Show CONFEREES FAVOR t WATER RESERVOIRS 1 I AND CONDUIT WORK I City Commission and Clubs Club's Committee Favor Increase I F Fin in City's Debts While It has grown Into a 8 metropolitan t tan elt city In area tires and population salt al Lake Is a trying trying- to get along on the public facilities of a a. town according according accord accord- ing to tho the facts presented to a n Joint t meeting of tho the city commission and th the special 1 water uter supply committee of at tho the Commercial club yesterday morning The commission directed tho the city at attorney attorney at- at torney to draft a bill for immediate t presentation to the tho le legislature providing provid ing ing- for an election to amend the constitution constitution con con- to permit of raising the limit of ot bonded indebtedness 15 of or cities of ot the first class from S per cent t to i 12 per percent percent er cent of or the tile assessed valuation Salt Lake now has a n. bond Issue margin margin margin mar mar- gin of about the total bonded Indebtedness being By Ey raising rats rais ing- ing the limit on the thc present assessed valuation an additional issue Q of a little littlemore littlemore littlemore more than could be made Tho unanimous of opinion at nt the tho meeting r was that tUe Uie first es essential es- es i Is to provide an an emergency storage toras-e supply for Just sue a conditions as all the eft city experienced and that then tho the city must must decide upon and proceed to can carry out a comprehensive J sive plan pian for permanent water supply ph 1 sufficient for tor a city oC or fit Lt least cast a half halt J million Inhabitants Cannon Give Gln 1 Kyi Sylvester Q Cannot water engineer I of ot tho the city engineering department J ga gave an of explanation of his researches In Ii hA IA mint r J Mr ir r-c r Cannon rn-i rn n ni i d ii j that that for or tho the past post five ti years the has had an average aver aver- ago age available supply sufficient for tor a population t ico wh what t the population lation atlon now is Tile T trouble Is lie he says the conduits am aro r Tot ot sufficient to carry tho tile water In th thi streams belon belonging to the city an and the distributing system is Inadequate e So in August and September Sep Sep- In dr dry years eats and the tho coldest colde t part of or tho the Winter he lie said there lh is plenty of waiter wal Ivi hi the streams streams streams-if IC If It could only b be n to the s system stem and anel distributed Mr r. r Can Cannon n showed by figures that tho the average l available supply of water even In the driest of years ears Is gallons per day daP But nut In the winter season under normal conditions condi condi- the avo supply In the tile cit city system Is Is' only about 2 gallons per da day and 3 n J-n 11 the spring and summer only about The conduits wont won't carry An any more The ys y's canyon canon con conduit has a capacity of or gallons allons per day Big Cotton Cottonwood wood conduit carries 3 gallon gallone 5 per day a and during the tile spring an 1 early earl summer months will not begin to to carr carry all the flow to which h the city Is entitled The city leases Its surplus us waters for irrigation pur pur- poses Ho i Improvements in fa facilities ta- ta to enable th the tho city to handle all the ater available construction of ot stor store storage reservoirs an and storage or wInter winter winter win wIn- ter pow at the tho head of or Big Cotton Cotton- woo j for supply during August and rind Ho explained that pro- pro on Is being made for tor the later sum sum- m r supply by tho the work started on tho the laJ la es at tho the head of Big Cottonwood canyon Lime Chokes Conduits Information was given to the tho com com- 1 that a large portion of the tue distributing die dis system 1 of ot tho the city Is half halt filled with a residue of or lime and other I mineral Ingredients ts of r. r the water water until I tho the water space Is reduced greatly Tho The commissioner of waterworks admitted admitted admitted ad ad- that tho the entire distributing system sg tern tem should be cleaned would have hae to tobe tobe tobe be enl enlarged rg-od rg and extended In places and the tile conduit facilities would have ha to be bo Increased before an any a addition supply of water would be of or an any use to the city He estimated that It would cost probably half halt a million dollars to do this The commissioner explained that It would be bo necessary to construct a large conduit pipe lino line from the Big Cottonwood Cottonwood Cotton- Cotton woo wood Intake to some point In Sugar SugarHouse SugarHouse House Homle and construct a distributing reservoir reservoir reservoir res res- there He also suggested tho construction of a storage reservoir somewhere on the southeast bench for emergency waters These proposed Improvements Improvements Im tin- were approved by the Commercial Commercial Com Corn mercial club committee as was the scheme to dev develop lop about gallons gallons gal gal- lons ions per er day b by a pumping plant at ut the Liberty Libert park wells Urges Storage te cr ol However the committee urged emergency emer erner- gene enc storage reservoirs preferably on the thc east and southeast bench and tho the securing of or larger quantities from rein both this tills side sido and the other othel side aide of the mountain range It If possible The Tho old Kelsey scheme of ot constructing a 3 dam darn damIn In Parleys Parley's canyon canon for the storage of ot gallons of water was approved provided sufficient water could bo be gotten gotten got got- ten to fill It and keep It supplied As a result of ot the discussion the en engineering en- en department was Instructed Instruct to secure data showing all the water available On this side of the mountain divide and all that could feasibly he be se secured secured se- se cured from the other side Tho The en engineer was instructed to look over available storage r reservoir soT sites to tho the cast east and southeast figure what water might bo be stored at t each piece and find be prepared to accompany the city commission and the tile Commercial club committee over o the sites as soon Boon as his hia data was wa prepared d. d The Tho Commercial club committee a agreed to Join the commission corn com mission In an In Inspection of these sites |