Show THREE fIRE PLANS FOR SOLUTION OF W WATER AIER I I f PROWL PROBLEM CONSIDERED BY OFFICIALS r I Gord Gordon or an n Water Right 1 Parleys Parley's Parleys Parley's Par Par- are ar- ar leys ley's e s Canyon Storage I R Reservoir and Artesian Well C Propositions Are re Under Discussion I a. a After the examination of ot nearly every t rf source from which the city of ot Salt c Lake could obtain additional water to Increase e Its Us Inadequate supply it is Relieved believed that either one of ot the last laRt three to to tobe tob be b considered the considered the artesian r wells s the Gordon water rl right ht or the plans advocated b by City Engineer r Kel Kel- r t sey e to build a re reservoir In Parleys Parley's canyon anoll are the most practical I The urt l of oC purchasing the tho 1 Gordon Cordon rl right ht In Big Cottonwood canon canon can- can jon on was con considered b by the special res- res commission at a meeting of or that bod body held Wednesday Y night ht but hut no y de definite action on the matter was fr- fr taken t f t Cost Cost of at Water Right The Tte owners of or the Gordon right have I f 1 offered d to sell ell their property properly to the elt city for 10 and are willing to accept t the entire amount In 3 per cent bonds J to measurements mN taken r recently re- re by hy acquiring the right the city could get gallons lIons of water d. dally at al Thirteenth EI East EIt t street and md 11 gallons dally daily at Ninth East Easl r street JL r y This water how ho however ever according to the f e pl plans nR considered by the committee would have to be piped Into the city a I distance of or nearly nearl seven ee miles and then pumped d Into the reservoirs It Il Is estimated d that the cot cast of oC laying the tho pipe and amI constructing the pumping 6 l plant to together t er with the purchase price of ot the right would require the outlay half million dollars I ot of nearly a n. Opposed to the tho Plan Th The members of at the commission lon are opposed to recommending that the city expend such a 3 large lare sum of ot mone money b but bu expend t are to consider consider- a sUb suggestion estion orr offered red h by bythe the thc city engineer n at at their n next meeting meet meet- ing meet meet-ing which Is to DC oe e held heM Wednesday I A night t I I The city engineer ensin er suggests that the city purchase the rl right ht and exchange iJ the water with the farmers In the vicinity vl- vl for water from Irrigation ditches farther up the c cn canyon canon n on and that the water thus acquired would come from froman an elevation ele that would give It sufficient sufficient dent gravity to carr carry cairy It to the big conduits conduits con con- duits In Parleys Parley's canyon which would necessitate the expenditure of ot only a small email amount of at money mone money Say Price Is Exorbitant The committee considers the price asked for tor the property exorbitant The right Ight was formerly leased to the Hanauer Han Han- auer Smelting company of oC Murray for or ZOO a a. month Since the closing down downor of or the smelter smeller the owners of the right derived ed but little revenue from their 1 pro property Three per cent Interest on the price asked the city would amount to Ito or 1350 1950 a year ear more than the loaners owners received from the property properly when when leased to the smelting com company pan City Engineers Engineer's Views l If It the city could purchase th the rl right ht Y i at a lower figure and could arrange with the owners of at rights farther tarther up Jt the canyon canon so fO that the water could be carried over to the conduits In Parl Parleys Parley's Ys Y's r canyon without much expense to the thet ther K t city I 1 believe that It St would be advisable jT r p. p ble for the city Ity to make muke the purchase t ald Hald City Engineer Kelsey to The Telegram Telegram Telegram Tel Tel- toda today To pipe the water Into the city and then pump It Into the reservoirs would require the outlay of or considerable more mone money than to build a reservoir In Parleys Parley's Parleys Parley's Par Par- I J leys ley's 8 can canyon on which could be done at al an expense of not to exceed The Reservoir Proposition Mr Ir Kelsey's proposition to construct a a. reservoir In Parleys Parley's canyon Is also under consideration b by the special committee recently appointed by the f City The City Engl Engineer eer pro- pro 4 is poses poges that the city construct a dam r- r which i would be built to such a height that It would virtually be a reservoir F in Parleys Parley's canyon canon and store the vast amount of ot water which goes to waste t is at certain seasons of ot the year tr This ahls his is water could be turned Into the city mains whenever needed and would come from tram such an elevation that It ItA itt A t would be unnecessary ar to use nn any If pumps |