Show till from judge 11 K williams views of prominent citizens on alie favor aa by lie cili OF A diu oa a train tor anc iroil alif li tle SIDE caroe into my parlor said the to alie lly tina ii but 11 tAini liar alile deenon stra tiny liow ofton ahn in aora beail to disaster ami dal tle lauti ul barlor of I 1 lie lor whan anc in the fly aund around it ai that it emild not ecaca alie inevitable li which awaited it hiie water is ast to the per pie of our city and inana allurements allure ments are being lid 1 out lauy ol 01 are braught etli as alio spiders ep iders parlor alv without garnish as fictitious aa gladdins Alad dins my let us look at the real alif facts as abey do exit fen id imagination may lipat them the first city chatter was enacted january 18 and by section W it a anajo hie daty of the city tu provide aha city etith wella iby pump logs and and bereit purnia in tho rt fires and the c the inhabitants them duties were made imperative cen at tha early day on the city council not that they coall farm out alie to speculating company or corporation orp oration the adan aher had flowed for ages through its narrow but deep and rapid th innel it fertilizing either tia 00 now beautiful and valley or the detill more fertile valley of alie lake because tho of lie its waters through numerous numer oui artificial chann ld and it over the pAr that has now become BO productive but alien lower the pioneer with but amill meana at his command and biffl aad poverty determined nil and to and divert ita water and the settlers cilonie and ialo what is now known the oden aanal into an irrigation irrig Atton district aaa they leef under ahe law and nith their own laeuna anil labor and inix li deprivation made ahe se and of raid river dot one oilier appropriation rf ita lad then leen anade eo liflet there as BO conflict as both had aa to nil their ila iuie this appropriation of stater did net hect tady t whatever in the city ag a corporation but became property of the lope of the irrigation uia tritt or badt ot them aa eliare in ibo labor and spead aa of alio appropriation and ims to be their arnato ever bince alie people of the district sub under became a corporation ami are now a with ita rights afta iliin the corporation of tho city is tho national cank or euy oilier bank although doing beai acsa ncsa in tho city the city council has nn more authority to bell or dis of ita water iee lian it lias to belt or dispose jbf the atouk and e of one w all of tho banica of ali city the wm W m way re legally said of the web T water canal i dorcon alie council haie appointed alin water matter by the consent of Us dyner atit is not nor eier lias lee leeche nhe abo water HOT ins hrock hr ocl it but theao owning aud jo a alyna and below it nor lias tho cily Connola oy cital kital light or power to cell or of is nater the people and owners of these water and pria teJ appreciate and understand their and the incalculable value 0 prop city and may lid the theories of private companies aal ton they under fiand that aa loog as they leold to their rights thy can le famished fir nor edib by the ingenuity abid greed of jiri vata au then llie city cs a municipal cor two rightful by purchase ona froin tho ogden water aiki tion ita plant ivirty and held under by it from a arriga lion district and iba anle pur hata of a of brtek and ether under lie stowell water BO that all aa to the right rt tha osty to hell or in any manner of water should hi on fined to chese bour ea and taft dinauer alen is into alie of and of ail I 1 ana of alia ura an I 1 vibo t be legal pou erand alo controvert ho i olly if alie ligal right 0 feted I 1 hae reail 11 that liefl len 3 elied billit r as editorial or cor ditl or the of lie on llila buhlert Bu hjert atnia ot the plans thlu botne ate very thin but pobe I 1 aia balij alio true sitf lajon is liia the alil llie city been anso in curing water del la that aia ample ifor its population the new anro carce and rk rbana borne of their arcera bold to hafl city a aiga portion of tae abter which might hae been secured to alio new part of the in this state of affairs llie struggle as begun and will continue w lib nn abated exor and v it b many plausibly plau presentations or a division of t huso in oe waler rights it is virtually a struggle ol 01 now parta ni against the old parts ot the city they tell ns in ono paragraph that alio llio owners of the new additions ova a splendid basin which wight bo con averted into an ample pond to fin ignited supply of water aliey can draw from the mountains is truly fortunate for alie owners and fur the people of that part of fie city for if object the bedrock purpose of this private im what in alleged whilst for itself a reasonable profit also to benefit and inci pa ie alie population of llila cita the field is most ample and inviting without stopping to dicker with alie city council as to existing n eats ander the laws of utah water corporations may bo formed unlimited capital for the puri Kise ol 01 distributing etc of any water which may bo owned by th stock holbern hol dern it these companies hold abe claimed fur them and the city ia us a company of a million of dollars capital could find nio l ing this anticipated la Leand collecting anis baat water how and alie people of alio city and especially the new part of alio city with the needed water for the city council would freely no doubt give it the privilege of laying mains through any of the streets and it the capacity is so limited as to be unable to cupply the people with water the voice of the people would demand this and especially if ita water because ol 01 being pure gnoun lain should be BO superior as claimed because the city water is from abo liver if this source of water bo BO superior to eliat of the city both as to quantity and quality why the anxiety to purchase out the city if on the kotlier liand the city and ita hold alie superior water facilities th waterworks water works aad water canala then this over anxiety to e out alio existing can be partially appreciated tha experience of ban francisco and kotlier california cities and cowna and other places proclaim with trumpet the 0 any community trusting to any private company or corpora tinn mt vital an interest as iliin and which would enable it to throttle the fonn and hold it aa it were by the throat until out ol 01 ilire and alie daily demands of existence it would consent to disgorge millions 0 bollara do llara to ecal the water franchise of a is t growing ciar aad subject its people to the ever tr easing demands of a private company or corporation is to give into abu if such company or corporation he meat atal element of its ty and existence and in apo nereo subject to abuse as not to be trusted in private hands of any for hat ii erBon or corporation that anns the water fram diee of A community already haa it subjugated and under contribution it is needless to ray guard it well ly ordinances conditions and coven ants tor experience haa egowa that ho ingenuity ot capital evade any instrument ordinance or I 1 once heard diaries say in the united senate atut neither the uio united states congress had ever enacted a statute that the lancers could not drive a coach and four through it and this true when you attempt to restrict tho baina of a corporation whilst the ally holds its water ran chisa tho people are masters but blieu ich in transferred to a company or corporation it becomes the mator and the people taft servant when a lyate had purchased the aarni aud water rights scarcely more ear since acid n anted to make a speculation by bellini a arge toe water right the people will many plausible reasons why tho city should purchase it even at what was then considered an enormous price borne 11 X 0 and aliese abie aired ulmont daily until the city council did finally maka the purcia so how fluctuating are human affairs for who alien anticipated that a coition of these sellers would BO soon desire to become the purchasers of athla and all alio ak rights of alia city 9 and who could eliat befaro t his season u at hall through the pressing argument of action be BO persistently made in about seven months an the members alie city aind bounly leave to be elected in the this will afford a most excellent opportunity to tale the of the community cm thia all ini subject and I 1 now predict thac or can mormon or gentile or of party vho aho advocates the sale ot aliese or the enactment botany law it enill be returned to buch nor will any political stake itself or alia election in any such issue but if additional to purchase and perfect the water system ig desirable doubt less it will be unhesitatingly granted it ia tro possible now to organize a company and procuro water the dry season so we input for fhe present year abado our present water sourida sou ripa hence there can ba no real necessity for hasty action hasto inay banedt private but the people by a recurrence to lliel of the cay connul published in tie of the alt fiill lie a roost report of the city Koni mr Ier kioa and the wise action by the courtil Cou otil in which it la choun how an ample supply of water for tho purposes of a larger population may he had t leas than at thal forthcoming election wilt be offered an ample opportunity to take the sense it the aden as be ancen the vise proposition of the council in bonding the water borks for an additional euia BO to perfect our water system and in which the ownership of alie water franchise will still remain with people or their municipal corporation abo proposition to bell it to private company or corporation ahat nine tenths of all pArtie fl and organizations would en doree the councile Coun cila proposition if the city ich its people and their wealth and its credit can not mati e table an outlay of one hundred dollar liow a private company or corporation find it profitable to insect fire dollars by hie in price of license to each individual the water system as it liaa beed more and more toJ hoa grown more and more in popular aar and this will continua to be the case the city attorney mr wim right in that it had been legally contemplated to make alm water system u producer 0 city revenue it was however ex that it would finally py its own expense and return the capital invent oil when it should le perfected and atie population become lare keeping it under alio ion arul of the city and ita people be expanded from time to tune to demand of at anly such rates as may be or LI own purpose aa another dry season will he gioie to procure any necessary to alie horn lini and of rho necos sury tg imako our present 8 stein vigorous and ample to supply the demand of the present and fast population alio of alio llio city bould bo protected in the to them right alie ile of trieb water by action and anthont their con wiit be an tIe out raph logli upon their interest and their feelings then by all beani let wait the expression of sentiment of the true the people ou this all important eubie ct if the valer system tan bo made profitable to a private corporation by bialt u million of dollars outlay alie people of alie city millions 0 dollars of properly can certainly afford tor lakAt least a hundred dollars I 1 lake no stock in that ilasa of argument that presents alie poverty of the city and alie great of a private corporation but believe the is now HOI th and will continue to lie worth in dollars all that it has or will and more too and that alie people of alie city are more abundantly able to perfect the eastern than a part of them who may combine in a private corporation alio main object of which would b gain whilst the system be people they can well afford to pay any necee aary price tor the water lieen pe for it will only be the taking out of ono of their and replacing it in another hut not so etien tho profits co into alia of a private corporation foregoing waa written before tle of proceedings of the last council session yet the new proposition of the company adds force to alie against for it certainly makes an important proposition wortlie at least of doe deliberate and is another evidence of the import ince and ra ity of the subject II 11 K |