Show WE WANT WATER provo does hot get its proportion WHAT TO DO assessed valuation of aroyo city other municipal items the city council met on monday evening in special session for the consideration of several important items of business assessment the county assessor submitted the following report of assessed of prova city property mortgages total this assessment is less than last year the report waa referred raf erred to the committee on finance the acty reported that the water of the river was deiy low and that bome of the irrigation canal comi daniea were taking oui more than their proportion of water lie recommended that a meeting of all parties interested in the waters of the river be called and the water apportioned according to the agreement asre ement of 1884 the aBter also recommended the investigation of the matter of the taking out of water from the river in the above mr martin asked for an aaion as to the latter recommendation and thia brought out some remarks and discussion from several members the burden of which was to the effect that for many years past the canal companies of provo valley had been gont water from the biyer and of recent years new canals had been and were now being constructed lower down the river the matter was referred to the committee on with authority to call a meeting of officers of canal companies in this valley and to make investigations as to water being taken ait oit of the river in provo valley THE NEW SPRINKLER the special committee on sprinkler reported the purchase of a sprinkler of jewel knight for the matter of arranging for the running of the new sprinkler was referred to the committee on streets and alleys and the matter of purchasing a new harness referred 10 the committee on public grounds and city property accepted OF equalization mr martin nominated mr farrer as a member of the board of equalization the nomination was unanimously sustained mr bewel moved that the matter of furnishing labor for the inmates of the city prison be referred to the committee on police and city prison with authority to purchase hammers furnish a rock pile etc the motion brought out considerable die cassion the chief bone of contention being the fact that the same matter was at a previous session referred to another committee which has not reported the reference wag finally made council adjourned |