Show CITY MAY BUY WELL RESERVOIR BESEK VOra CO A source ot of contention content lo a of long sta standing tiding between the city anil and the fields may be eliminated it if an offer made by thi th yankee meadow reset reservoir co is in accepted by the city it involves water rights in the paro wan canyon stream and the well owned jointly by the city and the reservoir res voir coi company pany which Is largely the hie field owners the city has an esta bUshed tigh right to one fourth of the waters of the creek and the well which was developed jointly hy by it and the three or tour four years ago but ever since the city put in a water system many boari ago taking water from canyon springs the fields have contended that tb atwater water divisions at the top of town should be adjusted to coar agate the fields tor for their share ot of the water which v alch went into the system drilling the well together and pumping water only complicated matters because tile the city diverted ai much ot of the water as it needed leaving the overflow for the fields the city claims that the fields have had all the best of it as a result of spring and pumping by the city 0 so o tile the contention lias has continued but ut now the reservoir company offers to sell its three fourths interest in the well to the city tor for culin ery purposes and the city Is about ir the mood to buy it if the deal is the city will ot of course be entitled to all the water from the well which will be ample tor for the system and its one fourth of at the canyon stream besides so there need be no adjustments and no further contention content contenti ioni oO thel feds will profit by any overflow from the water system negotiations tor for the sale of the well started sometime last summer were renewed on tuesday night at the th e regular meeting of tho the city council A committee from the reservoir company offered to sell its interest tor for and a motion was mada mad a that the city accept vien members ot of the council decided to consider the matter further before definite action other matters claiming the councils attention at the meeting included details regarding the completion ion lort of tine thie water system project engineer sorensen Sorens cn recommended a further payment to the contractors but P W A inspector kirchner refused to approve it until certain details as to payrolls reports etc had bad been complied with and until some finishing up hal had been done he said certain parts ot of the work had been a rather sloppy job and lie he approve it in its present condition arrangements were made for the engineer inspector and city representatives senta tives to go over the system the following day and determine ie what was necessary to complete the job mayor marsden reported that th ahn cites application tor for a project to replace part ot of the flow line in the canyon with wood pipe taken up in the fhe city had been approved and also the amusement grounds project hasi of town lie said id thomas davonport davenport had been selected as foreman tor for the latter project and that work would commence within a week A member ot of the red cro cross ss roll call committee asked it the fire siren might be used on tuesday morning to herald the beginning 0 of the annual roll roil call permission tor for this was granted the months claims against the city including substantial payments to contractors were acted upon before adjournment |