Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-07-01 | Page 14 | Demand for [Illegible] Meters [Illegible]

OEM FOlip Water Department CmT Puzzled to Account 1 Many Sudden RequW ' CONSUMER MAY pM ( Under New 0rdinanceMi1 , Would Give Small Mini Better Price. Salt Lake stands a fair chan&B coming a water-melercd city IrW Implication Im-plication for meters received vffm , last few days continues at Itajft rate, according to W. H. KornB,W sloner or walor supply. ' frlti The water commissioner is n' perplexed over the situation. HmB account for it. During the la3 ' applications have boon pourlngB -Mil citizens at the rate of a score aMP" more, each asking for the ImmeX1 stnlliitlon of a meter. The wafl nfll missioner and his superlnlendelBlUuuJ argued In favor of meters ever si went Into office, but always the meter has been objoclonablp to 'II " the water users. Tho comp'teteJW, of sentiment In this direction in i'Mjjl the water officials considerably. Among those who applied form C, yesterdny was George D Keyaeak W missioner of parks and public W Sixteen other applications were rfl Martin Burke, water asseasJflW plained yesterday that the demT meters was due, possibly, to the'm t I lion recently of the new water orSrOi ' In which It is explained that thW mum rate for meters is 50 cents 'am - or ?0 a year, which is conslderaH than the fiat rate upon tho avera'ij.jjb or of a modest cottage and yardH "If things keep up at the preswl!. we shall soon have tho whole c'W. M tered of Its own accord," said thM0 commissioner. "As a matter oflMn most cases It Is cheaper to ms'imr than to pay the fiat assessment pif'toi of course, that one uses half-wM . sonable precaution In the handling1 water. That Is the whole Idea olM. We do not desire to Increase the. of the water department at all, bmib( to chock useless waste of watST you can bet that when a man vot has a meter installed he Is notjM,. let his taps run all night, any mB he would allow his light to bM..v. night."