Show WATER PLAN APPROVED Committees Agree to Suggestions Sugges-tions of Kelsey WILL MAKE REPORT TONIGHT I City Councils Committee on Waterworks t Water-works will Recommend that the Improvements Advised by the City Engineer and the Mayor to the Water Wa-ter System bo Carried Out Cut Down Land Purchase by 25000 Making Net Cost 142000 Pour Hill Water Tax to Pay for It The City Councils Committee on Waterworks has decided to recommend recom-mend to the Council at its meeting tonight to-night that the suggestions of City Engineer I I En-gineer Kelsoy indorsed by the Mayor j and presented to the Council last Tiles day evening be curried out practically as advised by I the Engineer The report provides for Improvements In the Waterworks department which It Is estimated will cost about 112000 It Is recommended that the Improvement Improve-ment to the City creek mains which the former City Council undertook but failed to carry out be now done at a cost of about 21000 which amount Is on hand as it was net aside for that purpose last fall The next Improvement recommended Is the ilmnge in I he distributing sys tern making four systems instead of three as it now Is also a number of I changes in size of plpen laying a num ber of new lines of pipe etc which la I estimat < xl to cost 6n000 Tho report will also provide for the completion of the Thirteenth East street reservoir as recommended by the City Engineer which Is estimated to cost 28000 The committee will also recommend that the pity purchase all I I the land and water rights of people living In Parleys canyon excepting imp I Garnes ranch In onkr that the wateis of that I stream may be i kept ckaii and pure This is estimated to cost about 2000 The question of how best to get the necessary funds for these Improvements Improve-ments was considered and it was decided de-cided to recommend that a i 1mill water wa-ter tax be levied with I tIme regular tax wliiii would raise anout 120000 I and as there is on hand 21000 the 4 1 mills would cover the cost The committee will recommend that the CnmiHI agree to the extra Imlll levy in order that the improvements may be commenced at once Tho committee by Its recommendation recommenda-tion indorses the City Engineers and the Mayors suggestions fully except that the purchase of laud and water rights is reduced in the report from COO acres to about half that amount at half the cost 25 000 instead of WO000 |