| Show i ANllTHEH LOft PRATT + PriposiHon < to Compromise Discharged Dis-charged Policemens Salary Suits t FAVORABLE REFERENCE + EPOITBD FOR IMPROV nf fWATJmWORKS SYSTEM t It Contemplates Many weeded Chnn gesTmporlantIteport From Com mitte Water Supply Questions In AbunthmceCity Prisoners to Be WorkedQfIgrade Sidewalks j No sooner had tbe city council last evening by adverse action disposed of Mayor Clarks leappointment of Arthur Ar-thur Pratt as Chief of police than an otJher reminder of the chiefg malad Jninistration of police affairs came up for notice It was in the form of a communIcation from City Attorney Hall with his recommendation of referEnce ref-erEnce to the proper committee of the following proposition from Marshall Royle Hempstead and Moyle Zane Coetlgan attorneys for T J EverilJ aru1 other policemen who were unlawfully unlaw-fully removed by Chie Pratt and subsequently sub-sequently reinstated by decxee of the suprC1Tlc court The plaintiff in the case of T J Everll1 ys George Swam citt audItor of Salt Lake City through the undersigned signed his attorneys is willing 10 com promire the said action before an appeal ap-peal is taken to the supreme court upon the immediate pament by the city of the stun of 2530 which repre S cents the amount of salary due to the I said plaintiff a1id his severai aS5dgnors under the salary ordinance and which is the amount for which the suit was brought iee intest and costs By aecepting this offer for compro mfse the city will save 14446 interest and costs estimated at 8245 making a total saving of 22691 It will be remembered that on Feb 4 1899 the plaintiff obtaIned judgment In the district court for the full amount of his claim together with interest and coSts Inasmuch as the time for perfecting I the appeal in this action has almost expired ex-pired and as we are desirouS of havIng the same heard in the May term of the supreme court we respectfully request a prompt acceptance or rejection of the foregoing offer The matter was referred to the mayor and the committee on municipal las I with power to act I The proposition of Mary C Lambert by her attorneys Young Moyle Waddell to accept 600 In full settle 1nnt of her damage suit was accepted < on recommendation of City Attorney Hall The city attorney submitted witness fee claims in the Sum of 310 due tQ I various persons serving as witness for the city in the case against Susan I Dudler relatie to water rights lie ferred to the committee on municipal las TO IMPROVE THE ATERWORKS The committee submitted the following follow-ing important report action on which on request of Councilmen Romney and Vallae was deferred for one week We your committee on waterworks beg leave to reIOrt as follows In the matter of the communication of City Engineer F C Kelsey In which he recommends certain improvements in the I arworliS system for the more perfect distribution of the supIly l your committee j be g full 11ware of tile imperfections of the present means of distribution the fact being apparent that the system is no I sort of patchwork affair made from time to time to med existing necessities with little or 110 plan and wItnout provision for I tile future extension of the system as the I city Increased In population The ugges tlOns and recommendations of the city enrineer if carried out according to his I rft f ccgfi rt oi i1ans will In the opinion of your committee com-mittee largely remedy the defects in the I waterworks system and make provision I for the distribution of a much larger I 1 water supply when obtained wrhe glr1 iI The engineer suggests certain ments at three separate nolnts azw one of which can be made Independent of the I othfrs but all of which will harmonize When completed The first and of most immediate importance im-portance In the opinion of your committee com-mittee Is that which looks to the im IJroement of the distribution in the east en part of the city which suffered so se crdr during the scarcity list mmme This plan proidcs for putting In a six tlenInch stave pitH on Fifth South street connecting with the Parleys canyon can-yon conduit and running west to 1wclth I East street tor supplying district Xo 2 as marked on the engineers plan rhi plan provides for a twelveinch main to connect wIth the cighteeninch main on irst South street at Eighth East street I and running south on the west side of Eighth East street to Sixth South street I and connecting with the sixinch lateral running west on Second Third Fourth I lifth and Sixth South streets The tlan also provides for doIng away I with twentytwo dead ends In the east part ef the city by changIng the boundaries I bound-aries of the district and limng in the gaps In fhe laterals The estimated cost of these proposed I clinges and improvements by using ma tprial on hand as far as it will go Is 17 The second and next most important imfJlOHn1ll1t recommended by the en I glntcr is the completion of the reservoir at i 1 st South and Thirteenth East I streets This reservoir when cornoleted will hold rfJUOOOJ gallons The estimated coC for enlarging the excavation lining n i h COClfU muonr making connections connec-tions ttc is Stw9L I The third Improvement recommended by the engineer Is the erilar ing of the mats leading from the brIck tanks In I Cit Cretk canyon so as to carry a much larr vo1umpof water than is possible I at reCt and thus supply watertalwrs I wIt J1 City reek water In the spring and I carI summer when there is plenty and svoid the userof the Parleys creek water which is always muddY at that season Thz proposed plan contemplates taking Ut tIle llresent thirtyinch twentyfour Inch and twentyinch cast iron pipe and laying a thlrtyIn woodstac pipe from the brick lanha to a point opposite Fourth trel Putting in a T for the ibhtnch pipe on First North street and it Y for the Present sixteeninch main Reduin the main at this point from thirty to twentrfour inches and laying u twentfourInch cast Iron pipe along City creek and North Temple street to Eas Temple street from North Temple to South Temple street and a sixteen inch pipe on South Temple street from East Temple to West Temple street The estimated net cost of these proposed changr as given by the engineer Is l4C1645 Youi eommfttce after a full and free conference with tile city engineer and giving all his sulreestions mature consideration consid-eration have unanimouh agreed to recommend re-commend to the council that the proposed pro-posed Improvement as herein first set forth viz that rtferrIn to the improve meat of the distribution of the water In the eastern part of the city be immediately immedi-ately commeneed and Pl reJmae as early a date as practicable so as to af ford speed relief to the watertakcrs in the eastern part of the cite cit-e therefore recommend that the superintendent su-perIntendent of waterworks be authorized to ask for bids for the necessary materials mater-ials and report results to the council and proceed at once to make said Improve ments according to the plans and speelfi cations prepared by the city engineer The other two proposed plans for Improvement Im-provement of the stterworIts system we report back to the council with a favorable I favor-able recommendation on theIr merits but as they require a large expenditure of mane we recommend that they be referred re-ferred to th committee of the whole council for consideration CONTROLLING WATER SUPPLY The proposed new contract with the Pleasant View IrrigatIon company for the ue of its ditch to flow the waters < of the Parleys canal Instead of utilizing util-izing the conduit whIch parallels It d was taken up but aftera short debate 6 action was deferred until the irrigation committee rtpdrts < upon the city engineers en-gineers protest against the contemplated contem-plated renEfJ1 of contract During the coursof the debate CaTheter declared his opposition to the continuation of anA a-nA > iIII I a method of ringing water into the city by open ditches where the loss from eVaporation seepage and theft was fully 50 per cent He announced his unwIllingness of letting the east bench farmers get another cInch on the cIty and wanted the open ditch abandoned aban-doned and its duty done by the conduit con-duit in appropriation of 1000 was voted to the irrigation deptrtment for cleaning clean-ing canals and ditches and preparing for the spring floodS Almost immediately imme-diately after this action was taken Councilman Robertson offered a resolutIon reso-lutIon directing the watermaster to report re-port the amount of money expended in I preparing for high water how the same has been expended an estimate of the cost of carrying out the present I plans of caring f9r flood water and as I to the manner or expendIng additional I amounts for that purpose It was referred I re-ferred to the committee on Irrigation A resolution by Buckle was referred to the irrigation committee directing the city engineer to construct a masonry ma-sonry conduit at a cost of not to exceed ex-ceed 750 to replace the wornout flume at the southwest corner of the block bOunded by South Temple First South and FIfth and Sixth East streets I The officers of the Brown Sanford DItch mpany requested the remoiral I of the measuring weir placed by the city engineer iil BIg Cottonwood creek because it was feared that high water would wash out or damage complainants complain-ants headgate Referred to the committee com-mittee on irrigation PRISONERS MAY BE WORKED Thecity attorney submitted the following fol-lowing Answering your resolution of thq 22nd inst requesting my opinion definIng defin-Ing the state law which prohibits the I proper authorities from making the I city prIsoners doing some manual labor 1 together with such suggestions by which this council may be enabled to I make prisoners earn at least three meals a day I have to say that under paragraph 52 of chapter 1 of the re I yised statutes the council has power by ordinance to provIde for tile arrest fine or setting to work on the streets or elsewhere of all vagrants mendicants I mendi-cants and prIsoners found in the city without vIsible means of support or some legitimate business Apd also by section 211 of the revised statutes the city councIl has power to provide by ordInance that every person committed for violation of the ordinances ordi-nances may be compelled to do such public work on the streets or elsewhere as may be desirable The matter was referred to the commIttee com-mIttee on municipal laws with directions direc-tions to draft the desired ordinance Relative to the petition of David F Walker to be allowed to construct a sidewalk on temporary grade in front of 28 to 82 Vest Second South street the committee on streets recommended granting the request until such time as the connecting walks are rebuilt to established es-tablished grade By a vote of 7 to 7 a motion to recommit the report was lost and by the same vote the committees commit-tees report failed of adoption On motion mo-tion of Councilman Allen the board of I public works was then instructed to consider the propriety of having all WantS on that block brought to permanent perma-nent grade Robert L McCall and other property owners on South Temple street rayed that the council enforce without delay its order of March S requiring the Oregon Ore-gon Short Line Railroad company to lower its tracks to the established street grade from Fourth Vest street to the Jordan river On the other hand C J Oberg and other propertyowners on South Temple street protested against the lowering of the tracks Both petition peti-tIon and protest were referred to the street committee with directions to I report within a week Chairman James Sharp of the board or regents of the University of Utah submitted a communication stating it to be the sentiment of the regents that the state board of land commissioners In dealing with the old university site should have in mind that the property should he retained for educational or I some other desirable public purpose I City Engineer Kelsey requested authority au-thority to approve the plat of Canyon Road subdivision whIch had been examined ex-amined and found correct The request was granted I |
