Show TilE PROPOSED Gin bONDS I The City CouncHii F with substantial majority asks the nftoplc to vote aL an I election Killed fonjfuly 16th 250000 of I city bonds for Water improvements The spcclllcItems named the cost of j I which this bond Issue Is to cover are these I Reservoir on fast bcncli A 50090 Improvements to mains in eastern I part of city ouw j Parleys canyon land and water t GuOCO 1 rights tt Enlargingmums for City crpok 75000 I 240000 Total I Theflrst 1 Item IsLe enlarge and line the east bench reservoir which Is now I only a holp in the ground there Is I no doubtot this being a necessary work The next Item Js also of pressing I need It Includes a main from the conduit con-duit and a tenInch main on Eighth I I 13ast strcet from First street to Sixth South the water distribution in this I I part of the city has always been In an junsAtlsfiKlory condition Parleys canyon settlors rights i L while amounting to nothing In the way of general settlement and fanning have for many years boon a source of contamination to the citys water supply sup-ply and thus a menace to the health of the people Much of the cost of obtaining possession of the rights of the locators has already I been met out of the citys revenues which were not In l a condition to bear the strain and should be repaid It Is very desirable to complete this good work of abating the causes of the nuisances hitherto complained of and giving the city porhplete control of this source of water supply The enlargement qf the mains from the City creek reservoir to the head of the distributing system at the mouth of the canyon has long been recognized recog-nized as imperative There is no doubt that the urgency for It increases year by year and the present J > time Is the Councils judgment as to when the work must be done We believe there will be a general I concurrence by the people In conceding that this work inust be done In all these Items there Is but one point where any special divergence of opinion would be likely to arise 1 and I that Is In the order for castIron 1 rein re-in the main from the conduit to the eastern distributing system and In the new main for City creek Experts so far as we are aware all concur In the opinion that wooden stave pipe with Iron bands would be quite as good in every way and Would be for City creek S1CQOO and for the conduit main 0000 cheaper a total of 51000 less than the Councils estimate This sort of wooden pipe Is in general use on the coast and when Denver was figuring on a municipal water plant the City Engi neer there put in his estimates as part of tho general system 17S000 feet of stave pipe at a cost of 900000 and this in a city where stave pipe has I been In 1 use some seventeen years pu tIn t-In by the corporations that have the city water franchise thus proving conclusively con-clusively that the stave pipe Is I found I after long trial to be satisfactory But the question is shall the bonds be voted We think they should first because thQ Improvements are needed and second because the contracts for all but the Parleys canyon Item are already let and It Is merely a question as to method pf meeting the citys obligation obli-gation If the bonds are not voted then this years city taxes will have to be Increased by the amount called for bv these contracts as given above At the same time we do not think it just to the people to refrain from adding add-ing that while the Improvements specified speci-fied are all needed the Increase of the citys water supply after they are all made will be comparatively trifling the increase AVlll be chiefly conflned to the additional Water tobe had from Parleys canyon that has hcretoforoi I been uscJ7 In Irrigation ami I so l partly lost and In the greater carrying capacity of the proposed pro-posed City Creek main The real increase that is and will be needed in thlSMsrowing city must come in some other way The comprehensive system that Is In view and has been discussed from time to time is In obtaining the Big Cottonwood water by exchange for water from Utah lake The city has filed two claims In this plan one to raise the level of Utah lake a public reservoir and the other to drlge the Jordan and reduce the hike level a foot and a half below compromise point these to be both held for usV at need I Either or their alternate use accordIng accord-ing to season would give the city plenty plen-ty of water to trade to the Cottonwood farmers for their rlghtsvln the Cottonwood Cotton-wood creek flow Then the city in order or-der to prevent waste would have to pipe BJgCottonwood water tp hc city to a reservoir in the southern part of the east bench In the city limits and distribute the water from there in a I main say along Fifth South street lon lo-n connection with the business district i The deepening of the canal from Utah lake and lining the lower portion with j cement so as to stop the wasteful seepage I seep-age would be bne of the Items in this I i plan for an Increase of the water supply sup-ply a permanent Increase to which i I there would probably be no need to adVl J fov ilfty years c The improvements now ordcrcd bj t the Council are a part and a needful I part of this general plan and aro necessary II ne-cessary to Its completeness But the 250000 to do the work now in view is but a small part of the money required I for the cornIng out of the general system I sys-tem for the real addition to the citys water supply In order to complete it all a million dolars will be required and the people will doubtless be asked i r for further votes of bonds before the water supply will be In a satisfactory J I condition Probably the Council Is wise In calling at present for but the I amount needed tojjase up the bad condition i I con-dition of the distributing system and I tCJnpre I ll Ilq1I r 1unyonnuIsthtae1 I Thatvi1 87 odoQd JvgrLAtoTd I 019 l1 n a trieh the furiher working out I I of IhVPeltylJ water problem can be dealt I with as needs press I We think the bonds asked by the I Council ought to be voWfl I |