Show POLITICS INJURES COMMITTEE WORK VORK Council Business Is Retarded by Approach of Election Day WATER SUPPLY DISPUTE City Is Advised to Drop Suit Against Board of Corrections Too much politics was responsible for tor a small mall attendance at tho the council committee meetings In the council chamber last night Not a u. committee was HUed filled and In some somo cases not a single single sin sin- gle glO member memer was present to 10 take care of or the work The possibility of or tho the elt city dropping fight ht against the penitentiary over the tIit water used was tho the most Important Import ant matter before the tue committees and tho the committee on water works will meet inert In Ill tho the mayors mayor's office this mornIng morn- morn lag Ins at 10 o'clock for tor tho the purpose of going over oyer the matter with the city attorney attorney at ut- torney and arriving at somo some decision A A. communication froth Governor John C. C Cutler Culler was war received last night stating that owing to tho the orthe of or the tho suit In the tho district court t over the exchange of or water between the tro elt city and anti tho the state hoard board of or corrections the board was doing nothing In matter of oC making a settlement with the city The fhe governor go said h however wever that thelast tho the last le legislature had made 1 provision ro for tor forthe or orthe the payment of oC a sm small ll amount to the tho city but that it w would uld be bo lIkel likely tho next body ody would set sel aside a greater I amount mount as the tire penitentiary Is now using far tar more moro water than ever before at the rate and is paying same City CILy to Quit City Attorney H. H J J. J D has advised advised ad ad- the city to drop the thc suit send a abill abill bill each month to the prison board and then see ece what can be bo done It Is claimed that the prison Is la now using In the neighborhood of gallons gal gal- Ions lons of water ater from the Parleys Parley's canon canyon can can- you yon conduit for the prison gardens lawn and for tor the houses erected for tor forthe forthe the guards as against gallons gallons gal gal- lons Ions three or four tour years ago aso The prison owned right to water in Kennedy's Kennedys Kennedys Kennedy's Kennelly's Ken Ken- nedy's nellys ditch and in an exchange with the city got ot right right- to an equal amount of or water from rein the Parleys Parley's canyon con cop dull duit It Is la charged that the prison ha has hap far tar exceeded the original l allowance Tho The meeting will be held with the ell city attorney this morning for tor the purpose of oC outlining the th plan to be he adopted bythe bythe by bythe the city In this tills matter C C. B B. Gardner represented man ninny many persons on the west ivest side in entering a protest a against the digging of a deep trench along alonS' Third South street be between between he- he tween Eighth West Test and Ninth West Vest Instead of or a small ditch to connect with the Second South flume Hume and carl earn carry the water to the Jordan river It Is charged that the ditch now being built will be an expensive one ono and will never be satisfactory as ns water will stand In It through most of oC the year The Tile streets committee will inspect the work Saturday with Mr Garner New Ordinance Approved cd A new ordinance proposed b by Dr M. M R. R Stewart health commissioner was as put through by the sanitary committee committee com corn and passed up to the council Tho The chief change chance Is in Increasing the tile pay ay of the garbage go man In the SugarHouse Sugar SugarHouse House louse district from 10 cents a hund hundred red pounds to IB 16 cents This man has received received re- re elved no pay since September 30 and he the council Is asked to grant what Is hs coming to him The water works committee granted the he right to the tho University of ot Utah to put In a T in the tho city's Inch 12 water main at Thirteenth East street to be used In connection with tho hydraulic laboratory of ot the university The rue finance committee Indorsed the bill of or In favor of ot the Fairbanks Morse Marso company for the tho Installation of pumps Dumps for tor the gas producing plant This matter has hns been before the com corn for tor weel weeks s. s Tho The committee e al also o ogave gave permission to the board hoard of oC public public pub pub- lic works to build bull a bridge across tho the Jordan river at North orth Temple street at a cost not to exceed |