| Show CITY'S WORK ORK IN I 1 91 2 TOlD BY D. D H. H Blossom Lists Improvements Improvements Improvements Improve Improve- ments Carried to Completion Comple Comple- tion and Those Set Under Under Under Un Un- der Way in Twelvemonth CHANGES IN GOVERNMENT C CAUSED USED DELAY HE SAYS Recommendations of Important Important Important tant Projects for Municipal Needs A Are e Made Including Water Supply Betterments Recommendations Made That inspection of public works be transferred from street to engineering en en- department Installation of two venturi meters on Parle Parleys s 's conduit and Cit City creek supply system to de determine tic tic- c. c termine water supply accurately An additional pipe pe line of to gall gallons ms daily capacity capacity ca en- from the Big Cottonwood conduit to the city's water system stem Improvement of Jordan Salt Lake canal to insure safe carrying capacity of second feet flow and arrangement to use this water for street sprinkling Laying of all Wat water r sewer and gas mains mains and telephone condu conduits ls on OIl all streets before any p perma permanent J rma- rma nent improvements are ato made Construction of a a. modern s system Stem S tem tern of storm sewers adequate to meet demands of city for the future fu fu- lure ture nrc and abolition of surface drainage a e 3 m ut aLj 9 ft t l 9 r P rsc Lions hons A sanitary sewer system for the southern p pati ii of t The city lt which is now without sewerage facilities Enclosing of Ninth South canal canalin in in a foot five eon conduit uit grading of Thirteenth East from Ninth to Tenth South an and bridging of Red Butte creek and immediate provision provision provi provi- sion for repair and maintenance of asphalt pavement AMED for tor the magnificence of or its It S F FAMED natural surroundings the beauty of or f Its broad tre tree lined streets and its Im Im- Imposing posing buildings Salt Lake is rapidly I forging int into first rank of or cities clUes of or it Its Ia a size also In the country countr In matters of ot Improvement Im provement according to tho tIm claim chair made In th the annual report of or Cit City Engineer Engineer En En- gincer D. D II 11 Blossom for Cor the year rear 1912 issued yesterday In his review the engineer recounts what has been accomplished ac accomplished accomplished ac- ac along the line of ot advancement advancement advance advance- advancement ment during the past year and also what hat has been done in former years ears to place Salt Lake in a position where It ItIs itIs Is IB outclassed b by no cl city which has sprung from front a pioneer settlement on the tho untamed plains of ot the tIre west Into a metropolis of ot a a. great s-reat state The city covers an area aren of or square miles a greater territory than an any city in tho the country countr of or pop pop- But of ot the SO miles mUes of streets In this broad area lrea 29 miles niles are arc paved It has 2216 miles mUes of or water mains miles mileM of ot paved sidewalks sidewalks side side- I walks 40 miles mUes of ot curbing and guttering gut gut- guttering and 1 miles of or sewers Its Improvements are valued at It Its lots lota and acreage at and personal pro property pert at making mak mak- lag ing a total valuation of About bout In 1012 The total amount of ot Improvement work done dOlle In tn the cSt city during 1912 1112 In Including In- In eluding work of or all nature amounted to The year closed with work Initiated Initialed but unfinished h d amountIng amountIng amounting amount- amount Ing to H. H Both of or these amounts represent the total cost to city and abutting property owner for tor the work ork contemplated or OJ done Tho The engineer explains the lack hack of or accomplishment of or more public Improvement im improvement improvement Im- Im provement york work luring during 1912 as duo du to the change In administration in r regard re regard re- re gard sard to this lila he lie sa says s 's Tho Tire change In tho tire form Corm of ot government govern govern- ment has lias necessarily caused more or orless orless orless less dela delay In n tire the handling of or the tho cil city and the tho completion of or proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed Improvements as an entire re reorganization re- re organization in most must departments was necessary What the elt city actually accomplished 1912 Is given in the during following ln summary Construction of or 42 of ot a mile of ot water water wa wa- cater ca- ca ter supply mains cost 87 3 miles of or water vater mains In the distributing ing lag system CO cost t of oC a Continued on Page Pa-c 11 Column 1 1 WORK FOR FORT T DESCRIBED BY D. D H. H BLOSSOM Continued From m Page 1 L mile me o ot of pavement cost 39 29 9 1002 1002 miles mie ot of asphalt ahalt pavement pave IVO- IVO ment ment cost 1819 milo mUe of at cement dement sidewalk cost oot 7 SU miles mUes of at curb and guta gutter cost coat 69 59 61 miles mile of ot wor laterals cost coat 97 46 In addition additon the tho city extended the surplus canal which carries carIe overflow waters water of at tWo the Jordan to prevent floodIng floodIng flood- flood Ing of ot the tho city a a. D distance of ot approximately 1 75 mUo a a. n n nw w steel stee and d concrete concrete con con- Con Con- crete creto waa wa a constructed across tho of ot tho canal arid and an about a amile amile a amUI mile mUI of ot non new canal h has been constructed construct construct- e ed d at t the tho mouth routh of at the tho outlet sewer ditch dich e and much of at It i A new neT I steel bridge haa has been constructed S across the tho Jordan canal at Ninth North i and a a new sixty Inch sit Inch centrifugal pump pumpS S was as Installed d at the Utah ake pumping pump pump- ing- ing Ini ng plant plant The Tho pump has haa a n capacity of ot second feet of ot water A new sixty inch Inch sity-Inch storm sewer is In n course courso of ot construction on tho the Ninth South Sout canal J concrete pavement has been laid In and around the city barns and other work has bas been done 1 f 1 Cit City Portion Porton OOOO During ID the tho past year car the Improvement ImI Im im- Im- Im J I provement work under way under t holdover contracts from tho previous I year a provided for tor In new contracts or orf 1 f by order order of ot tho the commission amounted t to an estimated cost of ot 56 GG t The total amount completed amounted I to 24 22 The Tho amount of ot work accomplished in 1911 was I t. t Tho The cost of ot Improvements for 1912 is I the lowest of ot any year rear since 1904 when H It 1 amounted to only Of or Off ortho f I tho the cost oost 0 of Improvements made In 1912 1012 Sc i Iho city's portion was 7 find and tb the portion porton of or tho the property owner ower y amounted to the remainder I representing the cost of engineering 5 Inspection a and special specialS S work I At tho the end of ot tho year ar a. a work or amounting to reI reI reI re- re I as follows Paving extensions S a aggregating Co sidewalk exI ex- ex j I tensions aggregating curb l t and aid ad gutter cutter extensions 9 aggregating 79 9 I and and Ninth South storm ston sewer I I Tho The city's portion porton of unfinished I contracts contract is IA 74 32 and the tho te abutters abutters' j r portion orton From the contingent fund there was paid ald out on public Improvement work worle I f 1 waterworks fund 3 S Paving extension work contracted contracted for tor amounted to 04 tho the amount ono ag aggregating 8 Sidewalk Sidewalk Side Side- walk extensions were planned costing costne the work worle done dono cost 9 92 0 curb and gutter guter work dono done was as as ns against contracted con con- acted ti-acted sewer extensions 5 as as against contracted streets and md sidewalks fund 14 2662 as against 7 12 86 contracted d sewers sew sew- frs ers and md drains fund as against 9 Figures on Waterworks S Un Under er tho the heading of ot waterworks 1 the tho engineer er shows that under supervision super sper vision Islon of ot the water vater department the work being being- done b by tho the department Itself feet teet of ot mains were ii laid at a cost of at 2531 2631 feet of ot the tho old Twentieth ward lino was as asi i 1 replaced with iron at a n cost of ot Tho The total storage capacity S. S of or tho city reservoirs Is 11 gal gal- al- al Ions Jons and antI tho average cal daily water supS sup- sup i S ph Is about gallons The Tho report contains a n review of ot the 1 t work do done no at tho the lakes in Big Big CottonwOod Cottonwood Cot- Cot preparatory to constructing 1 great storage e reservoirs there thore and pic pictures pie pie- tures are shown of ot the lakes and the tho I watersheds surrounding surrounding- them A special pan page is to the new S unit 7 pumping plant Installed at the S Utah lake pumping pumpinG station staton A picture of ot the bl big pump and tho the motor which I S operates it is i hown In the report Tho Is ono or of f tho the Jm largest in the counS count coun- coun S Tho pOmp t proper propel i- i Is driven bv by t. t 5 a Z moor motor shown In tho 1 and It pumps second second- I 7 feet of ot wat water r. r This pump is to nd add to r y the he supply of ot tho the Skit Silt Lake Lako Jordan canal and Ivo give the ctt ct city m more ro water tS to exchange for tor canyon canon water Ivator for tor use uso In ln the the cf city system Report is made mado In fu tUI detail of tho carof caro- caro I sno snow survey on the sheds ot of nl Big Cottonwood canyon when It was wa found foundS S there f to was an nn average ot of 38 per cent ent or n a water ot of 15 Inches n In 5 11 Inches of 1 snow enow This averRE average aver aver- RE age was not maintained over O the tho entire watershed The Tho entro city's water rights in the ine various arious streams are aro shown hown as fol tol- tol I lows Big Cottonwood Cottonwood per cent i of t. t the flow Parleys t cent City creek o per POI a crele cent cent EmIra- EmIra per t S bour canyon canon gallons glons per 24 4 n o on ravine Paving Tho ho cn nIn Incer r fInds In ls that both bitu- bitu adapted hV feyo Salt bait Lake and o the tho sheet climatic mS asphalt conditions n are on well wel t In Sal but hut advises against the tho use or ot the latter later on streets with a grade of t more than 6 G per Por POI cent cent On such he be would have ha e used finding that It affords S i a bettor footing for traffic and welL welLS well well S Salt Sal Lakes Lake's streets are arc paved wIth I 1 5 asPhalt rock asphalt aspS stone I concrete the and macadam m A A. sample of at I varIous work Is shown by pIctures in fn the report There Thero is a picture ot of tho orth Main an a u t ic wo work In ot of the tho Construction and and another picture or of completed street The en engineer Ineer states that tho C cx- cx lh a ot of two contracts all al sideS side side- S walk work doo dono In 1912 v as a brought over O from the previous year car on contract contracts con- con tracts tract let then an and Is ls 0 or of monolithic J construction which ho served er ery el niell During the past year car 1819 miles mies of walks an s were laid and for 1 2215 n about thirty miles aro are contemplated contemplated in addition to n a picture of or tho the new adgate constructed across the Intake i ot of iftA the tho surplus canal caal at a COt cost of ot about xi t Ah 0 the tho report rt shows a I picture of the tho Vt NInth North orth steel bridge e and md a picture 0 It r f th the construction men at t wor work erectIng erectIng erectS erect- erect Ing S the tho first t poleo ot of t tho proposed Mer Mer- chants hants LI Light ht Power pr Po company In the vicinity of ot Warm Springs Tho surplus sur- sur plus canal nan hau boon bon extended to Will Will- ianis lake ni now bids bid are aro being WH- WH Sc cal called ai d for tor on a a. 1 now unit for tor tho the Intercepting Inter Inter- pumping pumping- plant Ur cf Storm System Sj Ir r. r Blossom som Ia lays B special stress In hi ht hb report on the tact fact that Bait Sal Lake Lako with wih us Its 35 miles of or hr hard surface surface- pavements 4 has haa a no Storm f sewer s system stem at all al lb lbS Ho lo S urges that a n system be bo provided at once oIce and declares that storm toW sew p ers cra should always be bo laid before per pAr 4 anent street Improvements Ho ITo would J have the main laterals lal laid on Elev Elev- nth and Fourth avenues others on onI S I Yourth South Ninth South and Tenth f in J his recommendations the engineer engineers S. S s his ol old controversy with wih tho the supervisor of or streets in re regard ard to to- InS ln- ln S fUr it of ot public works work Thc Tho en engineer rl that the tho only proper place to ic tl lio inspection is in tho the en engineer engineer- J r r. r I nt and recommends that t It i bo be changed C to that department Ho lie lieS le S ur urges cs that It if no change is made some omo alteration be mado made in the of ot accounting so 0 o that collections for tor parS permits per par POlI POl- I S nits mits anc and so MO o on will wil not be bo char charged to to the engineering department when ct it should A bo be against a n d department over oer I 3 which hlo tho the engineer ha has no authority S All Mi Al recommendations are arc brief and d 1 ero Iro ro outlined in the above o box The Tho re reit reit re- re it port covers cou nOlO than a I hundred led hun closely written typewritten t pages pa el and Innumerable tables table of ot figures It I in Is If n neatly at bound boun and Illustrated with ith handsome pictures taken b bv by the tho 51 photograph department of or th the the enL en- en L office The rhe report I is inscribed I to th the tho commissioner of or streets and publio pub pub- lio I S Pl 1 S 1 |
