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Show SIR. JONKEXPLAINS. He Relates What His Company Will do if It Should Pun-bat the Salt Lake Waterworks. IT WILL INVEST TWO MILLIONS. The Present Water Syitea Lukqtiat-Eix-inch Hydrant on Two-una Main Cheaper Ratea Desi."d. The proposal for the purchase of the waterworks of the cily has, as might be expected, created much public Interest, and the matter is being quite thoroughly discussed, and a desir to Investigate the merits of the scheme la manifested Yesterday a reporter for Tin Tutu called upon Mr. Witeher Jon of Sab Francisco, who submitted ths proposition proposi-tion and Inquired whether he had any objections to giving the names of his a-oiH'iatt-s: "The gentlemen who are atsociatisd with me In this matter," said Mr. Jane, "ate men of large mean and wwll known throughout the financial circlet of the United Statt. They are In earnest ia - the proposition made, and stand ready to put one million or two millions of dollar luto thi waterworks of Salt Lake, if the city desire (osell. but until that point is detcimlnrd tiny prefer to remain in the background, fco far a the financial part of tho schema i. concerned, con-cerned, my hacking t ample." "What dentil will result in the city If your proposal is accepted?" was asked. "To answer this question I should say. first that the argument usM against the matter seem to be that th city has no power to sell, and tho glittering glit-tering statement that a town should always al-ways own Its waterworks and waUir supply. The H Pit Is a question of law whit-hi of course ntut bo determined, Tho second ovwlnok the fact that S.It I.nkc now has more than V),IK people, ntld will boa town of tOO.oni penjile within eighteen mouths. Si inadequate in-adequate Is tlie vtatcr supply and wauav service that there are only usoo watsn' taker among tho entire .tO.Ou) whan there should Tie 10 n). pur water U a necessity, and without It In abundance the growth of S.vlt Lake will be, retard,! and capitnl as well as rlllien will suiter. Our fulurn git-.tne.-i depends upon an ampin water supply. My o;!rr if accented will secure, this, and th city will obtain Iu money the eutlrtt Milne of t Ins water system. At the. same time the expense to thn iltixtn will lie less. At present the owner of abutting property ar cnmpollral to pay Hie expeii.sfl of laying the water turw. I'nder it private company this would bo done away with, and the) company would hive to lay at Us own ripen, water pipe whcVrver ordered by the city." "Why cannot the city Improve, H own witter system." 'llwouse) 'it haa not the money, h " not the power u raise by tax or by bond the unin'int needed and bet atm tho amount required would b a bay financial burden. Your water system Is in had shape. Them IH2 "dead ends," which cause the water to stnuuatft and become unhealthy. You ara laying two and three Inch mains, when it U tho espericnee of all cities that none; should bo laid less than sit Inches In sle. You hav rtx Inch hydrant fed by two Inch mains, and you liave tint water enough to supply yotir 1' in-sent needs, let alonn tfio futur. II addition to tbU, whatever may liethlt notions of theorists, tlm city never d as well by its Inhabitants in supplying water or gus as a private, corporation. It flight to, but It don't. Thxre. U one ! advantage, that I have not mention-! and that is, that with a complete watr system. the reduction of insurant rates atom) would benefit the eiiUeos to sum amounting to tens of thousands at dollars. If them Is so much that needs t he done, how can a company make It. profitable- to undertake the workf" "Simply by Investing enough monf ; to bring into the rltv pure water La abundance and then br selling It at such rates that people will bi enoour-nged enoour-nged to buy. Jh w heme would not pity for a long time, but, with the In- i rre.tse iu population and by cartful i busliiejM management it eould h made i a good Investment. The proposition j that I have mads U worthy of ihv I ' careful attention of every citiien. J There Is n "job" about It ( as one suspicious-minded person al- J legert in a recent Interview. I havsi nothing torotjcenl. I have made a fair, luiuets proposition as I hail a right U and all I want Is Investigation and ! ciiisiriii. I shall present, through my counsel, at the hearing before, the ron tniitee, many interesting and Important fart. The moifl my proposal Is considered, con-sidered, tli less obmmous It will s;BU. There is nothing novel about It, for it ! of the s,mi nature- propositions that, have, Imen received and acte.d on favorably favor-ably in hundreds of duel." |