The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-25
MUCH CITY WORK
FOUND INCOMPLETE
City Engineers Report Shows
Unpaid Balances; Recon-
mendS Storm Sewers.

D. II. Blossom, city engineer, yesterday
submitted TO Commissioner r. p Nor
ris OF the street department a statement
showing the unpaid balances on city con-
tracts already let but not completed and
the amount of unexbended appropriations
for public Improvements last year
Inc total unpaid balances on uncom-
pleted contracts is S36S, 237.i3. OF which
so. l61 ,J2 represents the city's portion and
s2s3, 1852 the abuttng property owners
portion. The uneXpended appropriations
Tor improvements already authorized to-
tai Sl2O, ,823.iS.
OF the uncompleted contracts S2T0,-
22f5O represents the cost OF paving eN
tensions not completed nor paid for. or
this amount the city's share is $50, 1903. SS
total OF uncompleted curb and gutter eN-
tensions is $T9.s3G.22. OF which sl3.095.3 80
Is the clty's share and S66,65o92 tho abut-
ters' share; the total uncompleted side
ssl!2li i3 the city's share and SsS0l-5S
the property owners share.
The contracts referred 10 are those let
in 1912 which were discontinued by order
OF the city because OF the cold weather
and danger of inferior work. They will
be resumed within the next few weeks,
or as soon as the weather permits.
The annual report OF the city engineer
showing in elaborate detail the city's
public improvement work during 1912 and
containing vast fund OF data relating
and all manner OF improvements accom-
pished during the past year, together
with the exact status OF the city at pres
ent in regard 10 Improvements. was also
submitted to the commissioner OF streets
and public improvements yesterday.
The report is one OF the most exhaus-
tive and complete ever issued by any city
department. 1t contains printed matter
sufficient to fill a large volume and Is
illustrated with many cuts and photo
graphs.
In addition to his recommendation made
In his summary OF the report submitted
to the city commission in January, the
city engineer now recommends that the
storm sewer system to drain ALL surplus
water into the Jordan river. Salt Lake
Is rema rkable at present for the complete
absence OF storm sewers. he says. 1t
has become essential, he holds, that sew
ernl storm sewers be constructed across
the city east and west and that the
Jordan river he dredged and deepened
10 care for the water that would drain
Into II II the storm sewers We're In opera
ton.
The report shows that the total cost
of Salt Lakes sewer system up TO date
has been s2,322. .06i66.
Under the head OF water data the re-
port shows that Salt Lake City owns
cottonwood creek. per cent OF the flow
from Parey's creek, 100 per cent OF
City creek and 100000 gallons daily
from Emigration canyon, The storage
capacity OF all the city's reservoirs Is
; .062 600 gallons
Detailed tables. coveringg the flow Of
the various streams from which the city's
water supply comes. shows an average
lally flow into the distributing system of
l5,0o0,000 gallons during January. So
100 600 gallons during July, 3S, 900. 900 gal
ons during August, 2S. 900, 600 during Sep
ember and $4,000, 900 during December.