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Show THE BONDING STATEMENT. The official resolution adopted by tho City Council on Monday night, specitying in .detail the purpose for which tho $(300,000 bond issue is asked, md pledging the Council to apply the uouc.y precise' as set forth therein, should remove the last quibble of jritieism on the part of tho opposition, uid convince cver' well-meaning taxpayer tax-payer of Salt Lake City with respect .0 the propriety aud advisability of oting for the bonds. Lot an.y ono examine- that statc-nonl, statc-nonl, which is perfectly straightfor-rard, straightfor-rard, absolutely specific, aud accompanied accom-panied b3r expert estimate of cost, and ao will be at once convinced not only of its siucerit3", but of tho absolute necessity ne-cessity for the work. The first item iu the schedule is the building of the aqueduct on North Temple street from Fourth West to Ninth West streets, to caro for tho surplus waters from City crock, thus protecting property owners jn tho west side from damage b3 floods md guarding tho city from damage suits. The $05,000 to be expended on this work will not only rnmcdj" the periodical troubles from high waters in that part of the city, but will afford absolute drainage for tho standing water wa-ter and keep that portion of tho city clean and diy at all times. It is impossible im-possible 10 overestimate tho benefits of this aqueduct to the pooplo in that neighborhoods Tho value of laud there :s depreciated b' reason of tho risk of these periodical floods, whereas with the absolute safely from such floods that will bo provided by this aqueduct, tho land there will bo as valuablo as in the dr3er portions of the city higher up. The locality is ono ospeciall3' favorable fa-vorable for tree growth and requires less irrigation than an.y other part of the valle.y for ordinary garden crops, fruits, or for aii3' product of the soil. This aqueduct will be worth to tho realty ownors of that localit3' far more than its cost. Tt is an improvement that at once strongly commends itself to all interested property owners in that portion of the cit.y. The increased and increasing population popula-tion of the west side iu tho Second and Third wards demands the .laying of larger mains in order that the peoplo shall receive abundant water for their daily use. Tho amount of $00,000 is set apart in the specific statement of tho Council for this purpose. All the residents in that portion of tho city know that this need is actunl and that it ought to be supplied by the eity without delay. The amount of the cost of it will be almost immediately ropaid to the dwollcrs there b3' tho nioro ample am-ple supply of water and the cortniutj' that their wants will not bo restricted in the future. In the Fourth ward there has been a very great iuflux of population in tho last three 3'cars. The number "of new residences goiug up in that portion of the city mako a phenomenal showing. Tho old water mains uro too small to enny tho amount of water needed 13T tho increased population. Under tho plan adopted 113- the Council, the three-inch three-inch and four-inch mains thero are to bo replaced, at a cost of $.100,000, b3' mains of ample size to carry all the water that is needed by the settlers at tho present time, or that will bo needed for a good while to come. The First ward is also a portion of tho city where cxtensivo additions aro making to the cit3r,s population, and thof now houses that aro going up iu the southeastern portion aro ho mau3' that thoy aro hard to count. All these require re-quire water upon their completion and occupation, and $50,000 is set apart in tho specific statement to extend the water mains and water suppl3r in that portion of tho cit Thoro can bo no question but this extension is needed. An3r ono has but to pass along tho streets iu that part of town-to sco the vigorous and splendid growth of the population, as indicated by the dwellings dwell-ings nowly constructed and under construction. con-struction. Thero is an item of $200,000 lo apply gouoralty for enlarging and increasing the mains of the genera water 63'slem of the cit.y, securing additional water rights, and enlarging and extending the East Jordan canal. The securing of additional ad-ditional water rights applies to the obtaining ob-taining of au3' canyon rights availablo, as well as the right to tho uso of more ! exchange water from tho farmers for i the city, and the enlarging of tho East 1 I Jordan canal is made a necessity b3' the oil''s purchase of the stock in that j canal throe 3'ears ago. This is the 0UI3' ' way whercb3r tho city can obtain any ! advantage from the $40,000 thus in- ' vested in that canal stock. The enlargement en-largement will smpplj' the needed water for further exchanges with the farmers I on the Big Cottonwood creek, and later on Little Cottonwood; and also will sc- j cure to tho city a water suppl3r that will bo abundant to euny out for all time its full engagements with the farmers on the trading proposition as between Big Cottonwood and the Utah lake water. These items nuike the $175,000 which the Council is asking for on Ihe water improvement system. There is to couiplele tho $(500,000 applied ap-plied for, an item of $125,000 for sewer purposes.. It will be recollected that in -he million-dollar bond election of 1905, pj 50,000 of tho amount was for sewer urposcs. Almost immediately the Jouncil under whoso auspices the bonds vere voted, lot a sewer contract for ,2 13,000, or $133,000 in excess of the noncj' available for sewer purposes. Taturall.y, lho whole sewer work was lot done. The $213,000 was exhausted 'n fulfilling the contract that was t warded. Thore remained to do, as u'ory one. understood at the time, the ntcrcopling sewer lo carr.y tuo sewage .'rom the terminal of the sewer as thm ouill 011 to a point in the northwestern lortion of the eity, whero the sowuge :oIIeclcd as well as that dumped in it intermediate points could be pumped :nto the gravit3' sewer. Incidentally, this work would drain a large area in the southwestern and western parts of ihe. city, and thus iucrca.se the value of realty in all that region. This work will far more than pa.y for itself in the 'ncreased valuations of propert.v along :hc .district through which it runs. The resolution of I ho Council expressly express-ly pledges tho administration to apply faithfull.y the proceeds of tho bond issue is-sue to these specific purposes recited. This sets aside all quibbles, and fully meets all suggestions as to any other application of tho money than as set forth. It is impossible to see, therefore, there-fore, WI13- there should be any opposition opposi-tion to. tho bonds by the taxpayers of this cit3 We shall, therefore, expoct to seo them carry b.y an ample majority at the election on tho 20th day of the present month. |