Show BONn BOND SCHEME WONT BRING FlOW NEEDED Water Commissioner Puts fIt f s Opposition Squarely of Pro Pro-I Proposed iOn Inadequacy qua y posed Impounding Plan 1 i This Js S the third and last list of or ft 1 I f cries of Ie Iet f fI t I I articles article I mu In Tho m Herald C the S corning bond hond Th The lem vIer of oC City Com Corn T. T T T. Burton on why hF the bond Is not rot be Jn or Jn In HH Its pros eros V ent ht form form arc are given In 10 the article r By Bv T. T TT T. T Burton BUTton f CITY CO COI COMMISSIONER I I- I First First of or all nL I wish to make malec myself dear Clear on my personal persona standpoint I 1 am amnot amnot not against a bond Issue but I am ab absolutely ab- ab opposed to one for and nd will remain in hi opposition until the amount is brought down to the tho amount I consider is sufficient forthe forthe for forthe the work which Is absolutely necessary sary ary to bo dono done In n the next five lve years cars The only difference between myself is fa their and the tho other commissioners tand insistence on the expenditure of for foi- water supply and waterworks at their present plans plan as I do not believe bellove they can secure enough water Wasatch watershed for the thc culinary cul cul- marY inary and other necessities of or a n city cRy of ot f people to say sa nothing of ono one with inhabitants I am of or tho the opinion personally that we should mako nako an effort efort right now to secure reservoir sites on the tho headwaters of ot Borne of ot the adjacent rivers such as tho the Provo Weber or Strawberry and give up tho Idea of ot Impounding water in all aU 1 t the local canyons canons i Chimerical Ideas Ideall I am m In favor ta of ot the construction ofa of or Ii a largo large reservoir rose in Big Cottonwood canyon anyon and the enlarging of or tho the Mountain Mountain Moun Moun- tain thin Dell Den re ros reservoir by the construction of ot a foot 40 unit on top of or tho the present dam but I absolutely fail fait to grasp either tho the necessity or advisability of ot Constructing another dam darn in City Creek canyon As Aa to impounding water in Emigration Mill Creek and Little Cottonwood Cot Cot- wood onwood canyons to me the Idea Ideals Is First there are arc no suitable places laces for the construction of such reservoirs roe res to the best of ot my knowledge and furthermore It Is my honest opinion lon ion that water ater stored in these canyons I In case c se reservoirs could be constructed r would become stale by standing full tull in inthe inthe the tho summer Besides these two reservoirs I also favor the extension of the mains distributing dis dis- lines and the like for I appreciate ap ap- ap- ap I the f fact ct that the people must i have water I also favor the exchanging i ing of ot water rights in the tho different i v canyons by tarm farmers rs for tor Utah lake I year Five Supply i I wish also to call can to the attention of ot the th taxpayers that It if this exchange were made at the tho pres present nt tiRe whereby whereby whereby where where- by Salt Lake City ity w would uld receive all nil of tho flowing well water from these canyons can can- and in addition could could- have could have constructed constructed constructed con con- reservoirs in the two cnn canyons ons It would Lake City Cit comfortably comfort comfort- ably tily bly for tor the next five yeas years In the tho figures submitted to me mc by bv the water at r commissioner he asked for to be appropriated for dam purposes in City Creek Creck where the findings s so 50 I far Zar for reservoir purposes have havo not ret reI re- re 1 t suited In entire satisfaction for im- im k rounding pounding the waters and property which lies Ues at the tho mouth of Creek canyon Ho He also asked for tor nn mount amount of ot to be used for 1 the the- construction of ot a a. dam In canyon I L cannot connot be converted cOn as an to a 1 feasible feas feas- ible dam dara site alto In En Emigration nor of ot the tho I kind of ot water that would come me Into the hc Salt Lake City's mains from that I point Joint as s being what tho the people of ot Salt I Lake City should have for Cor culinary purI pur pur- I poses t lf Little Cottonwood The Tiie reservoir site in Little CottonI Cottonwood Cotton- Cotton wood canyon canon as far tar as my personal I knowledge is concerned Is not available avail avail- I able until you get Into the open valLeu valley val val- alI I Leu ley C and ond I find the impounding site is isa a nU as Lq tn t. t if It nii j ju u L ii t f W the tho water and and a ci question t o as to o whether beth I the vater water would bo befit tit fit to 10 pump back Into tho distributing distributing- system s tem from the reservoir I Iam am of or the tho opinion that the findings I Jn In n Mill Creek canyon from tho the engineers engineer's engi engl- I neer's eer's department de are aro not completed s' s to such a a. point that we should consistently consistently consistently consist consist- 1 vote voto for lot tun funds s for that purpose t T 7 Other Oilier Needed l Improvement l I would Uk like to m make ke It clear that tho the I J present bonded indebtedness of ot Salt J I Lake City after arter the tho sale salo of bonds I f a which was on February 5 6 5 mako make a total of ot 69 Tho The I total bonded Indebtedness for tor all purposes pur- pur purt purI t I poses poses under existing laws for tor tor tort Salt t c f Lake Jake City cannot exceed I. I If II f the tho needs need of or the tho city should de de- de any MY public improvements In a ai 1 1 i measure that will l keep pace paco with the I water vater improvements it will be l I necessary to vote voto for such bonds I f at atthe the present time The Tho balance balanco available avail avail- able for tor such purposes is now If It the issue of water bonds is approved t by tho people and the amount remains sat at it Jt will prohibit tho the voting or of any ny public Improvement bonds until i tho bonded indebtedness of ot the city has 1 reduced and a n. sinking I fund could not be built up short of or eight or ten years year so that in making my motion as I did I 1 had hod in 1 that wo we should not go to extreme f without making to in carry our public Improvements along at least at the thc same pace ot I wish also to call tho the fact tact to to their att attention that the dollar in construction construe construe- tion work will win only bring them what 60 cents will wUl do in ordinary periods of ot construction and the thc rushing of 0 a plan planor or of this tiLlS kind as it Is la now V outlined to tho the city commission in my judgment is not businesslike or advisable I 1 recollect the propaganda which was made at the time when tho the Parleys Parley's canyon canon water was sas exchanged and became bo- bo came the property of ot Salt Lake Lako City that it was estimated that wo would have havo a sufficient amount to talco tako carea care caro a of If It wo vo aro arc to have havo tho big proposition I am in favor or a. of making making- it large largo enough to got get more water into Salt Lake JAke valley and not take talo from ono one see sec tion which will shortly como come into the city its culinary wat water r to supply tho the city and then go back to gut got more water for that locality when It is taken in and becomes a n. part of or tho the city A JV LOOk Into Future I therefore appeal to tho the voters and taxpayers to look Into this proposition carefully and see at this early dato date whether it would be feasible to acquire all of the tho running Water ator coming into the tho valley and build the two reservoirs I suggest SUbs until something more definite and of or a a. bigger and bettor nature n turc is proposed Spilt Salt Lake Lako City will be bo unable under the tho heavy burden taxation of ot tD- tD which is necessary in caring for bonds already issued to allow the the necessary necessary mount amount of ot money that will be rC required for tor other public Improvement and those people who are arc Interested In now pave pave- mOnte monts sewer Bewer extensions and other public pub pub- lic lie improvements ought to investigate this plan thoroughly before It is final ly 11 decided I feel at this timo that thit I should make my position in this matt matter r perfectly clear to the taxpayers and give Sive them theman au nn opportunity to judge as nato asto to whether th tho ideas I havo have aro for tor tho the best inter Inter- interests ests estu of ot tho the city |