Show ABOUT BONDING the bonding of a city on some slight pretext has worked a detriment to many western towns and has very seriously effected their growth and prosperity the evil became so general that congress passed a law prescribing tho extent of indebtedness that municipalities cluid incur which has been a wholesome restriction tho evil came from rashness on the part of the officials and through a desiro on their part to compete with some neighboring city whereby the abo people were run in debt by the city being bonded that feature of city government in this territory has happily beai ahoi ed in short it has been a principles throughout the whole of the political workings of utah to avoid debt wo have been too cautious in many instances and enterprises have oot been fostered that would well bear the incurring of an extra ex pense for their maintenance any improvements from which future generations erat ions may derive eaul benefits with the present may well be undertaken upon a bond wu may take for example the bonding of provo for water works the ENQUIRER thinks this fully in keeping with good political economy should the people bo required to pay for such system as the city really demands by an extra tax levied for that purpose it would bo a burden which they could not well carry it must be remembered that when for provo is undertaken der taken the mains must be laid with a capacity for furnishing water to a population of three or four timea the present size of the city it is imperi tive that this ba done or the work will have to be all rebuilt in a few years thus necessitating an addition al expense to be borne by the citi zeus in short the building of a water system now is not alone answering the demands of the present generation but it will be for the convenience veni ence of future as well therefore it is nothing more than right that they help pay for the advantages derived to make this burden common and there is no other way than bonding the city it will therefore be seen that the city council made a wise move in deciding to bond the city for waterworks water works which necessity we must have and which can not well bo secured any other way than by going in debt |