Show BEGINS 1 1 ON CONDUIT I i City Officials Visit Vi it Big Sig Cottonwood I Canyon j WATER SCARCE OVER UTAH CITY ENGINEER REPORTS FTER CANVASSING SITUATION I Work on 0 th the Bis Th HI conduit ts formally Inaugurated fore fOO Ut I when P J th ti contractor ai aj 11 a illy dt ity official the mouth of ot Hit BIg I 1 canyon and ud upon S a u int where the conduit shall begin rhe nb te el arty varty that went up Included Include Mr Mo MoI lan ian I Prank Frank Gawan his bI I 1 i 1 L ig M Bacon engineer in charge and P i Elot engineer in charge of ot the thC chare t Id work York on the conduit I X tuii work cork had bad been begun by b Mr Ir Ifrah rau prior to the visit He bad a num nurn I I i t ot tams tain es and a big Mg camp campin tent ti t on n th ground grou about halt half a 11 aT T in lU II lii below the Power bouliO of ot the Utah rt Railway company ompy and had com coni P 1 ted preparation for work on a u large d rYr Jr Moran loran n l has as determined to begin his hia at the upper ond end of ot the con Fit and ami expects to keep k a large force LUty s all ll winter T The water will be taken nn out at a 8 Point Just dust below the punt plant ot of the t tab tati Light company I Iu I IL u accordance ae with the provisions of or the passed by the city cit council I night Mayor Richard P Morris prepared and mailed the th follow inS ing In letter Jetter to E A Hitchcock secretary f r the tae interior September 14 1908 1905 H TT tJ no T R I A TrA Secretary of ot th the r Washington D C Honorable Sir At a meeting of ot the city unil of Salt SuLt Lake City tah held hehl I Sept 11 i WOO 1905 the following resolution waa wu I adopted Certain ertain application applications have f n made to tho the department of ot the th In ln I I for reservoir rt sites site within the Salt 8 lt t ike ko forest reserve which if perfected perte ted to be harmful to the water U j J Now SNow loro be It That Th th thI I I jor and city attorney are hereby au ait und and requested ted to take such mien ao so aoi T i jn on L on behalf of or the city as ft t will prevent of ot these applications and ful tul v protect the interests Gives Reasons for Resolution Th The reason for the adoption of the above resolution are partly shown on Its face tace f facts bearing upon the case caH are Irit Salt Lake City Uv has recently ex ended large lurge sums annie of money mone for the pur use of f acquiring a part of ot the waters of Hie Hg Cottonwood creek to supply the city wit cit a it 1 potable water Negotiations are now tiding ending to secure some of ot the water of at TAUe nitIe Cottonwood creek for the same bume pur puri g 3 i There Thel are no other oilier streams or viator sources within practical piping die dla m LD I fl e of ot this city from which potable nater may be obtained The city ity is now and ind nd for a long time has hM Ita bean suffering jm m scarcity of or water The city ethnic admin by b paying payin large cash bonuses r f fOg with the owners of the Rig Biff Bt a waters aters for an exchange of ot a art rt of ut such waters wat NI for canal waters ram fm r t tan tah lake Like negotiations are r ru J uw w being pressed with the owners owner of the Little Cottonwood waters I t lion pon the scheme of ot the above exchange i IJ d proposed exchange the city adminis ati tt n pressed bj by b the gravity of ot the it tr r situation proposed pro the plan plait of r the city for SOCO to establish w system to conduct the water of or 1 I l streams to the city Title This proposition placed Jacel before bt for the voters of ot this city t a special bond boRd election last January Januar iu 11 I was wall carried At present the ex cx i Ig g for fOl fo the Big Cottonwood waters M n x len lieen made and work on ou the con cop conius ius AAL ben b begun gun un Tilt ae ie people of lit the elt Ih fear that reser reer is s m in either BIg Bla Cottonwood or Little canyon YOn will disturb and end im mi mii tir i 1 the 1 supply There Titers are ru wars M iii lt a s sd r e rv Hr Hru r u d anti ami an would be likely ely to do us WI harm harmi i t Ii t Halt CIty And I n Its un In Ini Int inti i t ti ants nt I r rl r 9 request that no sites b be allowed for In either aid tid or tn iii either of said r iv an fJ l further request that Salt k city Cit be b notified d of ot all alt applications of I r suds u i sites te and ba gim girn opportunity 1 nt such INCh facts as nil It may have In V Very rv r RICHARD F P MORRIS Mayor Major of Salt lt Lake City Take Over Canal Stock vl pars Branum Brown Bown anti and Day yes turned over O l t to the city the 1090 1 oo tt rs r s of or stock of the tbt East Saat Jordan Jordann 1111 n il recently purchased 1 by byI I count IL The three former rv r i of If f the received r In return v heir i stock warrants a total of J 4 from frow C B Felt Pelt city elty auditor It city eity t it has just been ben offered an op opu u ou on u Yo J shares shaNe move more of the stock of or last I Jordan Canal anal company m C any upon f c same sam terms per er share altare It has hu hast 7 ft t been n d decided Hl l to recommend the ther thet drha r t e of ot the tb additional Inn tors of ot the t Jordan Ir 11 on company have voted to ester enter estert lIt r t in an with the city ity ait whereby irrigation lon company will take canal canali fit c i from the city eft In iii exchange e for the Cottonwood water t that tb t flows hr ur ugh the Winchester r or Union ditch 11 las Ils ditch is entitled to the flow of ot Little Cottonwood creek n dj j 11 j woold wd provide more th loin dailY dally during the lowest stages of ofors 4 r rk k kI I ors orge W filter Riter city yes y 1118 v said ad that as the irrigation sea seala i la je i about over and the tho u use of ot the theu u 1 pumps at Utah lake will Wilt probably ue li e n jes ary ry after a few days one oner r 1 two of the pum will n be put out of emission within It a week A will U be kept ket at t work to t provide a d 1 t x ti lP water may be IM n nasd ed d dIt It l RW r has ball been gather Tg Lg information concerning conc the water iM atlon in th the state tate generally as well ell 11 states and has lias discovered at tt Idaho and Wyoming are areV i V T tan tah In regard r rd tw tv water supply this UI is iU in Mr Ir Biter Riter yesterday with the various ad th a view clew eW to whether It U uld be bt to secure for the city eft 11 1 use of ot some Bome railway tank cars H He e ten tended led to suggest to the city ett council advisability of ot leasing a few fe cai ears a aI I them wIth arms arnie I d filling them with canal water for tret sprinkling purposes p One of ot the ark I cars ars holds many man times the amount I |