The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-12
COunci!men Name Committee TO
Inquire Into Advisahility Of
Acquiring Site.
LOCATION IN AMERICAN
FORK CANYON IS OFFERED
Some Of Members Believe Pur-
chase Would Insure Against
Future Emergency.

With view of obtaining powor site
for a municipal lighting and electric
power plant, "A committee consisting OF
the engineering committee with the mayor
and city engineer associated was APP
pointed al the meeting of the city coun-
Gil in committee Of the whole Thurs
day night 10 investigate the offer of c.
W. Earl To sell to tho city site in
American Forl; canyon. This commit
tee was given three weeks from next
Monday night in which To report back TO
the council! on the matter
This is said to be one Of the last sites
which the city will be able TO obtain for
n lighting plant and members OF the
council arc of the belief that the matter
should he gone into thoroughly. II would
he Impossible 10 undertake 10 build a
plant this year or perhaps next year, but
nevertheless several of the CoUnCilmen
arc strongly In favor OF the city obtain
ing site FOR the plant, especially in
view OF the fact that such sites are now
becoming very scarce Mr.. Early offers
to sell the site for S25 900.
Councilman L. Il Hall was opposed TO
the city considering the matter at all.
He declared that To build plant would
require bond issue and that under pres
cnt conditions Salt Lake City was in no
position 10 issue bonds,
Looking Into Future.
Councilman NJ e Mulvcy, however,
pointed out that the proposition was not
to build "A plant at this time. which nee
essarily would cause a bond issue. but IL
merely was TO secure the site for plant
in the future. Mr.. Mulvey declared that
in view of the fact that the city has the
right 10 the use OF the poles and The
OF the various companies under
the fra anchises he thought that if it were
possible for the city TO obtain a power
site at this time IL would be the hest
thing that possibly could be done
The proposed site is situated in Ameri-
can Fork canyon at the junction Of the
American Fork river. the Deer creek arr
Silver creek. about thirty miles from the
city. a constant flow OF water is as
sured at all times and there is said 10
be no danger from freezing, A natural
reservoir is said to be another advan-
of dam, would have a ca
pacity Of approximately 20. o0oooo cubic
feet, and the streams could be diverted
into the reservoir so as TO afford a
that from $500 to 1000 horsepower would
be the result of this fall,
Electrical Ordinance.
The committee of the whole also took
up the electrical ordinance Thursday
evening which proposes 10 create the
position Of city electrician, After a short
discussion IT was left in the committee
10 get report from City Engineer G. +.
on an ordinance placing such
power within the jurisdiction of the
building inspector. Councilmen Mulvey
and Wood were opposed to the proposed
ordinance, in that IL provided that the
light might be cut off from buildings In
use IL, in the opinion Of the electrician.
the wiring did not conform with the
code. This. Mr.. Mulvey stated. might
put taxpayers 10 great expense, and he
declared that he could not vote for such
a provision.