Show THE IJ lilU the certainly thinks as must all true citizens and taxpayers tax payers of provo who havo the welfare of the garden city at heart that the city council has evinced a spirit of liberality and fairness toward the prokp city waterworks Water works company As stated before in our columns BO we gay again waterworks water works we must have that question is decided and the citizens are ready and willing to stand the burden of expense necessary to maintain a system so far as it will not cripple the material growth of our other interests but what does it profit a community to give more in a certain line of improvement that it can well afford and neglect other equally important improve ments provo is launching ahead with considerable effort and there are many features of public progress which seem crowding themselves on the community all at once so to speak paving we must have on the principal sidewalks side walks an increased police force seems absolutely n aces sary for the good order of the city a number of streets require ohp immediate attention of the road i supervisor and an increased electric i light service is demanded and so it goes therease ther eare cla heard by the council for all of these advancements and more too the revenue of the city is now all that can well be drawn in the way of tax and the ter rit orial board of even suggested that valuations be lowered 0 early half a million from tho present rate of assessment As a childs limbs must have strength before it can walk so as city have wealth before it can accomplish all that a thriving municipality may seem to stand in need of in view of these many pressing demands we think the contracting tor fifty hydrants by the city at 60 per month the rate proposed by works company would be showing a liberal spirit on the part of the city council and would be all the city could well afford at present the ENQUIRER thinks the company would also be blind to their own interest to demand a larger revenue from the city than it can well bear because such would cripple our material progress and the same would injure the future income of the waterworks Water works company we have thought that the waterworks Water works company secured the franchise and would put in the system with a view to the future growth of the city for certainly there could not be much gain at the present andas such it must be to their interest to keep down taxes high taxes have never a city built nor never will |