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Show Ccuprelicnsive Report "of . the Committee of Fifty Citizens Appointed to Investigate All Phases of Subject. A plan "for the Improvement of the city's water supply, representing the Investigation In-vestigation of experienced and expert men on that Question, has been adopted by the Commercial club and that organization or-ganization will now expend all its energy en-ergy toward making- the plan effective. The scheme was worked out in the first place by the executive committee By the development cf spring In f Enumeration canyon (per day for the year) , 1,000,000 By the Liberty park .artesian wells (per day for the year) 2,000,000 Total : 4,000,000 Add to this the supply July 15 to September 15, iyu2 10,000,000 Total supply for two dry months, July lo to September 12. VjQi 14.000.COO Available In. 1904. By the- Parley's canyon .reservoir (per day for two mouths) 15,000,000 , By the Little valley res- - ' . ervolr (per day for two months) 1,000.000 18,000,000 Add to this the .available supply for JU03 .'.14,000.000 Total supply for two dry months July 15 to September 15, 1901... 80,000,000 Bll for Legislature. The extent to which this might be further Increased by the sinking of artesian ar-tesian wells along the line of the Jordan River and Salt Lake City canal is, of course, a mattervof speculation. The report closes with the proposed bill which the Commercial club will have presented to' the coming Legislature Legisla-ture for its adoption.- The billfavors the appointment of a board of three commissioners to be appointed . by .the Mayor to take charge of and control the waterworks system in this city and other cities of the State of the first class. or the club s committee of fifty on water wa-ter supply, aided by numerous subcommittees sub-committees which investigated the details de-tails of the subject. The committee'of fifty adopted the report, with a few inconsequential in-consequential changes. The board of managers gave its approval to everything every-thing proposed and voted to continue the committee of fifty with instructions to do all in its power to carry out the recommendations in the report. To aid toward this end the Btandlng committee on laws and legislation was added to the other. This last named body is made up of Judge O. W. rowers, chairman- Frank B. Stephens, Benner it. Smith, Frank Knox, W. A. Sherman, R. K. Thomas and Louis Cohn. CoL E. F. Holmes, who has given a larKe amount of his time to the matter, will continue as chairman. The Recommendations. The recommendations in the report, now finally adopted, may be summarized summar-ized as follows: Establish a water board of three members appointed , by the Mayor, to . have charge of the city's water supply. Issue twenty-five-year bonds to the amount of 11,000,000 to provide the necessary nec-essary funds, a plan being submitted by which the waterworks would be made to pay the interest and principal. Clean out the artesian wells In Liberty park, put In a pumping plant there and Pink artesian wells along the line of the Jordan river and Salt Lake City canal. Develop the springs and streams tributary trib-utary to City creek, -and take steps looking toward the building of a reservoir reser-voir in City Creek .canyon. Develop the underground water flow In Emigration canyon. Build a- reservoir in Parley's canyon. Build a new conduit from Utah lake on the upper grade line to the mouth of Big Cottonwood canyon to furnish Utah . lake water to the farmers in exchange for Big Cottonwood water. Water Erpm the Cottonwoods. Construct a conduit to convey to the city from Big and Little Cottonwood creeks such water as may be acquired by purchase, exchange or otherwise. Acquirereservoir sites in Big and Little Cottonwood canyons, with a view to building reservoirs later, and In all the other available canyons near the city. Build a brick and cement conduit to receive the waters of the Jordan river and Salt Lake City canal in the eastern and northern parts-of the city and convey con-vey it to. the. terminus of the canal. Put in meters for manufacturing plants, business blocks and other large users of water, but not generally. Use only canal and river water, where possible, for sprinkling. The estimate of cost is $1,143,000. The total' water supply during the two dry months from July 15 to September 15, 1902. was 10,000,000 gallons. It Is estimated esti-mated that the Improvements planned will Increase the supply for the same period In 1903 to 14,000.000, and in 1904 and thereafter to at least 25.000,000. The financial figures are based on a growth to a population of approximately 150,000 In twenty-five years, but the committee commit-tee says It will be practicable to provide pro-vide for a city of 600,000 population, if necessary, although of course at Increased In-creased expense. Some Important Questions. The committee in formulating Its plan has kept In view the following import-tint import-tint questions: 1. The preoent population. z. ine present available water supply. sup-ply. ' 3. The reasonably certain Increase In . ' population and its water needs. 4. The certain sources of additional water supply and the quantity possible to be secured by their development. 5. The financing of any scheme de-Vised de-Vised for the accomplishment of the purpose desired. ' Tills latter la the most Important consideration con-sideration of all, for without the necessary neces-sary funds any plan would prove futile. Water Commission. The committee recommends that the entire control of the city's water system , and the expenditure of all moneys for its Improvement and maintenance be placed, at as early a date as practicable, practica-ble, in the control of a commission of three resident citizens, under proper restrictions re-strictions and regulation!, and for ,the purpose of accomplishing this result we 6ubmit herewith for your consideration considera-tion a draft of a bill which we recommend recom-mend that the coming Legislature be asked to make Into a law. The draft of i this proposed measure is attached here to and made a part of this report. A -synopsis of the expenditures proposed pro-posed by tho committee ore: 2. Ker'ring pipe and mains $ 50,000 3. (a) Developing artesian wells in LllxTty park 8,000 (b) Pumping plant in Liberty park 60,000 (c) Sinking artesian wells ' slonff Jordan River and Salt Lake City canal 6.000 4. (a) Developing springs and . ' streams In City Creek , canyon .". 6,000 (b) Little valley reservoir .... 40,000 C. Emigration canyon under Kround flow 6,000 6. (a) Reservoir in Parley's canyon can-yon :. 150,000 (b) ripe line, from Parley's . canvon 10,000 7. (a) Cottonwood water and new canal 450,000 (b) Conduit from Big Cotton wood 275,000 (c) Reservoir . sites and Im provements In the Cotton-woods Cotton-woods 50,000 9. Brick and cement conduit .... 60,000 Tctal expenditure recommend?d.$l,143.000 These expenditures In the opinion of tho investigators would result In the following increased supply of water for . the years 1J03 r.nd 1304: Available in 1903. . , Gallons. By tho development of springs in City Creek canyon (per day for Uo year) 1,000,000 |