Show TAKES CITYS WATER Lamsons Company has Opened the Gateways I NOW FLOWS OVER HIS WHEEL Turned Back into the Citys Channel Fiftytwo Feet Lower than at the Dam Deprived of the Necessary Pressure to Deliver it to the City The Cojrnpany Serves Notico on the S Mayor of the Conditions it Intends to Enforce in Future How the City a is Affected The Salt Lake City Water and Electrical Elec-trical Power company Lamsons company com-pany on Thursday turned the citys water out of the Jordan river at the II old dam at the Narrows Into the Utah and Salt Lake canal and opened the flume nlowing It to flow back Into the Jordan and Salt Lake City canal thus returning It Into the channel which conveys con-veys It to the city after it has passed over Die power wheels of the electrical company This action Is In accordance with the terms of the notice of appropriation j filed by the company some time ago and which Is being contested In Die courts by Die city SERVED NOTICE ON THE MAYOR Yesterday following up Its action of tho previous day the electrical company com-pany served Die following notice ipon the Mayor and sent a copy to the Land and Water Commissioner Wo desire lo notify jou as lie executive execu-tive as Salt Lake City that In accordance with our appropriation heretofore made wo have constructed it flume connecting our wilier wheels with Ito I canal owned by Sail Lako city and known as Iho Jor dan and Salt Lake City canal and are j prepared to use all water the CIty of Salt i Lake IK entitled to How through said Jordan Jor-dan and Sail Lake City canal pant Die point where our flumo connects wIth said canal 11 Is our Intonllon to place lie City of Salt Luke In exactly tho t panic position as to Die delivery of water In its canal nt and below tIme point where our flume connects with the canal as though such water had been flowed down the cnnal from Us hcadgalo lo said point And therefore wo now notify you Dial wo will at nil limes upon the demand of lie person delegated bv Die city to control con-trol tIm supply of water flowIng in wild canal turn Into said canal from our fiumo all water which lie City of Salt Lake Is entitled to uso through mild canal leaving leav-ing iho question of delermlnallon of such amount lo tIm city lisolf tto also notify you Dial If desired wo I will attend to turning Into the canal Die amount of water at uny time docinrd I necessary lo he lurried In by the city or If tIm city prefers wo will permIt ii i rep roMcnlallvo of the city to control In our llumo Die flowajro Into iho city canal of siiih amount of water as ho may doom required liy the city under Itt vested rights Our const ruction makes this entirely en-tirely feasible Wo have completed our I construction and are now using lie city i water and returning It to the canal Our appropriation recognIzes all vested rights on lie part of tho city with re specl lo the amount of water to bo flowed down the canal from the point whoro our Ihmo enters the canal but we demand thai the headgato of tho I city canal bo and remain closed HO lone as wo furnish through our flumo Into the canal the water wa-ter belonging to Ito city Jn cone the city I unnecessarily opens tho hoadgiUc and floods tho canal at any point we will not bo responsible for ensuing damage but will continue to muse lImo city water In ac cordanco with our vented right HO lo do HOW IT HURTS THE CITY The great detriment to the city by the electrical company using lie water IB that It Is delivered back into the Citys channel at a level fiftytwo feet lower than where It was taken from the dam thus depriving lie stream of the necessary pressure to deliver the water at the hichcr levels In the city and also making It Impossible for want of pressure to deliver water to Cottonwood Cotton-wood farmers In exchange for water from Cotlonwood creek and Mill creek which is suitable for culinary purposes |