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Show NOTICE OF A SPECIAL ELECTION UPON THE QUESTION OF INCURRING IN-CURRING BONDED INDEBTEDNESS. INDEBTED-NESS. Whereas, Tho City Council of Salt Lako City, Utah, by an ordinance duly passed by said Council on the 21st day of November, No-vember, 1901. nnd approved by the Mayoi of said city on tho 22nd day of November. Novem-ber. 1904. did order t special election to be held In said city on the 3rd day of January, 1905, for tho purpose of submitting submit-ting to such qualified electors as Bhnll have paid a property tax ln said city In the year lrl, the question of Incurring a bonded indebtedness In the sum of eight hundred and fifty thousand ($S50,00)) dollars dol-lars for tho purpose of Increasing tho water wa-ter supply of said city; and also the quea-tlon quea-tlon of Incurring a bonded Indebtedness ln the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand thou-sand ($150,000) dollars for the purpose of defraying tho expenses of establishing sewer mains and a sewerage system In tho southern and western portions of raid city where no Bowerage system now exists: Now therefore Pursuant to tho terms and directions of said ordinance, and under un-der and pursuant to sections 308, 309 and 310 of the revised statutes of Utah of 1S9S. notice Is hereby given that on tho 3rd day of January. 1905. In Salt Lake City, Utah, a special election will be held for tho purpose of submitting to tho vote of such qunllfied electors as shall havo paid a property tax ln said city ln tho year 1901 tho following questions to wit: 1. Tho question of Incurring a bonded Indebtedness ln tho sum of eight hundred and fifty thousand ($S50,000) dollars for the purpose of defraying the expenses of increasing tho water supply of said city by laying pipes and establishing a water system to conduct water from Big Cottonwood Cot-tonwood creek and Mill creek and their tributaries to Salt Lake City, and acquiring acquir-ing water and wator rights in said streams and In Utah lake, and by Improving and extending the prcsont system of water distribution by which water is now distributed dis-tributed throughout said city. 2. Also tho question of Incurring a bonded Indebtedness ln tho sum of one hundred and fifty thousand ($150,000) dollars dol-lars for tho puriKJfle of defraying the expenses ex-penses of establishing sewer mains and a sewerage system In tho southern and western portions of Salt Lako City where no sewerage system now exists. Said water system and said sewerage system shall bo owned by Salt Iakc City. Said bonds shall bear Interest at the rato not to exceed four (I) per cent per annum, which interest shall bo payable semi-annually, and said bonds shall become be-come duo and payable at tho end of twen-tv twen-tv (20) years from the dale of Issue, with tho option reserved to tho city to pay or refund tho samo at any time after tho expiration of ten (10) years after tho date of issui. and shall be of such denomination de-nomination or denominations as tho Council Coun-cil mav hereafter determine, and the net revenues from said water system shall be f-et apart for and shall be a sinking fund for tho payment of said bonds and interest in-terest thereon. Said election shall bo conducted according accord-ing to tho statutes and laws of Utah, and shall bo held ln manner and form pro-Ided pro-Ided thereby. The report of a special commltteo heretofore here-tofore appointed by tho City Council to examine Into questions pertaining to tho water supply of Salt Lako Clt and the proposed Increase of said water supply nnd establishment of said sewerago system sys-tem which report was adopted by tho City Council of tho 21st day of November. 1S0I, and approved by the Major of said city on the 22nd day of November. 1901. immediately follows this notice, and said report Is hereby referred to for more detailed de-tailed Information concerning said water and said sewers and eald proposed Improvements. Im-provements. RICHARD P. MORRIS. Mavor of said City. J. S. CR1TCIILOW, Recorder of aald City. Salt Lako City, Utah, Nov. 17. 1901. To the Honorable President nnd Members of tho Cltv Council of Salt Lake City: Gentlemen: Your special committee, to whom was referred the subject of devising devis-ing a plan for obtaining an adequate water wa-ter supply for Salt Lako City, reports as follows - Immediately after its appointment the commltteo commenced Its labors, and the same have been prosecuted with diligence until tho present tlmo. It has proceeded upon the theory that no temporary expedient ex-pedient should be resorted to In this important im-portant matter, believing that any plan which might be devised should provide for a constant adequate water supply, and thus afford a permanent solution of this momentous question. It was found, upon Investigation, thai there was not sufficient data at hand frorr whlch tho sources of supply, their availa-bllltv availa-bllltv and the manner and cost of bringing bring-ing "the water to tho city, could be determined, deter-mined, although It was generally conceded conced-ed that the sources of supply would be from tho streams llowlng Into Salt Lak( countv from tho Wasatch mountains. In order that the commltteo might act Intelligently, tho City Engineer was requested re-quested to make such Investigation of tho subject as would put the commltteo In possession of tho necessary facts upon which to base Its leport to your honorable honor-able bodv. In response to this request, the Engineer has prepared and submitted the full and comprehensive statements which accompany this report. It appears from the City Engineer's report re-port that Salt Lake City's present supply of water por day of 21 hours, based on September averages for tho cars 1900. 1901. 1902 and 1903, a period of unusual scarcity. Is: Citv creek l.SfO.000 gallons PnrloVs creek 4,200.000 gallons Emigration creek 1.000.000 gallons Total 10,000,000 gallons This Is a daily supply of 150 gallons per capita for tho 65.000 water usera now In the city. Tho Engineer gives It as his opinion that 300 gallons dally per paplta. as an average supply, would be none too much From the report It appears that the quantities of water that can ultimately bo made avallablo from tho mountain sources, per day of 21 hours, will bo as followa: Mill creek 7.CO0.0OO gallons Big Cottonwood creek .27.200,000 gallons Llttlo Cottonwood crk. 7.SOO.0OO gallons Total 42,000.000 gallons And that through the expenditure of $S50,0u0.00 about 30,000.000 gallons . of thla water can be miulo availablo at once. All of the above 'water should ultimately ultimate-ly be acquired by tho city, cither through exchange or lease with tho present users. To accomplish this It will be necessary to first provide an adequate supply of water wa-ter to take tho placo of that from tho above named streams, which 13 now used for irrigation. Two-thirds of the waters of Mill creek and Big Cottonwood creek aro used on 1 lands Ivlng under tho present city canal. I and the quantity per day of 21 hours tnat can bo procured by immediate exchange from those streams Is :m follows: Mill Creek G.100,000 gallons Big Cottonwood creek.. 1S,100,000 gallons Total 23.200,0(0 gallons Already options for exchange, running till July 1. 1905, havo practically been so-curcd. so-curcd. subject to your ratification, for 50 per cent of tho waters of Big Cottonwood creek, and negotiations are ln progress for the exchange of the remaining 10 por cent, which ls under tho present city canal. It Is assumed that similar exchange can be effected for tho waters of Mill cr.eok. In addition to the waters proposed to be secured by exchange, it appears practicable prac-ticable to acqulro the remaining one-third of tho waters of Mill creek and Big Cottonwood Cot-tonwood creek by lease, which would furnish fur-nish a dally supply as follows- Mill crook 2.600.000 gallons Big Cottonwood crock.. 9,100,000 gallons Total 11,000,000 gnllons The committee has assurances that leases can bo obtained at a reasonable rental, for tho waters which nro usod above tho cltv canal, during tho period from August 1 till tho beginning of the next year's Irrigation season. Llttlo Cottonwood crock does not appear ap-pear In either of tho last two tables for the reason that the committee is not In possession pos-session of tho data showing tho relative quantities of water from that, source which are used a novo and bolow tho present pres-ent canal, but It ls nssumod that practically prac-tically all of tho Llttlo Cottonwood water wa-ter can be acquired either by oxehango or lease whenever the necessities of tho city may require. To make the water of 21111 creek and Big Cottonwood creek available, it Is proposed to construct a conduit from tho tall race of tho Utah Light and Itnllway company's lowest power station on Big Cottonwood creek to tho mouth of Parley's canyon, which will discharge the water approximately approxi-mately 1M) feet abovo tho present Intake of the Parloy'H canyon conduit, through which It will be conveyed to the city. This conduit has a capacity of over 20,000.000 gallons, while tht-ro ls only about one-fourth one-fourth thut quantity of water avallablo .from Parley's creek during tho low water season. It is proposed to construct the Big Cottonwood Cot-tonwood conduit In a permanent manner of sufflcliMit capacity to deliver all the water It Is ultimately intended to obtain from that stream and from Mill creek and Little Lit-tle Cottonwood creek. Including a suitable suita-ble connection for admitting tho waters of Mill creek The estimated cost of this conduit, complete. i3 $0,000.(0. The report shows that. In addition to tho mountain sources abovo described, thcro Is a supply which can bo made available avail-able from what is known as Spring creek, which la a tributary of Big Cottonwood Cot-tonwood creek, forming a Junction with tho lnlt?r near Ninth East and Seventeenth Seven-teenth South streets, a point several miles below tho proposed placo of diversion into tho Big Cottonwood conduit. At this placo thero Is practically constant flow of about 14,000.000 gallons per day. An option op-tion lias been secured, subject to your ratification, for the city to purchase this wator for the sum of J135.O0O.O0. In order to utilize tho waters of Spring creek It is proposed by the Engineer to establish a power station nt the mouth of Parley's canyon, whero tho water drops ISO feet from tho Big Cottonwood conduit to the Parley's canyon conduit, nt a cost of J40.OCO.00, and a pumping station near Spring crecek. which will pump tho water to such an elevation that It can bo delivered de-livered Into the Big ditch. In lieu of some of the wator of Big Cottonwood for which an exchange has been effected. Tho remainder re-mainder of it to bo convoyed ius far north as may be necessary to permit of Its use ln exchange for Uic waters of Mill creek and Parley's creek, until an additional supply of canal water Is obtained, through the Government development of Utah lake or otherwise, and then, If desired, tho Spring creek water can bo made to supply sup-ply tho southern and western portions of the city for domestic purposeo. The estimated esti-mated cost of establishing tho pumping plant and bringing tho water to Twelfth South street Is $50,000.00. The Engineer s report also shows that, notwithstanding the satisfactory showing which appears from City Chemist Harms' analyses of this water, it Is questionable whether the purity can bo maintained, and that careful oxajninatlon may dlscloso tho fuct that a satisfactory title to this water wa-ter cannot bo obtained, and that for those reasons, It may not bo deslrablo to exercise exer-cise tho option to purchase Spring creek. The Engineer's report nlso shows that the city now has an nmplo supply of canal water from Utah lake. If supplemented by tho Spring creek water, to furnish all tho water that Is required for exchango purposes, and that If, for any reason, Spring crck Is not purchased, Immediate provision should bo made for securing at least nn equivalent quantity of oxchango water from Utah lake. and. at the same time, for perfecting the city's right In th h Important source of supply, and that this mav be accomplished by the expenditure of "the $215,009.00 named In tho estimate for tho purchase and pumping of Spring creok, and will afford suftlclcnt water to exchango for all the mountain streams, Including In-cluding Llttlo Cottonwood. - Ho also recommends that, In any event, the Item of JI0.0CO0O, for tho proposed Parley's Par-ley's canyon power station, should bo retained, re-tained, as Ila value to the city would more than compensate for Its cost In handling ami dlsiwslng of sewage for tho lower portion of tho city. If not needed for pumping Spring creek water. It also appears from tho Engineer's report re-port that. In addition to tho amounts above given, there will be required for the payment of Ixinuses for exchange of water and repairs to tho Jordan and Salt Lako City canal. Jo0.000.00: for additions to tho city mains $100,000.00. and for the purchase and extinguishment of power rights and miscellaneous expenses $95,-0OO.00. $95,-0OO.00. making a total of SSEO.OCO.OO. The committee has been assured by the City Engineer that the above estimates aro ample for tho purposes mentioned. , and so it seems reasonably certain that the city can acquire, for the total sum named, an Increased wator supply, delivered deliv-ered Into Us present reservoirs and mnlns1 four times as great as that which It now possesses, which will be equivalent to tho present supply per capita for a population pop-ulation of 230.000. ,u ' Tho cltv has already secured, by exchange. ex-change. 13.COO.000 gallons per 21 hours of Big Cottonwood water, and It Is reasonably reason-ably certain that, by the time tho conduit Is completed, this quantity will havo been Increased by additional exchange and lease for Big Cottonwood and Mill creek, to tho full quantities contemplated. When tho water from the Big Cottonwood Cotton-wood conduit shall excocd the capacity of the present Parley's canyon conduit, tho Engineer proposes tho construction of suitable means to carry such excess on a high lino to tho east and north benches of the city at ap elevation of about 200 feet abovo the Thirteenth East street reservoir, and 120 feet above tho Capitol hill reservoir. While Investigating tho water question, tho attention of this commltteo has been repeatedly called to the necessity of sow-erlrg sow-erlrg the southern and western portions of the city below the gravity sewer. The land In thosw parts of tho city being low. with wator near tho surface. It Is almost Impossible for tho people to havo proper cess pools, and therefore tho need or a sower system ls most Imperative. This cannot be properly accomplished with tho present Inadequate Hupply of water, but. when tho supply ls Increased, as contemplated contem-plated by this report, we think that provision pro-vision should bo made for tho construction of a sewer system for tho lower part of the city, which previous estimates of the City Engineer show will coat about $110, 000.M. Your committee therefore recommends that tho plan for Increasing tho water supply of the city, as outlined ln this report, bo adopted, nnd that proper sewering sew-ering bo provided for tho lower part of the city. The commltteo also recommends that a proposition be submitted to the taxpayers tax-payers of Salt Lnke City to authorize a bond Issue of $850,000.00 for tho proposed increase of the water supply, and also that a proposition bo submitted authorizing authoriz-ing a bond Issue of $150,000.00, for the con-structlon con-structlon of said sewer, making a total bond Ibsuo of J1.O0O.O0O.W, bearing interest at the rate of 4 per cent per annum, Tho commltteo also recommends that an election bo held on January 3. 1905. for tho purposo of voting on the proposlUons to Issue such bonds. Respectfully submitted. M'BANIC J. HEWLETT, GEORGE D. DEAN. K. S. FERNSTROM, RULON S. WELLS, Committee. Having had general supervision of tho labors of tho special water commlttuo and , participated In all of its deliberations, I heartily Indorse the foregoing. RICHARD P. MORRIS. Mayor. I certify that the above roport was duly adopted by the Council November 21, 1004. I aud approved bv tho Mayor November 22, i 1W4. and I furthor certify that tho abovo I is a true copy of said report. (Seal) J. S. CRITCHLOW. v ' City Recorder. I C1747 1 Hhh M |
