Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-22
City Engineer Makes Discovery
Which Rivals Those of the
Nature Faker.
FRANCHISES ARE HELD UP.
Council Takes No Action on the Three
Electric Propositions Now Before
It-Council Routine.

The leviathnn aqucduct on North
Temple street has contracted tho
habits OF a whalo-it spouts water.
Whom the bulkhead at the Jordan
river is taken out, 1t attempts to drink
the river dry. filling up to Sixth West
street. blowing OF the manholes and
forming natural geysers.
It's procllvities In this direction were
not discovered by a naturalist. but the
city engineer. and the council last night
appropriated $4,000 for an emergency
outlet through the Eleventh West
street canal by Installing two gates and
enlarging the canal to carry off the
water
By this action the council practical
ly decided to abandon the aqueduct
below Eleventh West street to the river
and shows how about $4,000 of the
bond money WAS thrown away. The
fatal mistake was made by the en-
gineer In his plans. The mouth Of the
aqueduct is three feet below the
mouth of tho river, rendering the out
let useless
Mayor Bransford and the council
were fully aware Of the facts in the
case, because the board OF public works
called their attention to 1t. But at
that time Mayor Bransford was back
ing Louis c. Kelsey In his fight against
the board and no action was taken
TO remedy the mistake. The con-
tractors informed the board and the
council about the situation. but no ac-
ton was taken until 1t was too late
and the present outlet found to be Inn
practicable.
MAY HAVE TO SPEND MORE.
Tho coll In rho Elayoptb Vast copaI
is slight and the canal small. 1t Ia
probable that considerable more money
Will have to be spent before the
aqueduct Will be placed in commits
sion. 1t Is estimated that the gates
will cost 81 900 and that about s2100
for enlarging the canal will have to be
expended. Davis &c Heuser. the con-
tractors on the aqueduct, will be given
the work as extras and an effort will
be made to have ii completed before
the high water comes so that the
aqueduct will not blow up again.
When the recommendation for this
expenditure of money for an additional
outlet came up for consideration. sew
eral of the councilmen made profuse
explanations of the benefits that would
be derived from this additional outlet,
none of them appearing to have the
same view. Councilman Mulyey closed
the arguments by declaring that he
knew nolnlDg ABOUT IT.
But IL you gentlemen know what
you are talking about" he said, II be-
lieve 1t better be done and the sooner
the better"
The three electric franchises pending
before the council were laid over until
Thursday night when they Will be
taken up as a special order of busi-
ness. In connection with the Saltair
road franchise, Frank Knox and 40
other business men petitioned that the
franchise be granted allowing the COM
pany to have Its terminal in the rear
OF the Cullen hotel, where options have
been secured on the property and the
intention of the company is to erect
a station.
Jesse knights franchise for an inter-
urban electric franchise connecting
Salt Lake with Provo and intermediate
points was presented and laid over The
same disposition was made of the ap-
plicaton OF E o. Howard for an
interurban electric franchise to con-
meet Salt Lake with the various settle
nents in the southern part of ths
county.
COUNCIL ROUTINE.
The petition of Strange & Mcclure.
contractors, to erect an asphalt mixer
in City Creek canyon adjoining P. ].
Moran's was laid over a week.
Councilman Fernstrom's resolution
requiring the committees to report on
Mayor Bransford's recommendations in
his annual message came up, but was
sent over another week with a slap
at the mayor.
The ordinance drawn and recon-
mended by the board of estimates and
apportionment for a purchasing agent