Show FIGHT FOR W WATER AIER SUPPLY GROWS BITTER The he action of oC Land and Water Yater Commissioner Commissioner Com Com- missioner Fisher on Thursday Th In turnIng turning turn turn- I ing into irrigating above e the city Intake the water which the city has purchased ed from primary owners since its contract was made with the f farmers rmel's Is the bone of contention that sticks In the throat of John Gabbott the commissioner the prImary primary primary mary owners of ot Sugar Sug and Farmers Farmer's wards and kept the commissioners arg arguing ar- ar g guing In the o of the Board of or Public Public Pub Pub- 1 lic lie from fromI 1 I i o'clock yesterday af afternoon afternoon at- at till 9 D at tight night Commissioner lonel i A. A F F. Doremus while 3 hp is lIS not altogether In sympathy with tIe the complaining farmers considers that the elt city exceeded Its Us rights In Int t turning turning- out the tho water ater Into the ditches He will wl be out of ot town till Sunday afternoon af aC- af- af so o a 0 recess of oC the slon-rs' slon meeting was taken till 7 o'clock t tomorrow morro c evening The Th reading of or tho the weir veir n near ar the city conduit at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon a l depth of ot 2603 feet teet or 3 3 Inches According to tables this indicated a J. J fl flow of 55 cubic feet per por second which Is equivalent to toL a little more than fortona for for- ty one gallons per second or I. I I gallons per hour making a total of oC I gallons In Iq each ach twenty tour hours Of OC this now flow the farmers living ln entitled to Sis II below the conduit are per Ier cent or gallons There was vas no dispute as to th thC readIngs read read- i stoutly ines Ings of ot th the welt well but Gabbott maintained that the cli city lt had diSObeYed II restraining Jud Judge c Mo Morses Morse's eR temporary Into Inlo the order by the water accept anything any any- refused to ditches He Ic entire flow flou floo of o the th thing thine less than the stream tream It clevel developed zed In the discussion that out of the or gal- gal Ions which have been beell shut hut off oft from rom the courts court's InJunction inJunction in in- since the city water pipes on only been I Junction the farmers have ha receiving B gallons The rest has been lost in seepage Although according according ac IlC- ac- ac cording to the r readings taken yesterday yesterday yester yester- entitled d to less IpEs d day lh the farmer arc am than thui gallons sallon admitting that the Land and Water Vater commissioner entitled to divert 4 40 per Del er cent o of the lie now How o of the creek as having been purchased b by the city Mr 11 Fisher was as to stretch a point He propos proposed d to Mr Sir Gabbott to furnish the farmers gallons from the Jordan canal In place of ot th the 1 which Mr Ir Gabbott admitted was WA all that tha his hI clI clients are uc receiving from Parle Parleys Parley's i creek But Mr Gabbott L would have none of or it H. H and later when I Mr Mr- h Fisher made a n. motion to n fix fix the I normal ow of 0 the creek crek at I both Gabbott au and Do voted vote I against it If some agreement Is not nol reached by I Monday or Tuesday It is probable that I Ithe the court will ill u use his authority to In Instruct instruct In- In the commissioners WI aa to their latitude In the case Meanwhile the city must munt make the best shift it can with its small supply from flom City Creek und and canOn canyons Superintendent Superintend Superintend- ent cat Hines limes says that this Is nt If It Is used sparingly and sprinkling of streets and lawns lawn cut off orr till the Parleys Parley's creek neek case Is decided by the commissioners The fhe I proposition ropo of the city to to topa pa pay the canal companies which have In Installed In- In stalled pumps at the outlet of Utah UtaI-t lake one one fourth the cost of or maIntenance maintenance nance mince and the interest on their theil Investment Investment Invest Invest- ment If It the canal companies will vIll deliver er one-fourth one of ot the water pUmped In Into Into Into In- In to the Jordan to the Salt Lake and Jordan Jordan Jordan Jor Jor- dan canal has also been turned down do As a a. substitute the canal companies propose that the city pay for toi or one- one fourth of oC the water pumped less the amount of ot the natural How flow of or the Jordan Jor JoN dan one fourth of or th the cost of or maintaining main maln- taming K the s one fourth of th the dama damage b by wear and tear and one- one fourth of ot the taxes and Insurance orIf or If It th the city prefer It The proviso II Is made that if it the North Jordan Canal Canal Canal Ca Ca- nal company compan should reconsider Its decision decision decision de de- de- de and come com In on the pumping scheme the city's share of oC the tha water would be bB one fifth for tor one fifth of 0 the expense |