Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-18
Rotund Statesman From the
Fifth Ward Opposes
All Corners.
WANTS CANAL FIXED TO STAY
Opposes Spending 100000 10 Tinker
With Agent Responsible for Dam
aging Floods in West Side.


tendent, power to spend S25. 900 to en-.
large the surplus canal last night with.
out following any definite plans. Coun.
Gilman Martin e. Mulvey baked and
declared that he would enjoin the CITY
from spending the money in such =
manner. Before he got through h.
had Mayor John S. Bransford and Cfty
Engineer George F. McGonagle on the
carpet" and succeeded in LAYING the
matter over for a week until souo
definite plan would be decided unon
When Mulvey put on his fighting
clothes, he stood alone, but he showed
a majority of the councilmen that S25
600 would only be drop in tho bucket
in solving the question of the flood
waters of the Jordan river and that
II ought to be spent 50 as 1t would
make a permanent Improvement.
Mayor John S. Bransford, several
American" members of the city coun-
ell, and the directors of the North Point
Irrigation company held meeting
Monday afternoon and decided to turn
Raleigh loose on the canal and make
$4,000 go as far as it would In enlarr-
ing the canal. Accordingly a resolu
tlon was drawn up TO this effect and
Councilman A. J. Davis, who acted as
chairman of the meeting, was to sign
II. When Councilman Mulvey read tha
action that the officials had taken. he
decided to fight the expenditure of the
money In such a loose manner. Coun-
at1t IN. IL
the council chamber before the session
had fairly started without signing the
resolution. Davis passed 1t up to Coun-
Gilman Reedall, who consented to sign
II. AS soon as the resolution was pre-
sented Councilman Mulvey exclaimed.
That Is the height of gall A pretty.
high-handed resolution"
MULVEY STARTS SOMETHING.
Where's your partner" Mulvey
shouted, turning upon Reedall and re-
ferring to Davis. why did he run
away without signing it? This is
something that 1 will never stand for.
II this resolution is passed tonight I
VIII enjoin the city tomorrow This
$4,000 calls for the expenditure of $780,
U0O or $4,000 more in solving this flood
water problem and we better have some
plan to work by and not throw away
'"c 'oAPdSeiS money without getting
some good from 1t. We have been con-
fronted with this same problem for
years realize that we have got to
meet 1t. but have 1t done in some man.
ner so that the taxpayers can get the
most for their money. l would like TO
get Mayor Bransford's idea on this
Mayor Bransford said that his idea
of making such recommendation was
In Ion, ,.l.
possible before the flood season He
declared that the Jordan River was
higher now than it has been ever be-
fore at this time of year. The Utah
lake, he said, was considerably higher
than last year, and that something
would have to be done to protect the
property near the river He said that
the property owners could obtain dam
ages against the city If the floods of a
year ago were repeated which would
aggregate more than the expenditure.
MGONAGLES OPINION.
Mr.. Mulvey then called on City En-
glneer George r. McGonagle. The en-
gineer said that he believed that $25, 600
would relieve the situation, but that
It would take $500. 600 or more TO en-
large the canal so that it would carry
the flood waters. He said that the
make n permanent improvement. but
that little could be accomplished with
that amount in solving the problem.
RESOLUTION LAID OVER
Mulvcy routed Councilman Fern-
strom in an argument of considerable
length and had the resolution laid
over week by vote of 10 to 5. Null
Ney then moved that the councllmen
with the mayor and city engineer so
over the ground again this week. which
was carried
Fclnstrom changed his vote to yes"
and gave notice of a reconsideration.
BY that time. Fernstrom." Mulvey re-
Piled, eve will be back and have some
kind of plan to follow"
For some time last night. it looked
as II the minority OF the council was
champloning Mayor Bransfords cause.
When q resolution introduced by Coun-
Gilman Raybould, who retired the first
of the year, was read recommending
mat the streets be repaired by the
street department as Mayor Bransforo
mad suggested In his message, Coun-
Gilman Davis moved to deny 1t. II was
evident that some of the councilmen
thought that some of Pat Moran'S
privileges were being infringed upon.
The minority succeeded finally. how
ever, In having II referred to the board
of estimate and apportionment and an
allowance made for the purchase OF
Dolls to do the work
COunci1naap Halle resolution DIOVid-