Show POWER COMPANY ON CITY CREEK CREEH Editor Telegram Dear Sir While driving ing up City creek I noticed a large force of men mOll at work about two miles above the forks on the cast side sido My companion told me they were grading for a pipe line line and were going to put in a power power plant somewhere below That certainly sounded good to me until he told me the city had nothing to do with it You see 1 I thought the city was putting in its own plant plane for lor lighting as a's as I had bad noticed something to that effect in your paper some time a ago o. o Now my dear sir will you ou kindly tell me mo why the city has nothing to do dovith with it and why anyone was allowed to take tako that power powersite powersite powersite site away from the city I was hoping to see seo the city the owner of its own power plant I am a property owner and taxpayer and would like to see sec the tho citizens of Salt Lake controlling their own power plant as well as their water works yorks system I am sure the people would woul like to tobe tobe tobe be able to buy what they have to pay ay for I 1 didn't say ay anything Yours truly CITIZEN Salt Lake Nov 14 H 1910 The above letter speaks for itself Certainly tiny any man or any company has a right to take up a power plant on City creek above the city's line A power plant will not affect the volume of water at atall atall atall all rather it should increase it because there is a good deal of see seepage seepage age in all all of f these canyons canyons and if jf water could be brought rom high up up in in pipe a pip all and delivered without dama damage c into th the creek below below below be be- low w we do not see what complaint th the city or or the citizens can make Of course no company would undertake to interfere interfere in in- with the city's rights Whether the time city feels fels able to put in a power plant or not we do not know It certainly would be a good thing because lights are very costly in this city The Time only possible possible possible ble difficulty we see is whether this will or will not affect the thc high line pipes that the city is about 10 io put in That ought to be looked into b the authorities authorities author author- and if the city's rights ar ars trenched upon the work ought to be stopped If the city has no right but by taking out the water above and delivering it to the creek bel below w the volume of water for the high highline line would be decreased decreased de de- de- de creased hen ilien it is a serious matter We Ve think the time mayor and the city council ought to look to this at once ozice and il there is a company up there working or on an illegitimate claim that will in effect necess necessarily necessarily s rily decrease the time volume of the water for the high line then one of two things ought to be done the tho the company ought to be stopped or bought out It lt is very strange to us that ith all the administrations administrations administrations adminis adminis- we have had in this city the absolute title to City creek has Ae not been Secured high enough up to supply the city either with water or with power whenever the city is ready to take it up for either purpose If that has been overlooked then the mayor and council will know what to do If it t has not been overlooked why theu the owners of the works there are following a legitimate enterprise en en- tC and while citizens may nay regret it we ye do donot donot donot not see how they can do anything to stop it short of f buying out the company |