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Show W ilier Works I Salt Lake Citv, Aug. 12, 1S7H. ftiiturs Ucnihl: I su ppose you arc aware we have not got the water works, and yet we have been taxed two years for them, I suppose. Last year the taxes were raised, and some of us, citizens, concluded con-cluded it was on account of the motion mo-tion carried in the City Council lliata tax be i n posed to build the water works, and so wc did not complain, though nine-tenths of the residents here would receive no benefits fur many years, if ever they were built ; but this year the taxes being raised again over last year's amount, and the end not accomplished. 1 think wc taxpayers ought to ask " Where arc the water wurks V In this connection, may I suggest lo the City Council to grant the privilege privi-lege to some private incorporation of building water works, and collect pav fur delivery of "water to persons needing need-ing it. Tlie company will make 1 money, the city will save time, and the people will be relieved from this chance of grumbling at unfair taxation. taxa-tion. An Old Resident. After due inquiry the question why the water works are not completed, , wc find is not so difficult to answer. Last year a contract was made for the necessary piping, but the company com-pany with which that contract was made failed to keep it. The same company subsequently failed before steps cofdd be taken to compel a fulfillment; ful-fillment; and a new company was organized or-ganized in its stead, which refused to comply with the contract unless certain cer-tain advantages were, conceded which the defunct company did nut have, and which the city through its agent ' did not think it right to allow. As a result, p:piug has to be sought in another an-other qu;u ut; hut the delay caused hy the kvach of contract is the n;i-.-on why the water works are no far-t'.i- r adau'id. Tiie nugge.-iiou uf "An Old Kosi-denl," Kosi-denl," relative (..i a piivalo incorpu-I'.uii.ai, incorpu-I'.uii.ai, ha-i many valid objections 10 it; hut a.s it is made to tho City Council Coun-cil we leave, it with that body. |