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Show II IMTY ASKS v mum city ; 5 Board of Regents Would Buy ; Canyon Water and Use ;j Salt Lake Conduit. ;r decision is deferred J Cily Commissioners Hold Sev-.j Sev-.j cral Conferences Tuesday j Behind Closed Doors. B A novel proposition vn? made to the H I , city commission at yesterday's meeting H ' when members of tho state university B hoard of regents appeared before tlic city H authorities with the following proposal: H "Tjic university proposes to purchase H Olio second -foot or water In Parleys can- H yon at a point above the city's In mice H and nsks permission to turn Ibis flow B Into the city's conduit, taklnir it from tfie mains at the point where the city's feed B line touches the university's property. At H no time will more than the stipulated amount be withdrawn from the, mains and where the flow is not utilized it be- cornea the property or the city without charge." Irrigation Planned. H Major H. W. Young, spokesman for rue board of reuents. told the eommis- j slop that the university hud intended to use this water for the purpose of Irrl-sating Irrl-sating fortv or ilfty acres of land owned H by the educational institution, which will hHve. the effect of making this section H of the oast bench verv productive. On suggestion of Mayor Park the hoard of. regents will present the request In -writing and the local department of the -lty will be asked to pass on the legal- j . It J of such an arrangements, WnUe the H I water department and vliy engineer will H I i-onsider the physical aspects of the prob- B The open session of the commission B .vs hrief. lasting less than leu minutes. hut the commissioners and mayor hail a B iiiiipIii'I' of conferences during the day B' hchlud closed doors, discussing various B problems confronting1 , the admlnistra-H, admlnistra-H, ' Bidding- on Abstracts. B Commissioner Ccorge D. Keyset rc- B ) ported on bids for supplying abatracts B , "'I Property owned by the city. The B of for of Alexander E. Cars to do this B work for JUDO and traveling expenses Vivas H Hi lowest bid. and the matter was ve- B ' erred to tvie lecal department for in- B ? , ."mictions on how the award should he B i ; correctly made. B J , '--Ity payrolls for the hitler half of B i January, amounting to $11.31::. 25. were approved and ordered paid. B' . The action of City Kecorder Warrum B I" removing c n. McKcnzlp. police B -ourt stenographer, and appointing In his place Spencer Collins, was approved by H the commission. , f r''' regular Wednesday morning session B "f the commNsion will he called to order i , at l'J o clock todav. |