Show EAST SiDE RESERVOIR Council Orders Bids Asked 4 for Construction WILL COST ABOUT 28000 Bids also Asked for Fifteen Sprin hung Wagoiis Night Sprinkling Suggested as an Economical Measure Meas-ure Land Owners Object to the Closing of Pleasant View Ditch and Give Notice that They will Hold City Liable Two Hundred and Nineteen Meters Needed The City Council last evening directed direct-ed the Board of Public Works to advertise ad-vertise for bids for the construction of n reservoir on Ninth Hash street for distribution of the water from Parleys I canyon This was and of the Improvements Improve-ments to the water system recommended recommend-ed by City Engineer Kolsey a couple of months ago The reservoir will have a capacity of 5000000 gallons will cover an area of about an acre and will cost about 28000 The matter came up un the report of the Committee on Water Works which was submitted six or seven weeks ago and laid over from time to time The report recommended that the Board of Public Works be Instructed to I advertise for bids and proceed with the work of constructing the proposed reservoir I I re-servoir in accordance with the plans I and apcclllcatlons of the City Engineer Engi-neer Cottrell and Fernstrom opposed action ac-tion and they with C E Howe Edgar Jlove and Held voted against a motion I to take It out of the hands of the committee com-mittee of the whole to whleh it was referred a month ago but which novel acted on It Nine however voted aye and tho recommendation was adopted Cottrell and Edgar Howe alone voting no MORE SPRINKLING WAGONS The Committee on Sprinkling rccom nlended that eight new springllng wagons wa-gons be purchased and that 2li50 be appropriated for the purpose Thu report re-port said 0gallon wagons would cost 375 each anti COOgallon ones 350 each of tho Studebaker make The committee commit-tee advised that four of each sle be bought Edgar Howe moved to amend the report re-port by making It Hftoen wagons instead in-stead of eight I Hobertvon moved that the Recorder bo Instructed to advertise for bids for fifteen wagons and that the bids come to the CiiuiuMl and be opened in the ordinary or-dinary way Bucklo thought that the money it was proposed lo spend on now sprlnk liflg wagons might be saved by making mak-ing I the I wagons tin city now has by doing double service by using them at night wbiMi a great deal of sprinkling could be adintngiously done Thomas who made the suggestion in the tirst Instance to sprinkle at night supported that proposition and argued that the city could not afford to buy any more sprinklers at the present time The taxpayers ought to be considered con-sidered Mr Thomas said Beatty did not think night sprinkling woild be effectual and good sprinkling was necessary to healthful conditions In the city Robertsons amendment to advertise for bids for lltteen wagons was carried car-ried Cottrell Gemmcll and Vhltte morc voting no the other members aye PLEASANT VIEW COMPLAINT E B Wicks secretary of the Pleasant Pleas-ant View Irrigation company notified the Council that the company would MM to have the water turned Iiito their canial or ditch and that if unyi danVage occurred to the crops of the owners oC tllL6 canal from the watei not being turned in they would hold the city liable lia-ble In regard to this matter the Council resolved at Us meeting on March loth lo close the ditch and turn all the water wa-ter into Parleys conduit The matter was referred to the Committee on Irrigation Irri-gation and Municipal Laws with the City Attorney associated WANT WATER METERS Superintendent of Waterworks Hines asked authority lo purchase 219 water meters to be placed In various business establishments which In future will be charged meter rates for the water they use Committee on Waterworks |