| Show REVIEW OP TRADE By B W Bobinson Superintendent of Bradstreet Salt Lake Thc Stale of Utah during 1S99 distinguished distin-guished Itself by the enormous amount of business transacted in almost every line and the wholesale and retail deal era are unanimous in declaring the year Just closed to have been their banner one since boom times The price of staples was greatly advanced ad-vanced over the preceding year and It was Impossible to 1111 all orders for manufactured goods an the demand was greater than the supply The raise In prices of hardware heather oods and building material is especially notice blc The wool and hide market was also very firm time advance In prices over those of 1SII5 being about 30 per j cent Thc beetsugar Industry has added greatly to time popularity of Utah as a place for safe investments and has done much toward Improving the property prop-erty and enhancing the value of land In the vicinity of the several factories now In operation This Is merely ono of the uses which the rich and fertile land In our valleys can be put to The fruit Industry Is claiming the attention at-tention of the public more each year the quality being much Improved due to the method of cultivation The foreign for-eign supply is reported to have been abundant and to have commanded good prices The jobbers in this line report thtlr sales and profits to have been very satisfactory For several years a great quantity of the honey used In Utah was bought In California and other places until some enterprising citizen saw that the i climate of southern Utah was especially espe-cially adapted for the production of honey and now we are supplying I honey to Western points principally Nevada During the past few months I n < less than six carloads of honey were shipped from southern Utah a I Thc r creamery Industry grows In I prominency c h successive ycgr pur Ing 1SW twcJvT KCif cfeHniurp y reestablished re-established and the capltl Invested in limO entire industry increased 10 percent per-cent The consumption of the products inCroaiaboiit 10jJercentovcr ISS f and there was an increase In prices of 25 per cent Several wellinformed authorities agree in Baying It was the boat y ars business the creameries have had since 1S92 rime holiday trade was good In all I lines affected at that season and the i class of purchases was of u high standard stand-ard > i Jobbers report an average Increase in I total sales for the past year of between I 30 and JO per cent compared with 1SOS It Srf not surprising in view of such a satisfactory condition of affairs I that new mercantile enterprises aro I constantly being established In Salt j I Lake and elsewhere throughout the State i j The livestock market has been very active Collections arereported good and the percentage of losses by Jobbers small The mining Industry has thrived and attracted attention from even the old world The policy of development I of mines sufilokiit to show their value I before offering them to Investors which seems to have taken the place of the selling of prospects and wildcat schemes that HO hindered the develop I moot of good properties still contln 1 ties The dividends from Utahs mmos j nre increasing each year and the money i brought into the State through their I output has been farreaching In Its r i effects and has been readily felt by all I I commercial lines No one thing reflects J the condition of business more than does the money market Most of our banks show a material Increase In deposits de-posits and loans and discounts Rates of Interest have decreased In proportion as money to loan und Invest has become be-come more plentiful and In a like proportion pro-portion property both real and personal per-sonal has Increased in value 1 The total clearings for the eleven I months ending November CO 1S9S 1 amounted to S772S7S40 and for the I I same period in 1S99 1136255o9 During 3S98 the failures In Utah numbered 71 i the total liabilities being 407544 and I assets 223795 In 1S99 the total failures amounted to 59 the liabilities being 59629 and assets 117650 The business during the past twelvemonths twelve-months was very flattering and the merchants are hopeful of a successful year In 1900 Salt Lake Postoffice The Salt Lake postofilce did a much larger business during the past year than in 1S93 Several notable changes occurred For the first time in Utah substations were established They arc located In Salt Lake one at Sugar and the other at Calders park The one at Sugar iu now In successful operation op-eration and the one at Calders will be opened Tuesday A mounted carrier Is supplied for each substation and their routes will connect with the rural delivery system so that free delivery will ba had over all the country between be-tween Salt Lake and Murray The city routes have been extended so as to I embrace all tho territory within city limits and In some cases free delivery Is made beyond city limits by city carriers car-riers During the year the system has been extended northwest to include North Salt Lake Superior addition and nearly to Becks Hot Sprlmjs while It has been extended south below Twelfth South to connect with the rural ser vlco as noted Love This has necessitated the employment of additional carriers Four were put on July let and two more will go on tomorrow There are now twenty seven carriers In the city and an idea of time Increase In Salt Lakes mall business may be gathered from a comparison com-parison with the time when free delivery de-livery was Inaugurated about u dozen years ago only seven men then being engaged in carrying the mail Since Postmaster Thomas took charge of the local ofitce about a yeqr ago he has secured more carriers than had been obtained In tho preceding five years I and as a result the service has been greatly Improved In elllclency Chief Carrier Slade states as an evidence of the Increase of the business that with the she additional carriers now provided pro-vided the duties of the Individual carriers car-riers do not seem to be lightened The force of cnrter l andlr from eighteen to twenty thousand letters l and from thirty to forty canvas sacks of mall dally The incoming riiails are distributed dis-tributed to time boxes and carriers by a force of eight clerks It Is necessary for these clerks not only to know the boundaries of the different carriers districts but also to know every avenue av-enue court and small street In that district There arc now five business districts Mr Slade hopes to establish another about July 1st am the amount of matter handled now necessitates a great amount of labor on the part of the carriers assigned to that section of the city Two collectors visit the business busi-ness district making nine collections dally and ireellng every train During the year there was placed In the city ten now letter boxes making a total of 1G3 In some of the departments of the city postofTlce the Increase ran over 20 per cent during the year Sales of stamps envelopes etc box rent and postal deposits for 1SU9 were 170165S7 as against S151i > 7iiSS for 1SOS a gain of S1S7SS99 The following Is a statement of the years business compared with that of 1S9S Number of money orders Issued IStf 33550 Number of money ortlors Issued 1SOS 2GOO Increase 7950 Number of money orders paid 1S9 > 5I5JO Number of money orders paid 1895 48060 Increase 0150 Domestic money orders Issued lSOTl95 < iOO Domestic money orders Issued 3S93 185750 Increase 15550 Foreign monoy orders Issued 1809 4 Sill 00 Foreign money orders issued IKS 32111 I Increase 3959 Domestic money orders paid 1S9 n77S SO Domestic money orders paid 1S93 535000 Increase S 122l I Foreign money orders paid 1599 3C9SO Foreign money orders paid 1S5S 7200 Increase G7SO Remittances from ot othorpostofnces 1S93 iSlOOllCO Rcmlttunfps from othenpoatofllces 1S9S i 91CSOO Incrcase I S 9ISOO DopoaltH of surplus moneys 1S995 CG3700 Deposits of surplus moneys 1S9S tllllOO Increase 63300 FIKST QUARTER 1S9S 1SS9 Sales of stamps onvel opeix etc 4 26SOt52 5 30B795C Box rents OL W 5n25 i Pofital deposits 125161 1311179 Totals897GU3 I15WCO SECOND QUARTER Sales of etampa envelopes envel-opes etc J 2511974 2512153 Box icnts Sii00 M200 Postal deposit 12J5CS IC40U Totals 5 ttSSi 1 THIRD QUARTER Sales of stamps envelopes envel-opes etc 2460S4u J 2SS31Su Box rent 53200 Gt2o Postal deposits 939SS 11570 PO Totals J 3513033 I 105560 FOURTH QUARTER Sales of stammmp envel opem etc 2S75200 S 3lBStt Box rents 0 > XOO GOOOO Totals for year y5lC7JSS 170 155S7 Gains in soles of stamps envelopes envel-opes otc for ISM S13WD3 Gain la postal deposits for 1SS3 Jfi2KD5 Loss In bpx rents for ISW J9io RURAL FREE DELIVERY Rural free delivery was Inaugurated in Utah on August IDlh The route Is in Salt Lake county and runs from Murray to Union thence over the mountain thence to old highway No 1 and east to highway No 02 thence west to State road and back to Murray Time route Js peventeen miles long and covers cov-ers about twentyfive square miles of territory The Inaugural I6n of yio system of free rural delivery was under the direction direc-tion of VV E Anlnn spaclal agent of tho Fostomcc department The matter was somewhat in the nature of an en pcrlmcnt but is pros Ing a deJded sac cess and there is good reason to bellow that other routes will D0 established bctt long Sandy m Salt Lake coun ty is i oat ° C time foremost candidates I SSnlii003 route aWlshod and the I people there are sparing no effort taizi to au taiziNew New m noy order nostofflcea estab I hishemi In ma in 1S99 were as follows Manning Salem Ctarkston Brock West Portage Cisco View Hcnefer Mammoth Kiinab aionticello Onuigel I ville icbardson Robinson Toquer ville Tropic and White Rocks Street Boilroads To tile street car companies the i year has been I u profitable one owing to the I various outulde amusements during tIme simmnmem months and the large Increase of tn tnuilc to tho many houses that have been erected In districts remote from tIme business center Time Waterloo lino on the Salt Lake City railroad Is a fail sample of this The Salt Lain City Railroad company spent many thou sands of dollars last year ln thc better nient ot He I service new cars and Im provement of the yards The steam I power plant has been thoroughly over I hauled and is kept In constant reach ness during the winter season In case 1 p of a failure of the huge power plant In the canyon a thing hardly probable however under the present condition of I things The principal building during the year was thc Brigham street line extending from E street to Thirteenth East which Is equipped with the best cars that over came west of Chicago It is said to be ono oC the best pieces of roadbed In the city Outside of the Brlsham street and Salt Palace exten sioux several small spurs have been constructed con-structed making about three miles oC track In all Besides ten new cam a rotary snow sweeper has been added to the plant at a cost of about 1200 It Is of the latest unproved make and guaranteed to keep the fortyfive miles of line free from snow under any circumstances cir-cumstances During thc present year from twelve to twenty new cars will be added a great deal depending upon the ability of the Eastern companies to fill orders that have been placed Thc Rapid Transit track work has been mainly confined to a betterment of the hue und the opening up for a short time of thc Exposition building extension exten-sion Several new motors have been added to the equipment however nnd it Is said that new cars will be seen on several of the lines the coming summer All in all It has been a very profitable one for the street railway companies City Finances At the beginning of the year 1S39 tbo balance In the city treasury was 32 20059 This year 1900 it will bo considerably con-siderably larger On November 30th the amount in time strong box wjis 919220 and during the month of D ember the receipts have exceeded the disbursements disburse-ments by a considerable sum and there is still something like 575000 to bo received re-ceived In city taxes against 57000 at the same period of last year The amount collected for licenses for the eleven months of 1S99 was 40000 or about 5000 more than for tho twelvemonths twelve-months of 1S9S This increase is attributed at-tributed to more licenses being Issued on account of better times and to greater great-er vigilance In collecting by City Treasurer Treas-urer Morris and his assistants Thc Treasurer of Salt Lake City reports re-ports transactions in his department for time eleven montlfS oX 1S99 ending November 30th as follows Receipts Balance on hand January 3 > 1539 3230059 General fund 3730t55 Special fund 1071Sill Total Disbursements Gonaral fund 307S1K Special fund 1600000i Balance November SO 1SS9 > 132u I Total 423 ifiS f For the entire year of SOS the total receipts were 509500 and the Glshurf mcnts 47719fl4lileavlng a balanct iw thc treasury to begin the year l99Mp 3230059 The Public Library Thc city public library occupies four rooms on the second floor of the Joint city and county bulkllng Miss Annie E Chapman librarian Is assisted by Julia T Lynch and Joanna Sprague and Mabel Anderson who Is clerk of the board This Institution was founded by tho Masonic order and afterward operated for a time by the Pioneer Library association as-sociation but on February 14 1898 It was turned over to the city since which time It has occupied Its present quarters quar-ters and been under time citys control and its number of volume have Increased In-creased from 9S31 to 12500 During the eleven months ending November No-vember 30 1S09 there were G96 volumes purchased 2JS bound 329 donated and 2SO discarded There were but ten books lost all of which were paid for by the parties who obtained them Of borrowers cards there were 2142 issued and 9S canceled Visitors to thc number num-ber of H9R21 borrowed books to tho number of 62018 to take from the building build-ing and 32GS2 for their use while there s during the 269 days It was kept open Of the nature of the subject matter of the books called for the following clap siflcatlon and numbers are given Philosophy Phil-osophy 269 religion 515 sociology 505 philology 17 natural science 50G useful use-ful arts 303 fine arts 274 literature 1773 history 1237 geography 705 biography bio-graphy 95C fiction 39G23 Juvenile 15 120 French S8 German 46 Utah 70 In the readingroom procured by subscription are 10 newspapers 27 class weeklies 42 monthly publications 2 semimonthlies 1 bimonthly and 2 quarterlies Then there are most of time Utah publications besides many lending lend-ing ones from neighboring States and some from a greater distance that aro furnished gratis Among thc special features are twen tysix volumes In raised letters Including In-cluding the Bible Agusslzs works music mu-sic poetry English literature selections selec-tions from standard authors and general gen-eral history for thc blind These are In oteady demand by regular patrons of that unfortunate class rime books over 100 In number and periodicals on mining and kindred subjects sub-jects are in constant demand by an adult class so that this Is probably the most practical department of the Institution In-stitution A room Is occupied to its full capacity with bound volumes of magazines to which there IH an Index as to author names of articles and subjects so that any mailer published In recent years In that class can be readily bound In all reference lines thc library in particularly strong being supplied with time leading dictionaries cyclopedias maps globes and reference books generally gen-erally Among the general Government publications pub-lications arc many of rare worth moro particularly the United Stales consular reports which give the latest business transactions of the world Theso come every month and are consulted by ti strong contingent of business people f Treating of sciences are Applcton cclentlfiu series complete over eighty volumes Including the works of Spencer Spen-cer Huxley Darwin and others books there arc Of choice rare and Duruys Greece eight volumes Rome sixteen volumes and the Icono graphic Cvciopedia of Arts and Sciences Harpers in seven volumes Then there are pictorial history of te recent iun with pers Spain nnd also of the War oj the Boclatlon of Rebellion A medical fur keeps here ocal physicians also reference by its members the leaaint journals of that profession been issued A complete finding list JIM i sued of the entire library for the publ to card catalogUe such an is use and a used by librarians of the foremost olas completed which coy has recentlY been era Qvertbiflg in thp librarY ezcopttime Government reports City Health Statistic The report of thc City Bord of Heart for eleven monlha ending i J r VV 50 1S99 fnrnlohes following statla t tIcs VV V V Total number of deaths G70 of which t V 312 wero males and 238 wore females V The number elyliiK from various diseases V dis-eases And causes wore Z J11otlc 93 V dietetic 10 constitutional OS nervous V 7i eirenilJUary 12 respiratory 68 digestive di-gestive 61 I gonltourlimry asS locom as-S otnry 1 accidents 13 other causes 97 V In tho xymotic cass there were 7 from S V diphtheria 1 from 10 grippe 12 from scarlet fever S from typhoid und o2 V I from cholera Infant urn I V V rise reported onses of contagious clls I V V IKMC ire Scarlet fever 337 of which CLe wet in the First nunlclpal ward 03 fr V In the Second 49 In the Third C4 In the Fourth and V 4n In the Fifth typhoid fever S7of which 21 were in the First V ward 27 lu the Second 21 in the Third F in tho Fourth and 13 lnvthe Fifth i V diphtheria 15 of ithich 7 wero In the First ward 3 In the Second 1 each InV In-V the hlrd and Fqurth and 3iti the V V V 1ftJL There yrore 1010 births 194 males 605 V females and J7 whose eo wast not reported V re-ported I There were condemned of tflQds considered con-sidered unfit for use amount as follows fol-lows rec Beef 1050 pounds cheese 78 pounds flsh 3950 pounds fruit 19100 I V pounds poultry 220 pounds vegetables V 10150 pounds eggs 3 caseo milk 20 V gallons Of tests made of milk there V were 2M for water and 394 for 1nts The crematory received and consumed V con-sumed 3345 loads of refuse matter Fire Department V The Salt Lake City Fire department has a larger area tp cover than almost and 0 city in the United States the territory terri-tory covered by it being 5 lOsquare miles Including Fort Douglas The showing made by tho statistics below Is ono that will not be duplicated In the year just closed by any lire department depart-ment In the country population con I sldcr d This statement Is made advisedly U V visedly and as the anrtiwl report about V to bf submitted to the respective governments V gov-ernments throughout the Union will bear out this statement V Salt Lake City haa a welldrilled V and within a few we ks I will have a moderately equipped I lire department V and the ordinary citizen has no V conception I con-ception of the thoroughness of its achlev oments Tile longtalkedof new station In the Fourth precinct V the erection which has been pleaded for and recommended In every report made 10 the Council by Chief Devine is at last now In cur of construction The V equipment of this new station will fall I administration to the newlyelected and Incoming I ministration and I la tle hope and belief I N be-lief of those who are best acquainted with our needs and requirements that I those Who assume chargeuoUr city I V sern t qt ptji j4I0VV14tL w1 see V 10 It tlrnt the sU ernperly equipped 1l fs d rtck ej hme I satisfaction not only Co Ciller Devino but to every taxpayer and citizen of this city to read this morning of the I V almost phenomenally small loss from lire incurred In t city of 70000 souls as that which they arc privileged to rend this morningthe record of Salt Lake for the year 1S99 ILls 0 truly wonderful wonder-ful record one which has leer been made before and the average citizen will be pleased to know that an additional addi-tional fire station which has so long been needed will have a tendency to keep the losses down The business of the department Is V attended to upon strictly business principles I V prin-ciples and It has been a source of gratification I V grati-fication to those In charge to receive words oT praise from business men of V cv6ry character all of which has hut I resulted in furl her efforts to administer the affairs of the department the most irall j V important within 6tlr municipal government I gov-ernment in i UPlo ate thorough I V businesslike manner V V During the year Just closed this ro 1 V port being made up to and Including I V t V December 22nd 128 ajannfj havi been I L 1 V = responded Ot belA o e less than for Vj 1 V Vf V 1 Ui entire y ear of KM The total vahr i 1 ft j on of propoif x st to Uatfxor I 1I Vdtrrins the yeaft1 just closed tOot up V 1064 upon which there was Insur Involved 637223 V ance Involve amounting to 6i223 V The actual loss for the year was 33 09397 on account of which there was V I V insurance paid to the amount of 23 I 522 M leaving 8 los of only 1007713 V whic was a direct loss to our citizens V on account of carrying no Insurance on II V their premise It cost S337SG91 to run the department I V depart-ment i l 3Das against 2109630 for S the previous year Out of this amount I there was paid out for salaries 2 V 34105 while the balance went for supplies I V sup-plies and cost of maintaining the deportment V V I portment Of the twentyeight regular men of I the department twentysix are married mar-ried they are tile parental governors I of seventynine children and the salaries sal-aries received by them support a population V popu-lation of 13 No new apparatus has been purchased I pur-chased although 1500 feet of 2lnch hose has been put In The officers of the department arc V ChieT James Devine I Assistant Chief Edward McCarthy I Secretary M Karl Electrician Charles T Vail j V Captains Y7 G Workman William I V H Bywater Charles E Wood and M I 0 EarL V o V LleutcnantsrJames W V LteutenantBJamc Joe and V John Stab V Engineer Reuben Simpson I V T 1 V Police Department V V I V A very successfulyearhas been en I joyed by the Police department and the changes In the pebfpnnel have not V been as numerous as in 1S88 but they I have been of equal Importance By the j V action of the last Legislature tho Board V of Police and Fire Commissioners was I abolished and the appointing power given to the Mayor I V OnApril 9th last the new law went 1 Intoeffect when Chief Arthur Pratt V V V stepped out and he was succeeded by I Thomas H Hilton who had been first j V duty Hergeanf for over a carAt frst car-At the same time Joseph Busby V E Carey J J Evprpll ilornce A I V Heath George R Raleigh Mat Rhodes 5 V 11 S Shannon were relieved and their I places fled by Joseph S Barlow Richard i Rich-ard L Eddlugton J A Johnson e Frank GLincoln < EdvaVd AV Rulrucr V i Ajidrfctf Smlih Jn Cimrfi > < A Sperry undJiimes Williams and Arthur Pratt Jr vajj made desk sergeant vice Da I V V vla S Emery deceased < V V On June Cth Benedict D Slegfus was I V V Busponded und after a hearing before V the City Council Committee on Fire I and Police the action of Chief Hilton V wan sustained and Sltgfua who had V been on the force since J890 was din V charged lie was succeeded by Joseph w Burt a former member V V nt r of the department V de-partment under tho PibpIes pujty rule aYd had been cmploypd 1 in the inV In-V dustrial ward of the penitentiary for several years The exposes of Hie department for the yeorvprD J3JC581S VO5 against V J7GJ 5G for 1805 M7GV5G the lines and for I feiturwj reached in round numbers 5WBOO as IIJJ8JC70 In 180S The I V V arrests for the year reached 257C as V V against 2500 In 1808 V V Twentyseven natIon tlILi l were rcp 1 < l I V sejjted and the offenijca chargod were I flftyKeven in number V The most notable CSHOH In the department I t V depart-ment ftir the yeaj wero < The Stontt I V Jones hooting case Austin Van Gui I V V denu murder of his two children and t V his subsequent suicide killing of Burton V V Bur-ton C Morris by John II Benbrook V the killing of J n OMelvonoy by F i VV J 11IJ1 and the sending byiTohn Smith V of Infernnl muclflnej VwXrden Dot V V of the penitentiary und JildK Powers V V V of this city Smith being convicted I VV suicided a few days since V Heretofore there have bpen two dl I tectlveH but Moron Glllespli1 having V ben stationed at the Oregon Short V Line depot the entire work In that department V V V de-partment devolves upon George L V V Sheets aided by the three duty ser gcanta Ed S Janncy V John Burbldgo V and PJtor C Brown jj r VV V ThaApolice forcQ ai roconXtruotod last j V year conalsta l of ono chief three duty Bcrffoarils three desk sergeants two V patrol drivers one mounted olllcer one jMVii1 bicycle pollcoman V and twunty patrolmen patrol-men VV V menThe busiest months of the year wore April June July August und The-Novem November V Taken ns n whole the department Is n very efficient one and to the credit I of tho ofllccra and men It may bo said that as good order Is I maintained us In cities of the same size with route I twice as largo I I V Street and Irrigation Improvements 1 The consolidated Street and ber-Irriga i Irrigation departments of the city for the first I eleven months of 1I9 0 expended S5C I 5S7S2 including poll tax labor The city maintains GGVi miles of canal and 1G7 I miles of ditches There are 815 flumes I at street Intersections with 937 head gates Of bridges thereare 10SO foot V V 1 nut 202 wagon Then there arc one j catch basin two dams three Iron V I headguteX five manholes and nine waste gates The grade work Included I bicycle drive on Main street between V Ninth and Tenth South Ninth South 1 between Main and State the Tooele V t road C street and vicinity Eighth I East south of Ninth South Second South from Eleventh to Thirteenth I East Third North east of First Vest Sixth North between Second and Third V I West Brigham street between D and V K Second South between Eighth and I Eleventh West II and I streets tion-Red Redwood road i Third East between wood-Brig I Brigham and First South I The Salt Palace Among the wonderful features of the year was the Salt Palace and It bids fair to become more attractive this year than ever before Its pronioters at first were a ham-commit committee of twentyfive prominent tee-business I businessmen but soon Interest flagged and finally live men fell heirs to the Idea These were William A Nelden S H Hill Jacob Morlt George Y Wallace and George Mueller with Architect KIUlnS as accessory Meeting men-regu regularly tjicse five men kept up tho hope that the Palace would be built larly-Con Considerable money was spent In siderable-experi experiments In order to be sure that the ments-build buildIng would not be a castle in Spain There were many obstacles but all were overcome In the first place the I Legislature after a good deal of Ing-coax coaxIng and persuasion appropriated SOOO I to aid In the construction and Ing-mainte I maintenance of the building This was nance-prompt promptly vetoed by the Governor The city refused to allow tho palace to be built in Liberty ly-park I parkA company was finally organised and subscriptions came In freely The site on Main street and Ninth South was A-se secured and the building commenced But the start vats made too late and the task proved much larger than was cx pected Although the building was opened and was visited by thousands almost dally It vat even Incomplete when the season cloSe I will be cured-com completed In the early spring however and the dazzling brilliancy of last year will be doubled This year V toof the magnificent and valuable collection pf minerals V that were placed in the Upll of Relics pleted-dur during the Pioneer jubilee in July 1897 and kept there until the building was demolished In November 1898 will have 0 conspicuous place and various other products of our great Slate ing-agricul agriculture manufacturing will be shown I In other words the V resources and ture-at V attractions of Utah will be fully set forth An adjunct of the Salt Palace that turned the eyes of America toward the palace was the bicycle track which has been generally conceded to be the fastest In the world I Is oneeighth of a mile and built In a saucerlike shape During the year many of the worlds records were broken on It and those who were seen on the track were thc such riders aa Lawson The Terrible Swede Julius Turville Chapman and several others of repute In the cycling world Tho fast track was also the means of developing considerable laont talent among our local elders many of whom made records during the year S successful waa the work on the Salt V Palace track that a duplicate was built at Los Angeles and It is said to bo L V moneymaker fie palace especially at night Is a most beautiful spectacle with US tractions-thou I thousand Incandescent and arc lights which cause the salt to glisten like diamonds and resemble J scene In fairyland The grounds arc most admirably sand-suit suited for the purpose for which they were selected Tall poplars line each broad avenue for carriages and the paths V for pedestrians also run through two long rows of these beautiful trees The work done last year J8 but a sample of what will be accarnpllshed year on the grounds and Th1ldIflgV Owing to the hurryand rush to open the talent secured for the Midway was not of the most desirable character but much better amusements arc already assured for tho coming season The present officers of the Utah Salt Palace association are V W A Nelden president EL K Thomas vicepresi dent with Jacob Moritz L W Dltt mar and S W Morrison form the board of directors L C Johnson Is secretary Judge Colborn was directorgeneral for 1 a considerable portion of tho year V Water Supply and Distribution The sources from which SafD Lake City obtains its present water supply distributed UH pipe system are City Emigration arid Parleys Somo water from these streams Is used for Irrigation above the Joidan and Salt LaK City canal which Vsuppllcs water tot Irrigation In the district I ed-be below It I V V The maximum dally consumption of water through tho pipe system low-includ including the amount used for street uprlnk hug Is 12000000 gallons and the ing-mini minimum 5000000 gallons per day The present supply being Insufficient mum-dur I during dry seasons like that of 1S2S ing-sur I surveys and Investigations wero veys-author I authorIzed with a view to Increasing the Ized-sup supply by securing all or part of Mill Big or Little CoUOMood creek lhe mlnlnjum duly flow of the streams In the vicinity of Salt Lake City during the months of August ply-Sep September and < October when th rc Is a the greatcxfuparolty te grotc rarclt r t1 J V Stream 7 1 City eretjkVV4 2l 0 < V Vo I Emigration sump anti VV tunnel < 1oy1tXlO t V LOO Parleys vv IOott V so o MM 70001100 750CMX 7W i5lIj lug Cottonwood 2iooyx 23coow > o Little Cottonwood GOOOiQQO CW Dig Coflonwood creek irrigates about SCOO acres and Mill crook2500 all ot tho water being unprttprTdlbd andutiid I 6x cept during thy flotnjHeasojn V To Hucure water from these streams It will be Decenary to either RtrcIR buy wator rights or furnish water from Utah lake In exchange The water of Utah lahc Is not potable water and It cannot be l delivered 1 In the city high enough fto enter the distributing l nys tem without pumping but It IB better for Irrigation than the water from the mountain stream V About 5300 acres ofV kind 1 Irrigated with water from Big Cot V lonwood creelt and about O ncrca of theland Irrigate l froin Mill creek can bt Irrigated from Utah lake The present city oanfil taking wuter from the Jordan iIVtf I near mah hike Is about tvLntynlrie Grilles inlength and It supplies water for Irrigation In the city and also In exchange for Par ley1 crook wutr r which originally bc longpd to the farmers south of the city About onehalf of the water dlveiica Into Lila canal at the Jordan Narrows is I loRt V from scepagt and evaporation and the balance is not sufficient to sup ply the Big Cottonwood farmers with ttter In addition to tho amount now used from this canal The city and other oth-er owners of the waur hewing from Utah lake have the right lo raise tho water In the lake three feat three and onehalf Inches above low water ane To raise 1i iy watqr higher and Increase Ujo amountkforaU It will hc nocesadiv to buy tins lowland along the shore oc V tho lake that will IClc wi be submerged or else construct a levee confining the wa tel to the present area The citys sup ply of water from this source should bo I increased to an amount sulllclont to Ir riga Le all of the land In Big Cottonwood I Mill und Parleys creek districts than can bo Irrigated from the source and also furnish sulnclent water for Irrigation Irri-gation and street sprinkling In the city The water should be diverted ntl higher high-er elevation and delivered In the city about eighty feet higher than It Is l at present No Improvements of any importance I have been made to the distribution system sys-tem during tIme year The present system sys-tem Is In an Imperfect condition the omull there mains and laterals are too rJml are no distributing reservoirs and there are a great many dead ends In the system sys-tem where the water becomes stagnant stag-nant and unfit for use Somo connections connec-tions and changes In the distributing districts were made lust summer which temporarily Improved the distribution 1 the water In localities where there had been u shortage The present Byo tom of small pipes will barely 3uPPly1 I i enough water to meet the ordinary demands de-mands und when there Is an unusual i draft the pressure drops and the higher high-er sections of the district arc without water The pipes In the distributing system V on the north and east bench are nearly I all three and fourInch pipes with no mains In most cases the sixInch pipes I here there are anyr are supplied through tho small ones This defect should bo remedied by putting In large mains running through the district connecting con-necting with the small pipes With mains of propel size the lines between the districts should be adjusted and remain re-main fixed and not shifted about as has been the custom and certain districts dis-tricts supplied at the I cxpen5e of others force water through ers By trying to watcl tho small pipes the pressure Is raised to over o pounds In some residence districts which subjects plumbing to a pressure that Is dangerous and unnecessary un-necessary and Increases the waste of water V The main pipe ron City Creek canyon can-yon supplying tho lower system Is too mnl I varies In size from thirty indies In-dies at the head to sixteen Inches where a It connects with the distributing system sys-tem A pipe of this size will not supply over 3000000 or 1000000 gallons per day at the required pressure During ca the months of April May June and July 1S99 the discharge of City creek was over 12000000 gallons per day which Is sufilclent for the present needs of the city but the greater part of the water ran to wnste and the pressure In the business district at times was as lowas forty pounds when it should never bo less than ninety pounds DurIng Dur-ing the flood season usually In May and June Parleys creek water IB very muddy ami unfit for use but City creek water Is generally clear There are no distributing reservoirs for supplying the systems except In the district around the Capitol grounds Without these reservoirs It Is Impossl blo to properly regulate the distribution and maintain a uniform pressure In the pipes The consumption varies during the different hours of time day and when It Is light the water is wasted and when It Is heavy the pressure Is reduced re-duced With distributing reservoirs and mains of sufficient size there will be very little variation In the pressure In the pipes Improvements that should be made to remedy these defects were recounted t about a year ago and part of the work was authorized by time City Council the materials to be purchased and timework time-work done under the supervision of the Superintendent of Waterworks Tho law provides that work of this character charac-ter should be done under the supervision super-vision of the Board of Public Works and the city was enjoined from having the work done In the manner ordered The Council then decided not to have the work done and the old pipe in City Creek canyon which had been uncOvered uncov-ered was ordered covered up V V |
