Show Bond Election May Be Called to Decide on 2 Water Propositions I I Officials Doubt City's itys Ability Ability to Finance Plans on Short Time Notes 1 1 Formation of an Artesian Basin II Water Users' Users association to fight Salt Salt Lake Lake City's plan to utilize water from a group of wells located southeast southeast south south- east of the city was announced Thursday by by- Fred Lindbeck of South State street The city proposes proposes proposes' proposes proposes' pro pro- poses poses' to enlarge its Us culinary supply from the wells Mr Lindbeck Tracy Wright H. H W. W and W. W G. G Park represent represent sent a committee committee chosen chosen b by residents residents resi rest dents living for the most part west of the point where the wells that the city proposes to use arc lo lo- lo The chief purpose of the the- association association asso asso- elation Is to furnish means which by-which residents who fear the they will be af affected affected af af- by the wells' wells depletion may seek seck an injunction against the city To enjoin the city It will be necessary necessary essary to post a bond Insuring the city against loss until the the- matter Is settled In court Members of the association Indicated indicated Indi indi- cat ed they will very ery likely Join another another an an- other group of citizens who have already served summons on owners o of or wells the city proposes to bu buy Preparation of the suit Is now In progress according t to W Attorney Samuel Samuel Sam Sam- uel nel King Kine and it will probably be filed Wed within a few da days s The basis of the suit will be the lack of or existing legal rights to re remove remove remove re- re move percolating water from land landin in hi such a manner that the percolation percolation lation will be affected on surrounding surround surround- ing lands Mr King said Citizens Form Association to Fight Project in Wells Area Possibility of a bond election being called a. a soon as legally It-gaU possible for submission of both er water propositions to the people loomed Thursday as the joint committees met at the chamber hamber of c commerce e. Doubt of the city's ability to fi n- n I- I nanc eUber one on shortt term short rm nn notes and the danger of legal leral complications have hare given riven Impetus to a a. suggestion surges surges- tion made W Wednesday that both the artesian well wen project and the Little Cottonwood proposal be submitted to a ote vote of the people Whether this will be done de depends first upon the action of the joint join committee and s secondly upon the decision of the city commission Realizing that immediate action is nece necessary if a new water supply Isto is isto isto to be brought into brought into Salt Lake to meet the anticipated emergency this summer summer summer sum sum- mer members of the mayors mayor's civic water ater advisory ad board and the municipal municipal municipal mu mu- water supply committee of the chamber of commerce and ex executives executives ex- ex from th the three local newspapers newspapers newspapers news news- papers are meeting in an executive session Thursday afternoon to decide upon the most feasible plan Two plans are before the joint Join committee for increasing the muni municipal municipal cipal water supply One is to obtain water from Little Cottonwood canon canyon canyon can can- yon on and the other is to pipe the water from the artesian artesian- basin In into the city mains It was definitely decided at the public meeting Wednesday at the Continued on Pate Sixteen S. S I BOND ELECTION ON PLAN LOOMS Continued from Page Pace tn Ele chamber of commerce that through either of the plans water can call be de delivered tie tie- livered into the city mains by July 1 the time when the need for additional add addi tiona water is expected to become pressing It was alto alio agreed that al although a- a though the initial cost of the artesian artesian arte arte- sian project will ba be less the Little Cot Cottonwood ton wood water is far superior in quality MINIMUM SUPPLY The artesian project sponsored by Mayor John F F. Bowman will give gl tile the city a minimum supply of 20 2054 54 see sec feet ond-feet throughout th tha year with the exception of July and August when the supply will Increase to 24 01 Or 25 5 second The cost estimates are arc for construction of pipe pipelines pipelines lines anti and pumping plants for the purchase of the wells and annual pumping costs estimated at from to The proposal of the tue Suburban Water Water Wa Wa- ter company is to furnish the ti-ic direct flow of Little Cottonwood to th tho city or to sell Us rights in the project for forthe forthe the city to develop PROPOSALS LISTED 1 1 The company will deliver a direct flow based on the low water year jear of 1934 1024 of from second feet in May to 1087 second feet in September for That price Includes the cost of a conduit from Little Cottonwood to Big Cottonwood Cottonwood Cotton Cotton- wood as estimated by the city engineer engi engi- acer neer and the water company representatives say that they consider the estimate high In their offer they estimate that the cost of tills this can be cut which would I bring the cost of the project to the thel city down to plus capitalized capital capita pumping charges for one ditch which Is estimated at to 60 0 2 The Suburban Water company would agree to sell all its rights title and interest in the Beaver pond reservoir site all of its filings on Big Cottonwood Little Cottonwood and Spring creek not included in proposition No 1 complete plans and specifications for or Beaver pout pond reservoir and all Its data and options on Dimple Dell reservoir site for The Beaver pond reservoir the wa water wa- wa ter company proposition states w would Insure the city a minimum storage of 2700 acre 3 The Suburban Water company will undertake the entire project contemplated by propositions No 1 and No 2 for This it is estimated would give the city a minimum supply of 30 second second- feet of water during the heavy de demand tie tie- mand inand months of July antI and August in ina a year as dry as 1924 1024 Many objections to the ma mayors mayor's r's rs ar ar- ar plan were voiced at tile the Wednesday Wed Wed- meeting Among them were the dangers of legal entanglements the tho uncertainty of flowing wells as asa asa a permanent supply and the hardness hard hard- ness fleSs of the underground water It was pointed out that the well vei water would cost residents hundreds of thousands of dollars m hi plumbing bills STRESS PERMANENCY On the tho other hand arguments were submitted that the plan although the Initial cost would I Ibe be greater would give tile the city a permanent per per- manent supply of water of the best beet quality It was decided by the two commit tees at the beginning of the Thursday Thurs Thurs- day aay afternoon session that they would continue their work until an all agreement agree agree- ment on one of the two projects was I reached The meeting is being held at th the chamber ol of commerce |