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Show DESfJU'.T EVENING NEWS SATURDAY MARCH 13 1020 Ar o UVJ A a. A Itbetal eprlablieg t M! tfca Aurlag sewwrf Investigates for Salt Lake Citizen; ff wtf wf lllJ Instead of $3,300,000 Claims that Municipal Contractors owe I Large Sums to Financial Inter- 1 ests Which Back the Scheme ' 'Expert Saji That proposed Water System Will lUTtf, Of Gly; Offers Substitute Plan Whifh as that In th City Knglnser'e plaa and probably auparlor la ono or two reaper! due to th beneficial of the storage ef large effect quantise of water In unpolluted or contaminated storage haalna where the action of lha run and the wind and alrstlon kill germ llfa to a welt knows large exteaL R I t of the erlenre of water purification I list the dilution of even contaminated atreara entering auth under atorag large reservoir will bring about a puricondition fication almost equivalent to th vrry beet purification plants. From this storage basin th water will be ronveyed In e aaf and sanitary conduit to tb elty for tho municipal supply. Although this snores of- - supply to would be considered superior many aourcea for large municipalities throughout th United Stats "and elsewhere. It la not proposed to take any chance whatever on content nor to be over confident of the purity of tho water In th storage basin. WORKS FOR THE PURIFICA. Will Cost only $2,500,000 THE data and mleeeltaneoaa letter together with oral osplenetioaa Tbe publle hoe wondered why tha scheme baa seemed as vague; tbe at- plaaetloa te that there Is. geaulae plea before them. They base been bombarded with leeuflcleat data end Indonalte figures. And apoa this perilous structure they have base asked te base thetr eetloa at tha bond alee-U- o f. Interest aeqaabt la th Uxpapera with the precis 1 facts eo that they may eaat their ! rotes under tandingly, herewith .'presents a water supply expert analysis of the proposed wter I system and a atarllbs; expose of LOOT FOR INTERESTS ; th S3JOO.OOO bond Issue deal AND CONTRACTORS r Hch tho,; dty. :?elssIoDr8 Despite the city's leek of a genuine land city engineer are attempt-lin- g prospects containing d.al)ad facta th public vleir, nnd to gureo, Mr, Brew after thorto foUt upon the people of and was anablod to ough Investigation, commleloa-er- e ' Salt Late Ply. . make estimates of Ms ewa which re- lines proposed by the city weuld also require a filtration vealed the utter fallacy of the scheme ' In connection - with these proposed by the city engineer, by Mayor planL Mr. Brown's plan commend Itself to Water Commissioner Neslen sad of off! Bock, ; astounding revelation the other officials who have joined with th people because It proposes te give blunderand elty a pur supply of water, not cial lncompetentcy them In the preposterous proposal to the ror iio.voo.ooo oc is. ooo.ooo, or o.seo. an saddle additional upindebtedness Late Salt 1 ing, if not worse, The on the people at an exorbitant cost 000. but for about 3.500,000. It Is a Citzen presents also the experts wlthaut providing t safe water system plan that looks' far Into th future. IIa would provide a supply for a city of reasoned plan for a system which adequate even for present needa million or mors Inhabitants. THAT THR ELECTOR! MAT NOT Mr, Brownie report to Tha Cltlsen It will tupply a city of a million In- ' habitants " RE WITHOUT TILL INFORMATION, THR SALT LAKE CtTtSKN DOES NOT .. . Ttf plan f tM cHy aeglnoe te filled With fatal flaw because of a lack of thoroughnea la designingwhich la cal ltd for ty tha $3,300,000 bond laaue. Tha system would coat at HESITATE TO STATE THAT SOME OF THE FINANCIAL INTERESTS OFTHE CITY ARB PtSHINO THIS NEFARIOUS SCHEME BECAUSE THEY HOLD THE PAPER OF MUNICIPAL CONTRACleast $4,380,000 U properly designed and TORS WHO WILL NOT BE ABLE TO - AT THEIR DENTS WITHOUT THE eoaatructad. BOND CHAR. THE CITY COMBIO THAT THE riMM TItB KirUT THEY WHETHER MISSIONERS, PROPOSED PLAN Is ENTIRELY POK EVEN THE PRES. KNOW IT OH' NOT. ARE "PlXLIha ENT NEEDS Or TUN CITT THAT IT TltM CHESTNUTS OF HIGH FINANWOULD COST. UPON COMPLETION, CIERS OUT OF TOM FIRE. . KHMH IP N.UIC (Am RV THR IN. , The Salt Lake Clttxen prefer not tp CLCSION OP A' MODERN AND EPKt. ascribe motives; It leaves that to oth-er- a CIENT PILTRATION PLANT. WHICH 'it la Interested solely In giving IS ABSOLUTELY XECESJAhV, the facta eo that the people may be Hr. Charles F. warned In lime end It has been nt great Tha CltIx-leot- d Brown bacaaaa of bid wlda experience expense to provide the Information. .It and reputation aa a watar supply sngl-naa- r. believes that the bond steal should ba Ilia practlca haa extended ovar defeated, and It gladly spends Its a period of It years, and haa Included money so that the mistakes of the past all tha western states. Among his cli- may not be repeated, SO THAT THE ent have been the Anaconda Copper' PEOPLE MAY NOT. BE FLEECED Mining Company and Its subsidiaries. AGAIN TO LINE THE POCKETS OF The Uontana Power' Company and The PUBLIC PLlNDEHEItS. International Smelting Company; also The publle smelled a rat at tha outthe Washington Water Power Company set. They must hate seen that tha al tT. Ber8. Reclamation of 8pokane, tha of a bond Issue at tha very peak ates in the state of Utah, tba Twin of high price wa suspicious. The Salt Falla Canal Company and many Lake Cltlsen saw It and resolved to In tnctdtmr SM-Ua- k. lVTesttKate; ti baa con. Ur. Brown Is one of the only two en- - firmed it worst tears and suspicions. In who -are In the state private glneers THE PEOPLE ARB GOING TO BE consulting, service and one of .only ROBBED IF THEY VOTE THE SS.XOO,-O- O - DO NOT BE seven In the eute .bo are fall memDECEIVED BY bers of the American Society of Civil THOSE IV HIGH PLACES WHO, Engineer WITHOUT .EXACT KNOWLEDGE, HAVE GIVEN THEIR SANCTION AND CITY HAS NO PLANS THEIR INFLUENCE TO THE CRAB. tP THESE BONDS ARK VOTED THE OUT V- pro-ppa- a, - WQRKED nor tha city engineer and detailed plan Tor the a working-ou- t new water system. He ascertained that they were asking for IS, 300.000 of ths peoples money without ever having ire- - duced to detail the manner la which 1 the nionty.wss to be expended. In fact. the plan Is all In ths air; there Is s aothlng scientific' or buslaess-Uk" ' about It, Hr Brown asked City; Engineer Can- - non sad Hr. Burton, superintendentrec-ofwater work a, for the reports and " ornmendations on'wMch the city com- mUslonsrs had based their decision to $.300,999 bond issue. Mr. propose a" matter of Brown Inferred that,- course, these weuld be in the record. - He wss astounded when informed that had acted oa , the c!ty commissioner - 5 -- f OF WATER SHORTAGE RAISED AGAIN IN A FEW YEARS. . THr CITY COMMISSIONERS CANNOT O IT THE WATER THEY PROMISE FROM THE SOIHCES THEY AND. HAVE DESIGNATE. THEY BEEN PURPOSELY VAGI E IN THEIH OUTLINE OF THE PLAN BECAUSE THJC V DO NOT KNOW WHERE THEY AREvNtOtVG TO GET THE NEEDED HiTKRX THE SIPPLY THEY DO OBTAIN MILL BE CONTAMINATED AND WILL HBQIIRC A MILLION- DOLLAR FILTRATION TLANT. In presenting Mr. BroWn'i own plan for a water system. The CltlQdoe not It euggest It as the sol alternafK OLD At the very beginning of bis Investigation, Ur. BreWn vra amaxed to discover that neither tha eltpommlsslon-er- e CRY WILL f k what ail exp rethinks of thf situation arid how he would go about supplying the city with watett The fact that his plaa glso calls fee a filtration plant does --cttfillltsls agalfrtfit, for any proper and adequate eystem along the In two parts. Tha first alyela and criticism of tha 13,100,00 part la an an tha plans for water supply eystem posed by the city commissioner pro- and city engineer. The second part la Mr. Brown's own plan for a water supply system for Salt Lake City. ar. Brown' report containing the analyst and crlttclem of tha present plana la aa folows: Analysis and criticism of plana for water supply for Balt Lake City, as outlined by th city engineer, and to be provided for by th bond Issue of 13.300.000 to be voted on March It, 1030. Objects of analysis; Adequaoy, Feasibility and Desirability for present and future needs' ADEQUACY OF PRESENT AND FUTURE SOURCE OF SUPPLY On a basis of 3S0 gallon per capita per day maximum' monthly and daily consumption, Salt Laka ,Clty now need a source of supply " capable of delivering to Its populatlon$2LS00,0e(Lganon per day. 'The City war supplied during the -year 1010 with an average -- of slightly more than 30.000,000 Iona-pe- r day.- - With' the very hot and ary summer months prevailIts i It ing In Salt laihe-CUy- , ba supplledXbr culinary and sprinkling purposes, an average daily allowance of 360 gallon per capita per day. Th plans of th city engineer's office provide an averagaof'203 dally, and the source of gallon supply Mt ST be of Sufficient adequacy to deliver under continued drought condition somewhat more than YSfi gallon per day per cap- - . rta, ; The proposed plan contemplate the etorag of water In sixteen email rervolra, th - largest of -which will contain only sufficient water. Tor .twnty-ofi- e .day supply. During the summer seasons tbe run-ofrom watersheds on which In- - The proposed plaiwls-entlrel-- y there is no storage la extremely for even- the prevent adequate o .that the "stored' water -.- light.needs of the--elmust be depended on almost entire-Thcoat would the tltyr upon com-p- lf H t especially rue in ton. 4.280.000 00, tf made safe ISIS, when there ha been., a llghbvlinqwfatl during the pra- - . by filtration. ytous vfni it eeuld not be mad aaf without modem and fflcgnt flltratie 'It will thus t seen that meae- ga-I-- sens'-shou- assisted by two nr more low lift pumps, areund lbs lake Into th Jordan River. This dlk and ditch a II effectively cut off end keep out of th lake th plant, with aa addition coot. 1 . V QI ALITY op WATER The quality of this water eupply under tb Improvement outlined above will be practically th asm Hot Be Sufficient For Even Present Needs i r.b ly n Lake -- amen.' pra--Sid- ed 1 Utterly wasted; says proposed System Will cost . $4,250,000 Salt livcal-tvliv- foa Claims taxpayers' money will be - garpaaae Uau4 draagM aA bet wealhar pertag wttbee it wasia wautd ba af talaa I tba eHf aawU a rU'avo. If th 9l deliver aver ( gallaaa par eaglla eaaole-si- c It I a pr day r that at aa lues derlag tha af could tia viliaea sajof tha new than aelUna per day, as a, alter what !h waaihar aaadltlaaA Tba fa-- that tha capacity la dea ( wee that It te la be seed et 11 aeaaaa af the aar. It wt ba regulated fr" deg I def aa th A glaare at the m pampering the relative arvea ef lha drataaga leal ar aoarc af supply tbs WaaaU-- meuaiali sad aavar-In- g all af the Great Beala dralaag are la the Waeet.h Mountain from ParLy Canu-- a and tha uppsr perllua af tb Weber River a ad thracu aeuth thraugb Drava. Straw, berry and lha aatrema aautharn llmlia af tb Spanish Pork River, will show thot th soarr ef supply would snoot th seeds Of a rue I pep. elm etem such at la designing this It la good eaginaortag ta hoop la mind oitremea which might effect tha utility ef tha Improvement With this vast aourco of supply at tho rlty'o command It . is unlikely that w woald ever sufa with a cycl of fer for water dry year war than say that hava bees recorded. Tho advaatago af th syatem la that tha water la always evelUbte whea seeded. Irrespective ef heel or drouth condition ar of e Ire me low temperatures, ae I th re e with tho present eystem and the on proposed byh City Engineer. Charles F. Brown Consulting Engineer To get Pay. ef watar fer l4 ld ff U ke n cbstructedly, Respectfully submitted, ' CIIA3. F. BROWN". Salt Laka City. Utah, alkaline end drainage March 11. 1130. alert which otherwise would enter tha Th Utah Lake plan proposed by Mr. to Saratoga lake from Goshen Brows la tbe following report provide th east side. Springs along for a source f supply from a watershed ef Lies equar miles aa compared INTAKE AND PIMPS. An Intake would be located apwith a watershed of 1 square miles proximately on mile south of Sarcontemplated, la th city engineer's atoga Springs, as shown, at least plena 1,00 feat from the shore, which THE ANNUAL STORAGE IN THE would draw InVator from aa eleUTAH -- LAKE PLAN IULLBB SEY. vation J1V test below mean low ENTY.FIVK BILLION ( TB.eoe.SO0.0OO) watar JereL from Jw hrace It woald GALLONS AS AGAINST FIVE BILLION be conducted to a puropfng plant (MMSS.Sta GALLONS PROVIDED - No.' 1, to b lifted by' means, of FOR IN. THE ENGINEER'S PLANS. three IS Inch directly connected THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY OF A driven and motor centrifugal SHORTAGE IN THE UTAH LAKE pump to an elevation of 100 feet SUPPLY AT ANY SEASON OF THE above compromise point through a YEAR. THE CITY ENGINEER'S PROpipe line. POSED SUPPLY WILL FREEZE IN gUPPLY CONDI IT. THE WINTER AND DRY Ut IN THE From tha point of delivery of tho SUMMER. f pump No 1 the water would be The .water contemplated In Mr. conveyed through a covered, aerai- Brown's report la now running to wsate circular, reinforced concrete con- out of Utah Lake. f dult northward a shown on the Th report is as follows: 7 plalT" abovor" generally undef a , slight pressure, to a point near This plan Is shown In outline by th southwest corner of the Fort tha accompanying map, on which Douglas military reservation, at has been noted th drainage arena which point It would be filtered In' tha Wasatch Mountain rang with a single unit capacity of 1 from which sources th surplus cubic feat per second, or 52,500,-00- 0 waters of th spring and winter gallons per day. month wUl be stored In the Utah FILTRATION PLANT. , Laka . etorag reservoir. It con.This will ba a nfodern. mechanisists essentially of the following cal filtration plant, in which a works: guaranteed efficiency of 99 per A dike er levy surrounding tha cent bacteria removal will ba relake on three tides, on the out- with parfect quired, together aid of whlcjt will be constructed clarity of delivered water It will a large drainage channel wth have a capacity Of 82,500,009 gallelphoije under th four principal ons per. day. mountain water inlets for thr purFrom a dltributlng reservoir at pose of collecting and "conveying this point approximately th surplus drainage water, eew- -' of tha city would ba to age,' affluence, and Other objec- - supplied and the re- tlgnabl' waters to points below mamder of water would be lifted by from whence they would pumping plant No. 2 east to the he aetqrany drained through tne present distributing reservoir on Jordan River Into Great Salt Lake. 9th South near the southeast cor-nThis Item of construction will perof the Fort Liouglas Military mit of selecting only the beet porReservation, from whence 'it would tions of th mountain streams conenter the supply, line for the high- tributing thereto Into th reserer portion of the city. A smaller ha Salt Lake voir from whence pumping plant No. 3 would be reCity municipal supply would be quired for the highest portions of drawn. the North Dench. DIKE AND DRAINAGE DITCH. one-ha- of the water and protection of th health of ths Cltlxen. It I proposed to Install, and th asm is Included In thli plan, a very modern end efficient type of filtration which It ths best known means of water purification of any kind. This water will be filtered dally and treated for any bacteriological content right at our very doors before It eaters, the,, . distributing system. This plant would bs built under guarantee of the maximum efficiency, obtainable which Is approximately 99 per cent bacteria-logic- al removal Tha dike and drainage system would be complete for all time. The pumps, conduit, filtration plant and distributing would have unit added tosystem them from time Id time as the- demands of the city Increase undor a growing population. COST ESTIMATE. -- A one-thi- $1,142,000 , 500.000 er Net total expenditure. $3,444,310 Annual revenue from rentals for Irrigation euppUee pending the" growth of the city. 15,999 acrc at $9 per acre $75,000 Estimated capital ixation . OF "WATER RE. QUIKUUvhOl IUE9 OF SIPPLY. These plans have been based up150,-"0- tlon 6t $59 gallons per capita per day which could be sustained for four months without rainfall and without ov er taxing 7he first of The- - system as outttued abfree.'or exNawetmg the ptarecs of supply. - Such a large consumption of filtered water fbight be runs.d-- ' ered abnormal btit it must be that a eystem of this kind must be designed lo meet the maximum conditions Imposed there- - rd plant, first unit ef eupply, or present pumping needs, brick reinforced concrete 'and construction 115,210 Helnforced concrete con- duit. 21 mUe at $10 per linear foot First eupply filtration 1,637,000 1,050.000 .plant unit Gross total $3,044,310 Sate aummer flow of present supply for irrigation purpose, 5,000 acres at $190 per acre. lf on an estimated population of with a maximum dally coneump- - -- .Dumping rvoir the-rese- QUANTITY ot dl,tlnF and ditching, 22.340 cu, of earth at l&e per cu. yd yd, $2.428.0 .Salt Lake City's Interest prior are In this storage basla of the water by only pro- portion. It is estimated that th city's portion of thlp Improvement should not exceed under any consideration more than of the total cost ..of diking, and the waterprotecting of tbe lake, or.storing ....... one-four- two-thir- Imprevements will consist of an earthen dike of Amplef dimensions and height ae that an' additional five feet of water could be stoyed in the lake to b used jointly by tbs city., and other in- terests conernedin proportion to. prior rights. This dike will follow . up each aids of the rivers as shewn on the plan to level so high to prevent Vpy overflow onto- -' adjacent land either from the river or storage reservoir, the mouths of the several , At river siphons will bo cohstTuct- d a th drainage channel so tbgt th drainage waters will flow un- - i TION OF W ATKR. For th further purification . Said X " $1,000,000 " - l.OflO.OOO Final cost The following contractors . and manufacturers'haVe Tiirnished data for est'mating , "ATli CTi.iTmrre purposes: Manufacturing Co., Salt Lake City, Utah. New York Continental Jewel comna ay. Ne w Yorjt City. NTTT The Heuer-Fackar- d company, Salt I.ake City. Utah. ;Vi!ladsen Hro . Incorporated, Salt .1. lake-- V'.lt V,-H V. Baum Company. Contractors, Salt V" City. Utah. -- Ike Pittsburgh. Co., y Filter Manufacturing 1'ittsburgh, Pa. V Respectfully submitted. ' HAS F. BROWN. Salt Lake City, Utah. March 10 1920. - r. .t x ' y'- - a ' A |