Show OE TALKIHAN WATER City and County Still Jangle Over Problem NO SETTLEMENT IN SIGHT City Authorities Take Out Water in Parleys to Which They Claim Primary Pri-mary Eights and Turn the Balance 3000000 Gallons Over to the Farmers This Is Refused the Farmers Claiming Full Plow of the Creek Matter Likely to Be Taken Into Court Again A lcr wrangling from I oclock yesterday yes-terday afternoon until 9 I oclock last nIght the commissioners appointed to measure anti determine the normal Jlow of wuter In Parleys Canyon creek adjourned ad-journed without reaching an agreement agree-ment on the subject John Gnbhott t the commissioner representing rep-resenting the primary owners who reside re-side in Sugar and Farmers wards protested pro-tested against the action of the municipal authorities on Thursday In turning into irrigating ditches above the city Intake the water which the city has purchc id from primary owners own-ers since its contract with the farmers was executed This action had the effect ef-fect of redufhur the I volume of water In the bed of the creek at the conduit weir nearly GO per cent Commissioner A J1 Doremns could not he convinced that the city hud done right in turning1 off this water and hence while he did not sympathize entirely with the views expressed by Gabboti he refused to accept the readings of the t cir as conclusive con-clusive and wanted further time to consider the I matter COMPROMISE IS EXPECTED As Mr Doremus Is compelled to go out of the city today and vlll not ro turn until late tomorrow afternoon the commissioners finally adjourned until tomorrow evening at 7 oclock By that time it is thought that a compromise proposition will be agreed upon and it Is likely that the amount of water tone to-ne supplied to tin farmers hi exchange for the flow of the creek will be llxed at four and IL half or five million gal lorIs Commissioner Fishm offered last night to fix the amount at 1000000 gallons gal-lons which Is 1000000 gallons more than they are entitled to according to the actual measurement but the other commissioners rejected the offer ONLY S000000 FOR FARMERS The reading of the weir near the city conduit at 2 oclock yesterday afternoon showed a depth of 2C05 feet or 34 Inches According to Clppalettin tables this indicated a how of 558 i cubic feet per second which Is equivalent to a little more than fortyone gallons per second or 350fiOO gallons per hour mn king a total of 3filJlOO gallons In each twentyfour hours Of this llov fne farmers living below the conduit are entitled to SlS per cent or 297 Gj > lJ gallons gal-lons There was no attempt to dispute the readings of the weir nor did Commissioner Commis-sioner Fisher attempt to disguise the fact that the city authorities had in the exercise of what they believed lo he their legal rights on the day before turned Into the Irrigating ditches above the conduit all the water purchased by the municipality from primary owners since the date of its contract with the farmers of Sugar and Farmers wards After the commissioners returned lo the city they vent into executive session ses-sion in the office of the I3onrd of Public Works in the city and county building lo sec If they could arrive at some kind of an agreement v Commissioner Fisher tried lo have the figures adopted fixing the normal flow of the stream at a little lesn than 000000 gallons but Commissioner Gab hott would not even listen to si ch a suggestion He Insisted that the city had violated the injunction granted by Judge Morse by turning any water into ditches above the conduit and said he would not accept any measurement is correct unless the entire volume of water was coming down past the conduit During1 the course of lie discussion It developed and Commissioner Gab hat admitted it I to be a ftct that the farmers are actually receiving only about fiflOOOCi gallons out of the fiOOO 000 or 7000000 gallons that have been going down tho I canyon since the injunction in-junction was Issued PROPOSITION DECLINED When this fact was brought out Mr Fisher made the proposition to deliver to the farmers out of the canal 1000 000 gallons in exchange for what they have been gelling from the crock but Mr Gabbatt peremptorily declined time proposition and later wiion Mr Fisher renewed the proposition in the form of a motion to 11s the normal flow of the creek at J000000 gallons it was defeated de-feated by the votes of lila two colleagues col-leagues The indications arc that if the commissioners com-missioners do not settle the matter In some way by Monday at the latest Judge Mon will be called upon lo interpose his authority and instruct them as to their duty In the premises At the time lie granted the injunction he stated that when the commissioners commission-ers came to remcusurc the How in Parleys Par-leys Canyon creek on the 13th Instant they would have to take into consideration consid-eration mill the attendant clrctim stunce including time citys claims to primary rights 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