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Show an Increased flow 01" water from the canyon; The city engineer reported that In his estimate of the cost of concreting the old reservoir at the head of the distributing system of the water- 1 works of the city it would amount to about Slfi.ooo. The report was or- j dcred filed. City Must Keep Viaduct in Repair. ' City Attorney JJe Vine reported J that he had carefully examined the contract betwe en the city and the Southern Paclfle Railway company n- garding the building and maintaining of the viaduct across the railroad i tracks Ht Wet Twenty fourth street, and had arrived at the conclusion j that the city is legally hound to main- I tain and keep In repair the surface j and sidewalk of the viaduct, the rail- ! read company to maintain and keep in repair the steel beam.? and other appliances that hold the viaduct in 1 place. This decision was given in ' response to a communication from the mayor asking if the railroad com- , imny could not be compelled to main- tain and keep in repair the roadway and sidewalk over the viaduct. I The report of the attorney was j adopted and placed on file for future reference. ' Turn Down Carlson Claim, j The law committee and the city ' attorney reported adversely on the j claim of Mrs. C. P. Carlson" for dam-J ages alleged to have been sustained ! because K,t the cut up condition of ! Lincoln avenue between Twcntv- : fourth street and Twentv-llfih street 1 they claiming that the Salt l ake &'j Ogden Railway company is responsible responsi-ble for the condition of the street where Mrs. Carlson claims to lnve : been injured and that the claim is not ' a legal charge against the city. The report was auopted by the ; council. " 1 10 MO SPECIAL SESSION R1GHI It was uiiP.uimouJy decided bv the city lathers last night th.;t the city council as a coinniKtee of t he whole, together with tie- mayor, the city en-yinecr. en-yinecr. fm- attorney of Ihe city and the superintend, m of the waterworks department im ot a! 7 o'clock this evening and consider carefully the matter ot perfecting the waterworks system us contemplated In Cold I Watci canyon. The icm ilcr was authorized to advise ad-vise the city eiishieor that he shall do no fun her work In res pect to the Cold Water canyon project until he Is authorized to do so by the city council or the waterworks committee. commit-tee. Council Not Fully Informed. U was expressed by tbe councll-nieu councll-nieu present that this action be taken for the reason that tne council at tbe present timo Is not fnllv Informed Inform-ed as to what is being done In the ricmise and is not fully decided as . t i what particular course thould he l.u.sued In the b.rldlng or the conduit 110m the CoM Water canyon to the reservoir near the city, nor as to v.bat should be done fcv wav of tunneling tun-neling or otherwise seeking to get |