Show 1 1 j LET THEM IN INI INABILITY to mako make immediate immediato l 1 provision for proba probable lo improvements improve improve- I ments meats does not seem seeman an adequate reason rea- rea son on for denying nd admission to desirable desirable desirable desir desir- able suburbs that knock at Salt Lakes Lake's door It is by annexation that this center of the solid west must grow Doubtless that time will willI never nc arrivo arrive when tho the city government government government govern govern- L I ment will enjoy means at hand to provide newly acquired territory with everything it needs at tho the moment of oft ofA t A entry City City- government objection to the thc latest applicant for admission is that c 4 Property holders the will ly ask lot for city improvements such euch as lights city water sewer connections t curbing and guttering nf and ang paving It is manifestly inevitable su such h a request request request re re- re- re quest would be made since these de- de improvements alone impel rural districts to seek urban 1 I tion They desire incorporation ration into the he city for no other reason and it is fortunate fortunato for Salt Lake that its possession pos pas session of all nIl these things renders it attractive to adjoining communities I else elso it could not grow Fortunately the transaction is not unfair Salt Lake docs does not mako make the tho only contribution to tho the common good when annexation becomes effective These property-holders property take up the theline line linc of march and help bear the burden burden burden bur bur- den and heat of the day The They add to the area and population of tho city and ond thus increase its prestige Thc They pay their major portion of ol whatever er r improvements the they recci receive o and the they cover co also their share into the tho general fund from which the tho city's part of improvement expense is disbursed Not only do thoy they help the city bear bearen even en its own wn share of what hat it does for them but they assist also in payi paying pay- pay i I ing for improvements in other and older sections of the city The district bounded by Eleventh and Twelfth South First and Third p West streets which has hasma ma made o application application tion than for tor annexation contains some valuable property and some excellent residents It would receive in the event of of admission no more than it gives hes Its citizens will ill un understand they cannot have bave all the they wish at nt once once Tho The circumstance that they have lived Jived without city improvements improvements im- im for so long argues argue the their r I demonstrated patience will not immediately immediately immediately imme imme- fail them First e come me first served applies n municipal affairs a and if II there are aro old districts withIn within with with- in the tho city limits where such improvements improve improve- m ments ts are more badly needed these 1 latter will bo be accorded preference if they desire it Doubtless tho the city government will realize the folly of it its ita position and amend it But just now it amusingly recalls th the familiar story of tho the rural storekeeper who grew p peevish because i Ii 5 sudden influx of summer sommer visitors I exhausted l his stock so rapidly ho was f forced to mako make numerous and andI I wearisome mo trips to town to replenish it it Ultimately he ho quit business because because be be- cause the frequent sales made him dizzy |