Show v CITY GETS MORE WAiER Notice of Additional Appropriation Appro-priation from Utah Lake FILED WITH THE RECORDER I iI i I I City Counel1tntilles Ratines the Action and Orders Work of Completing the Appropriation Ap-propriation to Proceed at Once The Increase in the Supply from that Source Will Bo 300 Cubic Feet Per Second Nearly Ton Times as Much as tho City Nov Has from Utah Lake The new City Council and Mayor Thompson have been quick to grasp I what was so long neglected by their predecessors the necessity of increas ¬ ing the water supply of the city and yesterday one of the plans which Cot rear has been urged by the City Engineer Engi-neer was adopted Late In hue afternoon after-noon City Engineer Kelsey in the name of Salt Lake City and Mayor Thomp son for the use and benefit of the citizens of Salt Lake tiled In tho of fico of the City Recorder notice of ap propriaLlon of additional water from Utah lake which will uicrcaao tin citys supply from that source by about tenfold S EXTE r OF THE NOTICE The notice sets out that the municipality munici-pality has located a reservoir and dam site on the Jordan river and Utah lake at the compromise point three feet three and onehalf Inches above low water mark of the lake The Intention of tho city the notice states Is to raise the dam no as to Impound the wateis of Utah lake and Jordan river above the dam so as to make a reservoir the fioor level of which will be five feet above the present compromise point INCREASED CAPACITY OF RESERVOIR RESER-VOIR This will add to the capacity of the reservoir 520000 acrefeet and will increase in-crease the supply to the city to the extent ex-tent of 300 cubic feet per second The further Intention of the locators is stated as being to conxcy the additional addition-al water by enlarged ditches and by the construction of another dam at the Jordan river north of where the East Jordan canal diverts tho water from the Jordan and to enlarge the oannl at the point of diversion the Jordan narrow nar-row rowrhe additional water is to be used for iirigation purposes and for street sprinkling sewerflushing otc in Salt Lake City The water is nol suitable for culinary and domestic purposes but It Is suitable for irrigation and the Intention is lo exchange It with farmers farm-ers for an equal amount of excellent water l from the Cottonwood and Mill creek streams The notice of location was also filed with the County Recorder of Utah county tyflATIFJED RATIFIED BY COUNCIL In the evening the City Council met with the Mayor the City Engineer and City Attorney Stephens In executive session and formally ratified the action of the City Engineer In filing the notice no-tice of appropriation A resolution was also passed Instructing Instruct-ing the City Engineer and the City Attorney At-torney to at once proceed with the AYorlc of completing the appropriation The law requires that work shall be z begun within forty days after the filing of the notice but it Is the Intention of the Council to go ahead at once If everything Is pushed In the most expeditious manner the additional supply sup-ply might be available the coming summer sum-mer but unless the need Is most urgent It Is not likely that It will be available until next year |