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Show not conduct the business as satisfactorily satisfac-torily as a private corporation, and that hy the sale of the works a large sum of money will bo turnod into the treasury. The opponents of thesalo contend that the city should retain the works in order or-der to protect the consumer from extortionate extor-tionate rates, and because the works are a valuable property. Now that there is to be a great etlort to induce the city to sell,. there will be considerable discussion over the matter. Tim Times accordingly invites every. interested party to present his views to the public through the medium ot this paper. All communications upon the subject will be published in the order of their receipt. We hope our leading citizens will discuss the subject thoroughly, thor-oughly, as the council no doubt will be guided by the drift of public opinion. THK WATKIIWOKKS gi ESTIOX. The proposition of tho Utah 'Waterworks 'Water-works company to buy the city waterworks water-works has brought baek to this eity Colonel Witclier Jones, who mado the first bid. We understand that there is to be a third competitor iu the Held in the shape of a company which is now being organized among homo capitalists. capital-ists. If tho waterworks are to bo sold, tho more competitors there are tho better bet-ter it will bo for tho city. The first thing to bo decided is whether tho plant shall be sold. We have it upon good legal authority that the eity council has tho: right to raakd the sale, but , if it does not desire to should' tho responsibility we would suggest that the question . be settled .by. a vole of the people at a special eleolion. In case the majority of tho voters decide in favor of tho sale, then tho council can not without any embarrassment or 'criticism. If this question is settled affirmatively, tho next thing would be to dispose of tho works to the best bidder. There is considerable opposition, to the sale, and upon principle The Times has been opposed op-posed to tho eity parting with the waterworks. But if -tho city cannot or will not improve and cx-teud cx-teud the plant uud givo us good water we aro iu ' favor of letting some corporation undertake the work. Wo must have an abundance abun-dance of water, and it must be of a good quality. Good wnter is one of the most important factors in the health and prosperity of the city. Tho city can only sell tho water pipes and a franchise to lay a now system sys-tem of mains. It does not own the water, and therefore .cannot sell it. Therefore, any corporation distributing water through a pipe system iu this city would have to miiko its own arrangements ar-rangements to secure a supply from the owners of water rights. That the city needs new waterworks there is no quostiou. The present svs-tem svs-tem is wholly inadequate to supply the demand, and furthermore, it is iu poor condition. Much of the pipe is altogether alto-gether too small, being only three inches in diameter, aud in many places there are "dead-ends," which prevent a proper circulation, and consequently there is much stagnant water in certain sections of tho pipe system. Those who are iu favor of tho waterworks water-works being owned aud operated by a private corporation, maintain that the eity cannot get tho money to improve (he plant; that ; the ' waterworks in the hands of the ('ity can be used as a political machine; that the city can- |