
ps-4fir railroad tracks to Park avenue,
mi extending on Park avenue north Tor
III. distance of dts feet, ana on Royal
avenue for "a distance of 80 Ieet' also on
Washington avenue from Fourteenth
street, north for d distance Of l,lOt feet,
hitting I'M the necessary tees, crosses 'anc
FIR. bydrauts. also on West Patterson,
TurHf ami West Thirty-first street with
yX-i1ch main, setting the necessary hy-
frsnis. crosses and tees. making an eN-
tension af about 200 feet.
NE also have in course of construction
Attn, present time a series of reservoirs
r-r The better protection of the city from
Ore and also to furnish q better supply
IS water The reservoir which Is now
PRACTICALLY completed has capacity or
HsrW gallons and will cost approx
-stsIv {1tte but is so constructed and
designed that an adjoining reservoir i'm
rsliatsy south can be constructed with
tsuacity of 100000 gallons at an APP
uIimate cost of S9000.
These and other contemplated extern
SONS and Improvements viii probably
take an the net revenue derived from the
FatsrVCrkS system Tor the next five
wars as there are numerous extensions
and Improvements which should. and
7olid be made If the financial condition
IF The department would permit Re
s5CtfuIly submitted,
c. Fl. kIRCHER. Manager.
NgtFrWOTks department Ogden city cor
r-3to1. General balance sheet six
months ending June 50, 1909.
Credit