| Show PLAN PLANA A NEW NY BOND ISSUE City Administration Ring Desires Desires De De- Desires sires More Mora Money to Throw to Birds NEXT THING ON PROGRAM Complete Storm Sewer System Seems to Be Idea Idea in in Minds Mind Having Ha safely Cely carried through ono one on e bond issue members of or tho the American America n party part city a administration arc now feeling about for tor a new now one Th Tho i matter of ot building storm sewers fo for r ry Salt Lake was blou brought ht before the Cit city y council three weeks weeks' ago ngo owing t to o tho the damage amage done llono b by tho the rains to tho tim asphalt streets and It now flOW seems sur sure e t that at tho the p proposition of Jt raising a SUI sum U or 01 about fitner ther through i b special cial taxation or by bon bonds s will wiit be th tilt the next thing thins on the program of ot reckless expenditures of ot tho the dominant ring City Engineer L. L C. C Kelsey will be bc called upon within a few tew days to estimate es- es the cost of a complete storm sewer system to be conducted Independent Independent Inde lade pendent or of the sanitary sewer will be used simply for tOle tho the purpose of ot carrying off oft the water after rains There Thero Is no provision at tho present time for or properly draining the cit city and after each rain the streets ar arc aro flooded Hooded with water and covered co with wit sand and rocks The city has no mon money with which to to prosecute this work and therefore tho the bond Issue will I again ns-aln be used to make mako the tue needed Im mi pro The eft city engineer has haM not yet et started started started start start- ed to com compile figures on the work but it is certain to cost more than half halt a C million dollars be bo needed need ed would be a storm on Third I avenue to catch the water from the thc northeast bench and carry It to Cit City creek creel n and d thence then to the river Another Storm Sc Another storm sewer would woul be laid 1 In n Brigham street to carry tho the water to o the old Ir gravity It sewer and a third I would woul be bo needed neede on Fourth South L street to catch water from flom the streets 3 t tr the n north rth as far as BrIgham and ando I to o carry It it mt to the Jordan river There Is Js no question about a n complete com com- piete storm sewer system being needed need ed cd d said City Engineer Kelsey yesterday yes- yes and It Is only a question of a a I year ear or two when It will be a necessary With the amount of or curbIng curb curb- Ing ng and guttering going on on the water r collects collects on the streets and runs of off 00 much more rapidly In former year eari It soaked Into the ground a great deal eal more than It does now and thus augments aug aug- merits ments the flow Into the streets to th the south rth During the tile last storm some oi of th th- macadam was carried from Brigham and anti Fifth East street to Second South a and nd Fifth East Enst trets and that storm I ai i was As no worse than hall half a n dozen we havo have during tho year ear There Thore is no provision now made mado for tor this excess water It simply runs down the I s stry streets finding some place to run rUl off offit try a as It ft goes gocs along and finall finally most of It ft finds Its way to the I Iver liver But the streets s are arc flooded with water mud tones stones which injures the asphalt F arger a t r provided The storm sewer la Is the only method Serious Mistake It would be a serious mistake t to j join oin the storm and sanitary sewers Each should be bo separate In some c cities tho the two are together but non none of o f tho the sewer s systems stems that are arc being c constructed these years cars are that wa way Salt Lake needs the system and I expect ex ex- p act to bo be called callec upon within a short t time ime for fOl estimates an and plans for tor the s storm torm sewers to ThE The city attorneys attorney's office will be a asked to Investigate the law w on th the aa matter also as there Is some question a as to whether the ctt city will have the right ight r to levy a tax or cull culI for a bond I issue for tOr storm Ir sewers The Tho law r rends reads that this can be done dono for tor sewers sew sew- e ers and the general acceptance has hus been that tho the law means sanitary sewers sew sew- ew- ew ers era alone It Is Js expected Jd that the council will tako the matter up at Its next meeting with the view to startIng startIng start- start Ing- Ing l ag the work next year ear |
