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Show The Water Questlou. FMiturx Herald: Tho ouhjeet of irrintion has not been satidfuclorily nettled in tho minds of tho po iplo of UUh, so far as controlling and distributing tho water is concerned, and as S.dt Lake city is minus a wtiter iimalcr, it has induced me to write a few wonli ou the subject. In tho fir.it pluco are Ihure aullh'ii'iit aud delimit! laws ou our statute hooks to control and distribute dis-tribute the waUt ou the lands at tlio least possible cost to the people if thete is, that point need no agitation ; if not, is it not time our legmlnture took in hand to muko such Inws an the prtent circumstances require? When we have laws necessary to govern u, and a judiciary Uj enforce en-force them, then much of tho water now wasted could be utiliz'-d and made ptoiit.ihle to the community. TIhtu apnears to he quite a rush of candidates for the office of city water master. I havo no suggestion to make relative to disposing of tuat office. Tiio salary Bhould not be more than fair comperis uion for services ser-vices during the irrigating season, nay eihl months of lue year, and he should be required to v;3il all of the . ivisiou M'cia or gales ou tho several eirvetri of the city, bo that tiio ward water masters would not bo taxed unnecessarily, whoso services, bo far as 1 am acquainted, are given gralia. I have grave doubts alwut a man filling fill-ing tliatollice in justice to the people, peo-ple, win-so dYpend.iurc f-r his living is on bia slice in ollice. A Citizen. |