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Show SEEK OPINION p Board of Public Works Plans for Aqueduct SWt( fL "MR. HALLORAN VOICES .K .i THE BOARD'S SENTw P City Oflicials Will Visit tlL provement. on MondififL Afternoon. 4'''i"rTrrv-r-I"!,'!",V''"I''''!' I v "There seems to be a b&; I among members of the boardijlVm public works) that tho nqnedfn f -r will not be a success as planqfjulb tl r Some members of the board-, 4 fer from you, Mr Xelsey, believe it would be a mistake) -tin continue the aqueduct as plauwPu', 'h Into the river, and 1 belie verij ft j should have the opinion ! I- com pot out engineer on the ffjIJIllC' -r jec-t. 1 think we should gctlf-services gctlf-services of the finest enginV I- in the state to go into tli'm mbjiril v lor for us.f'-AV. ,T. Ilallori14. 4 statement to the board of puW" 4 works relating to the North TetiU1 4- pie street aqueduct. flff' The board of public works 'Wtftjbj record Friday evening in f&Tfff.Vr calling in the mosl competent c.W; giueer that can be secured 'ifc . opinion as to whether the North'JU? ' street aqueduct, Davis & ILeusoppii. tractors, will be a success if camJiB as planned. The plans and spVApj?) tions were drawn by C'ily Eajtl: Louis ('. Kelsey. 19lXtti: The oily enginyer has so drajb plans that tho aqueduct wi!15i(ijt into the .Jordan river at Twelfth' street, with tho bottom of tHSy' which is seven feet: in diameterftO, at least three feet lower than th'jjf torn of the river. There is alwayTlU, two to three feet of water in tn?rj i there, and in low water, it is olj, this would back the water up'1 aqueduct lo Uighth West strcq,f . high water it would back the wJ;,, iu the pipe to Sixth West at leatfpr possibly to "Fifth West, and this5Jg prevent tho aqueduct, which isjiJ.Jr built especially to relief that j, Pff'?' the west side from overflows JfS? spring time, from fulfilling its pi! it is claimed. -WclL Blame tho Engineer. The contractors and two prJSj j members of the board of piiblicf&jo blame the city engineer for thisf, tween Sixth West, where llie'aqff! passes underneath the Denver Orandc railwav tracks, and tbe V&sL mouth of the sewer, a distanceffS-. blocks, there is a drop of only twlRi The contractor and some mcmbff. the public works board contend there is a distance of at least twi between tho top of the aqueautfjf the railway roadbed at Sixth MS si root, and that the city enfji? should have raised the aqueduct!" feet there. This would have e' the raising of the aqueduct nlli until the bottom of the pipe woulcWj' been almost on a level with the 1W of the .Jordan river where it ci : into that, stream, as iutended nndi city engineer's plans. gK The city engineer contends thatpM is only three inches of cushion VjjQWt the top of the pipe and the 'riWt tracks tit Sixth West street. rtna' it is impossible to raise the pipQ; His plans are all right, he says, ap aqueduct will be a success if carnigt as planned. But the board offrfe works favors tho calling in of tofiij civil engincor obtainable to dotiVr the matter before going any furtajSi In this connection it is propoi sto the aqueduct about Elcventln street and empty it into the- oldj t here, allowing I he canal, which ej is into tho Jordan eventually to car aqueduct waters into the river. : j this, though, a eatchbasin would & to be constructed at the monthly ft-' ft-' aqueduct to take care of the sani rt gravel, and caichbasins to catch L ami gravel before thev get mtt aqueduct would have to be bn C'itv Crook canyon, but hesoj basins will have to be put in, as it is said, and the board has rnvvtl council and the mayor to pay 1 1 provomcnt a visit ronday aftoj ilcaring the icC'ornick bank cori j ') o'clock to investigate this poini , board also will see what the ci and mayor think about calhngj expert civil engineer. m.r In connection with the contentijIV the contractors and some meinbjj the board that the c'itv engineer have raised the aqueduct two icj-, dernoath the railway tracks at-West at-West street it is also claimed thi citv engineer made too abrupt afL in "the pipe from Piflh to SixtliWf? street. The city engineer says thj t necessary to get under the ttj tracks. 1 "iS Contractor's Contention. ftj As proof of the assertion tba $ - aqueduct will not carry oft thej l if built as planned, Mr lleuser jd -t Vis & Hfuser, says that there ibI ft or four feet of sand and Rrayol t 1100 feet alrcadv finished. Mr. Ir clnims, however, that, the el cane: removo this obstruction The P" of the. cleaner, which forms a ha do. is that the water from ,t ! forces it through the pipe nud tn fife moves tho sand and gravel. Wit water backed up in the sewer froj to seven blocks there would bo nc sure behind the cleaner, it is conti ri,' however, and consequently it won : do its work of removing the ot lions. . . If catchbnsins are put in in tin n,-von n,-von to catch most of the ?nnl gravel, this trouble will be partis ated, but if thev are not the cit; have to dredge tho river, if thej jj duct is emptied into il as plannei j tailing considerable expense, claimed. Tf the canal propositi adopted arrangements will haveJH made to lako care of I he sanyC! gravel just the same, but iiotM much expense. " Jl Mr4 lleuser says his firm is to stopping thy" aqueduct at Elw West, as his bid is not a lumptl but is on quantities, but he "vou for Hie citv to give him other yw compensate. The cost of "jpnitsBI aqueduct Io Twelfth West will bo .$00,000. Stopping it at EloyeirthM tho c.ost will be about $52,000, MrJl ser says. H2 |