| Show CLAIMS CHARGE DAMAGES FROM CITY'S DRILLING Municipal pal Pumping Causes Loss to P Previous Users Protests Declare u Two claims claims' totaling 0 w were re filed filed against Salt Lake City Tuesday for lor or alleged impairment of private water vater rights as city officials continued contin contino their fight against drouth Both claims alleged the city's well drilling program has affected existing water rights A A. D. D Palmer 1100 Parkway avenue avenue ave aye nue charged that a spring on his on-his his property which has furnished sufficient sufficient dent water to irrigate 4 3 acres for fort forthe t he the e past 25 years Is drying dring up since the he city drilled wells on Twenty seventh South street at Nineteenth East and Thirteenth East streets He asked for 2500 damages I. I M. M Higley 1011 East Twenty Twenty- seventh South street who operates a trout and fruit farm asserted that I since ince the city started pumping a at t Twenty seventh South and Thir- Thir Thirteenth Thirteenth East streets the source of water for the Higley trout farm ha has been een damaged He wants for Cor or loss of or his fish Claims Referred Both claims were referred to the legal department at the same time commissioners received a letter Ietter from City ity Attorney Fisher Harris 1 hending the c city ly refuse to buy water lr from rom m George Watson Wa ori r representing presenting the he Emma mine located near the head of Little Cottonwood cany canyon n. n A letter Ietter written by Mr Watson Walson to Herbert S. S Auerbach chairman of the city water wilter advisory committee offered to sell selI water from the mine tunnel to the city at the rate of 15 per second foot Mr Watson estimated estimated estimated esti esti- mated there is sufficient water in inthe inthe the he mine to pump second foot for or 90 00 days placing the water in Little Cottonwood channel A subsequent subsequent quent offer lowered the price to per second foot Disputes Rights The vater water is no doubt part of Little Cottonwood creek wrote Haris HarrIs Har Har- rIs is and as such is now owned b by Salt Lake City and others holding those hose stream rights lights If it is profitable from rom an engineering and nd economical point of at view for the city to utilize this his water it should be done but not notor for or any compensation to the mine company company If water is withdrawn the mining company should compensate the he city rather than the city compensating compensating sating the company While they were reticent about discussing discussing discussing dis dis- dis- dis cussing proposals of the newly organized organized organized or or- Big Cottonwood Preservation association to make an agreement with the city regarding permanent use of 2 to 8 second feet seepa seepage e water of ot the stream city commissioners commissioners commis commis- pointed out the cit city already has las filings on the water The filings were made nearly three years ago Offers City Water The association headed by Harold R. R Mays L. L J. J Riter Stephen H. H Love Carl Bergin and Murray Sullivan is willing that the city shall have the saved water during the present emergency it wants the city to refrain from Irom diverting the water vater after alter this year because to dry the stream up below the city wier will destroy thousands of trees The city is now building a pipeline that will save from 4 t to 8 B second feet of the water at a cost of ol Thi This Thi water City Commissioner George D D. Keyser Keser said will be given to farmers farmers farmers farm farm- ers for their crops under tinder exchange agreements City Proves Up Records in the Uie city engi engineers engineer's ers er's office disclose the city made 1 savin filimon filing filim II on 6 second feet of the water and proved up on it proposing to dry the stream from the cit city wier ier to Tanner Tan Tan- ner ncr ditch Subsequently about two years ears ago another filing was made for fOt 10 second second sec see ond feet feel This however included the first and proposed to dry the channel from the city viler wIer to 0 the head of the Green and Walker ditches Upon completion of the present pipeline the city will have proved up on the second filing State Requests Funds For Repairing Pipelines Urgent requests for funds to repair repair re re- rc- rc pair pipelines supplying water to Roosevelt and Kanosh were presented present present- ed cd Tu Tuesday day by Governor Henr Henry H U. U Blood to the state drouth committee at a meeting in the capitol I Harry C. C Jessen Jeggen chief engineer o othe of the FER FERA A. A was vas instructed to ge geall get all the details on the pipelines and andreport andreport andreport report his findings in dines I John D. D Rice mec assistant attorney general and Newell B B. Cook state fish and game comm commissioner Ls on r left leU Tuesday for Fish ish lake to stud study the situation there particularly where legal obstacles arise regarding takIng taking tak talc ing of water |
