OCR Text |
Show THE WATER QUESTION The Cmse or Warn Discussion it the City C0Q3CI1 List Fight. - Till: C111 1.UMIH (,() llMJtilMI. $tSO,O0O HIM fo llrlng (TakVrrrcin l'Arlcj't C'anjon. "Hlicre It the Jlonty Coming Froml" A tprclal tclou of tho City Council waa held lut ulghl for the ttirroeoot accepting and coualderlng thu first annual an-nual report of City l'.uglnctr Doremut. Major Bcott pretlded and called tho Council to order promptly nt ":M. Tlie following couucllmrii nnawtrcd to roll call: Colin, I.yun, Anderton, Arm-trong, Arm-trong, Tendleton, W oltti nholmo, Heath, lVmhroke, Karrlclr, HpaOord, Noble and I'araoii. That iwrtlon of tho city cnglnrer'i report treating on tho water iUcttlon wat read and i rovolod much ttulmat-eddlicutt'on. ttulmat-eddlicutt'on. Kngluter Dm ran matwl that the Hot ot of conatrurtlug a puinnlng plan t at 1.11. rty I'ark, with n 1 1-! lino twenty.four Inch. , in ilInnnK r to 1 Int Houlh Htrt t, would lai I,IKW. Thlt It ltidr.ndeut of the gimral ill-lilUi-tloatjalrntof wnler lo l Inaightln frum 1'arhy'a Canyon. Iho two pro-tl pro-tl a ruli mi would coat JS17 triu. Mr. i'einl ruket am tlrongly on-Poaeil on-Poaeil to thoiAjrnlngajatem, but will give my hcartleit eupport to bringing lu the united water from 1'arley't Cauyou. I oTer tho following retolu. lion to that oilect: Ileaolvel.lliatlt bo the acno ol thl Ootlliell thai wa alioul.l pnanje.! ntnuen witri the conttrilctlon of u conduit of brick an I content lo ooitrey th watera of I'arley'a Canyon Creek a being tho moat eoooomleol au I promlalng tht moil aatit factory reiulta. A illtitj then aroieai to thenmount of water that ciull ho obtained dally front thai aourt a, Huglneer Djrcmui Tho nvcrngo dtlly How during tho lat year waa 10,(W,W I gallona. Mayor Hootl Inlhotiimmorof 1SS9 thu average dally How did not realu 4,()i,ik) gallon Mr. rtmbroke I do not think It la a fair pronltluit to titluiatv tho annaintof water that emanated from that aourt o lo yean ago; wo had a j tar of drouth that It witnout precedent prece-dent lu the Itlttory or our Territory. Mr. Colin I K uot a well knawn fact that tho flow of wattr front the l.lliertyrarkwtllahat never amounted too.tmj.nuotier day? lolhl Mr. Djnmui replied In the afllrmallao. He alao ataleil that ouo of tho wella In that locality, which for a tlmo had ruinlihul n tupfly of ik,t) gallont of water per day, had ccaavd Honing entirely. To dend uiwii theao well wa the height of folly. Tho gravity ayatim not thu only tuc-ceaaful tuc-ceaaful mrthou of avater attpply, Thl waa the opinion cspmcd by the watt r oomtnliilonofltftv. ItwaathelroptnlJii today. If the pumping it item wat to laj adoptwl It mould hai the latl reaort. Mr. 2Sohlo-l cuncur liithorxprrt-aloua liithorxprrt-aloua oT Mr. Dorauiua, and am aaaured by member of thn old City Count II that tho walpr 4blem will uever lw tolved other lhau hy rAiltlug lu n good gravity ayetctn. Kuglueer JJoremui I will hero ta'aetho lllxrly of uilng the name of J. Kowauu hmlth H., civil euglner, ret a man or ur.'iuottlouid adlnly, and ouo who haa given thu water iuallon moro thought arrd carerul coutldera Hon than any other rou lu tha we.U He ha told me rrtUently that ho looked ujhjii the implug tyattut at a roollah and daugiroue exrluicnt. He ta)t the Liberty Park well, altualod m they arc, In ouo ol the luwtltdeprwnlona of the valley, are not lu a noir phtco ta huk ror the inuth uce et roller. I bellevo he la right, llv lu common with all the beat englnetn of thla city favor tho gravity ajateni, lha extra water lo bo obtained from Parley' Canyon. Councilman lWlItton If wo put In tho pumping lyiUm wa will only bo throarlug money away. It would bo fuollih very foolUh. I am nfnld wearo like tho bojtwhowalk uphill torldedown That t, wo are going to IHimntho water up hill Jutt to ace II run (dowu, and that at a gnat ex. jieuto. Mayor Hcolt favored Imtli tyiteiui. IfClty Creek, Kmlgratlou, f'arliy'a and the well were utllltnl Iherewould bean liumeuao Incrtato In lheiu;ily. He ratorvd Mr. Tembroko'i roanliitlou, and at tho tame time he wauted to tee tlie pumping ayatem uaed. . Mr. I'ombryko I octupy n vtry lingular pualtlon lu thl Council, but, RL'lillenteu, I mut be Underatood, If ere li one virtue thut I uualn greater ahuulaniuth iu nuother, It I the cberiahed Jewel of coiulnlcncj . Unce and ror oil I aay I am opiwicd to aeiiilliig ao much money uutoftho Territory rora pumping plaut. In thu gravlutlout)u.malltho money can U dlitrluuted at homo. The alrongeat lank lu our political plattorm wm Malt l.ake work for Halt I.hUu work-niou. work-niou. Now, gentlemen, I aak jouln all candor hau wo kept our pledgu? We rtru violating our promlatt oery Mr. I.ymi I would llko to propound nipitatlonlolhli Council whlth la u gravu ouo tome; It It, where la tho lyl.uoo earning rrom to ay ror tho ooiidultayiteni? MajorHiaitt I nru auuml that the coututton will utcitour boudt for the walk. Mr. l'euibtoke-I Ullovti tho ton-tratton ton-tratton will aoiti t tho bond ut ptr; If not, n can u-ll them In optu niarktt and t ring the money litre, Mr. Lynn! uut uot ataatigulno at that contenting thu matter. Mr. lVmliioke l)h, I aupiioie We can II nd urthaaen for the bond. -Mr. I.yun-rial dof Will, I don't, llowuverjiitt try It. Air. IVmuroki Well, wo have ex. perlencril liodlllliiilly lu getting bid on the JSOii.iHkj iKiuila that were I nud aomo time ago, have we, Mr. Mnjorf Mayor ricolt-WiJI-)e; that la lo taj we did uot come hero to conaldtr that uMtlon, aud I ihould not like lo ay. The rcaolutlou wa finally ttuwod Tho vole w a a follow. Vea I'm-dleton, I'm-dleton, Heath, Pembroke, Woltteu holm, Aruttlrong, Noble, Coltu, JCrir. rick . Nott Anderton, l.ynu, 1'araona 3. lUuieil, HpallorJ. Mr. I'enibrt ki A a tho ltm.lt alreaJy luucJ have not lcu dlod of,l moto loexlend thu time of adtertl ng for bldaf.irthlrtydaja. 'Hie niotloii rwa-lvcd nototand. On motion of Councilman Andenon the Couucll aJJouroed uutll Tuetday evening imit, ' |