Show PRAISE EFFORTS FOR MORE WATER WATE Mass Meeting at Commercial O i Commends Mayors Efforts FOR WELLS MUCH ARGUMENT PRO AND CON GOW REGARDING recognition of the city et admin administrations adm PROMPT r efforts to alleviate conditions by adding to the El Elton tion ton canyon canon source and by utilizing dt h water for sprinkling was WB made at a mum mess 1 meeting held beld by representative Salt Lake L citizens at the Commercial club last sst night night In resolutions commendatory ec at atthe the administrations work thus far tar for t r a a greater water supply for a a greater great r eit 1 geater Lake the authorities are requested to t tomake l t make still further efforts effort in i this direction dro tin tion by putting to use wherever practicable able the flowing wells wels near ner Liberty park p The mass meeting meting was presided over b b bThomas by Thomas Thoma Weir and was wa attended by about abut citizens Among those tho wO participated in the evenings evenings for the resolutions were not riot passed pase with without wita without out varying views as to the advisability of spending money on the arte artesian art artesian sian wells wels were the following S C Hw Ew Hwing EwIng w wIng ing George M f Bacon assistant city en engineer e engineer W I Snyder Associate Engineer A F Doremus Councilman Fern tN Water Vate ater Superintendent Frank Hines Hinos au Engineer George Georgo W V lUter Rie W V H F bals Simon Bamberger and George Ge Ij 1 Nichols who has promised prom e the city coun council cil cn an even better beter proposition prop In Jn flow flowing fw fwing flowing ing wells wels several times Politics and Obstruction At no time could it i be said sid that the meeting was as uninteresting The exchange of ot thoughts thought was lively enough to hold hol the attention of all aU but no oral effort was more closely listened to than was a letter from Colonel E B F Holmes who lees bas given the water problem much study tudy in inthe inthe the past Colonel Holmes Holme was not pres prea present ent but was wa represented by a f lengthy J communication Two brief sentences In hi Inthe 1 hithe the letter leter caught the tho crowd One referred to the fact that whatever the motives of a those who had called calle the meeting a sue 8 su t would undoubtedly attach that it was wa a political move The Time writer rier com cant commented em that it t appeared one party ap up pea any glory glor in the forward movement for far fora fara to a greater water wate system Colonel Holmes Holme wrote that there ther might be SOme gome chance chanco that the Rig Bg Cotow water ater would wo ld not be available by next neat n summer even If It the obstructionists did not further delay It i The rending reading reding of Colonel Holmes Helmes letter lot followed the time selection of Thomas Weir Ve as 3 chairman charma and W I Snyder as secretary Ir after to order S C Ewing had called the m Variation in Argument Much was said in favor of the flowing wells It I was as stated by Mr r Ewing and aJ others that there was wa plenty of water wat of good quality and that It i could be obtained ola o at a low figure Against this was w the U statement by City Engineer Riter laW later J laWin in the evening that there thre was wal available at the present time but gallons et of water as far as the flowing wells were wemS we It I was stated by the advocate of ot tte u Liberty park wells that tha within wit two weeks W tl tIe the water watt could uld be h turned ture Into Ino the t tt mains Th iii the face fa of or this tb came c t former State Engineer ot ance that four months month musi elapse e fefor kefor No Jlee mus any anything thins like a a satisfactory O plant c ce cebe be installed pt Over and again agin it I was ws stated by hy law lawyers lw lawyers yrs and real estate men that tt toe the east cost for the well vell w I water would be b little BO so D more mure than for the time present prent supply Their belief belef however was nas not concurred of W 1 engineers who have studied studie the te problem The latter later said that for every evet gaPes nt of f water pumped from the flowing wells enl tl U t e city cf of pump Salt Lake could get from Big Got Cot Cottonwood o four or five Fluctuations in Supply The question queston of steady stead supply wa Wa was brought up The wells were ht spoken of by those who remembered their driving about seventeen years ear ago and ad aR who took satisfaction in the fuet fact that tt they were still sti flowing They questioned qu not that the supply would be b in the future In spite of this this City Ct Engineer Rier submitted figures fIgure asto the measurements of the flow fow of ot well No Xo NoI 1 I at the time it i was sunk and as last lat re recorded r recorded corded cordel This showed that while there were 50 gallons glons of water per day when the well wel was wa first sunk there were at the thelast Ue thelast last lat measurement but Again Apin Mr X Doremus demonstrated that the th fluctuation tion ton was the same in the case cs of ot the flow flowing tw twIng flowing ing wells wels as with the various sources surce of or orthe the supply With Wih the seasons the Ute flow fow varied varie In this way wa the argument went wet beck back ck and forth The entire entre debate presumably was confined to the merits merit of the rose rL which were taken up by pr graphs The first question queston with wih regard rear to the Ute resolutions was as to the thE construction to tobe t tObe be placed on the term ter immediate use ue Assistant City Engineer Bacon protested that this was wag unfair Engner to the city cit auth ri ties tes and asked that a a specific period pio be named The sense sens of the meeting how however hw however ever was that immediate use us meant with wih such diligence as was wu reasonable What About Emigration Emigration canyon can on canto came in for tor much lu b discussion during the early ely part of the evening Mr Bacon stated stat that the th td in the canyon bed was ws w water bearing bein that it i would be b cheaper and better tM to Fa tap water wateS from th tins s source than to t go o tE e Liberty Libert park where the water from Emi Emigration Emigration gration graton seeks seck surface in the flowing wells wels Councilman Fernstrom assured aure t the meeting that no alarm alam need ned be b felt felt but bt Cottonwood would b that the tha Big Bg water wate 1 ha here next summer The contract of the city with wih P J Moran he lie said sd provided c for that strike or r no strike Following Mr Fernstrom Charles e Crane and Frank Hines HIne were wre hoard heard The water superintendent went into int the rap rao made last year yer that a pumping plant be put in at Liberty Libert park at a cost of ot Wheres Money for Plant In the time course of the succeeding argument alU mont ment while various plans plana were exploited all al involving the tho expenditure of ot consider considerable colder considerable able money Councilman F la 1 Where Is this money comia 01 from Ewing E and San Sanford lord ford quoted quote the tle city attorneys opinion th an surplus from the Big Bg Cottonwood fund fun might arus be bC used for such purpose Fernstrom urged that the city council when it i asked the people pele to t vote vot ton for tr bonds did not contemplate the public money for fo experimenting with nw flow flowing pw ing tog wells wels He said sId that as far tar as a there Ue being any olY net gain gIn in the water depart department ment this surplus was being used us as for the improvement ent of or the th nys tern temp extension e of mains etc Much uch was wa said during luring the time evening aa as a asto to the tho to time required to put in pipes Councilman Fernstrom ernstrom in answer to a denial that the necessary pipe pip wa was to t b b be obtained in Salt Sal Lake said akl sd that Moran was wa paying pa a a daily forfeiture of or 78 to t the tH city ct because he could not get the te pipe le pa from the east Doremus Against Project A F Doremus who has lias been ben big ing engineer In the Big Bg Cottonwood plans presented his opposition to the flowing I well wel proposition in a lucid tn talk He lie said that that he be e wah ivak aM opposed to fo o othe the tIle city spending money for the tion of the well wel water because bOuse for forCa same expenditure it would yet get et thes times the return from Big BIg ott n od He Ho urged that Impatience should sh uld not ot be allowed to disable th whole great crot water I Ii i project i project I We Wo disable the project air t under way by b slicing off of hero and slicing I off oft there ther This will wi at least lest dil N y it tt j I J Let et the proposition rest until it ii has been i given more mature matura deliberation delb I I wIt wll I ba 1 b two months anyway before oa oi Oi could coule I Continued Cont n on f 1 2 y PRAISE EFFORTS FOR r MORE ORE WATER Continued fron Page 1 get this water and wo we have already gone Sone through the period of greatest shortage There has bus been much talk of a short wInter but we lave Jiava gone through many years without great Inconvenience Walt Wait a u little be patient and get water from front sources that we wa are ara authorized to expend money on Lets act for the best in this thing We started for Cotton Cottonwood Cottonwood wood Lets go to jt n nTo To Request City Council City Engineer Riter was the tile last speak speaker er or In the course of lila his address adress he quoted from the report made mado several years ago ngo to the Commercial club by a specially appointed executive committee of fifty members In which the flowing wells are arc referred reterre 1 to as temporary make makeshifts makeshifts makeshifts shifts and little calculated to solve the problem of a n greater water supply for lor a greater Salt Suit Lake City The rhe report com corn commented commented that the tho acquisition of Big Cot Cottonwood Cottonwood Cottonwood was the one solution At the close of the meeting Chairman Weir was instructed to present a copy of the resolutions to the tle city council at tomorrow nights session The resolutions follow Whereas The water ater conditions which have been suffered in this city for some weeks past and which do now prevail are by reason rason of tho the scarcity in the pipe service I Ice a discomfort and distress to the people and also al o a menace to the health and aud good name nama of this tills city and Whereas The means of or relief are Im Immediately mediately at hand band in sufficient quantity and In Jn of quality to meet the immediate needs of all alt therefore be it Resolved That t we call upon the mu iou municipal authorities to apply appl this relief relict at hand ham and economically available for the purpose of adding to the general supply the thu water that can at once be had by sulking additional wells If It necessary Resolved That we urge Urd upon the Ute city I authorities tha th utilizing of the artesian arte loll wells as ns a good and an available resource I already demonstrated to be sufficient in quantity Desirable in quality and Im tat Immediately Immediate mediately mediate available at ut small expense e and the sentiment of this meeting is to de demand e maud mand that this title supply be put to Imme diate use in the pipe liPe system of this city or in such part of it as us is found most accessible and ible Resolved That we commend the th action of the city authorities in their efforts to add to the pipe supply from the Emi Emigration gration canyon can 01 source and at call cali upon them to persevere in that work Resolved That w we commend aleo also the work just begun to make mak tile the ditch water available for sprinkling the tito streets and bespeak be peak perseverance therein until the dust in all the tb streets of the city that lie llo under the aanal Is fully tull laid lath and leapt kept hid Iid |