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Show WATER TROUBLES OVER Commissioners Agree on Basis of Settlement. WILL DISSOLVE INJUNCTION lly Terras of New Agreement, the City Gunrnntee to Give the Farmers Farm-ers 4,340,n&0 Onllons Dally From Fnrley's Canyon Creek, With the Privilege of rurnlshlng All or Fart From Any Other Souico When Tosslblc Steps Will Bo Taken at Ones to Increase. C.innl Flow. (Monday's Dally ) The water problem that hns kept the farmers nnd tho rltv nfflclils nt eHit-geis' eHit-geis' points for weeks past wns settled set-tled last evening nt n meeting of the I'aiky'a canyon water commissioners A. P llorcmus, I. M. Plsher and John flnhliott lly the terms of the ngreement the city Is to furnish the fnimeis I30,1i6 gallons eer twenlj-fnur twenlj-fnur hours from Parlev s creek during the balance of tho season, with the privilege of furnishing nil or nny pnit of it from the Salt Ijilce nnd .leinhin canal The proposition that resulted In the settlement mine ficmi Oomnilislnnei Oabbott The bams of this wns thut the nieasiiieiuc.tit of P.irlej' inndo by Suite Ihiglnetr Doremus em August 14th berore the city hid tnkn out the water to which the olllcets conaldered It entitled on Its pilmuv rlglitn, would be considered the proper nienaurcme nt of the cieek fin August 15th, ns uo-vlded uo-vlded for by the contract This measurement meas-urement gave n How of 7,ii?i,JS0 gallons, of which nmniint the Tinners clilmed 82V4 per cent. Pnr the purpose of rench-Ing rench-Ing a settlement and for this senon only. Mr Onbbott suld he would ngree tn the i lt turnliiB out 2,00n,0ni) gallons every twenty-foil hours Commissioner Commission-er Plsher ncceptrel thla pioposlllon nnd It wns entered upon the rerotd of the board PAUMKItS OKT IllO.rifi GALLONS lly the terms of this ngreement the illy Is to furnish nt the nie.isiiiimetit weir JIIDWi gillons The K4, per cent of the How on August lllh amounts to fi Hi IV. Billions and the nllownnce nt 2nialCO0 cuts thla dnun to 4 1I0TM t, illona eirh twenty-four hniiis S'llenevcr the city can furnish this amount of wnler through the ritual rit-ual It can tii.ee the entire How of Parley's Par-ley's creek ngnin and If It enn furnish hilf this amount through the cnnnl It will have but half the amount tn supply sup-ply from Parley a In other wntds It will get credit fnr nil the cnml water It furnishes nnd be pi i milled to tnnke up the shortage fioni Pirlev'e INCIlPSSi: PLOW IN CANAL Commissioner I M Plsher snld nfter the meeting that ho was confident he would lie nble tit furnish the full nninunt required by the terms of the ngieetneut through the cnnnl nt once nnd that he woull tnke Immediate slips to Inciense. the (low In the cnnnl so thnl the clly might have the entile How of Parley ii ror the bnlaiu e of the season The How In the cutnl nt the bend jostirdav was 7 776 (WD gullnns but much of this Is lost In ttmialt through secpnge nnd evnpointlon As soon ns lhe pump nt the Intuke of the rlvei can be nvnile tn work tegitlirly Mr Plsher thinks theio will be no trouble trou-ble In furnishing the formers mote water than li called fnr lu the agreement agree-ment INJUNCTION TO UK DISSOLVED Commissioner Plsher will make mensurenients nt once, nnd If he can furnish till the w iter through the canal he will do bo. If he can he will tall the Imird together and make n demonstration demonstra-tion of the fact When this Is done the Injunction of the court will bo dissolved dis-solved nnd the elty will be permitted tn take nil the Parley's creek water. If l .I,,,,,,', .,,, ..,- e.i.iii-. ii!muk.ii cine cnnnl. tho dcllolenoy will bo mado up fiom Pirloys nnd the Injunction will bo dissolved Just the sime The boird metered the apportionment of the water on the above Imsl nnd It Is considered that the cntltc dilllculty Is thus dla-posed dla-posed of. DOlin.MUS SUMMITS PLAP. Hefore Commissioner C.nbbott's proposition prop-osition was taken up nt the meeting Pnglncer Doremus submitted a plan for the settlement of the dllllctilti, and staled that If tho other two commissioners commis-sioners did nnt reach nn agreement he woull push his own. He took tho average llow lu July and August for ten yeirn previous to laat year nnd ascertained the percentage of loss fiom July to August for the ten years This was 45 per cent. Ho then llxcil the flow of the creek for the 15th of the ptesetit August by deducting It! tier cent fiom the llow In July The How In July was S Sfm.OOfl gallons every twcnty-fnui hours nnd under the enutnet tho fanners weic entitled In II per cent of Hit per cent of this lly this arrangement arrange-ment the fanners would lm given J-P.'OOOil J-P.'OOOil gnllons a clnv This wns not ne-t ne-t rotable to Commissioner ilnlihntt, ns he nrgued that the How of wnter In some of the years was nlmniiuiil, and not a sifo basis foe computations all PAHTii:s SATispinn The feeling niter laat night's meeting wns that the agreement wns n Just one to nil pirlles und that It would work out well, thnt the city would furnish tho fnrmers all tho water required out of the cnnnl, and that If It wns not nble to do ll nt once It would lose no time in making up the delle loin y , nnd thnt with the entire How of Parleys coming Into the city wnter system there woul I be no furtlui danger nf a w iter famine this ynu. Of eouise this ngteeinent puts nn end to j mlk nf tnklng the cltv olllcliils Into eoutt this morning |