Show TiE IIYDKAULIC CAXAL RUSh NESS Tin spectacle pnsented In the TIn District Court this morning Orson peculiar Ole A large mini her of citizens whore characters are ounce reproach anti whose reputations lions for hOI tJ aresecond to tho S of no ch of men in existence were present to anstrer to indictments found against them by the late defunct de-funct political grand jury Ve tlo not I lee for one moment r LIst anybody in the court room including in-cluding his honor on the bench who is naturally a keensighted I man had any idea that real criminality crimin-ality attached to the gentlemen I who were fortxd before him by I what we believe lo leone of the most un eciupulous ant spiteful juries that ever had an exigence Vlth regard to the bunching of n I large number of reputable citizen on an indictment for conspiracy in connection with the transaction in whkh the Hydraulic Canal Com jwny y was z jxvtty the publicthoild by this time b well infjrnio1 One of the phases of the subject ID I now in the hands of the City Council As a good many eople may net bowcverhave read a statement made to the city fathers ant which was embodlnl in the published minutes of Tuesday DecemUr > loth embraces em-braces a prwitatioi o facts ab selutelv correct iu every detail we introduce it hereTo here-To the IloxoraVe Mayor owrf City u I UJ r JA Iiy Ootl llallglo informed that some uieinlro of your honorable honor-able body have expressed dissatisfaction dissatisfac-tion WIt the transaction connected Cllee with obtaining by the city from Salt Lake County < > f a onesixth bitternil in the Jonlan Jin all it I < storage capac ItT wo herewith make a itatement and 1 propoWon o Tbe umlerssn are members of the llydmdie U > nl Company which organtea noun ras a party to the said transaction On or about the year 157JSilt Lake Cnnnly built a dam for lie pur > o o of reserving the waters < if the Jordan River that had previously run to wade The Interest iu the dam and its storage capacity was divided into B parts One of the hurls was granted to each of the following canal companies to wit Draper North Jordan South Jordan Utah and Salt Lake and the Jordan and Salt Lake City The remainini rmnlnl onesixth was > I in rewire A number of citizens the under si ned tigned among tbem learning thai this interest Was still unappropriated and being 1 aware that there were largo under tracts of lands which could b brought cultivation i the water right I amid be obtained steps were taken tore to-re II A petition to the county court for untJ ur the sail onesixth interest in Ibo dam and its it storage capacity was favorably faorablJ acted upon The prayer being granted On the basis 119 of this grant of the County Court t the Hydraulic Canal Company a canal wax located and surveyed I and some excavations were made on its line lands were entered under the homestead and timber laws government and the usual amounts paid t the Estimates wore made for a hydrau tic plant including machinery to pump the water from the river to an elevation of over one hundred Itt An expert was brought from C j ifornia who made plans and specifica I I lions all of which involved a largo outlay While thi enterprise was in progress I I the dry season of 1S53 arrived and nSalt Lake City was distressed for water Your honorable buy became aware of the existence of the before mentioned one lxtli interest and the matter of ecarins I was discussed Thus discussion resulted in the appointment ap-pointment of the following special commIttee who were directed to Investigate In-vestigate and report Alderman James Itgle an rpr tnln Sharp and Councilors Itollvar Hobcrts and John Clark After investigation which we pre I some was thorough the committee finding that tbo Hydraulic Canal Company Com-pany had a claim upon the onesixth Intec t In ju tioii mailo cm unsolicited propo Hiun dependent upon the consent of the council to lie Mid company I was in substance sub-stance as follows Tint if the IIjJnelK Caaal Company wouW al Jrw Uw mmtjr court ircn < jer gall claim 1 the on iitb Intern In the iBunJilaturajccailcU Infjvorof the city the rorjvratlOD wouu S reimban the < eompjDT f or ill eip c < litarM nude In irrnit of their enterprise proHled that the arcrcgalc dM not exceed MGM Tills proposition was accepted and the committee reported to the council a follows SILT UKE Chit T j I h 0 Q CI To Ht H < m raUt Jojtr or rf CHf Ctrilof Sail LoSe Ctlf Gentlemen Voor epeda I camalttee ap N > inlcJ for the persae of ccrollitiD for the onetiiUi of the Jordan HiTer < la addi non to tile cncflxth to vrhirti the city I entillnl taroach Jordan and Silt Lake Casil mpccUBllj rcH > rt that ue haic l rformed tha labor aioined to u and herewith lulmlt the 0 or purctac of aid one Uth interwt in th Joan dim a the water of Kud ricer and J tpcvdr action thereon Very Uctpectfallj JXItS SIIARr Jon CLAIIK Cour onEJ ieriol CIt u1hl report was adopted by the said council as will appear on the record 1S of their proceedings October I The result was that tho transaction i was consummated and a deed was made by the county court for the one sixth interest to Salt lAke City I I Is I stated as introductory lo the I foregoing statement that we had been j informed that distatitficlioii on this I subjnet hail been expressed by some members of your honorable body Inconsequence I In-consequence < we mike the following position to witi If LIt Council of > to iw1 Stilt Iako City will authorize the I Mayor to deed the onesixth Interest I Illelll in the Ionian iiltiit and its storageI I capacity to the Hydraulic Canal Com j i any on the execution of saitl deed wo 1 i will I cheerfully refund the money re j t i ceived by 119 an members of said company com-pany I i tonyThis This proposition will L held open until antI ineluding January I II JJSSE W Iox W s IIUETOX X V Josts S I MARKS OEOROEKOMSKV I = WELLS W X WIUIIMS JOSHUA MIDHLKV Jso It WIVDIR GEO M CAXNOV Louis HOOK Jersic W lOxJR Joust XtciioLsox O F WHITNEY 1 Y HAMITOV A II CAKVOX W J LEWIS others This document was referred by the Council to the same committee by whom the original projosUIou L was made to the fompaiiy Alderman Alder-man Sharp and CouncilorRoberta and Clark That committee made a report loa lo-a regular meeting of the council held on Dec 13th In which they said I isc are convinced that tbe transaction transac-tion was nude in good faith by all concerned con-cerned eme Iu thedicusstou that ensued Alderman Al-derman Sharp said There was no member on the floor of the council who would protend to I laim that the transaction was no made in good faith by both sides at the tme and for one he thought at the time tlie city was making a gl l purchase pur-chase Councilor Clark of the original I committee on the same occasion We bought the grant that tbe County Court made to the Hydraulic Canal Company for onesixth of the capacity of the Jordan darn On lbs records of the County Court today it is I recorded that when tbo company should incorporate they would tIe I a deed to the water right When the proj < o < itlon o the city to procure I was licmtneoh the question was considered con-sidered as to whether it would be the better plan for the company to incorporate in-corporate and the deed to he malo to I 1 lt or whether it would be more advisable advis-able for tbo court to deed directly to I the city The latter ptan being the I more expeditious it was agreed upon As a roiilt of thu understanding the Hydrairiic Canal Company petitioned bo County Court to make the deed accordingly and on that petition it was done During the debate Councilor Sowlc remarked that lie Thought the city got all the tithe that ncylmdy could get I was Identically Iden-tically the same as the other canal companies got and the city received tithe ti-the first instance He had never beard a legal opinion iu regard to the matter I voted for the proposition because it appeared to me it wax a gout I buy I am not convineed yet it was I not I Other statements in a similar line j were mac but the foregoing are j sullicicnt to show the grounds upon j 1 tvhicii the indictments have been round Sonic of the rnrtiiy under Iu L lO Ukiuii uj o UTCII asKeu wny the City Council was not indicted Clcl 1as lol hulet n collectively and individually The reply was that such a proceeding i would have been an outrage there Icing no foundation for it The retort Ito I-to this was that in that regard the aspect in relation to those who have been indicted docs not dICer |