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Show j FOR THE CANAL. I Salt Lake City, Nov. 7. j Editors Herald: j The necessity for more water the j past summer is sufficient excuse for j any of Qa Tentiiating oar ideas on the question. The only plausible remedy suggested, at pressnl, in my humble opinion, is ihe canal; the artesian well may prove a success, but there ie no precedent in this valley upon which to build our hope; Hugo'a idea of portable suction supply ttees not seem feasible in the face of the large flow in the artesian well being ex hausted in thirty minutes; and reservoirs reser-voirs would be unsafe on our benches unless immense amounts of money were expended on them to place them above suspicion. Now, a canal has plenty of precedents, pre-cedents, tbe supply appears to be getatable, and the safety could almost be guaranteed with common caution, and the funda Inr ila ivimnUilAn 'o be within reach ol those iuteresttd. . Toe suggestion of tbe city council committee that tbe legislature should place a portion of toe ; territorial taxes paid by the citizens of this city to their direct benefit, and that the county court ought to help build a canal in this part of the valley, should have due weight with our law-wieiders, and, if their conclusions conclu-sions agree with oun, the expense can soon be covered. The present estimate ol the cost is $150,000. If the legislature and thej oounty court provide for pavine each $50,000, the other $50,000 would Mi upon the taxpayers ol Salt Lake City, and to meet this the best method in my opinion is a 6orta fide tax upon the property. The revenue of one-half one-half of 1 per cent, upon $7,000,000 assessed in tbia city returns $35,000, less expenses of collection; say raise the lax to three-fourths ol lpercent., there would be an addition to tbe revenueof $17,500 per annum, with no extra expense lor collection. Cal cuUtions on this basis can be made lor payment ol any amount the city council would be required to furnish. The burden would be distributed among al, eud the benefits wuuid, directly or indirectly, be received by all. Salt Lake City cannot grow any moro unless there is more water provided, pro-vided, in fact, tbe experience ol the past summer would lead to the conclusion that it would soon get smaller on account ol some citizens having to desert their property where there is no water. Have a large WfllPF tnnnlv nnrt thorn mill ho nnm settlers here, and if the population increases the value of each lot will increase, then the property holders on the east and north benches will be more in number and will turn in more taxes; then the property holders in tbe west and south partB of the city can reckon on their property being worth so much more in value; then the merchants on Main street can look for more custom and get back, in profits, more than tbeir increased in-creased taxes; then the inventive genius of tbe country will have encouragement en-couragement to spread out and establish es-tablish more business and provide avenues to interest capitalists. Let ub have tbe canal. Taxpayer. |