| Show WANTS WATER WORKS A citizen gives a good many reasons why ile he wants city water works though my home is so located in bountiful that tile tho conte contempt nip extension of tile the city water system willilou will wil lilot not directly benefit rne still I 1 am in ili favor of the bond issue and ana shall support t it for tho the following reasons bountiful is the largest city in ill the state of utah that has not dobli obligated n abed itself for a public water works I 1 ad d A A culinary water system benefits more people in proportion to the number taxed to coil construct and support it than does any other public improvement and I 1 do not except public highways or public schools ad the compactness of tile the town of bountiful bountis ua makes it possible to convoy convey water to a groat great number of consumers tit it a corn coin ively low cost ath in the interest of public health it is IF tile the duty of every municipality to supply it a fresh and uncontaminated supply of drinking water for its citizens water dipped from froin open ditches is the source of it a groat great amount of sickness ath I 1 do not believe there is y a man in bountiful who would not pay 10 per year to avoid tile the necessity of currying water from fifty ty to it a hu hundred yards s oth the earliest es t days t of if the american nation it has een regarded ta as aa obligation upon every city that it secure public and private property irow from the destruction of ire fire ath any public improve anent and especially so important a one as the construction of a water system tends to in in crease tile the population and lilt likewise to improve its quality ath As aa the population of a town increases its business in ili du and social opportunities broaden oth bountiful entertains thu the hope and we call reasonably I 1 entertain it that within the nex auxt t year or two the utah light railway company will extend its car line to our village 0 the pop lio 1 must consequently grow un and d the income rs will the ihu water system self supporting t tile the population of bonn ticul city will bo be in ili live years there will bo be water users making 11 1 1 possible a gross earning oar ning el of per year on oil the water system will pay p ay iy the interest on the bond and sup ply it a sin kinling ling el fund that will diqui date the bond in 20 years alth lastly I 1 aw am for public improvement I 1 have never yet ot secured a good thin thing without cost and if it costs something to make bountiful a beautiful and thrifty town I 1 am i leady eady with ray any purse most respectfully A CITIZEN |
