Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-12-19 | Page 16 | City Wins Jordan River Water Cases

I CITY WINS JORDAN RIVER WATER CASES Analysis of Opinion of Supremo Court Shows Salt Lake to Have Been Sustained in Contentions. Analysis of the rcccut opinion by the supreme court on the famous Jordan Jor-dan river water case resulted yesterday yester-day in au announcement by tlie city attorney- and Ogdcn lilies, special m counsel for the city, that a complete ietory was won by" tho city under the opinion. Not only aro all tho contentious of the city sustained, it is declared, but I he city may. recover $7900 from the detendant canal companies for money f expended iu excess of the city's share in pumping water from Utah lake. Heretofore Salt Lake City has been, payine one-fifth the cost of pumping operations at the Utah lake pumping station, but lias been getting only about ouo-tenth of the amount of wa ter raised from the lake. Under tho supreme court opinion the canal com-j com-j panics are liable to the city for tho amount thus expended iu excess of the city's shnro and hereafter the city j will have to pay only its proportionate share, based on the amount of water j used. This will mean a suving of sev eral thousand dollars a year to the city.