The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-29
COMMITTEE TAKES /
IMPORTANT ACTMl
Recommends That East .Jord..|
Canal Be Enlarged and
Extended,
MEANS BETTEkMENT Or
ClTY'S WATER SUppIy
Improvement VIII Tlasprs.
Seventeen Miles and Cost An :
prOXimately $i25,OO0.

The watcrworks committee n :.
city council. al it's meeting Tburdss
niyh(. decided TO recommend tho 49,
tion Of the resolution introduced NJ
day night by President \. !. Ia
which provides for the approval Of &
plans, maps, pIats and Specification. :,
the city engineer for the enlarqemo,,
of the East Jordan canal fronj a.
Jordan narruws 10 Little CoitoIrass3s ~
creek, and ifs extension from ~
point 20 Parley's creek, and also ss'' ss
tboriziug tho bringing of the nros.s sx
actions in the courts 10 condemn r;aS,.'
of way for The canal. The totN ss.st
mated cost of the work of cnlsss,
mont and extension is $l25, 5,9Ss 20
Rv reason of the fact that the y,..
Jordan canal al It's head is cousda,
! able higher IN elevation, than the H..
dan and Salt Lake CITY canal, wS;.tI
| is now used by the city. the waia,.
| from Utah lake can be carried tbroasI
il to much higher elevation thsss..
| through the present city canal, saI
henc" iis waters can be eycbanocd :,
| better advantage with the farmers e..
water TO h" turned into the ciiv's az
| tenn. Tho city now owns one.6fis N
the East JORDAN canal. and, when h.
is enlarged rs is proposed. all the cifv;,
wafer from Utah lake can be earssi
through that canal and the Jordan asi
Sail Lake City canal will be ann.
doncd from the Narrows TO Big Co;ios.
| wood.
Gigantic Task
The plan proposed by the enpin..,
Is, To enlarge the canal from the Ys,.
rows 10 Willow creek, a distance \
~ 900 feet, TO sixteen feet in yidsI'
and six feet in depth. From Wilor
creek 10 Little Cottonwood. distar.
OF 1000 feet, it will be enlarged +.
fourteen feet IN width and -four ar3
one half feet in depth. j. Will tbe,
be able TO accommodate al the walsr
formerly running through the Jordzr
and Salt Lake City canal and the ci,yf
portion OF the water OF the East Jur.
dan canal.
II is also proposed 10 extend ih;
canal from Little Cotiopwood. al /,
high an elevation as possible, to 1
point as near Parlcy's canyon as n
necessary Tor the purpose of cxchsrE|
ing the waters from Utah lake VIA
the farmers for their rights ia b.
Cottonwood aud other streams VIM
waters are used in the city's syst.s|
The cost of the enlargement oi o.
canal is estimated at SS1 .Si5.H, plu'
10 pcr ceut for engineering, adycriisnf
ard inspection amounting to s9.I0si1
making the total cost s97,Ds416 III
cost Of the extension is estimated n
$26.9l4.26, plus 10 per cent for el|
gineering, advertising and inspeeto,.
amounting To S2.99047, making The l}
tai cost 500 a,9Ol73. The grand total
of the Improvement is estimated il|
Sl26.9sS.S9
Special Counsel Ogden Ifiles. yho 81
assisting the city attorney in the sais,
litigation, and Consulting Engiue9 i'
+, Doremus were present mt The msf|
ing and advised the councilmen ia n
gard 10 the proposed improycmfta
Tho report viii no doubt he sdopIH|
nj the meeting of the council Move
Der S, and then the proper actions s
be instituted i'll court TO secure
necessary rights OF way and also
additional water rights needed TO cam
the plans through