Show LAND AND WATER AS RECOMMENDATIONS Mathews Mathews' Report Shows WorK Needed and How now to Increase Revenue The taint of or the lands land owned h by the time cl city cording according to the annual report of Frank Mathews land and water n-ater commissioner commissioner commis commis- Is now 1063 O. O This Is Irre irro- Irrespective of any improvements on 01 these lands either cUbe In the time wa way of o buildings canals or ot works The The general scope cop of th land An and water tEr I lm supervision of department comprises 1 the GI City Irek creole creek Emigration Parl Parleys Parley's and amid Little Lit itHe it- it and the and wood Cottonwood tIe tle Big Dj canyons I Jordan Tor n and Salt Lake Lak as al well wel as ns keeping a a record of the 1 city's real ral estate Among Amon the recommendations ton made made b by Mr Hr Ma I li is one ole that l leases of gravel pits pis in 1 future be bp made at per annum an an- I An-I num Instead ar of as sus at present pum He lIe recommends that n nw w spillway b b be put lint lf in at both flip Big B and Little Litte Cottonwood th the old ones ons being unsafe that It will willbe willbe wil be hr necessary ari to cover r with wih tin tn about 2000 feet of tum In Mill 11 creek crek and put a mm anew 1 new weir In the intake Ho lie considers that the time flumes fumes In n the Jordan sail and Salt T Lake e aJ anal canal 1011 should be replaced with concrete concree being no I in very tery bad condition Maintenance of or Canal canai The Jordan ordan ami Salt Lake canal canal which j is twenty six Elx miles lon long has ha br bridges and flumes which tIme the city must keep keepin in repair It I has han hen hicen hn in operation for twenty years with Ith tho Ule result that all al these bridges and flumes funes' funes are al' al In a worn orl orla out and a decayed d condition O iJ Three regular pJ I men are employed e on time the c canal and keep keepIn In In touch with wih t the tho office b by tel telephone They regularly patrol the canal During th tIme the year ear thirteen 1 new flum's flums were 10 built buit three thirty old oll ones oneS repaired one new newbridge newbridge bridge built bui fifteen er recovered with new and five eight lumber five fifty d lIghtf covered with wih gravel A concrete flume fume In underground sixty five feet was mess a f put ut In fc long nt at Union 2000 OUO feet of flume fum re repaired repaired re- re paired pallEd In iii Mill 11 creek Forty feet ept of flume fiume fumo went out In the hue creek during the reason eason and more Is likely iy to go unless something Is don done the tIme records In Big Cottonwood cl canyon OI show how 9 I dai daily average aeral flow fow of at r of gallons Only one onG complaint was eras r received ived II Ed during thC year the patrolman patrolman patrol patrol- man claim having kept It In excellent nt condition c The record of water In lb City reek creek frEek canyon tanyon can t-an- 1 yon shows show a dally daily daly average aera of f gallons This canyon a nyon I Id is ca daily I patrolled to keep sanitary by burning refuse left by b campers and pleasure seekers There were wre no forest foreit for fires fire last lat season sean Ten Te arrests were r made for trespass four for tor violation of the tho automobile ordinance and tent f twenty seven ven head nd of cattle catte an and six six horses hores w wOre wre re impounded The Thc Th commissioner commissioner commis commis- recommends that the ra road lie he put In good condition and arid n new w flumes lumes be put across ro q It I. I canyon is not patrolled as Emigration a l on pa th the water water is not used Only when hn the sheep ar are passing through is a patrolman necessary neCEssary During Durin the th y year ar she sheep p and md 1000 head of cattle catte went over the trail trai Three Thee arrests w were re made madl for startIng startIng start- start In Ing fires frs Rn and twelve e fires fres were ere extinguished extin extin- d with Ith small Imal damage to the water water- shed He lie recommends that no sheep heEp he be allowed to go over oyer the Dig Big Bil Mountain trail In future tri Parleys Parley can canyon dally daily daly patrolled hS has had hadan hadan an elm average flow fow on of water ater dally daily daly of gallons The creek was as thoroughly cleaned for eight miles mIN a a new flume fume and spillway put In time the th Pleasant View ditch a new flume sixty feet long put In iii at tIme the sheep trail trai a new bridge at Mountain Del Dell a new head gate at Dixon No 10 1 I ditch and other work ork done Time Tho expenditures of or the office ofle were wera and receipts from rents ha hay sold and other ways S |