Salt Lake Telegram | 1905-11-30 | Page 3 | Offer to Transfer Mill Creek Rights

Mil TO TRANSFER 7 MILL CREEK RIGHTS . An offer was msde to the City Council last avening to give an option of Mill Creek water for SI. A resolution was presented, but laid 1 ever for one week, to accept the offer. The frer was received In a communication received re-ceived from Mayor Morris, which reads as follo'.ws: Gentlemen: I hereyith submit '.n option from the Lower Mill Creek Irir nation com-. puiy. a corporation In favor of th. city, dated November ST. lJi. for the . exchange of Mill creek water, belonging to said corpora-tun, corpora-tun, for Utah, lake water. , for the sum of )0.M0. which 'runs until December 31, 1906. In order to- make thi. option va ildlt should 1 ratified by the City Council and duly executed exe-cuted on behalf of the Wtr. In brief, the agreement I. to the effect that, during the Irrigating season, the city Is to furnish the Lower Mill Creek Irrigation eom-1-any with 'irrigating Vater from Utah lake. In exchange for the Mill creek water owned by the company. By this exchange the city will Mture an average of 2.000.000 gallons of pure mountain water a dy. During the Irrigating -arn tne city will be furnishing the company r, per cent more water than the company Is furnishing the city. But. taking it year about, the city will receive more water than it gives. For this privilege the city is to pay the company a bonus of 110 per acre on the land which Its rights embrace or 1f4 cres, to be exr.ct the amount lieing S10.54O. The money jjrill be divided among fully IjO persons.