Show I THE CITY LOAN I t Tile official notice calling a special Ii election in this city for the 5th pi or imo has been issued i TLO purpose i of the election w for the people lo decide de-cide whether they will take rdvan tage of the extra power granted to the corporation by the late legblature allowing the ciy to borrow 250000 for obtaining water In order to incur 1 in-cur the loan twothirda of the registered I regis-tered voters voting on that day must > cast bulloa iu favor of borrowing the money There is some opposition to the echcTe but it comes chiefly from those who do not reason It is also r noteworthy that most of those who t are talking against the propceed loan t arc persona Ua5t interested in the plan financially or otherwise Ibe heaviest taxpayers the Urge property I holders are almost unanimously in 1 favor the Joan The HERALD was the warm friend t we might almost say one of the i originatcre the Salt Lake and r t Jordan Janal It urged Ito beginning m of work on the ditch it labored lo 1 secure the passage of the bill by the f Legislature and it now hopes and t f expects to see the projpct an accomplished accom-plished fact We believe the people 1 i will vote for this loan because we 1 have faith and confidence in the intelligence i I J in-telligence and gccd sense of the f people Everyone who has property in Salt Lake ought to be able to seethe 1 L see-the advantage that will accrue from I j i the construction ol this canal and hi no one can deny the absolute necessity I 1 for it The xperience of last sum r g mer was a stronger argument for the t canal than can be made on paper r t The loud appeals for water the I parched and withered gardens and f t tha fruitless orchards of last season were all plain reasons why the canal should be constructed and as soon as 1 it can conveniently be done It is impossible I im-possible to estimate the actual loss of I property that a dry summer like that I of 1879 inflicts upon the city to say 1 nothing of the less serious matters oft 4 of-t inconvenience annoyance and general j i gen-eral disagreeableness There are few I residents but would prefer the doubling t A r doub-ling or trebling even of their faxes I r i iz to a repetition of last seasons drought t I Ii It is true there may be plenty 01 1l f i J ri water this year and nest for the citys Jk t1 needs but the probabilities against jj 1 this abundanco IIi 1 1 Ono argument iu favor of the canal i I v should have its convincing weight with aU it is this Salt Lake must ceaso growing or get a lirger supply of water This fact mU3t be apparent The city has become so largo in area hat it will consume the entire water supply of the most fovorable easone It cannot expand because people dare not spend money and make homes and improvements on the lands eunounding the city and outside of the region possessing established and admitted water rights The experience of the settlers on the north belch is an impressive warning to others If anyone desires that the city shall be restricted to its present limits he will vle against Borrowing but we apprehend there are not many here who want to have tho city suddenly checked in iU growth and a permanent bar put upon its expansion and wo therefore expect few negative voles to the bond pioposition We have referred to the election elec-tion cad the mailer that calls it thus 1 early to remind voters while there is i time to consider Everyone ghoul vote intelligently and aa he honestly believes is right and for tho besi good If the city shall be empowered to borrow tho money the taxpayer ought to understand that the sum whatever it may be will have to be paid principal and interest and that it will become a lien upon the prop city of the pase and all should also understand that if the corp > 1 aton shallbe denied tho right to incur the deb there will be no cand |