Show MAY SHORTEN THE AQUEDUCT Proposition to Cut Fifteen Hundred Feet Peet From Prom Original Plan and to Straighten Creek Banks A proposition has been made to Mayor Bransford by some of the councilmen and others interested which would settle the difficulty with Davis Heuser Heu er about the completion of the North Temple street aqueduct and which it is believed would greatly benefit residents along the line Une o ot of City Creek It is iii to make a new contract with the firm by the aqueduct would stop atop at Ninth West Vest Instead of con continuing continuing continuing to the Jordan river as the con contract contract contract tract provides The money which it would woul cost to build bund the additional 1600 feet of ot aqueduct could then be applied to repair repairIng repairing Ing the UIe bank banks of or City Creek to the mouth of the t e canyon Below Ninth West V east where it is proposed to stop the aqueduct there Is now a good deep canal which easily takes take care of toe tHe water Yesterday Mayor Bransford dis discussed discussed cussed cu the work with C U Heuser HeI who was apparently willing to agree to almost almo t anything proposed The aqueduct work will ill be discussed d this week by the board of works and probably by the council counci committee The contractors have not resumed work on the aqueduct giving as a reason that the Oregon Short Line Use is doing work on Its conduit which prevents them from re resuming resuming suming operations operation Davis Davia A Heuser He were wem ordered ten days ago by the board of ol works to take up the work and were told at the time that ten days day would be the limit for which reasons for tor failure would be accepted |