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Show VOTE FOR TBI WATER BUNDS fin Address by the Mayor and City Council Stating Why It Is Necessary to Vote for Bonds on September 6th, 1910. Unless the Bonds Are Voted the City Must Increase In-crease the Taxes or Abandon the Water Extension and Improvements. Shall the City Go Forward or Backward. TO THE TAXPAYERS OF OGDEN CITY, i The City of Ogden will hold a special election on Tucsrmy, September Sep-tember 6th, 910, for tho purpose of authorizing the issuing of $100,000 in bonds, the same to be used to build an additional conduit from Cold Water Canyon to the new reservoir, also to build a new conduit leading from the new reservoir to the distributive system, and also to build a small dam for the storage of water in Cold Water Canyon. The present conduit, running down Ogden Canyon, was built 20 years ago and is too small for present needs. If Aater extensions arc to be made, more water must be secured ut once. The following water main extensions are demanded by the people. STATEMENT OF PETITIONS. i For extensions of wafer mains; giving, the location, and the name of the applicant; amounting to between five and six miles of 6-inch mains. 32nd Street, between Wall and Pingrce, by C. A. Stephens and others. 21st Street, Harrison to Jackson, by Pilhian Fieht. and others. Pacific Ave, North from 28th Street, by Alex Baxter and others. 32nd Street, bet. Grant and Wash., by D. C. Lawson 'and others. 34th Street, bet. Wash, and Adams, by S. Smith and others. 24th Street, from Pierce to Tyler, by Jhio. S. Corlew and others. Sheridan Ave., south of 26th Street. Ivy ('has. river and others. Adams Ave., from 29th to 33rd Sts by F. M. Drowning and fcthers. 30th St.. between Wash, and Graut. by Geo. A Holt and others. New Addition to City Cemetery, by Geo. lluss and others. West Ogden, by Wasatch Orchard Co.. and others. Madison Ave, south of 2Sth St.. by Fred M. Nye and others. . Ogden Ave., bet. 25th and 36th Sts". bv J. T. As'hby and others. Third St., east of Wash. Ave , bv Board of Education and others. Fourth St., from Wash, to Adams, by AY. P., Wclell and others. Adams Ave., bet. 24th aud 35th Sts., by II. Can Hraak and others. Jefferson bet. 35th and 3Cth, by J. W. F. Volker jnd others. Iu addition to these. petitions ami requests for extensions of uvater mains, wc have had numerous verbal requests from different districts for extensions, and also for the replacing of the 2-inch mains by larger ones because the smaller mains do not, at the present pres-ent time, give the water consumers a sufficient supply with so many consumers on the small mains. Thds difficulty, however, cannot be overcome, even with larger mains, unless we increase the supply of water for the entire distributive system, as we are. at lh: present time, beyond our capacity and cannot give an adequate supply lo the present water takers; consequently, it would be useless lo make any further extensions without the additional supply of water lo be obtained ob-tained by building a new conduit from Cold Water Canyon to our new reservoir and continuing from the new reservoir down 22nd, or 23rd. street to Quincy Avenue, which will materially inereuse the water supply through the distributive system, and ghe all plenty of water. WATERWORKS WILL PAY THE BONDS, While the city is asking the taxpayers consent to issue the bonds, the mayor and city council promise tin peopl? that the bonds can and will be paid from the profits of the waterworks system in four annual installments of .25.000 each year., Wc propose to issue the bonds, and no matter who are the successors of the present mayor aDd city council, they will be eompelled to pn the bonds at the rate of $25,000 each year. The bonds will be for $1,000 each and 25 will be made payable in one year. 25 in two years. 25 in three years and 25 in four years. The wal r department will even pay the interest or. the bonds. Some people have asked why the city does not build the new conduit and ruu in debt for it by borrowing tho money from the banks,' if we can pay back one-fourtli each year. That is just the trouble. The law says the city must not run in debt beyond its taxes for any year, except by permission of ihe taxpayers granted at a special election. The banks wiil take the debt if it is authorized author-ized by the taxpayers. If the taxpayers of Ogden refuse to authorize us to issue the bonds, there is nothing left for the city u do except to abandon all rontemplated extensions of the water mains and improvements, vlnder the law, the city couucil must furnish water for the peopV nnd it takes money to do that. Either the taxes will be increased or the taxpayers must grant us permission to run in debt for four years by issuing bonds. It will not cost the taxpayers one cent to issue bouds, but it will increase the city t;ixes for two years over 50 per cent, if the money is raised by taxes. Vote "Yes" yith no increase in taxes; Vote "No" anci your tnxes will be increased, or the improvements will not be made. We submit this matter lo the taxpayers of Ogden for their earnest consideration. Think, taxpayer, what plenty of water for Ogden city means. Think of your city's future. Grant our request and we promise to double your water supply by starting the work this fall and making all the improvements, and also water extensions above called for, having all ready before the opening of next summer. There will be no carriages or automobiles to lake you to the polls. The city has no money to spend for that purpose KjkIi taxpayer tax-payer must furnish his own conveyance This question is up to the taxpayers. Let them decide without interference from anybody. Respectfully submitted to the taxpayers of Ogden. GEO. W. WILSON, J. A. AUS- CHRIS FLYGAR E. II E. BEE-TIN, BEE-TIN, Councilmen First Ward. RY. Councilmen Fourth Ward a J, HUM PI IRIS, J. A. LAR- T. S. BROWNING, GEO. A.. SEN, Councilmen Second Ward. DICKSON, Councilmen Fiftli J. J. BARKER. J. B. DANA, Ward. Councilmen Third Ward. WM. GL ASM ANN. Mayor. |