Show Citizen Group Gro up Leader b Raps Keuser's Keysers Deer Creek Claims 1 note article article- wu WM 1 by y for Loul tuIi II JIt metropolitan water water district election Autust t IS IV U. and niS the the cc Creek Cr W project t. t Other thu wilt will UI from time to time By 1 MAYOR t LOUIS MARCUSOn MARCUS 1 n On August 15 alt Salt La Lake e City ity q qualified electors will electors have havethe J the opportunity lo vote on the ci question stion of r The ci city y shall haU I r join a a proposed metropolitan w water t r district Iaz In effect there is is this ques 1 ques- ques td lion Hon behind the the actu actual lo one e th that t ire rt- rt will appear on on the ballot banot Shall the government of or Salt n. n Lake City be empowered to tak take C advantage oA of a plan to insure a aL t L lit future in increased water supply or I While the Deer creek i led mat malion on project is indirectly in ing involved in- in g 7 in the election the voting vot vot- ing will not be for or against si construction An affirmative vote vole merely will wm empower empower the city commission commisto commis commis- I sion to act act in ac accord with other municipalities in advantage 08 tage age of or the t when it is isto isto to built the The Tho August 15 election is the thep p- p only election involved in con COIl n. n with obtaining Deer U creek water PI pj t No bond elections are arc b- b would be auth authorized unde uncle ord rord I to create inde indebtedness up p JI to I m mcI ContIn Conlin I PD v 1 tc SS S 1 4 S t I 4 4 n e oi 4 e 9 c r k cc to F t c tt 4 Po 4 C 1 0 A. 4 0 I 0 4 e t 2 Q I e o 0 t J 0 4 R os FT e 4 O 4 A AJO JO e io Oi O ft bk L 0 4 o o 14 o d' d i t o 4 7 O Q et 0 G 5 JS I 2 Ct THEY FIGURE IN OVER VATER Form Former r Mayor layor Louis Marcus l center Commissioner George D D. Keyser and statements Langton Declares Adoption Not Issue Under Under Un der Election Creating District A contention by City Commissioner George D. D Keyser that the Deer Creek and Utah lake projects were automatically indorsed by voters who created the metropolitan water district was assailed Monday by the leader of a fa faction tion that opposed for for- mation of the district William F. F Langton chairman o othe of the property owners' owners Investigating committee took exception to an assertion assertion assertion as as- by Commissioner r Keyser i made to the water district board Saturday that the people of ot Salt Sal Lake Lako City understood Deer creek and the lake lalo projects were cre the primary propositions for holdIng holding hold hold- Ing big tho the water district election Our flOur contentions were that voters were not deciding in favor of or Deer creek but that they were voting for a water district that would have hav to issue bonds and impose taxes Mr Langton said That is why wo we took up the fight Recalling assertions of city officials who were vero urging creation of ot the district Mr Langton Lang- Lang ton aid they bad had confused th the l Is- Is on Paico Pu Eight Comma One 1110 KEYSER KE VIEWS i DRAW ATTACK o C Continued from Page Pace One On lu ue u by linking Deer creek and the thc water district He s said ld however that former formel Mayor Louis Marcus explained that la vote for the district was not a II Vote tote for Deer creek Mr Langton recalled an article by former Mayor Marcus appearing in The Telegram last lut July 30 which laid aid While the Deer creek reclamation reclamation tion project is indirectly involved in the election the voting will not b be for tor or against construction An affirmative vote merely will empower empower em em- power power the city commission to act in hi accord with other municipalities ties tiC in taking advantage of ot the project when it t is built Says SaS He Heis BeJa is Glad Mr Langton said he was was' glad Mayor Marcus us explained ed it it C Commissioner Keysers Keyser's assertions we were re contained In a letter to the theat water at r boa board dated January 13 and which was read at the board meeting meet meet- ing Saturday at the University club The letter said ald in part f At the time of the election the opponents of ot the w water ter board in fact the people of Salt Lake City understood that Deer creek and Utah lake Jake were the primary propositions for holding the election elec ti tion n and arid when they voted for the metropolitan act I feel they Indorsed in indorsed indorsed In- In both these projects The letter suggested that the i. i board b rd confine contine all aU its efforts ot of the n next few months to putting over the two projects c and pointed out delay lay may mean loss of them Exactly the tho Sanie Mr Langton said that a water program suggested to the board by byone byl bylone one one of its members member Phil J. J PurCell Purcell Pur Pur- cell ell was exactly exa the same as asne one ne re recommended o end d. d by the property owners' owners committee last August asa as asa a ft a- a substitute to Deer cre creek creCk k and one according to the committee that would not need eed needa a water district t to carry rry It it out Mr torr Purcell's Purcella plan received by bythe bythe bythe the board for tor included included in in- diversion of Weber river flood floodwaters waters owned by Salt SnIt Lake City to the Provo river cooperating with the city in putting the municipal pal pat water in first class class' condition condition con con- exerting every influence that Will wm result Iii fri in Utah lake take and purchase of Silver King Xing Coalition Mines company water at Park Cit City for diversion into Provo river The llie property owners' owners plan In Included included In in- eluded taking more holdings in the artesian basin the lake and j buying the Park City water 4 A water survey aimed at t formIng form form- Ing a year 20 program m was proposed pro pro- posed to th the board meeting Monday Mon Man on d diy day y a at the the- University club by R. R E. E McDonnell of the Kansas City engineering en en- firm of Burnt Burns and McDonnell Mel McI Mc Me- I I Donnell l n U. U j jv I f v 0 Knows Know Problems Mr M r. r McDonnell said he had con con- t I city administrations here over a I. year 14 period and was acq acquainted with local water problems problem probe lem lems I He estimated such sucha a I. survey would t take lake ke five to six ix months and would cover ver all problems sources distributions distri distri- buttons rates filtration engineering engineer engineer- ing and legal phases Mr McDonnell recommended a soft water system for the city laying the tho time is coming when most cities will find they need soft water r Purification Problem Purification is the most important im port nt problem here he said The 1118 time is coming when a purification purl puri plant wilt will be absolutely necessary and chlorination will wUl Lot Lote i ti be enough Mr fr McDonnell told the board it would be lambasted by the public pub pub- ll lie lic if if- it ft att attempted to solve water pr problems but would have a buffer if it it it had an an engineering report to b back tall fall k on t Mr Keyser's Keysers letter of January 13 t f follows ll ws I f el eJ as an officer of Salt Lake C City yIn in charge of Its water department depart depart- ment it is my duty to call your at attention t to the following facts c For or three years before the appointment ap ap- ap of the metropolitan wate water wa wa- te ter e bo board d the city attorn attorney e and city engineering department spent a great deal of time Ume me on the of getting water from Deer 2 creek i Primary Propositions The lie metropolitan water district was put in and the th board was appointed ap ape ap- ap pointed with the idea that the board wp would d get water for Salt Lake e City At the time timo of ot the election the opponents op Ope op- op pone 1 ts of ot the metropolitan water board in board in fact the th people of ot Salt Lake Laker understood City City understood that Deer creek and Utah lake were the primary propositions for holdIng holding hold hold- ing the election and when they voted for the metropolitan act I feel they Indorsed both bothof of th these ese projects Our former mayor Louis Louls Marcus approved the Deer creek creCk project It also was indorsed d by the mayor mayors mayor's water c committee For the past three months the metropolitan water district board h has 8 met frequently and has conscientiously conscientiously con con- tried to find other source source-s sources of water but I feel that further furth delay on on Deer creek will imperil un im im imperil peril tn the thC whole project Money has hs been av aVailable for or approximately three years The people of Provo and Orem are desperate for water and further d delay la on the par part of this board will mean n 1 either of ot two things First t The Tho gove government will wl withdraw its appropriation Or The second second The e people of Utah county will form fori a smaIL small district and have nave havethe havethe the government build a pr project j ct just large enough to ta take tace e care ot of them Either of these would be disastrous AD An Assured e S Supply Since the he very beginning of Salt Lake City the water problem has always been with us US and this is the first time that It has looked as though we could g get t an assured supply supply sup sup- ply for the future I 1 wish to suggest that we get a firm of nationally known engineers to to pass on the engineering of Deer 1 creek and Utah lake and I that the board confine all an its efforts of the next few months to putting over oyer these projects tl I qi I I c c. c |