The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-10
COM NIT EE
IN SPECIAL
SESSION
IMMEDIATE IMPROVEMENT OF
CITY WATERWORkS.
Revenues Considered Sufficient to Jus
tIfy Enlargement Of System to
Supply Population OF 10000.


time the waterworks committee of the
city have we'll In hand the handling OF
the water system and their plans now
In mind contemplate immediate I'M
provement. The committee. with oth'
er members of the council. held a spe'
cial meeting last night. at which was
considered important questions AFFECT
ing the operation of that particular
department of the city government.
The object last night was to consid-
er the advisability and tho Feasibility
OF enlarging the system and carrying
the waters needed by the people TO
extended localities. 1t was decided
at the meeting that extensions were
quite necessary and that the demands
Of the people for better and more
far-reaching service should be met.
The committee, according to disclos-
ures last evening. are thoroughly con-
versant with the revenues OF the water
system and 1t was unanimously ex-
pressed that the expenditure for ex-
tensions and improvements should be
kept we'll within the revenues Of the
waterworks department, And the fact
was also elioited that the revenues are
quite sufficient to warrant the COM
mittee In spending not less than $780,
900 this year in extending the system
to sections OF the city that are now
without water accommodations and
for the enlargement Of the system to
the point where a population of
40 1000 may be supplied with water.
The decision arrived at last night
was that the first extension to be made
would be to Five Points and intermedi-
ate sections beyond the present SER
vice. It was estimated that to make
the extensions under contemplation IT
would require about 10000 feet OF SIX
inch pipe and an invoice of the pipe
on hand showed that the city has
something like 5000 feet The remain
ing 10, 600 feet of pipe was authorized to
be ordered Immediately, so that the
work Of extending the system could
be prosecuted as soon as the weather
would permit 1t is the object Of the
committee to supply every nook and
corner of the city with wholesome
and adequate supply of water.
1t was considered that the present
mains carrying the water supply OF
the city to the reservoir now In use are
sufficiently large to carry three or
four times the quantity of water they
now carry and the water supply avail
able being sufficiently large to fill the
mains 1t was concluded that the res
ervolr capacity should be enlarged. At
the present time the city reservoir
holds about 100000 gallons OF water
and 1t Is contemplated that during the
year an additional reservoir capacity
shall be established to the extent OF
2S.000.000 gallons, 22,000.000 gallons
more than is now being conserved for
the use of the people.
A new reservoir Immediately south
Of the present one is to be constructed
this year and at last nights meeting
the city engineer was instructed to
draw plans for the new reservoir at
the earliest possible time. 30 as to
enable the committee to begin con
structlon work as soon as the frost Is
out Of the ground.
The new reservoir will be built un
der modern regulations. the bottom
and sides to be placed In concrete. AS
soon as the new structure is finished
the old basin will be drained and the
bottom and sides of the same will be
concreted and placed In the best oi
condition.
According to figures presented II
was learned that the city owns suf1
cient water supply which comes from
the Warm Springs canyon and Wheel
er creek to fill both the old and the
contemplated new reservoir without
drawing any water from the Ogder
river. Tho committee figures that
the city owns enough water to supply
| a population Of from 10000 to $4,000.
1t was said at the meeting that the
Hartman interests In the city are
short of water except that they OK
pend a vast sum Of money to pump
what they need from the river ant
other sources and that there Is ar
| assurance given that when the city
| gets its new reservoir into operation
| and filled with water which will fur
nish ample water for the city and the
railroad company, too, the pumping
plant will be abandoned and the water
needed at the Union depot will be pur
chased from the city. This. the com
mittee concluded, would furnish {
splendid revenue TO the city and hell
materially In the operation OF the wat
Il
| erworks system.
The waterworks committee is com
posed OF Councilmen Peery, Dickson
Flygare. Humphris and Thomas, thu
| mayor and the president of the coun
ell being honorary members There |,
a bill before the Legislature. however
which provides for a special water
works department in Ogden that Il
expected to be acted upon favorabl!
within the next week, so that the worl
of the present committee is only tenn
porary, but a careful consideration o
all questions before the committee Il
being given. that the affairs of thu
waterworks system may be turne'
over to the department authorized b.
the Legislature In the very best of con
dition. The bill now pending provides
for the election of a waterworks com
mission in Ogden which will have thu
absolute control OF the water system o
the city and will be free from polltlca
entanglements.