Show WAT ATER S SUPPLY L r I TI Commissioner Corn r Joseph R 1 Ight Says S Rights ought to Be Bc Attended To I HE FILES flIES HIS ANNUAL REPORT t Says Many of Titles Held by II City Cily Ut Arc rc t Clouded by II Erroneous fax Tax Sales And Levies Leles The rue fI annual report nf ot Lam antI Wu u Il 11 r Commissioner Joeph K P Il yesterday e afternoon with s the tile mayor and tIrlI Includes recommendations which will wIil probably bi bl b given consideration by b his honor es CS e eI I with reference to tf the water supply The calls colis the 1 mayors attention to the tue action of oC the thc thelast last administration In III having pointed for Cora a Parleys arles canyon canon rl without having hang first secured to the city the surplus and primary water rights to the tho waters of oC Parleys canyon canon and atIt Mountain Dell streams intended for to O I conservation Tha Thio report r lort shows hiow tho total cost ot of otI I maintenance of or tho the land water waler de do department for fot 1903 I 03 as all with re cc receipts reo 4 credits and Inventory amount amountIng Ing to or an aK net nIl cost of ot otI I maintenance The Tho total value of icat pro Property orty and Improvements owned d by b t Halt ait Jake City corporation i in 18 given as its i tho real estate proper nt at pad pud the Improve Improvements ments at it 1110 real estate IStL to possessions Io se include lire depart department ment ments t C half ha I Interest I t In III I U city ci I y a ltd county cnn building bu lid lug storehouses ses barns and a nd hop hopI public I U bit U parks arks vi ett canal en ii a I In ruin od s Isolation hO newer eser farms vacant city lots and lands in Summit Utah and Morgan counties TITLES S Tho Tue commissioner that Ihal many of oC the titles titie held helel by hy thu tho city elt lire are cloud clouded ed oil by iy II erroneous tax lax ta levies and anti sales and n nd there arc cases of ot occupancy OI of ot cur city elt lands by persons holding undisputed ed eti possession lOR from tram eight to 10 IG I yearn The fhe commissioner further ayi A mo t flagrant ease case la Is tile tho and Strong 1 ranches rn II eh II consisting con of ot 3 Q anti and Im In Immigration canyon wherein the tho city paid 1500 for or the tue pos po III I scry ftH r rights tights of ot tim tho which rights right s expired epi red Immediately I In tol y upon th till t ho I occupants OC removing from the Iho premises but so IiO far as ns 1 I nin nm uhle to ascertain the uio city made In 1111 I no 1111 effort to 10 perfect HH Its title tItI and tho tue whole property was ns lost So n it systematic y l compilation of or tho the records record H Is b 1 advised and an tin ordinance re rl requiring quiring qu In tha ha t parties in selling sd I lug rent real estate et ate to 10 the city elt to furnish an abstract of ti II I Itla I tia tl before receiving payment Ho Ito shows that thal the ity holds considerable property under tinder tax titles titled which muni lie perfected to lo save the city further II CITY 11 ITs Is n tt schedule of ot real prop property l roll rop erty orlY ert values ami thereon owned owaI by b the tho city corporation Heal 11 Improve l I Fire departments I 1 t 2 Z LuLl 3 I jail and old city hall Ij Half interest lIt city ell 14 county build building l ing and pest house t Stores Stori houses w harm shops lt P etc I 1712 43 5 l Public 33 00 00 22 lied etc et 0 Canal lands not complete l Isolation hospi hospital tal unit and tump Totals of ot city real property and Im Improvements hold haiti as iu private property Heal Iteal Improve stale Estate ments Hewer farm flU In Halt Lake Lako Coun County Count S ty tv t J Sewer lewer farm ann In II Davis VI IM County Purt 1111 Iota lotH 10 and f 11 II I plat Int A LUa in II pints A 1 1 K 1 F J 3 and K 1 city JI j J 1111 In I a Summit Un Comity 01 Il 1 In Utah County 2 IM In Morgan County 7 Total 4 0 Total value alue real rell Total value Im Ito Improvements 11 total real ren and Im Ito n lit Ill 1 the matter of ot increasing tho the water resource r tho the commissioner linn bus this th IR to 10 say 61 The le substantially lh promising ono one 01 of ot these those appears to 10 bo be b the Dig Big HII Cotton otton Cottonwood wood woud water If I the tho city 01 could of oC o lh the Hg 11 I stream which would be hI nearly Marly double the amount now 1101 liO obtained from frolO Croll nil 11 sources the ro o per IH rent cent acquired could br I Increased Ht at least 2 per Iler cent in addition by b the tho of ot tile tho early water wlter Which amounts to nearly marly 25 2 per lel lIt cent relt of ot the tite entire stream titus thus thUI giving the city el free freo of oC oCl charge l practically 2 per jer er cent of or tho the Cottonwood water This Fills Is II a n tangible proportion and does not nol necessitate H thu of or a tL I large amount of ot without n ft f visible benefit hOlen menu meal with the outlay oula This water may b bl be partly acquired by bythe b bythe the tit x hall o of or Utah Itah lake haRt water as U of or the tw hf ns as the III city ly lydOl does dOl not use Ule ut Its 11 entire portion of ot the Iho water from rom the Jordan river as us Ill ap nil by the decree of ot the Iho court td partly by b purchase of oC lands with vater water rights In fri tile the lUg Dig I stream Hut But tho exchange of or water under r existing conditions has hU ha not Prow proven Iro en cli fl In II the pat pant owing oln to the difference In 11 the tho quality of ot the wa water W tel ter tl which the city cly has hai to exchange the exaction of IC if dif differences by b the tho pantos making this the exchange ex I believe that tho the inert of or these water rights lights by hy direct Is the only means to the city elty lI CIS UTAH Vl LAKi Am Iiii Iho says t It seems scents to mo too 11 a dangerous plan idan depending upon tho the delivery of tab lake water through the tho Jordan and amI Suit Halt Lake ko City ennui canal for CI tho the Ity I of HH Its 11 right to 10 practically all nit of at tho tile Parleys canyon stream and taking out water from the Inko lake by h operation of ot beyond horon Its 11 natural supply thus th 11 continually cont lowering the lake for fat thu tito city to tu build reservoirs or to ep ml any uny Iny mono nono at itt II nil all ni without firm having Itself In tho the matter mater to at nt leant leanta a I reasonable degree Inducing the tho utah lake Inko waters vaters ter on en anthe the tho Ih otin OlO oti hand and conserving the wa wn 1 H ler of ot Parleys canyon conyon on the tho other oilier under tinder present conditions would woul scorn nm to 10 be diametrically opposite to the In Interest interest terest which the thc city has hOI In both of ot these water Ater sources saunes For to lower the hike Ilke frill viii vI naturally reduce the portion l of ot the waters there and anil oli It If the thecly city cly failed to supply the amount ol ot water to be he the nominal How of oC Parleys creek through Its 11 en ennal nal tuil nul the Ihl Inevitable result would bo be the forfeiture of oC its 18 rights to the SIS Sl per percent percent cent of ur the Parleys water watH However lower If IC the tho reservoir rel l I is con can constructed before the I hl water rater rights are nrc purchased ed the city el wilt will wi be ho subjected to the exaction eX of or unreasonable nail and exorbitant e prices and would be com corn compelled to 10 submit to the tho extortion to ob obtain taut lAin the tho water wlter necessary for Cor Is la reser In n closing co ln Commissioner Mate that thai the tho percolation system In operation on ott oi the tho ranches owned by the city c I Ity in La I Mountain Dell Deli and Parleys canyon NIon havo proven successful In itt pre re the water waler of Parleys creek He He advises the protection of ot the cly water sheds and stringent ordinances to prevent fouling the water wlter |